Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-24

Kart vi t1OnCluSlpl.J
Whether You tally over night only
at the Lake Hotel or longer, YOU VIII
leave ii With regret The Yellowstone
Lake is u beautiful body OF water
Ii is .tbout 90 miles across the main
body and 30 miles between eNtremu
points The lake is very deep and lies
plncid and still III the lap OF the noun
tains. Ii is the largest body of water
in the world at this altitude. There
it lies dancing in the sunlight. ane,
fed by the eternal SHOWS, and there
ii viii lie so long as those rugged
mountains stand, and the SHOWS fall
While the Yellowstone Lake lasts. there
Will be a YELLOW stone river pouring
its great volume of water over the
rocks and precipices to the sea. ana
while the Yellowstone river lasts. the
great Missouri which it feeds. will con-
tinue to water the great cornlield of the
middle west. Who can tell the Won
iderful things in store for us. when all
these mighty waters are brought un
der control. and are fed to the thirsty
earth as needed /, seems TO me that
the Newlan,lS Hansboroush bill that
has just become 4 law. thru the friend
~ assistance of President Roosevelt.
is fraught With greater possibilities
for mankind in a commercial Way. than
any act that has ever received the
presidents signature The danning OF
the Nile. and the storage of the waters
for irfisating purposes. now are ac-
|coinplished fact; the draining of the
|Zuyder Zee. now under Way that will
make homes for twenty millions OF
industrious and God loving people be-
come insignificant when compared with
the results that are to come from the
bin that the president has Just signed
The writer has been Intensely inter
ested in this great project, and he con
sders it most fortunate that the plan
found friend in the president.
The Man With Gun.
1t is only 90 miles to the Canon Ho-
tel. an easy ride. following the course
of the ripping roaring Yellowstone
all the way. Ii was in this ride tnat we
sighted the herd of elk that I spoke of
in Part L of this series on an ele-
waited and open plateau, they We're not
unlike body of cavalry maneuvering
1t WAS indeed a majestic and splendid
sight, but l do not know that any of
my readers will ever see it. The gov
ernment takes every precaution to pros
tect these noble animals i'm the park,
and none out of it. To explain as the
SHOWS fail and the heritage on the
mountains is covered the game seek
the green valleys below At Jacksin's
Hole, the hunter with his cleaning
rifle, lies in wait. and God help the
deer antelope, bison or lordly elk that
passes that way. On the way to the
canon we encountered three parties on
their way to Jackson's Hole Each
party contained from three to five per
sons, and 10 to 20 pack horses. The
closed season was about to end, and
these creatures calling themselves men,
We're getting ready to kill. | blush to
say that in our party We're two women,
noted for their skill with the rifle.
Think of it. You who are trying TO
teach Your boys and girls TO be kind
and humane, think of Il woman stalk
ing a beautiful deer for hours in the
snow. simply for the pleasure of KILL
ing him. Know We. that these people
are not hungry, they are not poor.
They are appropriately, but richly
plenty to eat and drink They go there
simply to kill Their sole pleasure is
in seeing these nonarchs of the forest
fall. I don't know how it is with
others, but some times my soul re-
volts at meat, when [ think of the
wholesale murder carried on to get it,.
do not think | am Il crank, but to
me, the killing of any harmless animal
for any purpose except the purpose of
food, is demoraliZing, brutaliZing and
revolving. Pardon me. this does not
include dogs. Dogs are not harmless
animals. They are harmful and they
are as wcrthlessfas they are harmful,
and shall be very much disappointed
if the legislature of Iowa does not soon
get after the dog nuisance in earnest
| have the most profound contempt for
the man who can so into the field and
Kill birds for fun. AT Jackson's Hole
these cruel people lie With their rifles,
and kill and kill and kill, When sati-
ated with blood, like an Indian or cam
nibal. they quit And yet we call our
selves civilized. Somewhere l have
read, that the daughter of one of the
trust kings is very fond of this kind of
hunter. and a sure shot. AS her father
owns the greater part of the earth, 1T
probably wont disturb her in the least
to know that some people look upon
such women as cruel and brutal, but
such is the fact just the same. No
wonder that the men who bring such
women into the world can turn a deaf
ear TO the cries of 100000 miners, whose
only demand is living wages, when the
extra profits of the coal trust last year
We're $2S,000.000. What right have You
to kill a deer unless YOU need it for
food? What right have you to kill
1t for food? Man is the stronger and
God has given him dominion over the
animals. Admit 1T. when and where
did he give you authority to kill eX-
cept in defense or for necessary pur-
poses. Ii you have the right to Kill.
Why don't you kill people, that would
be a good deal more exciting. But
that is prohibited. Well is this the only
reason you don't kill people? III
could have my way there wouldn't be
very many 'sportsmen.' would breed
them out by Il process of natural Sc
lection, so that they would become an
extinct species. ! would rather pre-
serve the deer than the sportsman, be-
cause the deer is useful To society, and
the sportsman isn't. The deer is