The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-04

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GOOD coNplTi oH III / NATION
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q WASHINGTON On. ID. c., February H
Game Warden Rush, Of the Wichita
Game Refuge IN thee State Sof Okla.
lhoma has informed 1.-THE Department
OF Agriculture of; the receipt IN good
condtt ton vi s5heaa, 81 antelope, which il
came from the National herd III the
= 4 Park Through the gen
ercsity 81 members Of the Boone and
Crockett Club d; New York, finds
were furnished for capturing and
transporting these animals from wy
omtng 70 oktahonla::5 The news or
the arrival fof the saAtelopreI I. at It their
destination has been received with
satisfaction BY the department OH:
Gals Gals who are much interested in the
ATTEMPT att in preserve. this interesting
game animal. rs. !, ~ nj
The Pronghornea antelope is unlike
any other antelope on the face of the;
earth. and has so many Irregularities
that natnralists class 1t In a family.
by Itself. Formerly existing BY thou:
! sands on our open western; plains, 1t
has now ben 50 reduced IN numbers
that that Its absolute extinction IS certain
In the very near future unless protec.
" ton Is given to the few remaining. 1t
DC does not do well east OF the $slissis.
s!ppi river. andacan not be success.
fully bred in captivity: but II thriyes
Il allowed TO Foam practically free
within large Enclosures and under:
conditions Ions closely! closely approaching the
natural ones; iais1,s Z, .5;. ;.
In 1908 the biological Survey es:
tllmated that the total number OF ante
lone IN the United States had been re- q.
!, dupIe VS. d to 1900. of.ythese about TO-.
900 were in oAtntana,, Wyoming and
the Yellowstone National Park, and
the remaining 1000 were distributed
In IL other statessc.9 % 4
On the Wichita Game Refuge it Is
hoped that the antelope will, find them
selves II, surroundlngs suited to. their
Increase. The Wichita Is really a
! National AT oonal forest and Game Warden
Rush acts as-,its supervisor anda@at.
tends to all the bushes Involved in
its Saddnslnistrdti5f!t But,fon tie Wieh::
tia, which WY Vel aside sb;y, y act let 81
Congress r as q National Game Refuge
because ltN Of Its especial suitability to
act as q breeding, place for the wild
creatures Of !the,gplains and lower
Rock mountain tigegions, the .impoir-
y ~
lance Of the game work has over
lshado,wy,eedts the ordinary suses ora Ma d.
National. forests, ilbut only two i Ma:
ton Game Refugees: s;.f's 9
This does not mean that, outside
Of; these .efuges u Tie game On the , Ma.
tional forests is MT otected, for the
National forest officers are uniform.
y instructed to see that the game
llawssof the various States are observ.
ed on, their forests.tin so far as they
can do this In justice to their other
duties. Many of tie forest officers
are regularly appointed Deputy State
Game Wardens, and it is the policy
Of the Department Of Agriculture 10
encourage their acting. IN this capacity
when they can do 50 without p,rlSeju.
dice 10 their work as forest officers.
They arernot, however; expected 10 20
OIL the forests In ordersto enforce the
game laws of the States. nor can thay
make enforcement Of game laws their
principal occupation Tie work 81 4 a
forest Officer" III looking after Uncle
Sans affairs generally insures his
being a pretty, busy man, and what
ne does IN n 4 entfq9rreinE game laws can
only be incidental to selling timber,
protecting the forests from fires. Ink.
ing after rgrazing matters, and re.
jspondingFto the tyafious7 other calls
which use Of the forests by the pub.
lie involves. 49, 49, s.
Ordinarily, game matters pertain to
the States. and not; to the National
Government. The States prescribes
When and under what conditions game
may be killed. If4it desires to pro.
ilfbft' the killing ofsgame in certain
parts Of the State; in order that the
game may breedtitbere, and these
parts Of the States are within the
National forests, the government CO.
operates with the State to carry on,
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