Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-01-23

ufndd YOUTH who smokes cigarettes while he
ANS the manners and costume of his predeces-
gr but who is often too idle to throw rope. or
totally Incapable of riding bad bukjumper or of
using effectively the revolver which he proudly
agags In fact if most of these modern cow
qys attempted TO draw his gun at an old-fash-
aei saloon gathering in '.wide-open" town OF
he vest before he could touch the trigger he
would have been as full of lead as a plum pud
deg h iull of raisins For, alas! the glory and
glamour Of the wild west has departed forever.
First came the numbering OK wagons, with their
hardy owners, emigrants and hunters, race OF
l@, Scared and weatherbeaten fighting their
yy grimly, inch by inch to open the new Edo
ndo Foot by foot they drove the Indians and
game before them, and for years barely held their
own in these unknown lands Then came that
mighty factor steam, and the steel roads with
their hgh-powered locomotives, today conveying
he settlers or tourists in few hours across those
once desolate prairies to traverse which once took
ae Old pioneer many weeks to accomplish.
consequence he who today sets out in quest
sport through such a country as wyoming
laSi De prepared for series of rude shocks II ne
Nles to find anything approaching the state OF
/ GaTs there about which he has read in the books
u bis youth
The splendid buffalo is extinct;r but few de-
9ed bones or relics of a skull the last traces or
u animal which roamed in countless thousands
NsF the prairies, and were wantonly extermnated
ElF by hunters for their hides, and partly by
F'uerS to make way for their cattle. The curious
mlghorn antelope also has almost been wiped
C N these district. But the saddest of all. per-
lss is to see the present state to which the
,RtS deer on earth, the American wapiti, has
wen reduced This noble beast, which was for
letV dpDiznp NJ no has hlQn
0Fen to seek refuge in the densest fefests Here
haTd indeed for any number of them to OBJ
'l safhcient food, and in consequence the type
-0 SIZE Of their antlers shows a marked depre-
auon IN modern years. AS every one knows,
SlVOF OF refuge has been found for them by the
yN'eu states government in the Yellowstone
h'A' and here the tourist may see, face to face,
t"Alg IN bands, the semi-tame remnants of the
~'s vast herds of wapiti. Outside this sanctuary,
a. every side, as soon as the season opens. each
e OF pass which leads from the Yellowstone
ne surrounding country is peopied with so
~4gu Sportmen or meat-hunters all camped and
ing lor those unwary animals which may roam
''OAu The confines of their reservation
IL these outlying districts, where few cum
3 oands Of wapiti still survive, they have en-
changed their habits during the early part
0e season, Formerly the herds would be
nrc.
= PARKS while throughout the day and nlgnt
\, 'yIestS would echo to that melodious whistilng
60, " me bulls. But today, if hunter seeks the
ss "'eu American elk he must perforce look III
enSsl' places to those frequented by the Old
MI hunters Far up. on the very edge OF the
49, 'ihe, feeding and climbing almost ike
Vs.. So an sheep among steep crags. and on the
NJ VI Snowne, we now find the few survivors
\ :, splendid animals And so terrified are they
s. constant presence of their natural enemy
.s WIN his innumerable camp fires. and at
s5ss ~1' noises, that the bulls seldom dare give
A., ae TO their challenging calls. So true; Is
ts,;.1 wa. the writer after spending many weeks
mn the past season in the wilds OF Wyoming
a. lizard wapti whistling on two occasions
ns t DO. cover throughout this period only saw
Il ca ~ssu worth shooting at says c.. E. RadclyHe
N s1uuy Life. 1t is true this was noble mead
ar s OF the finest brought out of that country
st.1 I1e ume past, but the capture of this neao
q mne many weeks of hard work, many scores
ara ~, OaVeiing, and many thousands OF zee.
sss t.loihg, in country which few years ago
.sehng with good heads
d i. same way the bears and big-horn sheep
ep9 Nocky mountains have almost become
Tie past. Even the very numerous mule