Evening star., 1914-04-05

The government. With the co-operatio
of the Order of Elks and other organiza-
tons. has just completed
Distribution it's third season 5 distri-
of ELL button of the wapiti, or
American elk For many
years the Order of Elks was held to be
chiefly responsible for the threatened ex-
tinction of the American elk. because OF
the use of elk tusks as one of the en-
blems of the fraternity Several wears
ago. however the order took action to
discourage the use of this emblem, and
organization. is helping not only to pre-
serve the existing herds of elk, but is
assisting to establish them over a wide
range of country.
Two carloads of these elk were re-
Gently held over for several DAYS at the
Denver Union stockyards after a 1856
mile trip from the Jackson Hole country
wyoming, and then resumed their Jour-
ney in two divisions. one going to Aspen,
Col, and the other to Estes Park. Only
Two OF the elk were lost in transit and d
third. which was in bad shape as a re-
suit of Jamming in the car. was left at
Laramie where it was thought it would
recover One car which left Denver con-
tained twenty-five yearlings and was
shipped to Lyons. from which railroad
point the elk were given automobile
rides in crates to Estes Park. The other
car containing twenty-five two-year-olds
went to Aspen, where the animals were
turned loose on the Sopris national for
While both shipments were taken care
or by the forest service i'll cooperation
with the United States biological survey.
the freight charges on the shipment TO
Aspen were provided for by the lodge of
Elks at Aspen. The other transporta-
ton charges have been furnished by
Colorado railroad and by residents of
Estes Park During the stop-over in
Denver the elk were dipped for the eradi-
cation of fever ticks
This is the second consignment of
Wyoming elk to be liberated in Colorado
within year. Last spring herds were
scattered. on the Sopris and Durango
national forests. and at Estes Park, and
IT is reported that these animals have
done well. The addition of the new ship
ment materially enlarges the herds, and
1t is expected that the natural increase
of the animals will, within a few years
give to Colorado some of the largest
herds i'll the west
An additional fifty head Of elk were
taken this winter from the Yellowstone
National Park and sent. to one of the
public parks near Denver Another ship
ment of fifty elk were also sent earlier
I'M the season to South Dakota from the
jackson Hole country. and fifty more
from the same locality were taken to
points in Utah, making the total dis
tributed under the direction of the
biological survey approximately 200
The distribution of elk for the past
season has been small compared with
the work for the last year, when the
shipments aggregated 100 head. The
reason for lessened distribution is the
mild winter, when the weather was not
cold enough to drive the herds far south
and permit the easy capture of the ami
mails for shipment and distribution to
other parts of the country.
Government plant experts have laid out
bulb gardens this spring within a few
steps of the administration
American building of the United
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