The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-10-11
WHERE GAME RUNS W.
Au"rin Corbin's Great rrcscr,
cleveland" Lately Met a.. "he

"".o" oor".n" Great Preserve ~,
cleveland" lately Me, Ills D.a ""s''
Since Austin Corbin co,,,-
nearly three years ago, the fe ncl
OF his vast game Drese va lug II
mountains near the yina The
Newton, n. H.. and turned lon'se Of
the depths OF the forest all ths 'ns'
mails which he had trouvh, an.
North. East, South, and West from
has been nothing to disturb ,bo .iere
tenor OF life among the gam te'en
there. until last week, in a ap"fa
battle for mastery in tho "s'c'
herd a big bull met his death. "''o
The animal Was a shaggy Gan,
~prodiglou> size and unparalleled r.o'
ness. He was brought from ""S'''
RADIO with twenty-lhree other c,, 'p'
when the preserve was frs, ons"a''c'
or closed. But last year %..iiu"aa,.
Jones Il buffalo farmer near Onat'
brought second installmenttn %ah
port. and then began the r,ys
which ended in the big fellows q.
mise. Y"
But the preserve still rem.i..
probably the finest domain OF il sn'
in America. MIR. Corbin said s'ms
time ago to a reporter. ~ th,ae
that 10y and by there's going Ia IN
some shooting up there"
And we'll he might think So T,.
Enclosure, which he has girdcd com
pletely with a lofty fence of he,n
wire ten TO twelve feet high, include.
-, 900 acres, mach OF which is yira,"
forest OF the den>est sort I,s on,
skirts are clearings where the hara,
New Hampshire farm rs, Mr. Cn,
bins forefathers among them, hava
for generations lOiled tor livelihood
But in the interior are places whers
no maj has e.cr trOd. Even befo,s
Mr.. COrbln undertook the work -
filling it With big game it was
tirS class game country.
The property cost a pretty pennv
too, for as soon as the farmers who
had holdings there, great or small.
Learned Il the Co. bin p oject thew
developed into real estate speculation
and tackled on fancy prices to their
mountain farms. and it was onlv
after years Of effort that he succeeded
in getting possession Of all that he
wanted for his deer and elk and
moose and bear AMI wild Loars fr m
Germany To play and multiply in.
Even yet there fingers one old farmer
who is holding of for Mr.. Corbin to
come to h : te ms. The old man has
about 800 acres in the middle of the
tract aud his own private driveway
Tor approach.
At intci walls all along the line 4
the high wire fence there are game.
keeper, houses, where great gates
open into this y ivate wilderness
The whole business is under control
of Il smOoth-taced, Sharp.eved little
Yankee named stock we'll, who,e
youth--he is only about - years old
does not prevent him from being
Mr.. Corbin'> right hand man and all
round representative in the preserve.
a few miles from the hunting
grounds is the old farm where
Austin tUrbin used 10 pillow and hoe
corn when he was Il 10y. There
he has built come palatial cottages
and there the family spend their sum.
mer>, but IN the winter it is a land
Of snow. The stables are built right
On to the Kitchens, and after Deem
Der gets we'll under way roads and
fences are only rIatLer> or memory
until the spring thaws have brought
them into view again.
How many thousands upon thou.
sands it has cost MIR. Corbin to pre-
pare this big playground for his heirs
and their friends TO shoot over some
day ne man knows. or probably ever
will, except. Inayhap, the little IAN
kee gamckeeper. New YORK TX.
press.