Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-10
YELLOWSTONE PARK
GAME PROTECTION
Measures Taken by the U. S. Gov
eminent to Preserve the
Wild Animals. :
REPORT OF The SUPERINTENDENT
snowshoe Cabins Established In the Park
for the scouts who Watch the In
truders-Work of the Civilian
Scouts Commended.

Washington, Nov. 5.-The annual re-
port Of Captain George w. Goode, First
cavalry. acting superintendent Of the
Yellowstone National park. was made
public yesterday. Captain Goode took
charge of the park in July last. when
Captain o. j.. Brown, First cavalry,
was ordered to duty in the orient.
The report says hat some changes
will be made in the disposition of the
details of soldiers for the protection of
the park. The station at the Thumb"
will be retained as late as possible this
fall on account of returning hunting
parties from the Jackson's Hole coun-
try. Captain Goode then says;
1T is my intention to put a detach-
tnent with a civilian scout at Knowles
cabin to watch the He'll Roaring coun-
try, and have the southwest corner of
the reservation frequently secuted from
the Snake river station during the fall
and winter.
The establishing of snowshoe cabins
throughout the park was an excellent
step; they are most effective as a
means of protection during the winter,
the scouts being enabled to cover prac-
tically the entire reservation and pene-
trate to localities which would other
wise be inaccessible at q time when
poachers are at work.
Rationing the Cabins.
These cabins are now being rationed
and put in proper shape for winter use.
The civilian scouts do excellent work,
and are Indispensable to a satisfactory
protection OF game, etc. Their work In
M AANN ~ HNN The 80 H. Ann
magistrates has been, / believe, the sal
walton of the game up to the present
time.
These men know the country and
are trained woodsmen in all seasons,
whereas the soldier as q rule is re-
placed before he has time to become
proficient in such duties. Besides the
work Of the scouts and soldiers from
Fort Yellowstone making the rounds
of the snowshoe cabins during the win
ter, the instructions for the detach-
ments at the permanent stations re-
quire frequent scouting trips within
thei rdistricts, so that the entire area
OF the reservation Is under fairly eff
fective surveillance during the hunting
season and winter; without an increase
in the number Of scouts, however, II
is impossible to prevent poaching.
The number OF visitors to the park
during the season was 1928, q decided
falling off as compared with previous
seasons, due probably TO the heavy
travel to Europe. Last summer was
exceptionally dry and a number OF fires
occurred In the park. The most seri'
Gus was near Shoshone lake, west OF
the Thumb" which began July 2 and
was not eXtinguished until August "A
Park Visitors.
With the exception OF the bisor
american buffalo) all varieties of wild
animals In the park, including ante.
lope, bear, beaver, coyotes, deer, elk
moose, sheep and mountain lion are in.
creasing, Notwithstanding the antelope
range in winter over the north bound.
airy, where many OF them are killed"
Captain Goode says twenty-nine head
of buffalo were counted by scouts las
winter, and there were possibly ter
more In the park that were not seen
Unless stations are located near the
two southern corners of the reservation
and the force Of scouts increased, the
buffalo will be cXterminated in a few
years. With that addition to the facil'
tiles for protection they can be pre-
served and will increase.
The trout in Willow creek and GleI
creek. although apparently as numer'
Gus as ever, are 30 small as to indicate
the advisability of prohibiting fishing
in those streams during the next sea
son, otherwise there is no change In
the conditions, the other streams
throughout the park being full of fish
of good size, Notwithstanding the large
number taken out this season.