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GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES ANTE¬ 
LOPE INTO OKLAHOMA. 
Washington, Feb. 1.—Game Warden Rush, 
of the Wichita Game Refuge in the State of 
Oklahoma, has informed the Department of 
Agriculture of the receipt in good condition 
01 eight head of antelope, which came from 
the National herd in the Yellowstone Park. 
Through the generosity of members of the 
Boone and Crockett Club, of New York, 
funds were furnished for capturing and trans¬ 
porting these animals from Wyoming to 
Oklahoma. The news of the arrival of the 
antelope at their destination has been received 
with satisfaction by the Department officials, 
who are much interested in the attempt to pre- 
se rve this interesting game animal. 
1 he pronghorned antelope, formerly existing 
by thousands on our open YVestern plains, has 
now been so reduced in numbers that its abso¬ 
lute extinction is certain in the very near future 
unless protection is given to the few remaining. 
It does not do well east of the Mississippi 
River, and cannot be successfully bred in cap¬ 
tivity; but it thrives under conditions closely 
approaching the natural ones. 
In 1908 the Biological Survey estimated that 
the total number of antelope in the United 
States had been reduced to 17,000. Of these 
about 10,000 were in Montana, Wyoming and 
the Yellowstone National Park, and the remain¬ 
ing 7,000 were distributed in 12 other States. 
On the YYichita Game Refuge it is hoped that 
the antelope will find themselves in surround 
mgs suited to their increase. The Wichita is 
really a National forest, and Game Warden 
Kush acts as its supervisor and attends to all 
the business involved in its administration. But 
on the YYichita, which was set aside by Act of 
Congr ess as a National Game Refuge because 
Its especial suitability as a breeding place for 
the wild creatures of the plains and lower 
Kocky Mountain regions, the importance of the 
game work has overshadowed the ordinary 
uses of a National Forest. There are iso Na 
Refimes^° reStS ’ but ° nly two NationaI Game 
This does not mean that outside of these ref¬ 
uges the game in the National forests is not 
protected, for the National forest officers are 
uniformly instructed to see that the game laws 
of the various States are observed in their 
forests in so far as they can do this in justice 
to their other duties. Many of the forest offi¬ 
cers are regularly appointed deputy State game 
wardens, and it is the policy of the Department 
of Agriculture to encourage their acting in this 
capacity when they can do so without prejudice 
to their work as forest officers. Ordinarily 
fh. m \w atter , P< T ain to the States > a "d not to 
tne rational Government. The State nre- 
ma'y £ kdleY^ What conditions 
In the Wichita and the Grand Canyon Game 
Refuges the Government has not left the matter 
ot caring for game protection wholly to the 
States, but has established National reserva- 
JZ,° n TU ^ an attem Pl will be made to breed 
game. The Wichita is notable for the fact that 
it has a small herd of buffalo upon it which the 
game warden regards as the apple of his eye. 
hey were donated by the American Bison So- 
ffint y r an n shl P ped from the New York Zoolog- 
and ha rden - m L 908 ' - They then numbered 15, 
and have since been increased by the addition 
di d°- Ca tk eS i tW ° ° f the or *S'nal herd, however 
SSU'.S'.&E'- T ° ,he bu,W °“ « 
ind bette prepared f °r them, will be given more 
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