REPOET ON PROPOSED ANTELOPE SANCTU- 

 ARY IN SOUTHEASTERN OREGON. 



By Martin S. Garretson^ 



Secretary American Bison Society. 



qTHE well-known and always alarming decrease in all 

 ^^ the wild or semi-wild antelope herds of the United 

 States has long been to American zoologists and sports- 

 men cause for great concern. A long list of efforts 

 have been made, and still are being made, to save the 

 species from actual final extinction. 



The presence in Southeastern Oregon of a really 

 considerable number of antelope, and their steady de- 

 struction by lawdess men, has suggested the desira- 

 bility of creating for them a sanctuary whereby, and 

 wherein, they can effectively be protected from all their 

 enemies. 



The American Bison Society having decided to try 

 to be of assistance in carrying the sanctuary idea into 

 effect, it was decided to send the writer to Oregon to 

 examine the ground and the antelope herds, and report 

 all facts. 



According to instructions I left New York on 

 September 3rd, 1919, and proceeded to Crane, Oregon, 

 where by previous arrangement I was scheduled to 

 meet Dr. Geo. W. Field of the U. S. Biological Survey, 

 on or about September 12th. 



Arriving at Crane late in the afternoon T im- 

 mediately i^roceeded to get in touch with Dr. Field, and 

 finally located him at Burns, thirty-five miles west of 

 Crane. Crane l)eing the terminus of the railroad, the 

 only means of reaching Burns w^as by the mail stage, 

 providing there was space left for a passenger after 

 all the mail and ])arcel-post packages had been loaded. 

 The great nnmber, size and variety of the latter w^as 

 sufficient to fill two trucks the size of the Burns stage, 

 so after viewing the situation, I made arrangements to 

 stay that nis^ht at Crane. 



The following day, Dr. Field came over in a car, 



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