Evening star., 1925-11-05
LARGE ELK REFUGE
SOUGHT BY WINTER
Wyoming Representative to
Take Up Enlargement
of Reserve.

Enhancement of the Government 8
elk refuge from an area of about , 900
acres to some II 900 acres will be pro
posed as soon as Congress meets by
Representative Charles f. Winter of
Wyoming. Republican. in Co-nrdina-
tiOn with recommendation regarding
changes in the south and east bound
airy lines Of the Yellowstone Park to
be made by the Presidents Co-ordinat-
ing committee. toward harmonizing
the work of the park service and the
forest service.
The Isaak Walton League by public
subscription purchased and gave to-
ward the elk reserve last year LOO
acres. making n total of 3,700 or $500
acres. Representative Winter says his
bill will call for purchase by the Gov
ernment OF about $500 acres more.
The Presidents Co-ordinating Com
mission. of which Representative
Henry w. Temple Of Pennsylvania is
chairman considered the, elk problem
Al the same time ii studied the pro
posed changes in the south and east
lines of Yellowstone Park, and il is be
liered that they will support Repre-
sentative Winter in pushing through
his bill
summer Activities.
Representative Winter was one nC
q ''ile~i tNNl'l3bi party h'l Hn liSIl
tion trip to Panama This included
two airplane ni=hts with Navy
pilots. across the isthmus at an alti-
tude which commanded a view of
the entire canal including the locks
and the two oceans
Later in the summer Representa-
tive Winter accompanied four diff
ferent Federal representative bodies
over Wyoming to The various recla
nation projects-the Wyoming Ne
braska, the Shoshone and the River
ton.
He took the Presidents co-ordinat-
ing committee TO Yellowstone Park.
Many moose and hundreds of elk
We're seen by the party.
The group detoured into the GrCS
Nenrre Valley and saw the great
mountain slide of June 3. and stood
upon the dam formed by The slide
across the Gros Nentre River. Great
ing a new mountain lake. 200 feet
deep from the lowest part of the
dam and reaching back into the
valley for ; miles. \ section ot
forest a quarter Of a mile wide AMI
J "A miles long from an altitude of
$4,000 feet filled the stream bed in
the canyon for a distance Of more
than a mile Much of the timber
land coming down from The highest
point now forms a part Of he huge
dam, many OF the trees s;lll upright
and growing.
This committee will make ,ccOm-
mendations regarding the desrde
changes in the Yellowstone Park
boundary lines.
Representative Winter met the Sen
ate public lands committee al Rawlins,
Wyo. and sat with them at Il two
day hearing in Casper. Nyo.
Later. he responded 10 a call 10
a conference OF governors. Senators
and Representative of four states -
Utah. Colorado, New Mexico and
Wyomiug-held at Denver. on he
question of the Colorado River COM
pact.
A hearing on The application for
license before the Federal Power
Commission. October 20 called
Representative Winter back to
Washington. lust 1T the time he had
completed arrangements for a
grizzly bear hunt.
During the Sumn2er he made ad
dresses for the State Wool Growers
Association State convention and at
the Labor day celehrat ton. Eetwcsn
visits of Tederal ifcialS and other
activities, Mr.. Winter. devoted his
attention TO the proposed Casper
Alcova project which viii WJtcr
$4,000 acres in Natrona County.
Wyo. in which territory is loca:ed
the famous salt Creek and Teapot
domes which have paid into the
United States Treasury oil royalties
70 the amount Of $50. .06@,0 ,0o0.
Meanwhile. Mrs Winter kept the
home fires burning" in Washington.
where two sons are "ttendins
George w ashingtpn University and
one the Central Iiigh school