The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-26

blned. While the super,nta,i.i,.,,r ~
the Yellowstone park has eccn pst-
ting 10 save the reservation from b.
ing pared down in the interest OF lain-
ing companies, Capt James Parkcr.
acting superintendent Of Scquoia and
Grant parks in California, near thc yo-
semitic park, has been urging the en-
lsrgement of Seqaoia park, SO that il
may include within its area Grant
park aud fine territory north aad
east OF SeqUoia park. The park. as
thus constituted. would equal the area
OF the Yosemite park. and would IN
clo.e what Capt Parker calls tho
hnest fishing region in the world
Sequoia park, which is somewhat
! neglected by tourists. lies about seven
ty-five miles southeast OF the Yosemite
park. 1t is surrounded by a grazing
region, and some of the land within
the park is.owned by cattlemen. The
park IS guarded all summer by de-
taehment of soldiers, but every year
thousands of sheep are turned into il.
( Ihey have destroyed the nests and
/ eggs of many thousand game birds.
until some species have become greatly
reduced in numbers. The superiatend-
ent and his soldiers can arrest herders
found with sheep or cattle within ths
limits of the park, but cannot punish
further than by ejecting them. Ii used
TO be the policy of the military TO pre-
tend that the herders were Liable tn
severe punishment, but the trespaSsera
soon discovered that this was an inven
tion The superintendent after that
stretched the law a little, or rather
chose 20 enforce it in such a way as 70
make the penalty of expulsion from
the park as severe as possible. When
he caught n party of herders, with
their dogs and pack horses, he would
march the whole company by diai-
cult road across the park TO the exit
most distant from the point at which
he made the arrest: meanwhile tho
cattle and sheep were left without at
PENDANTS during the ten DAYS or two
weeks that must be occupied in the
journey ont OF the park and the return
trip by some circuisous outside route.
The neglected animals thus left 10
themselves, fell q prey to wild beasts.
and the owners hearing Of their loss
made haste to bid their he-ders
keep out OF the park. The law, OF
course, contemplated no such inEenioa.
method of providing a penalty where
none existed. but the device OF the
superintendent lessened the damage
from sheep and cattle.
Grant park, which contains a nobls
forest OF the giant sequo.as. is con-
stantly overrun by cattle and sheep
The small detachment of soldiers guard.
ing the park II constantly busied Ia
running out cattle The superintendent
estimates that the area could be- en-
closed within barbed wire fence at =
cost of about sixteen hundred dollars.
and believes that nothing bat such -
fence viii bc effective in protecting the
park from the cattle. II IL shall come
10 be included in the proposed exten.
sion Of Sequoia park. the wire feucs
would not be practicable. and IL would
require, thinks the superintendent. tsvo
companies Of infantry ~ protect the
whole area
Yosemite park has been much beset
by herders, but the superintendent and
his soldiers have male trcspass 10 un-
comfortz BILE 10 the trespAssers thai
there is much less difficulty thsn for
merry in excluding sheep and cattle
from the park park guard Of SONS
kind is necessary. however. becaass
The local sentiment a not friendly 10
the park
Yellowstone park has % coutepd noe
only with those wbo woald cut down
its area. but as vel with a gzny Of
watehfui and persistent poachers Ths
park IS believed 20 contain At least co.
buffalo. the only considerable to6y of
those animals DOW living in the Custed
States: .. 600 elk. many Dountaiu
sheep. between 800 and LOO aat1ioyes.
hears % seTeFal varieties. fex mosae,
besides beavers. wolverines badgers,
otter& and @ great num-
Der sSd variety o. game birds. The
finest and some Of the rarest Of th~<s
animals i've on ia. upper eds-s Of tlss
p4rk In the beautiful EDouatsin region
il l. proposed 20 pare OF The roach
Frs here about THIS region tap ths
beavers Tor their valuable skizA. cat6s.
he buffalo calves zsss y0anE eliza sl4se.
xiii the old banzlos fDr their hides &s4
heads. and destroy game Of AL kss<ss-
The Increasing scarcity 6 bag p4nas
makes the PARK saorE and MOT. tess.pe-
Inz TO pozcAersl Nost Kinds of gzso~-
however. are Increasing - tkse f~rk
7 he beavers. "a particular. are matt
pi ring. and ~ are .s~ six1. thozrh "a
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mailer sort have h~rorre very sas.e.
sse - have many other 81 fke large
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,>rrgat ne asar approach os The AZ
iisra tAsi guz<d tne PARK assd a.
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