The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-12
OUR GREAT ANIMAL GARDEN
Tho Yeiiowstoue Park Abounds IN ncaste.
Kirds, aAd Fish Enough to GIVE Away.

| The Yellowstone Park Abound IN ncaste,
Kirds. aad Fish Enough to GIVE Away.
WASHINGTON. Sept 11.-undsr the system oi
military guardianship which has prevailed
during the last i've years In the Yellowstone
National Park this wonderful pleasure ground
Is fast becoming stocked with prodigious
quantity ~ fish. flesh. and fowl Capt. hnder-
sons report to Secretary Noble shows that tho
elk alone must number $4,000. and the buffalo
perhaps from 300 to 400. while the lakes and
rivers swarm with trout The good effects OF
military policing are also scen in tho pre- en-
walton OF the trees. few forest fires having been
started in the park. and these few PROMPTLY
extinRuished, Tho contrast between his re-
port and that OF his predecessor is very grail
Tying. since Capt. Boutelle's troop were bu.ily
occupied with putting out fires. started chiefly
by camp parties.
During the present year there has been
added 10 Yellowstone Park an area nearly
three times as great as the State Of Rhode
Island. Efforts had been made for several
years TO secure this addition. but they were
ba1ied by the eage,ness OF the Montana
Mineral Hallway Company to obtain right Of
way through the park They regularly caused
n rider for this purpose to be put on e,ery Park
Extension bill which as regularly dofoa' cd it
In Congress- In tho oct OF last March reIenl.
ing the timber culture laws. there was clause
which authorized the President TO reserve
from settlement public lands bearing timber.
The friends OF Yellowstone Park saw in this
provision the means OF quietly securing their
object. and tho President last Spring at their
solicitation, set apart strip N the eastern
o. aa .Ssn Of as
rich in elk aud other animals. So that with
these additions the spondid ieasure ground
mas now become more valuable than ever .Ot
Its forests and fauna.
One observer, in his efforts to convey some
idea oil The number OF elk Ia tue PARK. described
the region AS locking at times like III over
stocked rattle range during roundup" Hs
cav a,,j Ioo u s on ns1s Edx:
them elsewhere. The nun Der OF b nck tail deer
Is known to have greatly Increased. There
other Sarnivnra have 30 multiplied as 10 cause
an official rsc"mmendatio Tint the troops
Tho suggestion has also b, Gu mule that NaI-
docks should be built Tor Collecting and breed
nf bs wyh Svv r res oshiR snrs
nate through the rspacity Of, hide hunters.
The actual market value "t the fnr-teariug
s s seH " ssSs.' af5sss
the Twin Lakes. and o Ter waters. has also
produced an astonishing quantity OF tout,
Ths ae Fax * scascy;
singular adm nt-,rative experience. At first
II was under the charge OF u civilian superin-
IL projecting 1t. II wa, NIT only rayaroi IL
hnnte,is, Eut was Tie lrsy Of lumbormen. and
ago CONGRESS provided that troops should bs
furnished to take care OF tnis impo, tunt tract;
and three years later the authority thus
The first detail was that OF Troop II, First
iieyel by Troop X. Capt Eoutele: while the
Snrt Anae1sop n, Thsss mountel forces ars
,no had At the ,ns s
provide laws Tor, governing tue park. Iut
IT., ,n,o intersrence though well:msa9t. lil
excess OF zeal. ignorant local officers ar.
rested PEOPLE for entirely innocent actions,
which they m!sconstrued as offences agaiust
vas,a,ions from forest fires went on. The out |
,siation caused IL to be re,eaed two year. A.
prssslcn mat there wa. no eli1eisut, law pre-
Official report. made Inc rational plea s re
ground u place OF refuge. The hotels Wers
lreuuented by gamblers aud adventurers. who
l'res. originating mysteriuusly in remote and |
alter the military policing was established !, it
paroles aud to seasonably quench tie ires,
The hotels. too. wero sharply csnsured by the
ann for eek
Now. however. their condition Is reported as
This beautiful tract must continue 10 be
carefully watched. SO that Its Wonders and
charms may he preserved for the use OF the
people. Wholly apart from the pleasures ad-
nan!ls that lis forests shall be Ispt unlmnai 9
IN anse as 81 esa whesa Rss other
SUI be seen In great herds, as the bison bears |
Witness.