Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

Another point brought out by the
experiments was that though the pa
tient was being heavily dosed with
Of anopheles was allowed to suck his
blood, this did not prevent the infec-
ton passing.
out to test further the relation to ma
laria of the important Anopheles pune
tipennis,. and If these experiments
indicate, physicians will have the yaluo
able knowledge that they may disre-
gard this widely diffused and formerly
suspected species in their fight on
An antelope buck and a group of
prairie chickens arc two things for
which the govern
Game Preserve ment Is wishing and
IN nL1,L. scare ing very
=" 0nA"nona. hard these days, for
they practically would complete the
primary stocking Of the Wichita ma
tional forest and game preserve in
Oklahoma, one of the most OUT the
way and interesting of the many COM
bination institutions of the government.
On this unusual reservation, in a re-
gton which naturalists say was a sort
of Garden of Eden for the great va
riety of game that once abounded in
the west-probably for ages. and as
eminent has gathered together perhaps
the greatest collection in existence,
under anything like natural conditions.
OF American game animals of types
valuable wild life. as well as its home,
is In charge of Frank Rush, the only
oncial OF the government who is both
a forest supervisor and game warden.
The reservation represents in many
ways the best promise there is that
the most valuable of the game animals.
which In few years would have been
exterminated if not protected, can have
their continued existence insured.
The reservation contains more than
$1,000 acres, partly in the rough Wich-
ita mountains and partly on the roll
ing prairie. When 1t was set aside in
1905 it already harbored beavers. offers.
sands of ducks. But only bleached
bones showed that it was formerly a
favorite haunt of the buffalo and the
antelope: year later: however. fif-
illogical Gardens were placed on the
new preserve and have thrived so well
in the home Of their ancestors that the
herd has increased to sixty-two. Look
Of hundreds or perhaps thousands of
the great animals in existence, the
government recently has built a fifteen
mile fence six feet high for their in
the government has solved the problem
Of protecting the buffalo on the Wich-
tia reservation, in the Yellowstone
Park and on the few other special pre-
believes the time will come when buff
falo meat will be a regular product on
the market.
From Jackson Hole in Wyoming,
Where thousands OF elk are driven by
the snow each winter. the forest serv-
ice and the biological survey shipped
hve of the animals not long ago to the
wichita preserve, thus restoring to
portant game animal that had disap-
peared from the region. OF the inn
portant large game that formerly
ranged the southwest the antelope is
ture Is not assured by the Wichita
reserve. Two female antelopes live on
the reservation, but so far it has been
impossible to secure a buck, though a
the rough, desertlike region of western
Nebraska and Kansas. Prairie chick
ems are not represented on the reserva-
ton, but those in charge of the enter
prise are hopeful of securing a group
Of the fowl from other portions Of
Oklahoma. where few are yet in ex-
istence.
The forestry end of the governments
lected because of the presence of the
game. Forests are rather unknown in
the central west, and the Wichita is
wholly different from the tree-cov-
cred reservations in the far west and
the east. This situation makes it all
the more an interesting experiment
The principal growth is of post oak,
though there are numerous red cedars.
cies are being increased by paintings
from a well equipped tree nursery. All
of the dead timber from the forest is
given to settlers of the region and
building timbers. Because of its large
area of grass covered prairie the
Wichita. reservation has consider
able income from the sale of grazing
privileges. Finally, like the other ma
tional forests. this unique reservation
is proving an attraction to tourists,
campers and "hunters" who employ
cameras instead of guns.
A fish story is fish story even
though 1t is told by government
agency, but nothing
Ant-Fed Fish daunted the officials
Al, -, of the Panama canal
III tne Canal. have recently put a
very odd one forth. In the great ar
is an Indispensable part of the canal.
system, thousands of acres of forest
were covered by the backwater leav-
ing the tree tops protruding. Many
of these trees were infested by colonies
of ants that have been unable to leave
them since the water rose, and which
have continued to feed on the wood
Now many of these trees are rotting
and falling. When the ant-infested
wood tumbles into the lake the fish
in the neighborhood have feast from
the thousands of insects thrown into
the water. The fish, according to canal
officials who have observed the occur
rences, have actually come to be at
tracted by the crash of the falling
trees, and swim to the places of dis
turbance in great numbers.
The strange situation is said to have
reyolutionized methods of fishing. Some
of the local fishermen, it is reported
by the canal officials. now reverse the
proceedings of the average angler. who
feels that he cannot be too careful
and quiet and actually throw great
logs into the water, creating as much
of a disturbance as possible. The in
sect-hungry fiah that gather in an
swer to the noise are said to fall easy