before their readers, and published our call for subscrip- 

 tions. The Forest and Stream and the Boston Transcript 

 each made a special effort to procure subscriptions, and 

 with substantial success. 



Thus far only one newspaper, the Kansas City Jour- 

 nal, has published an ill-natured and spiteful article re- 

 garding the Society and its work; but four or five other 

 paj^ers of minor importance published an identical "edi- 

 torial" setting forth quite prominently the amusing mis- 

 information that the Bison Society can not find any bison 

 to buy for the jNIontana herd, because the bison are all 

 gone, and there are none for sale! This ^Aould indeed be 

 "important — if true." 



In January, 1909, when the total subscriptions amount- 

 ed to but $6,750, and the end seemed far away, we received 

 two large subscriptions that put new life into the can- 

 vass. jNIr. Charles E. Senff, of ^ew York, subscribed 

 $1,000, and My. William P. Clyde raised his first subscrip- 

 tion of $100 to $500. Shortly'after this, INIr. W. P. Nor- 

 ton, of New York, resolved to lend a hand, and started a 

 list with a subscription of $100. In a remarkably short 

 time he secured $1,000, and at the same time Mr. G. Fred- 

 erick Norton raised $315 more. These welcome sums 

 brought the total up to $9,465, and then it was that an 

 appeal to Mr. Howard Elliott of St. Paul, Minnesota, 

 brought a subscription of $1,000. This generous sum, 

 with a few others, handsomely closed the campaign with 

 $10,560.50, or $560.50 more than tlie sum originally called 

 for. 



Of coiu'se any extra amount that hereafter may be se- 

 cured will be accepted and expended in the purchase of 

 bison. If we were in possession of sufficient cash, the 

 Bison Society would gladly purchase and present to the 

 government 75 bison instead of 50. 



In response to a suggestion from the president, Mr. 

 James J. Hill generously presented to the Society, for the 

 ]Montana herd, three pure-blood bison, which he will de- 

 liver at Ravalli whenever they are called for. Mr. Hill 

 also offered to present his herd of 8 cattaloes, three of 

 which contain only Jth domestic blood; but owing to our 

 obligation to the government, to provide only pure-blooded 

 animals for the nucleus herd, we are unable to accept the 

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