The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-02-09
Antelope Are
. Be RAISED

fEhere are over l0o national forests
Dut only two national game refugees
THIS does mot mean that on side
of these refugees the game on the
national forest Is not protected, for
the national forest officers are uni
formly instructed to see that the
game laws of the various state are
observed on their forests, in so far
as they can do this in justice to
their other duties. Many OF the for
est officers are regularly appointed
deputy state game wardens, and it
is the policy of the department Of
agriculture to encourage their act
ing in this capacity when they can
do so without prejudice TO. their
work as forester officers. They are
not, however, expected to so Off the
forests in order to 9i a*,.e .
Enforce the Game Laws
OF the states, nor can they make en-
forcing og game laws taenr prsnc!pal
f. .
occupation. The sRqtS .olga forest
officer in looking Ger unele Sans
affairs generally inches his being a
pretty busy man, a1d whaF he does
in enforcing game laws, can only he
incidental to selling timber. pro-
teeting the forests Eom flses, look
ing after. grazing. matters, and re-
spending to the various other calls
which use OF. the, forests by the pub
lie involves. -
Ordinarily game matters pertain
to the states. and not to the national
government. The state , prescrtbes
when and under what conditions
game may he killed. If 1t desires
TO prohibit the k lli1g of game in
certain parts of the state, in order
that the game may breed there, and
these parts Of the states are within
the national forests, the government
co-operates with the state to carry
out the law. Such cooperation may
require the
Go Ing G! FIXED Areas
OF ne national fotest 5 g z:ng,
fos When Dig game becomes plentiful
1t must have sufficient food supply
left on the range to~carry it through
the winSer, or it will succumD for
the lack of sustenance. If the
range is fully utilized by cattle and
sheep during the stnmer5=.elk and
deer will fare hardly in the winter.
In the Wichita and the Grand
canyon game refugees the government
has not left the matter of caring
for game protection wholly to the
states, hut has established national
reservations on which an attempt
will be made to breed game. The
Wichita is notable for the fact that
1t has a small herd of buffalo upon
Il, which the game warden regards
as the
Apple of His Eye.
They were donated by the American
bison Society and shipped from
the New York geological garden in
1908. They numbered fifteen aad
have since been increased by the ad-
dit on of ten calves; two of the
original herd, however, died in the
first year. To the buraloes are nov
added the antelope.
The antelope were shipped from
Yellowstone park, and have been
liberated in one of the buffalo yards
which had been prepared for them.
They will he given more and better
range as soon as proper wire en-
closure can be made. Two addi-
t:onal head are expected to follow
the eight already received. Since
the antelope, once so abundant on
the plans. is in serious danger OF
entire extinction, this attempt to es-
tahlish the species on the Wichita
Game preserve will ne wached with
interest by all who wish to see our
native wild animals given; a effaGce