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antelope in Oregon, and is cooperating with the Mexican Govern- 
ment in maintaining a special warden service to i)rotect antelope and 
mountain sheep in northern Sonora. There the Mexican Government 
has appointed Ben H. Tinker, of Arizona, an honorary game guardian 
for northern Sonora. He entered on this duty on October 1, 1923, 
and patrols the Arizona-Sonora border during the active hunting 
season, October 1 to April 1, in order to enforce an executive decree 
protecting antelope and mountain sheep for a period of 10 years. 
California Associated Societies for the Conservation of Wild 
Life. — This organization has interested itself in the perpetuation of 
the Mount Dome antelope herd. It is working with the State board 
of fish and game commissioners and has provided funds for feeding 
the animals during severe winters. It began its operations in 1914, 
and among its other activities materially helped in gathering infor- 
mation for this report concerning the distribution of antelope 
throughout California. 
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ON THE CONSERVATION OF THE 
PRONGHORN 
For some years suggestions had been made that a conference be 
held to consider the conservation of antelope, the earlier proponents 
being E. Lester Jones, Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 
Department of Commerce ; Edmund Seymour, president of the Amer- 
ican Bison Society; T. Gilbert Pearson, president of the National 
Association of Audubon Societies ; and others. 
In view, however, of the fact that a census of these animals was 
being taken by the Biological Survey, it was deemed best to delay 
such a conference until this investigation had been concluded, in 
order that the information obtained might be available for consid- 
eration. This census was practically completed in the fall of 1923, 
and a call for the antelope conference was issued by the chief of the 
Biological Survey to meet in the auditorium of the New National 
Museum, in Washington, D. C, December 14, 1923. The meeting was 
attended by representatives of the principal wild-life-conservation 
organizations of the country, State game wardens from a number 
of States, representatives of Government bureaus interested in wild- 
life conservation, and numerous private individuals. The conserva- 
tion organizations and their representatives were : 
Boone and Crockett Club, by Charles Sheldon; American Bison 
Society, by Edmund Seymour and W. T. Hornaday; Permanent 
Wild Life Protection Fund, by W. T. Hornaday; National Asso- 
ciation of Audubon Societies, by T. Gilbert Pearson, W. P. Whar- 
ton, and William Finley; American Game Protective Association, 
by John B. Burnham; Izaak Walton League, by Will H. Dilg; 
Game Conservation Committee of the Camp-Fire Club of America, 
by W. B. Greeley and Marshall McLean; Associated Societies for 
the Protection of Wild Life in California, by Alden Sampson ; and 
the National Parks Association, by Kobert Sterling Yard. 
Registration was made of the following State game commissions, 
represented by their chiefs j 
Arizona, G. M. Willard ;' Arkansas, Lee Miles ; California, F. M. 
Newbert ; Kansas, J. B. Doze ; Massachusetts, W. C. Adams ; Minne- 
