The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-02-02
A RREAT GAME PRESERVE PRO
POSED

| The blishment of a great game
preserved embracing portion of south
western Arizona and northwestern
Mexico, and probably a small part Of
California, is project which was not
conceived until recently, but which will
likely be talked about by sportsmen
all over the country within a few
months. A small party of explorers re-
Gently passed through Tucson after
making a trip through the country ad-
jacent to the head Of the Gulf of Cali
fornia, representing, it is believed, a
number Of sportsmen Of the middle
states, bent on formulating a plan for
the protection Of game and to prevent
the determination Of certain species.
A convention of sportsmen will soon
meet in Chicago or Denver to consider
plans for the establishment of great
game preserve, and representative
sportsmen from all sections will report
the advantages offered for game pre-
serves in their immediate sections.
That portion of the country south Of
Yuma, including email section of CAL
ifornia and considerable territory in
Mexico, is one Of the most fruitful fields
for the Nnmrod of this country to-day
1t literally abounds in wild game of va
rious descriptions and there are espec-
ial reasons why, with the help of man,
a large expanse of land could be con-
verified into one of the greatest and most
inviting game preserves in the world.
In the first place Mexico offers liberal
aid to such enterprises and 1t is under
stood that already that government has
promised to make important conces-
sions if the American sportsman Is will
ing to carry out the plan of establish
ing a game preserve lying partly in
Mexico.
The determination of wild game in
this country and the urgent necessity
of adopting drastic measures for the
prevention of further ruthless slaugh-
ter are two subjects which have long
occupied the attention Of the American
sportsman Never before have they
been stirred up to the necessity as with
in the last few months, when, from all
over the country, there have been de-
mands for congressional action. State
and territorial legislation have proved
insufficient to throttle the ambitions of
sportsmen out of season, but Federal
action in recent years has checked
wholesale slaughter in this and other
territories and states. However, slow
ly but surely, certain kinds of wild
game, such as deer and antelope, will
be extinct in Arizona within a few
years. and in a shorter time the noun
tain sheep, now found in few parts
of this territory, will disappear unless
early action is taken. 1t is because of
the threatened determination that con-
gress will soon be asked to make an ap-
for creating a game pre-
serve, or at least for it's moral support.
The redskins of Arizona have made
great inroads into the ranks of deer and
antelope, haying their reservations fire.
quently to engage in systematic slaugh-
ters of those animals. The Apaches in
eastern Arizona only kill the game they
require for meat and leather. 1t is said
that the Navajoes of northern Arizona
and other Indians of this territory do
not kill game on the wholesale plan |
merely for the sport as is commonly |
believed, but they seem to require an
lnordinate amount for ordinary use,
they leave their reserva-
ions, where long ago game became too
sporad to invite the hunter, and Or
ganized bands which go after big game
With guns and bows and arrows in
much the same manner that Americans
rabbit drives. Great piles of |
hair scraped from the hides speak I'M
of the great slaughter
which attends one of these expeditions. !
-Phoeniy (Ariz Corresnondenne of tho