The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-22

advantage TO shoot on government res
ervations In Africa would be exactly in
the same position of any foreigner
who came to America and was given
permission by the United States gov
ernment to shoot at will In the gov
ernment reservation at Yellowstone
park, where the American buffalo, TO
be found nowhere else, roams unmo-
Tested The president declares that
|, such permission rightly would. arouse
resentment
Mr.. Roosevelt shares with other
sportsmen the feeling that the wild an
imals on reservations should be pro-
tected TO the utmost and that under no
circumstances should permission be
given to kill them. except, possibly,
when predatory animals become too
numerous for the safety of other prac-
tically defonseless animals. Permis-
sion for one person TO shoot on res
ervation. Mr.. Roosevelt believes. would
lead eventually 10 permission to 9TH
ers and that In the end the game res
ervation would not be n reservation
at all In Its proper sense.
II Is Mr. Roosevelts desire that his
African hunting expedition shall not
be looked upon as one with sport as
main object. A limited number OF
specimens Of mammals and birds will
be killed for the uses of the United
States national museum. Other kill
ing will be confined to the limits OF
the necessary food supply OF the camp.
On his trip Mr. Roosevelt hopes to
secure for scientific purposes two adult
specimens, one OF each sex, and spec
linen of their young, of animals he Is
likely TO meet on the Dark Continent.
For the ordinary needs OF the mu-
scum the president and the natural
lists and director of the Smithsonian
Institution, whom he has consulted.
think these will be sufficient. but
whether they are sufficient or not,
these are all he has In mind to kill;
no matter how plentiful the game
may be.
II is the known wish of the presi-
dent that the expedition into Africa
shall be made with the privacy that
marks or should mark, any other sci
entiflc expedition. Mr. Roosevelt
wants an outing and chance to do
moderate amount of shooting. with
first view to getting results that will
be Of some benefit to science. While
a number OF the American newspapers
would like to send correspondents with
Mr. Roosevelt, IL is needless to say that
no newspaper representatives will ac-
company the party.
During his summer vacation last year.
which hespent at his summer home in
Oyster Bay, Long Land. New York.
Mr. Roosevelt did most OF his planning
for the trip. During the hot summe:
days from June till September the
President devoted much OF his time
sitting on the broad veranda of his
home studying books on natural his
tory and the big game in Africa These
he procured from every available
source Working out the details of
his plans occupied gret deal of time.
He was continually in correspondence
during the summer and even after he
again resumed his official duties at
Washington with the noted big game
hunters and naturalists who have de-
voted years of study to Central Africa
and its funa Mlen who have spent
any length Of time in that part at
Africa which he intends visiting we-c
welcome visitors at Sycamore Hill,
and from these he gained valuable IN
formation This was the case also
when he returned to the White House,
and among those whom he entertained
there were Bishop HartZell, who has
spent many years as missionary bishop
of the Methodist Episcopal church in
Africa, and Sir Harry II Johnston,
the noted English naturalist and all.
thor. who has had twenty-five years
in frI1
the discoyerer oil the Okapi Sir
Harry. after his visit to the President,
said he was surprised TO find MT.
Roosevelt so we'll informed on Africa
and its fauna and declared that the
President was able to tell him things
about It of which he had no knowledge
Numerous others persons who have
been to Uganda and British East
Africa the President has consulted
and as result, he had gathered q
store of infoEmatlon not to be obtained
from books
1t was to Secretary Walcott, Of the
Smith Sonian Institution, that Mr.
Roosevelt first unfolded the tentative
plans for his African trip In letter
TO the secretary he made known his
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fee expired. to Africa for the purpose
of hunting and travelling in British
and German East Africa, crossing
| Uganda and working down the Nile
with side trips after animals and birds.
He declared then that he is not III the
least a game butcher" saying: II
| like to do a certain amount OF hunt
! Ing, but my real and main interest is
! the interest of faunal naturalist"
In his letter he expressed the opin.
ion that this trip opened the best
! chance for the United States National
! Museum to get a fine collection, not
only of the big game beasts, but CT
the smaller mammals and birds OF
Africa. and ought not TO be neglected.
The President offered to take vita
him several professional field natural
lists and taXidermists who should pre-
pare and send back the specimen
he is TO collect. the collection to go
TO the National Museum. The Presi-
dent said that as an ex-President he
should feel that this institution Is the
museum to which his collection should
go. While he would pay the expenses
of himself and his son. he felt that he
had not the means that would enable
him TO pay for the naturalists and
their kit and the curing and transport
of the specimens for the museum All
he desired to keep would be a few
! personal trophies of little scipntft1c