Game Protection and 



chance to rest for two days. Out of a herd of twenty-three that were 

 brought across the mountains, fifteen of the strongest and best animals 

 were selected for the Oregon herd, two old bulls, seven cows and six 

 yearlings. They were loaded into an ordinary box car, seven of the 

 largest animals in one end and eight younger animals in the other, with 

 partitions between. 





MERD OF ELK AT 

 BILLY MEADOWS 

 WALLOWA COUNTY 

 TRANSPORTED FROM 



( Photos Leslie) 



We left St. Anthony about noon on March nth and arrived at 

 Joseph, Oregon, on the evening of March I4th. One of the most im- 

 portant features of the trip was the general interest in game protection 

 that was aroused along the line. At every stop many people came to see 

 the carload of elk. At some places, schools were dismissed so the children 

 could see the animals and people came in for many miles from the country 

 roundabout. 



In order to bring this herd of elk to Oregon, $351.00 were raised 

 by subscriptions among the different Elk Lodges in the state, and $181.25 

 were subscribed by the residents of Wallowa County, who paid from 

 50 cents to $1.00 each toward this fund. 



At Joseph the elk were given another day of rest. Crates were built 

 on ordinary wagon beds, five and a half feet high. The fifteen elk were 

 loaded into five wagons and on the morning of March i6th, we started 

 for the Billy Meadows Pasture, forty-six miles to the north of Joseph. 



Weather conditions were very much against us. We had expected 

 plenty of snow so the elk could be hauled on sleds, but all the snow had 

 melted in the valley. We could not let the elk stay in Joseph until the 

 roads opened up in the spring, as several of the cows were with calf, so 

 it was necessary to get them to permanent pasture as soon as possible. 



