The Nome daily nugget., 1908-04-20
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FIFTEEN BUFFALO ARE TO BE TAKEN TO THE OKLAHOMA
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 H#eh there on the range these buff feHa Wih be abir c vtraga amoug the bones uf tb"lr forch,ars and uaIraw to
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 aEzerg rrecautfou has b.ea ,aR,a fse tHa care ef the banata naf alone .f 'Hetr -hirmeut but uh.p t#es ar- rtz. II their oId-tinr horr. Tn. pens I# which thee VIII spend uHe winter hHs he,u carefully md Thoroughly - .gl..taa and @ade a- e.ufarHtbfa as DOS nfu for tH,m This l. thr zsa- -== t4- the fever rfnH. and .pery pre- eaHlaa has been #ken ta prevent thg aHmaIz catching thn fayer= M have basn getting fhsn in shape f,f fhe last several days. and on Tuesday WHcn they ate started thcy UiII be Iu good zhape Bach of thc afrsaa has been thoroughly sprayed with crude pc tfaIaam aud this Hfu he kept up dur ing tha iournes.
 .IH order that nothing may happen tn rhsm. each animal viii be cratod separately in 8 comfortable crate. which ,fll admit ef lyius down and eettiee ur at eH. Thr crates wiu be provided afth feed trough and va- tor hucEet on iae road alfalfa hay Will ba fed them I' has bceu g5ro- fully --l,-rtrd
 aon arrival at Cache. okla. which E about twelve miles from the forest re- serve tls crates HHI be put aboard wagons and hauled tae entire distance. On arriva tf the park thr animals will be rHt ia pen. Uaere ta-y wtl he kept af winter so as to keep them from Hf Hrt euy coming in contact With ii. fayer tick, and in the spring they a.l ha turned lee-. en the range and allowed fo wander .u the & ooo aere park
 NIr Rush expressed Hluself as great le pleased aith his task He is not like the cawhav of tho stage, and was dressed quietly in a black suit 8lth black soft hal and appeared ta feel keen delight in Inc flcr that. as ono of the last of the old-time cowboys. he should have been seIectel to take back to their original Haues herd of buff falo.
 @You can sec the old buffalo wallows all around the park. and everywhere there are horns ana homes of the buf- falo that were wiped out in the old days he said. and don't think these fellows will get homesiek for their lt- tie pen in the zoo here"
 It is expected that the herd will rap idly increase once il is allowed 10 live in freedom as nature originally in- tended