As there are no game wardens in this i)art of the 

 r-cnntry, the antekipe have no i)r()tecti()n whatever, and 

 fall an ea«y prey to the wolf hunters, who are en- 

 couraged by the stockmen to trap that animal. Inas- 

 much as a wolf skin is worth from eight to fifteen 

 dollars, plus a bounty of four dollars for the male and 

 five for a female, therefore it is a large inducement 

 for a hunter to kill an anteloi)e that will yield him from 

 fifty to one hundred dollars in wolf skins, with little 

 or no chance of detection. 



After passing the Barry Ranch we sliaped our 

 course toward Antelope Valley, carefully searching the 

 ('(umtry in every direction for some sign of the ante- 

 lope. Finally, after covering a distance of about 

 seventeen miles, when near the lower end of the valley 

 we discovered two buck antelope about two miles away 

 en our left. These were the only (mes we found in 

 Antelope Valley. 



Passing out of the valley we continued on down 

 into Nevada, as far south as Mud Lake. Having 

 reached this point, which is the southermost limit of 

 the antelope range, we started northward up through 

 Colen:an Valley on the west side of the Warner ]\Ioun- 

 tains. At the 7-T Ranch we were told that over seventy- 

 five antelope ranged in that vicinity toward the south. 

 As we had just passed through that country and found 

 but two, believe the numljer must have been exag- 

 gerated. 



From Coleman Valley we crossed over the dry 

 bed of Warner Lake to Adel, and from there to Plusli. 

 From Plush we went east over the Warner Lakes, which 

 brought us to the foot of the Plush Grade. This grade 

 is part of the old Oregon Central ]\Iilitary Road which 

 crosses the mountains at this point. Here the old trail 

 winds its sinuous way for five miles up the western 

 slope of Warner jMountain. 



The a]}sence of trees and projecting points per- 

 mits a grand and extended view of the country below, 

 throughout the entire climl). The climax was reached 

 when we mounted the last stiff grade to a point where 

 the road turns al)ruptly to the east. Here, at a height 



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