The Chrysanthemum. 



California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, 

 New Mexico, the Dakotas, Oklahoma, 

 Texas, and Utah protect the antelope, 

 either unconditionally or for a term of 

 years; the close time in New Mexico ex- 

 piring in 1905. Curiously enough Kansas 

 has no law on the antelope, although a few 

 probably exist along her western borders. 

 Besides this absolute protection, several 

 States limit the number of antelope to be 

 killed; Nebraska, which has a very few 

 left in the northwestern corner, permitting 

 one antelope and one deer, or two antelope 

 or two deer, to be killed in a season. Ne- 

 vada protects the female antelope, but 

 permits the killing of three males. In 

 Wyoming two antelope may be killed in 

 each open season; in ^lanitoba two ante- 

 lope in a season. The Northwest Ter- 



ritories, though limiting the killing to 

 " three deer of any one species " in any one 

 season, has no specific provision about the 

 number of antelope to be killed in any 

 season. 



It is a hard matter to protect the species, 

 for in regions where there are many ante- 

 lope, there are not many men, and viola- 

 tions of the law are quite sure to go un- 

 punished. However, it is not the rifle of 

 the hunter that will exterminate the an- 

 telope, but another and greater danger. 

 The radical remedy for the decrease is, 

 however, obvious. If the United States 

 Government will take up the matter and 

 provide for the species' protection; if 

 Congress will authorize the President to 

 set aside, in such of the forest reservations 

 as he may see fit, game refuges where no 



