Hunting in Many Lands 



main trouble was with the "Clark's Fork" 

 people. The regulations permitted hunting 

 for "recreation" or "for food," which would 

 always be made to cover the object of any 

 captured poacher. 



Major Norris was doubtless a valuable man 

 for the place and the time; but, as he expressed 

 it in a manifesto dated July i, 1881, and head- 

 ed "Mountain Comrades," "The construction 

 of roads and bridle paths will be our main ob- 

 ject," to which he added the work of "explo- 

 rations and research." His entire force lived 

 upon game, which was hunted only in season, 

 and preserved, or jerked, for a supply for the 

 remainder of the year. He was succeeded by 

 Mr. P. H. Conger on February 2, 1882, but Mr. 

 Conger did not arrive until May 22 following, 

 when he seems to have fallen full upon the 

 trials and the tribulations that have beset his 

 successors. He reported the necessity for pro- 

 tecting the wonders and the game, but seems 

 to have accomplished nothing in either direc- 

 tion. His reports are largely made up of lists 

 of the distinguished visitors by whose hand- 

 shake he was anointed. He was relieved in 

 August, 1884, by Mr. R. E. Carpenter, who 

 was removed in May, 1885, without accom- 



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