The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-07
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Enos =. Mills. former Kansan
Kqdaks Game Of All Sorts
In United States
HAS VALUABLE STUDIES
OF AMERICAN WILD LIFE
Has Made Pets Of Mountain
Rams, Widest Animals Of
the Further Rockies

Rams, Widest AnlmaIs OF
the Further Rockies
The heroes. Of American pioneering
Who dared the dangers OF the WHO
| places were mighty men OF giant
strength. courage and endurance. ~
the books Of early adventure the
Hoones and the Crockett6 are pictured
~ brawny athletes. clad In fufs ana
armed with ril1e and knife. engaging
IA hand-to-hand encounters with Zero
cious Wild beasts and bl0od-thifsty red
,kins. meanwhile enduring with equa-
.iimity the bufFetingp Of summer
storms and the rigors Of wilderness
.yinters.
b way OF contrast meet Enos A.
Mills, Z trailbreaker and mtahty hunt
~ Of today. Mr.. Mills stands some
Ave fest elk inches IN his stOckinss.
and possibly resisters 136 pounds on
the scales. He II quiet Of manner and
gontle OF speech. and dresses with IN
~ to unobtruslve neatness after the
copventional fashion OF . city man OF
buoiness. His one weapon Of the VIII
dokness n q photograph camera. Yet
~. Mills. in spite OF his unwarliks ap-
poarance and armament, has passed
the time Of day with murderous grfs-
zl1oS II the deepest mountain tast-
nseses OF the northwest; has scaled
the heights Of the Rockies In mtdwin-
" and persuaded mountain sheep. the
mast unapproaChable OF wild animals.
to submit to the touch Of . human
hand a. meekly 90 barnyard cattle;
ana he has pepotrnted the depths Of
|southern swamps and kodaked ALI
gators and croc0diles IN their DOGGY
homes. He has followed on foot from
sGurce to mouth practically every
.&Fge water course In America: has
dQ6ged winter snowslides In the noun
|taans, breasted storm-swollen torrents.
lard tramped across blistering deserts.
He has cooked over and slept beside
|compnres In nearly every state In the
union. and there II scarcely an Outof-
|the-way wild spot between Vancouver
|snd the Rio Grande Ip which he has
|upt set an exploring foot.
The early pioneers were bent on the
|SubjuGation Of wild lands and the de-
|struction Of wild game. Mr.. Mills In
|coutive h Just the 0pposite-the con-
|servAtion Of the untamed and pictur-
|ooQue pisces OF hin country and the an
|imal life that populates them. His life
|wo6k n the protection and exploitation
|of scenic America.
Mr.. Gjlls II an ex-Kansan, and at
|oao the was . resident Of Kansas
|CttZ. love Of scenic grandeur and
HE wiId places Of the earth took him
TO TIE Inountains Of Colorado. md for
|mcre than - years his home, when.
lever ~ was IN Il, hns been on Longs
Ipoak, IN the Eakos. Park region. He
|WaG one Of the original conservation
|ls1o ok this country's natural re-
oouyce1. and because q his wide ex-
'poE1snbe, eloQuelca ana soal Wa ap-
|p0lnto1 national forest agent, nv
|prooideut Roosevelt. He pSoached for.
III conservation, differentiation and
|oc3onttlc forestry until every person
II the United States heard about
khon. He II still preaching those
khlnO, but TO his eyaugelistic ti0ingD
No ooom added the doctrine Of ''See
Anerica ilrst.' Just now he n travel
tnx about tho country stimulating pub
rs sentiment IN favor q the creation
b 3 new national Rocky Mountain
pax1, taxing n . region that extends
~ NILS along the sentimental DIVIDE.
y4o pfOpcsed new part. for the cree
kioa Of which bin now II pending u
ptooroos. would cover A area Of 7OO
DQp0res miles and include the most
edGvoA eoction Of the continent IN
lch there are more than 20 meun-
~ poak6 11sO00 fest b height, four
olne1ep and 100 glacial lakes.
40 country IN the world surpasses
Aneeica n scenic grandeur, M. Mills
1nort4 but lack Of facilities Tor it, On.
Dnynont here SENDS $780, 80 Of
loNgiat money 70 Europe annually.
o411seglaod alone gets tl26, 000, 900 Tor
~ MGnnta1n ecsaesy, IN income Of
- yoar Tor oqcb square mile q
~ A1pno TERRITORY.
y ~ yoaxD 40 Estes Park IN Col
1910 va Inhabited b. some 20 poor
n11neeA who were trying 70 make =
MING tnt 0f (rodk growing," Mr.. Mills
A w11Is In Kansas City > few dayp
49, New + nAe gcod roads tor mo-
~ CAR, hoteae Ter The acsommodatiou
So visitors. and other comforts. Last
Igar 0y000 tourists went to Estes
M, and they spent thero el.00o,ooO.
~ - mention the ratlroad fares, t4at
u1lht othsrwise Asve goae e Europe.