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" 3. Outside of areas actually protected, the prong- 

 horned antelope will be the next large species to disap 

 pear ; and it will be closely followed by the mountain 

 sheep, mountain goat, California grizzly bear, beaver, 

 elk, and mule deer. 



"4. It should be accepted as a fixed fact that any 

 western state or territory so sparsely settled that large 

 quadrupeds can successfully hide and breed in its wil- 

 derness areas, is not financially able to employ a force of 

 salaried game wardens large enough to maintain surveil- 

 lance over all persons who are inclined to kill game. 



" 5. The professional guides and hunters, the ranch- 

 men and other country residents of the Rocky Mountain 

 and Pacific Coast regions, are the only men who have it 

 within their power, or who ever will have it within their 

 power, to save our noblest species of wild game animals 

 from complete annihilation. 



" 6. These men are the ones who will lose most, both 

 in money and in food, by the destruction of the game 

 animals that now furnish them a valuable source of 

 revenue. 



"Recommendations Regarding Mammals. 1. As a 

 matter of duty to their own interests, the guides, 

 hunters, ranchmen, and sportsmen of the Rocky Moun- 

 tain and Pacific Coast regions should assemble and 

 decide what restrictions shall be placed upon the kill- 

 ing of large game as to the number of head per man 

 that may be taken, license fees and fines, and as to the 

 necessity of total prohibition for given periods. 



" 2. Every state and territory now inhabited by large 



