88 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
TRANSPLANTING ELK IN OREGON 
The following account of the transplanting of a number of Elk 
by the State Fish and Game Commission from the Billy Meadows 
pasture, Wallowa County, to Southern Oregon, for propagation pur- 
poses, was published in the Enterprise Record Chieftain of February 
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"Without mishap or delay, the elk were brought in from the Billy 
Meadows pasture last week, the teams arriving Friday evening. The 
roads were heavy part of the way to the pasture, but were excellent 
all the way on the return trip and so good time was made. Eighteen 

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young elk were brought in, but one of the calves became sick the second 
day after delivery in town, perhaps with pneumonia, and it died Tues- 
day night. 
The remaining 17 head were shipped today, two going to Salem 
and the others to Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon. 
George W. Mitchell, deputy game warden, went in charge of them. 
It was thought last week that the elk would be shipped out at once, but 
the railroad and State Game Commission concluded to use a ‘‘ palace 
stock car’’ for them, and such a car failed to arrive until last night. 
In the meantime the elk have been kept in a shed in the corral of the 
Enterprise stable, where they have been seen by nearly everybody in 
town and the surrounding country. 
The trip to the pasture and back was made on schedule time, 
thanks to the arrangements made by Mr. Mitchell and to the diligence 
of his crew. The expense of bringing the 18 elk in was not a fifth of 
the cost of taking the first 15 to the pasture five years ago. Mr. 
Mitchell picked the date for the trip with the idea of going when the 
roads were at their best, avoiding the heavy snow of late winter and 
the mud of early spring. The sleighing was as good as could have been 
expected and the teams made wonderfully 2ood. time both ways. 
Leaving Enterprise at 8 a. m. on Tuesday, the four sleds started 
bucking snow at the edge of town. Snow had fallen and the wind had 
blown the night before, and the roads were level full clear to W. C. 
Dorrance’s on Crow Creek. George McAnulty took the lead at the 
start, having a good team and a light running sled. Mr. Mitchell rode 
with him, and they danced around in their “sled all morning to keep 
