The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-27
TO ADD TO THE PARK
GREAT NATIONAL PLEASURE
 GROUND TO BE DOUBLED
In Area by Act of Congress to Pro- tect Big Game From Extermi- nation by Unscrupulous
 Teachers.

| 10 dQu o,Z0f square InlltS uidhiuk | tai 6.5S7 square miles. General John F. Lacey. chairman of the House commit | tee on Public Lands, hopes to secure the necessary legislation. The reasons TOT 1 the proposed increase in the area or the park are to be found in report recently submitted to the Speaker qf the House | of Representatives by. the Secretary oI | the Interior. in which he declared tn at
 mcese, elk. deer antelope mountain ,r,r, gnnep ep range within the boundaries of the park, wandering into the timber and land reser- vations east and south during the winter, by pot hunters and others for their heads. teeth, pelt and meat" and further ana
 most important. the practical extinc- tion of the large game will be but ernment. by appropriate legislation. pro- vides for their protection
 The League of American Sportsmen, with headquarters in New York. is doing Representatives in Washington to enact the legal laws President c. o. Shields. of the League has forwarded to Wasn-
 ington copies of a resolution passed at
 meeting od the s sad we deeply deplore this neglect of duty on the part of our Senators and Repre- sentatives in Congress. and we request
 ter a9s uafe a ast to ss or the e ploynent of scouts and gamekeepers in the park in order that the few remain ing buffsio and other game may, if pos sible. be saved from the ravages of these On the authority of the League of American Sportsmen 1t is reported that while a few years ago there were Vo
 herd b1 consists m s % of fewer than 30. The League puts the blame for the virtual extinction of the buffalo upon :" poachers living near the borders of the park, aided, abetted and inspired by unprin- cipied taxidermists." Two ways of protecting and preserving
 the wild game have been suggested With
 in the last four years. The first is by
 winterine pastures. of elk. deer, moose and
 mountain sheep to the present, boundaries
 of the Yellowstone National Park; the
 second is to prevent any one entering or
 being upon the public lands in that region
 for the purpose of pursuing or hunting
 wild game. Of the two courses. the nrst
 is almost unanimously favored by the
 authorities who have had occasion to in-
 vestigate the situation.
 In addition, argument in favor Of the annexation of this territory is found Tn
 its natural beauty. Bits of picturesque
 country would, be taken from Idaho ana
 Montana. but the home of the elk IS
 known to be chiefly in Wyoming and
 from that State most of the new terri
 tory would be drawn. The famous Snake
 River country. the wild. rugged sweeps of mountain peaks and the mammoth
 forest reserves: due east from the ? ark
 would be placed under the supervision or the Government. ...
 The Teton Range on the south of the National Park rising 12. 730 feet above the sea level and being the most elevated summit in that part of the country would form an attraction equaling the great geysers of the stretches to the north. General S. B. M Young. then colonel. in 1898, after careful examination Of the ra ciop aaid of this aActinn of 1t: "The average elevation of this range Is probably not far from 12,0O0 feet, ana it forms an effectual barrier to the coun- try lying to the eastward, since 1t can
 be crossed at only one point. Teton Pass, at the southwest cor0er of this add1tion. On the east the Teton Range descends 3 preciptously to Jackson's Hole, large mountain valley, which extends from north to south across this addition This
 valley has. an elevation of from $500 to 1000 .feet-too high for effective agricul.. {. ture: but it serves as a wintering ground The dimensions of this yalley-twenty- five miles in length. with an average
 breadth of ten miles. an area Of Zoo square miles-together with. its sheltered secluded character, make 1t Of great value mated that at least 900 elk. whose sum
 mer' Tange is in the park. drift south
 ward to Jaekson's Hole. where they range
 tn the winter Enormous numbers are
 slaughtered here" s-. =, -..f '4 | It is designed to attach small piece
 of Montana to. the northwest portion or the park. From the report of General
 Young it is gathered thai datna this too Tl in cludes the upper basin of the Madison River with the canyon below it. and a lofty mountain. seemingly trying to rear its way to the stars. on the west. On the north runs the Galatin River. guarded by a chain of bristly peaks. The upper valley of the Madison River is described with rugged and NprecipitouS tops bor- l dering mountains reaching attitudes of also a wintering field fors elk and ante l lcpe. and, according to General Young, has been for many years and still Is the | rendezvous for the most daring ana most successful pOachers.
 But Jackson's Hole in the Teton Range | is acknowledged to be- the choice resort for the migrating herds of big game In this connection a story is told of how Jackson's Hole received it's name. Away back in the sixties, as the old scout puts 1t, in that "perticular neck of the Snake River kentl'y' famous banoit and horse
 thief named Teton Jackson held undis- puted sway. Horses were stolen in Ida
 ho and Montana. and by swift, masterly
 dashes were brought to this valley. rest ed up" and then sent to. Utah and Colo rado to be sold.
 It is said Jackson's resort was impreg-
 nable from the west; whence the horses came, except through the Teton Pass,
 which equals that of Thermcpylae for its
 possibilities of defense. Jackson held the
 -f his bloodthirstiness and cruelties se
 cured him immunity. In 1881 Captain
 Bonneville and party went through 1t and at a much earlier day the Astor party. under MT. Hunt. explored It..
 Since the days of Teton Jackson gang of poachers has been al work there and elsewhere in the reserve country. The State of Wyoming has come in for some criticism for not doing more for the protection of the National Park deni- Zens which seek the valley country in the snowy days of winter.
 -- Hunters. who hunt for the sport of it.
 have time and again told with smiles of
 the easy licenses" received from Wyom-
 lars per" This license says in substance: :
 Tn consideration }of the payment of
 forty dollars, authority Is given by the
 State of Wyoming to ------, to pursue,
 hunt and kill not more than two elk. two deer and three antelope, one mountain sheep and one mountain goat within the State from the list day of September to the 1st day of December. etc:
 In the words of one hunter, 'armed With this pretentious authority we broke Lake" where it Is safe to wager they slaughtered. all the big game they could.
 But the justice of the peace had collected $160 from this party and hence the law
 had been. I.sufficiently observedyj The cam paign for the extension Of the Yellow stone National Park is well started and
 is being, managed ov competent hands. Chairman Lacey of the House Commit tee on Public Lands is known as the , friend of any project affecting the preser- vation of bird or beast
 Sympathy Prevailed.
 New York Evening Sun.
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