twelve that afternoon near the corral of a vacant ranch, and this was 

 not in the place where we had recorded the others. This clearly indi- 

 cates that antelope will not long survive in a country occupied by 

 sheep. The majority of sheep in this region are either owned by or 

 in the hands of Basques, natives of a province of Spain; their moral 

 standard is low; they do not speak the English language and pretend 

 not to understand it when spoken, have little or no respect for laws 

 and none whatever for game laws, State or Federal ; the only law they 

 do respect is the "Prioritv" law which, in that remote region, does not 

 require much time or intelligence to fully understand. 



The territory included within the proposed reserve has not been 

 invaded to any great extent by the sheepmen, but they are moving up 

 closer each year and seeking new territory by leasing school sections. 

 They have considerable holdings east of Deep Creek in Township 

 12-s, Range 1-w, but in order to protect the antelope in their migra- 

 tions north from their winter range, this township must be included 

 in the reserve, as one of their favorite crossings is over Battle Creek 

 near its mouth. There is no question but that the antelope are being 

 killed by these Basques, as evidence in shape of loosely constructed 

 stone huts, built to command favorite crossings and resorts of the 

 antelope were found, also that they had been occupied quite recently, 

 hence the terror of the one lone antelope seen that day. In establish- 

 ing the eastern boundary of this reserve, these sheep should be moved 

 back east of this township. 



The boundaries of the proposed reserve, according to our investi- 

 gations, should be, starting at the northwest corner of township 10-s, 

 Range 6-w, running east to center of township 10-s, R 2-w, south to 

 Township 11-s, R 2-w, thence east on a straight line to the northeast cor- 

 ner of Township 11-s, R 1-w, from there straight down to the Nevada 

 State line, following this line west to the Oregon State line, and thence 

 due north along the State line to starting point. This will include most 

 all of the summer and winter range of the antelope in this part of 

 Idaho. From various sources we received information that the ante- 

 hope frequently drifted south into Nevada and west into Oregon; this 

 would be a very natural move for them to make, as the Y P Desert 

 extends diagonlly across the State of Idaho and into both of these 

 other states for some miles. It might be possible to extend protection 

 over both ends of this desert. 



There are a number of unsurveyed townships in the proposed 

 reserve on which are three settlers, most of the other settlers in this 

 country are stockmen and own considerable land, and are there to 

 stay, paying taxes on land and cattle; they are opposed to the sheep- 

 men and their methods, as he is neither a settler, desirable person or 

 of any benefit to the community, pays no taxes, ruins the land and 

 then passes on. The country is unfit for agricultural purposes, there- 

 fore, when the grazing is destroyed by the sheep, it is, and will remain, 

 a barren desert of loose stones, whereas cattle have and do graze on 

 it year after year without injuring it. 



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