The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-31
BUFFALO AT HOME
Will Have Thirty.Five Acre Pas.
ture of Own.
Enclosed in a Non.CIim babIe
Fence.
'LACE FOR DEER, TOO
Herd at Gage Park Will Have
Breathing Space.
Appraisers For the Tract Have
Been Named.

Looking towards the purchase of the
~ acres of land Immediately west of
cage park Commissioner E. B. Stotts
Is formulating plans for turning 50
acres or the property into a spacious
pasture for the buffalo and deer. this
PEACOCK, to use the English term, to
De IN the southeastern portion of the
land which it is hoped to acquire.
1t is generally conceded that the
space In which the display animals are
alloWed to roam is entirely inadequate.
The buffalo have not room enough in
which to work off their surplus energy,
ana Just this morning Mayor Billiard
casually remarked:
we must have more room for the
deer. The pen is too small The grass
has been eaten short and the deer are
eating the leaves on the bushes"
On the south side of the proposed
30 acre pasture said Commissioner
Stotts this afternoon, lis natural buff
faIo wallow, and this portion of the
| tract if enclosed would make an ideal
place for these animals.
THE pasture could be enclosed with a
nonclimbable cable fence with four-inch
mesh, which would allow of no toe foot
ing, and thus the inquisitive would be
kept out. Five feet of this material
would be used, and then on top Of this
would go strand of lighter cable IS
inches high-above this two strands of
barbw1re. This would keep the deer
from jumping over the fence"
There is an attractive row of catalpa
trees running north and south across
the tract within a hundred yards of
the present west line of the park, and
another line of trees along what
approximately, would be the continual
ton of Eighth avenue. 1t is proposed
by Commissioner Stotts that the pas
ture fence be attached to these trees.
which would do away with the necessity
of putting in ten foot fence posts on
two sides of the enclosure.
According to Mr.. Stotts a beautiful
driveway could be made along the lines
of trees which would enable those ION
pleasure bent to get an excellent view
of the animals.
Appraisers Are Named.
The men who were appointed as APP
praisers of the 90-acre tract, A. A.
Rodgers, W. NJ. Forbes, and c. o.
Knowles, together with Commissioner
Stotts and possibly some of the own
ers of the property will go over the
ground at 4 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. All of the owners of the land
were notified of the trip of inspection
today. They are: o. E. Walker, Rev.
S. S. Estey, H. w. McAfee, W. w. Mills,
n. H. Loomis, P. o. Walker, J. B. Lari-
mer, David Bowie, James Troutman,
S. A. Thurston, H. w. Seery and DR..
L. H. Mum.
The fame of Topeka's Zoo has spread
far and wide to judge from the num-
Der of offers of animals for sale that
are received. The latest letter of this
nature was received today by City
Clerk c. B. Burge, and was from Geo.
J. England in far away Washington
state The letter is self-explanatory.
1t reads: IT can obtain for you a bear
about four months old. He is a play
full little fellow and would be just what
you should get for the park as the
children could play with him and he
would always be docile. The price is
SIS F. o. B.
Should you decide to take him, let
your answer be prompt as a park in
Massachusetts is in correspondence for
him; it might be you could deadhead
it through on the u. P.'