REPORT ON A PROPOSED ANTELOPE SANCTUARY IN 

 SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO 



By Martin S. Garretson 



Secretary American Bison Society 



Having been delegated by the American Bison Society to make 

 an examination of certain territory in southwestern Idaho in view of 

 co-operating with the United States Government in creating a sanctuary 

 for the protection of a considerable number of antelope which, accord- 

 ing to report, still range in that part of the country, I left New 

 York on May 12th, 1921, with instructions to proceed to Mountain 

 Home, Idaho, where I would connect with the U. S. Government Game 

 Inspector, Mr. F. M. Dille. A wire received while en route, from 

 Mr. Dille, changed the place of meeting to Boise, Idaho. At Boise 

 we found Mr. Luther J. Goldman of the U. S. Biological Survey. 

 Mr. Goldman said that he had anticipated going with us but found 

 it would be impossible to leave at this time. We then proceeded to 

 look up Mr. Earl F. Brace, a prominent ranchman, who owns and 

 lives on a ranch in that section of Owyhee County we proposed to 

 visit. Mr. Brace had come up from his ranch with teams and wagons 

 for supplies and to move his family, who had been staying in Boise 

 during the winter, back to the ranch for the summer. Mr. Brace 

 is a prominent ranchman in Owyhee County and thoroughly ac- 

 quainted with the country. He advised that we make his ranch our 

 headquarters, and as he expected to leave in a few days, it would 

 be a good idea for us to wait and then follow his wagon track, 

 as it would be the only one in that part of the country for nearly 

 one hundred miles. This we concluded to do, but owing to the 

 heavy rains, his start was delayed for some days. He had figured 

 it would take five days for his wagons to reach the ranch, but owing 

 to mud and swollen streams, it eventually required twelve. 



In talking over our plans with the State Game Warden, Mr. 

 Otto M. Jones, he stated that he would like to see that region and, 

 if it was possible, to make it with a car, would take us through to 

 the Brace Ranch. This was a great opportunity, and although fully 

 realizing that we would be up against mud and treacherous streams, 

 immediately accepted the offer. We proposed to allow the teams 

 several days' start so that we would all arrive at the ranch on the 

 same dav. 



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