Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-22


cnlondid youth who smokes cigarettes while ne
onee the manners and costume of his predeces
sors but who is often too idle to thro" rope VI
totally incapable of riding bad bukJumper Vi %
using effectively the revolver whlcn ne prouulS
disnlavs In fact if most of these modern COW
bo,fe attemnted to draw his gun at an oldiash
Toned saloon gathering in wde-open town "a
the west before he could touch the trigger ne
would have been as full of lead as a plum puu-
ding is full of raisins. For, alas! the glory anu
glamour of the wild west has departed loie'oi
First came the numbering wagons, with their
bordv owners emigrants and hunters, a race o.
mon SCARED and weather-beaten hghung tneI
way erimly inch by inch, to open the ne" Hiuo
RADIO Foot by foot they drove the lhulals an, CIV
game before chem, and for years barely heiu me-
own in these unknown lands Iheh came '. 10,
mighty factor steam, and the steel ROADS WIN
their high-powered locomotives To-Day cohNeyIne
the settlers or tourists in few hours across moss
once desolate praries to traverse when once touA
the old pioneer as many weeks q accoinp 49,.
In consequences, he who today sets out II que0s
!. Of sport through such country az 80 l
,rust he prepared for a series of rude SHOCKS II ne
Romeo 10 find ANYTHING approaching the state ol
affairs there about which he has read IN the poohs
of his youth
The splendid buffalo is extinct; put rev W
caved homes or relics of skull the last llaoeo -
an animal which roamed in countless Ihousanus
over the prairies and we're wantonly exterhna'eu
attlers to make way for their cattle. the curious
nronphorn antelope also has almost peen "lpeu
ont in these district. But the sadoest VI ar Pc
hans is to see the present state " WIZ, ~, W
finest deer on earth, the American wapi'l' nae
hon reduced This noble beast which was lot
, - denizen of the open country has been
,xi,er m seek refuge in the densest forests. mere
q is hard indeed for any number OF 'heIa 70 oo
tain sufficient food, and in consequence the Vpe
and size of their anters shows marked depre
citation in modern years AS every oie nv -. =, =
barbor of refuge has been found 1or tne,n py 'ne
IT,,ad states government in the Yellowstone
- and here the tourist may see, lace 10 race
srazing in bands, the semi-tame remnants OF inc
onne va ct herds of waPiti. OUTSIDE thls sdhoeu
-, edo as soon as the season opens each
i,o, mr. mass which leads from the Yellowstone
IN the surrounding country Is peopieu WIN 81
,,od snortmen or meathunters. all camped ana
,aiting for those unwary animals which may roam
shovond the confines of their reservation
IN these outlying districts, where few cum
r,nv hands of wapiti still survive they nave en-,
tirely changed their habits during ',e eaiiS 20.
og the season. Formerly the nerds wou,u oe
snrd Grazing or roaming through the loW-ylne'
on norks while throughout the day ana hlgn'
tbe forests would echo to that melodous "hlsui,e
coll NJ the bulls But today, II hunter seeks inc
aI,od American elk he must perforee look IN
diferent places to those frequenteu ny 'he o,u
~ 1,,,.ars Far IN on the very edge OF the
.iahorIine feeding and climbing almost IKE
AZ
mountain sheep among steep crags. ana on IN.
100 of snow.line we now find the few survivors
of the splendid animals. And so terrlted are tnes
nv the constant presence OF their natural enemy ny
w ,th his innumerable camp fires and at
.ndart noises that the bulls seldom dare give
w,,erance 10 their challenging calls So true II
.h,s thet the writer after spending many weeks
Snr,ng the mast season in the wds of Wyoming
only heard wapit whistlins on two occasions ons'
and moreover throughout this peroG 9nS S%
one head worth shooting at says c. u. haucyh'
ON co,,ntrv rife II is true this was noble head
and one Of the finest brought out of that Gogntr,
anu come time past but the capture of this hea'
antailed many weekH of hard work. many score
of miles travelling. and many thousanus Vi rec zee
hard climbing, in country Wnion 70" 'o'''
was teeming with good heads
IN the same way the bears and bis,horn sheel
=, the Rocky mountains have almost become
th,ne OF the past Even the very numerous mui