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conditions as to vote an emergency fund of 

 $5,000 to relieve the elk, in response to an ap- 

 peal from the people of Jackson's Hole. At the 

 same time the Jackson's Hole and Wyoming 

 sportsmen made a strong appeal for assistance to 

 the Federal authorities at Washington which 

 resulted in an appropriation of $20,000 to be 

 expended on behalf of the elk. Had these ap- 

 propriations been made last spring and hay pur- 

 chased last summer, it would have gone far to- 

 ward saving the elk, but with no hay obtain- 

 able at this late day, little could be done. A 

 meeting was called of all the settlers before this 

 emergency fund was voted to consider the feasi- 

 bility of driving their cattle over Teton Pass 

 to Teton Basin in Idaho, where feed could be 

 had for them and distributing their hay to starv- 

 ing elk. To drive the stock in winter over this 

 trail would have been no small undertaking and 

 would doubtless have resulted in considerable 

 loss of stock. 



Let us summarize briefly Wyoming's respon- 

 sibility for the condition: She began early in 

 her statehood to work for the enlargement of 

 herds already too numerous for available win- 

 ter ranges. Not satisfied with the annual in- 

 crease shown, she established an extensive ref- 

 uge adjoining Yellowstone Park that the herds 



