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pathy with the exclusion of settlers from terri- 

 tory for the sole purpose of propagating game. 

 This would retard civilization, and no one 

 wishes that. But if desert lands not adapted to 

 settlement are more valuable as elk pasture 

 than sheep pasture, as Wyoming has asserted, 

 particularly when other and ample unoccupied 

 ranges are open to sheep, humanity and good 

 policy both demand that elk ranges be reserved 

 for elk. 



Last year Wyoming took thirty-six domesti- 

 cated elk from Jackson's Hole to the Big Horn 

 refuge. This refuge would accommodate thou- 

 sands, and the Medicine Bow range also offers 

 admirable opportunity. The transportation of 

 elk has been proved by experiment to be per- 

 fectly feasible. In his report of 1907 the State 

 game warden of Wyoming states: 



"It has been well demonstrated that young 

 elk may be captured in the Jackson's Hole 

 country — in winter time — with cheapness and 

 safety. They are enticed into enclosures by 

 means of hay and fed until in suitable condi- 

 tion to move. In years past, when there were 

 no restrictions upon the capture of game, I have 

 known scores of young elk to be hauled ninety 

 miles by wagon, and then shipped by rail to 

 New York, with practically no resultant loss." 



