The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-19

I Griffin who the INSCRIPTIONS individual is?
The sportsman who is content 10 Kill a Few mead
Z Of game per annum. or one who claims 10 nave
! killed more buffalo than any otner man, and
after they we're all killed started In 20 eNterml-
| nate the other game BY catching It and shipping
] Il out OF the state, and then quit the busl-
| ness because some one else cut prices ana nc
| could no longer make Il profitable 10 sen our
game
IL IS indeed a lamentable fact that the Indians
/ Kill large numbers OF game. animals at seasons
| when they ought to be protected, and mere
| ought 10 DO stop put TO It.. III y should DC
| be held amenable 10 the law the same as other
peOpc.
| But unless we make laws TO prohibit the In
! dams from Strengthening and the INSCRIPTIONS
pale face from capturing. selling and shipping II
out OF the state in loads, and In bands OF 100
| we cannot long expect to retain our game.
! believe in the state having park and stock
ing it with any and all kinds Of game, but there
is no need OF It at present, - per cent OF our
state is a natural park, and with proper laws
| and observance or the same, our game VIII 1--we
| and multiply for hund reds OF years; and we
! would not have 10 go to remote New Hampshire,
or TO gaze through the paiDgs OF an enclosure
/ nc a bunch OF elk that had become so tame in
| captivity that one would have to give them a
| kick 20 lind out If they were alive.
| There is no sport IN shooting that which has
| been captured and does not fear man. The
\ game is not projected by the state merely TO be
| looked at, but that Its numbers my not be d.
minished and an who are willing to observe the
laws can repair to the hills at such season as the
! law provides and engage in the pursuit OF the
game, the harder and more difficult 1t is To get
the more satisfaction it is to him II is who brings
/ IL 10 big.
! 1t might give Mr.. Griffin the same pleasure
and 81. isfacton TO 20 out 10 the corral. select
an elk shoot it, and herald the tldings that nc
| had killed AN elk, ms 10 would the sportsman
| who has looked forward all summer 10 trip to
/ the mountains, where he is In hopes that he VIII
! be fortunate enough to Kill an elk. At last the
! time comes. and after all necessary prepara-
/ tons he is of; the first morning after reaching
the hunting grounds no is out with the first
! streak OF dawn. The air is cold and frosty, an
! ideal morning as far as nature Is concerned.
| The morning and the entire day is spent In look
! ing FOR the noble game, but, although there Is
plenty Of signs, lie fails 10 Sot shot. The next
! day and the next are spent I'm like manner. I'M
| til the time to return home is near ut hand, he
! feels that one more effort must be made. AS
| no stands on some ridge and takes survey of
! the country he is called to life by whistle so
| clear and sweet that IL sends the blood cOurs-
| ing through MS VEINS. he needs no one To tell
| him the author of that whistle. although nc has
never heard II before, he knows at once II IS an
! elk His eyes are open, his foot Is placed with
| the greatest care least the swapping of a twig
| alarm the game. At last he Is in sight OF the
quarry the rifle IS raised. n careful sight along
! the barrel ana ut the report there Is crashing
! of brush the elk has disappeared. lie rushes
| 10 the spot and finds splashcs of blood. he fol-
! lows for perhaps 200 yards and there finds the
| old monarch. Ali! What satisfaction as he
| gaZes on those sleek sides and views the magni-
| Gcent antleTS lie feels that he has got some
| thing To be proud OF. lie returns home with a
feeling OF prid' and satisfaction that the killing
| Of all the domisticated elk in tho country could
| not give.
! SpOs 'smen. let US protect our game, let US
| pass such laws as will be for the best interests
OF ALL Let Us prohibit the capture and sale Of
| live game, to become a SQUIRE" OF profit to few
| to the dctTment Of all others We have an
abundant supply of large game yet and by
| giving the females proper protection, and limit
ing the number OF males to be killed, the supply
| may he continued, and We VIII not be COM
| PEELED TO pay from $50 to 500 car fare to get to
! some secluded spot and feast our eyes on what
| was once ours. W. II. WRIGHT
Missoula. Mont, Jan. Is.