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Spring'dale (N. P.) Adjacent lands, including mountains: deer, elk and bear 

 principally: Oct., Nov. & Dec. best: hotel $2 p. d.; guides $5 p. d.; country wooded, 

 rocky, hilly and dry; shooting good; government land. 



Spring 1 Hill (U. P.) Centennial Valley 20m.; antelope and deer principally; 

 occasionally elk, moose, bear, mountain lion, etc.; antelope most numerous; Jan. 

 and Feb. best: no public houses; country generally open, hilly and dry; antelope 

 shooting good; owners do not object. 



Stillwater (N. P.) Still water Basin, Snowy mountains and Tom Sheehan's 

 Creek; deer, elk, mountain sheep, grouse and "chicken;" small game most numer- 

 ous; livery, with guide, $4 to $5 p. d.; hotel $1 p. d.; country mostly open and 

 hilly, some marsh; shooting generally very fair and owners do not object. 



Terry (N. P.) Yellowstone river and adjacent Bad Lands 1> in.; mountain 

 sheep, deer, wolf, antelope, etc.; first two most numerous; livery, double $3, tingle 

 $2.50, saddle horses $1 p. d.; hotels reasonable; guides, including dogs, $2.50 p. d.; 

 country rough and broken, usually dry, with streams and springs; shootinggood; 

 in addition to the above there are plenty of small game, grouse, duck, geese, wood- 

 cock, snipe, rabbit, etc.; owners do not object. 



Thompson Falls (N. P.) Deer licks 4 m. west and 2 m. east and surrounding 

 country; deer, bear and grouse principally; first most numerous; Dec. best: livery 

 $3 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; country wooded, rocky, hilly and dry; shooting usually 

 good: with a good dog excellent grouse shooting can be had; Thompson river 5 m. 

 distant; government laud. 



Townsend (N. P.) Missouri Valley and Belt Range of Rocky Mountains; former 

 for small game, latter for large; " chicken/' grouse, geese, duck, deer, antelope, 

 elk, bear, mountain lion, etc.; all plentiful; Oct. to Jan. best; livery moderate; ho- 

 tels $2 p. d.; country open and dry generally; shooting good and owners do not 

 object. 



Trout Creek (N. P.) Beaver creek 6 m. and Martin creek 4 m.; deer, bear and 

 pheasant; Nov. and Dec. best; hotels $1.50 p. d.; country wooded, hilly, rocky, 

 both wet and dry; shooting very good; owners do not object; guides $5 p. d. 



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Benton (U. P.) Platt river near by: geese and duck principally; Feb. to April 

 and Nov. and Dec. best; livery $3 p. d.; hotels reasonable; guides, with dogs, at $2 

 p. d.; country partly marshy and open; shooting very good and farmers do not 

 object. 



Cedar Rapids (U. P.) Adjacent lands; "chicken" principally; a few quail and 

 duck; occasional deer; Sept. and Oct. bast; livery $3 to $5 p. d.; hotel $1.50 p. d., 

 $5 p. w.; country open, wet and dry; a few farmers object; shooting very good. 



Central City (U. P.) Platte river 2 m., Prairie creek 8 m.; geese, duck, chicken, 

 quail, snipe, etc.; Sept. to Nov. inclusive best; livery $2.50 to $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. 

 d.; guides reasonable; open prairie land, sometimes wet; some few farmers object 

 to shooting, which is reported "pretty good in favorable weather." 



Cliappell (U. P.) Lodge Pole valley and surrounding land: duck, antelope, 

 deer and grouse; first two most numerous; fall best time- hotel $2 p. d.; guides, 

 with bird dogs $1 p. d.; country open, wet and dry; shooting good and owners do 

 not object. 



Clarks (U. P.) Along Platte river 2) m. and adjacent land; "chicken," quail, 

 snipe, duck and geese; first two most numerous; spring for duck and geese, fall 

 for others; livery $3 p. d.; hotels $2 p. d.; guides, with dogs, reasonable; country 

 open and wet; some farmers object to shooting, which is reported as good, es- 

 pecially from March 1 to last of April for duck and geese. 



