Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-04-01
GOVERNMENT HAS A ZOO.
Supt. Farrow Tells of Menageria
in Yellowstone Fark.
A FINE BUFFALO HERD
Animals Are Given Splendid Care Under
Army Protection, and They
Increase Rapidly.

Our animals in Yellowstone Park arc
doing well, and we are proud, as a mat
ter of course, of our United States mo
nagerie, because We have one Of the fna.t
shows of the kind to be found anvwhere
declared q. l.. Farrow, superintendent; If
the Yellowstone Park hotels Mr. Far
row stopped off in Milwaukee the other
day, while en- route to Washington. u. &.
Oh government business. While here h.
was the guest of c. c. Trott. passennnr
representative in Milwaukee of the North
ern Pacific road
BuffalOes Feel at Home
For instance, the buffalo herd in ,i,e
park, started there by the government
and carefully watched for several wears
TO prevent the death of the young, is now
increasing rapidly, said Supr Farrow in
telling of Uncle Sans menagerie. "'Thp
herd now numbers between twenty ana
twenty-five more animals than il did =
year ago at this time. The anmals-ren-
resentatives of an almost extinct race
are III excellent condition. The herd
Wlntered well, and the calves are grow
ing rapidly and appear to be perfectlv
sound and strong They are diiiicnIt ~.
raise i'll captivity, but the government
herd can scarcely be considered in CAVITY
ity, as they have all the runway neces-
sary, and their surroundings are much
like their natural homes.
Although the fact may not be general
~ understood, 1t is the great desire of
officials of the government gradually 10
replace the buffalo, and the government
| IS now working with the end in view of
possibly increasing the buffalo until that
magnificent family will once more resen-
bic the old-time herds which covered the
western prairies.'
In Charge of Army Officers.
The experiment of propagating the ami
mails Is unquestiOnabiy a success, and
the army officers upon whom this I'M
portant effort has largely deyolved, are
IotfeSpondlngly well pleased. Maj.
Pitcher of the United States army repre-
Sents the government in the park. He is
| practically and officially the custodian Of
| the herd. There is every promise that
the natural increase of the herd will add
TO the interesting family about twenty
more calves during the coming summer.
All the buffalo calves of last year SUI
vlyed, and there seems now no reason
why they should not continue to survive
year by year, until there is once more Il
| mighty host of these animals. Uncle
sam herd does not have to struggle
and fight for Il living. The food is plen-
titul and good i'll the park and they have
the pick of the grazing lands, over which
they roam al will This is believed to be
the only heru of real buffalo in the world
similarly situated, and so near to the
natural conditions.
Our other wild animals in the park
also are increasing The list of prosper-
Gus animals include the elk and deer.
large numbers of which came down to
the Mammoth hot springs this winter.
and roamed about in plain sight. The
deem ba
them to the lower attitudes. They all
appeared in the best condition The
| Dea%s are at present.. 0f cullaSt asineI,
| They Increase yearly and are among the
first attractions to the tourists, since they
do not hesitate to come into the open.
where they may be seen. They seem
FULLY to realize the protection they are
guaranteed by being United States bears.
and part and parcel of the great gov
eminent itself Consequently they are
mild hammered and inoffenSive, and are
bothered more with their designs uuon
the hotel garbage piles than with hostile
operations against mere men and wom-
en- Inc garbage attracts them at night.
ana they raise great rumpus at times
among themselves, while fighting for the
garbage, Many tourists enjoy the fun
immensely.
Promises Fine Trout Fishing.
ing during the winter, and not a line has
been dropped into the dozen beautiful
streams since last fail. There will be
magnificent trout fishing in the park
this summer, for there is no where in
this broad land, better, or as great. pro-
lection to fish as Uncle Sam affords at
our great national park
The indications are that there will be
exceedingly heavy travel to the park
his summer, largely as result of the
| Lewis and Clark exposition ut Portland
The new Old Faithful Inn. near The
Seyser OF that name-the most expensive
loghouse, by the way. in the world IA
it cost S20O,00O--iS making extensive
improvements and arrangements for a
house full. 1t is log building in the
complete sense, logs entering into every
part of its construction. The great new
searchlight plays every night from the
the roof upon the wonderful geyser. pre-
senting a wonderful sight. 1t is be
lieved that many exposition tourists who
will pass within full view of the at
tractive park gateway. Mt Gardiner or
the Northern Pacific, will make an eff
fort to kill two birds with one stone, by
seeing Uncle Sans greatest playground
and the exposition at the same time.
Ten thousand people saw the park last
season. Evening Wisconsin.