The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
GIRAFFES MAY BE
GAME IN COLORADO
Roosevelt Would Stock the Cen
tennial State With These
Animals.
ANTEL0PES HE WOULD
INTRODUCE ON THE DESERTS
Great Scheme of Former Presi,
dent to Establish Game Pre-
serves in United States.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.
to The Tribune.

take with him scheme for the estab-
lishnent In the far west and southwest
great national game preserves stocked
with some of the many anamls which
have afforded him such fine sport during
his African trip. Mr.. Roosevelt is a prac
tlcal man and has been making study
OF those animals which would do well in
those sections OF America which are now
practically useless and he has found
many. This is the news brought from
the dark continent by Charles Darnley
an enthusiastic bis-game hunter, who has
just returned from Africa and who met
and talked with Mr.. Roosevelt while
there:
Would Flourish on Desert.
Mr. Roosevelt's idea as I get it," said
desert and swamp lands In America
which are now practically worthless, it
Will be possible to introduce many Afri-
can game animals which he Is convinced
would thrive, offering rare sport to Amer
lean hunters. attracting visitors from
abroad and adding 10 the resources OF
the country, He has found many ante
lopes that he is convinced would flourish
on the western deserts, where there is no
game at all and which are useless for
grazing or any other commercial pur-
pose. He has found number OF deer
and goats which would thrive In the
mountain sections and, in fact there is
hardly waste place on the North Amer
lean continent Tor which Mr., Roosevelt
his African travels
airafres for Colorado.
''He is confident that the giraffe would
do particularly well in some parts Of
Colorado and as far south as Central
Mexico. The zebra, too. he Is convinced
would be rapidly acclimated. The only
really dangerous animal Mr.. Roosevelt
contemplates introducing TO the United
States is the cape Buffalo, and / would
say that while II takes q grown man, and
wilt m 11e ,nf Ia,
there are few animals whose flesh fur
nishes better eating, and l know OF none
which produces better leather, Mr.
Roosevelt Is also convinced that in some
of the far southern rivers the hippopota-
mus would flourish When 1 saw Mr..
Roosevelt his plans we're not matured.
movement. perhaps backed by the gov
ernmcnt. to make an attempt to acc!i-
mate these animals In the United States.
and from what / saw OF him am con-
vinced IL he concludes to head such
movement he VIII make il go. He seems
TO me 3. man who generally gets what ne
goes after.
King Starts ON Vacation.
The king starts on his spring vacation
today. Contrary 10 what was understood
clded TO pay no state visits to any for-
eign courts this year When the young
king Of Portugal visited these shores last
November he issued a very cordial invi-
tation to King Edward to pay a state
visit to Lisbon this spring. and mis-
majesty promised TO give this his consid-
Grafton. lie has now decided, however,
that, acting upon the advice OF his physi-
clans. he had better postpone this visit
for another twelve months, and content
himself this spring with 3 quiet rest at
Biarritz, Intmation 10 this effect has
consequently been conveyed TO the courts
at Lisbon and Madrid, both of which
looked for visit from his majesty.
Will Dino With King.
As nc passes through Paris on his way
TO the south. his majesty will have Z
meeting with the president. who VIII
dlns IN the 1 kis i COMPANY @ ny at oI2 1mG SrySn pr
vate meeting, as will the one that is To
take place between his majesty and the
king of Italy at one OF the Italian ports
while the king is cruising With the queen
and Princess Victoria in his roval yacht.
Later In the year. when the king goes
to Marienbad. he may halt at Berlin TO
have a meeting with the kaiser but lhts
will likewise be OF purely private na-
ture.
May Become Peer.
i is understood That the king is very
anxious 90 create Prince Arthur of Con-
nausht peer in his own right. and this
step is likely to be taken very shortly
The offer OF a peerage 10 the Young
prince was formerly made by the king
following the usual preccdent-when he
came of age a few years ago, IL was
then, however, declined by the Duke Of
Connaught on behalf OF his son. who; lie
desired. should remain merely the heir
TO his own iukedom 1t has been found,
however, at state functions that tile
princes present rank Is rather unsatis- |
factory. so he is now TO he given a |
dukedom OF his own, What his title shall
be has vet TO be determined, but there |
are reasons for believing that the king |
favors the revival of the time konoTed |
royal title of the Duke of Kent. aud this
is what will probably be done. This last
Of NOS n nd
present majesty and the Duke of Con- |
naught, and 1t was the first tltle sug-
Sested for the present Prince Of Wales
Ii was however, then overruled by the /
tate Queen Victoria. and the Duke Of |
York was selected by her In its place, SO
soon as this title is bestowed upon tho I
Young prince. which will probably be next
June. he will take his seat in the house
of lords
His Wife Real Helpmate,
Lord Iansdowne. the Unlonist leader
In the house OF lords has 2 real help
mate in his charming wife who is most
and such an excellent diplomatist that
Bismarck, tha iron chancellor once said
Of her thai she was too clever for most
lowne was viceroy of India, Lady Lans-
iowne managed to acquire wonderful
Of native life and affairs. Her
,nd- hand for disguised as a native she
used TO visit the poorest quarters of Cal
,utto. she often ran considerable risks
but she has plenty OF courage and the
Information she gained WAS sometimes
valuable For instance she was once
able to save an innocent man from being
hanged for murder The Judge who was
rying the case was dining a the vice
'cgal lodge. During the evening LJdy
I.ansdownc took him aside and said:
The man who is charged with the mur~
ler is innocent. II YOU Will send me a dc
ectIve ! will show tho house where
he murderer lives" Thanks to Lady
,ansdownc the real culpriL was caught
md the innocent man set free. but she I
would not reveal how she gained her
,nowIedCc OF the actual facts of the case.
The Incident made her very popular with !
he natives OF Calcutta,
Old Landmark to Co
The Fortune OF War, at Pye corner. !