Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-25
IN STOCK The PLAINS
WITH BUFFAL0Es.

,,o United States and Canada
II onts can prevent it, the bison
goTerlt become extinct. The noble
will nI' which one roamed the West
anlnlan i,;es in innumerable herds,
sn p slaughtered with ruthless
hss .,tiI br: a few hundred remain.
hard un. indian and white man
Fol ,n+ed the American buffalo,
alike not for meat or necessity, but
slaglns love of slaughter. And all
fol- wv .iua the Government raised NO
this ' in protest OF restraint. Fol
hanu santimentalists have bemoaned
year, 80 Of the sometime monarch OF
the united States and Canada have
,eeun the actual work OF It 1ra ans hiaan
osst to national preserves all n Dlson
Inst can be found.
tna m,Ora are three of these preserves,
~ The United States, n in Can
t.o A large number of animals
aaa' o1readv been moved to them;
have will be shifted there with all
0nsible speed.
p0a Those preserves are not little pens
lhich the noble ANIMAL with it's
.as.mDling gait will have no room to
sp nnm his natural i~nclinations. In
lo o.Sd thew are mighty forests, huge
s'saa where only after a long jour-
uS.'v an the buffalo come into contact
wv ~, the wire fences that prevent his
Ss Tbe bison range in the Flathead
,.d;on reservation in Montana was
'u.horized at the last session of Con-
sssss when $4,000 was appropriated.
The location of the range was
..,ommended by Professor Morton ].
,sr1rod. of the University of Mon
.an. an authority on the subject,
rho after going over the country
,.refu]lv, picked on this tract as the
most desirable.
II is directly north of the Jocko
n;ror near the towns of Ravalli and
Jocko. ..
Of the appropriation of $4,000,
$4,000 had to be paid to the own
as of the land, a large number of
whom are Indians. Many of the
white owners being interested in the
nrDose of the purchase made low
rricos for their holdings.
The first act of the commission was
n mt a substantial wire fence around
the preserve, and this involved a con-
siderable outlay, for the strength OF
the buffalo is such that it takes a
noverful barrier to keep him in
check.
Now water sheds must be con.
structed and other preparations made
for the complete comfort of the bisor
guest.
The American Bison Society has al
ready purchased a number of bison
and they are being sent to the re
serve as quickly Is the needed fund!
can be raised.
This reservation as we'll as tn,
others that are now being installed
owes its inception largely to the &C
Of the late Austin COrbin.
He was one of the first men o
wealth who did not confine his regre
for the passing of the buffalo to mer'
sentlmentality. He saw a chance t.
save the species from extinction, an,
like a practical man at once acted.
Six thousand acres belonging t.
himself at Blue Mountain Park, Ney
Hampshire, he fenced off, and her
ne maintained at his own expense
large herd of buffalo.
Not only did the herd becom
quickly accustomed to the new home
out 1t thrived and increased in NUN
Oefs. The experiment demonstrate
the possibility of establishing pre-
serves, and was the animating i'm
pulse OF the American Bison Societ,
which came into existence four veal
ago.
The United States has fixed the Il
Ntlon OF its preserve at Wichita, an
recently fifteen Of the finest buffaloe
Al tne New York Zoo were. shippe
Mere' The animals picked out wei
VI ootn sexes, and they were in tt
OeSl OF health and vigor. The hoI
VI .ne experimenters is that out
suelf native West, in the midst of a
lea SO big as to mean almost fire
WILL tnere will be an end to buffa
. .' suicide and the species will mu
tps I'LL there is no longer a chan,
lament the passing of one of tt
"4slnal owners of this continent.
Inc Wichita range compris
o m,,e square miles of territory
~AAdnoma. This was formerly tt
o. over which, in it's wild stat
nnt4 OuHalo ran most freely, and
s sa'Ais the reservation here, Unc
ram IS merely performing an act
rs.. oia1lon. The fencing in of tt
NV iuclosure has been taken car
$4,000. p'op'1a'''
h 4A island Park, in Canada, is
,ns 'ue nome of the Dominion buffa,
a. authorities have even gone furt
n1,s uan the United States in thu
m.1a 1or getting a great herd of al