Dec. 3, igio.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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the novelty. He had informed us that there 
were fifteen or more head of old outlaw bulls 
over twenty years of age, with which something 
must be done and that the best plan would be 
to have them shot. No cows or young bulls 
were to be harmed. Under these conditions I 
’ was anxious to make the hunt for two reasons. 
It would rid the herd of the outlaw animals so 
that the balance could be rounded up and 
shipped and would also be a great experience 
for some of my friends who were willing to 
pay Mr. Pablo $250 for each animal killed, just 
to get the head. The report that the Canadian 
Government was sending men across the line 
to hunt buffalo put us in a bad light as we had 
no interests in the matter other than for the 
good of the cause. It is not a logical thought 
even, to say that the Canadian Government 
would sanction or permit a slaughter of these 
animals after having expended so much money 
and time in getting together the fine herd that 
is being assembled in our parks. I am sure 
that there can be no blame attached to any one 
when the whole matter is explained and I hope 
that the conferences here to-morrow will 
further perfect this explanation. I am of the 
opinion that these old outlaw bulls should be 
killed, whether they are hunted or not, as they 
are dangerous to the people who are now mak¬ 
ing their homes in that fine Flathead country. 
It seems also that something must be done to 
eliminate them before the rest of the herd of 
about fifty animals can be rounded up and 
shipped. It makes little difference which way 
the matter stands, so far as the Canadian Gov¬ 
ernment is concerned. We expected and had 
hoped to get thirty or forty more animals from 
the herd and this is as far as our interests 
extend.” 
Mr. Douglas announced last night that on his 
way from Canada he had stopped at Kalispell 
and purchased two cars, twenty-eight head, of 
the Conrad herd of fullbloods. These are to be 
loaded to-day and to-morrow and probably 
shipped Tuesday evening. These animals are 
domesticated and almost as gentle and easy to 
handle as ordinary cattle. 
Mr. Douglas stated that by the first of the 
year the Canadian Government would have as¬ 
sembled in its parks an even 1,000 buffaloes. To 
date there has been 704 head shipped to Can¬ 
ada from the Pablo herd. 
UNDERESTIMATING LOSS BY FOREST 
FIRES. 
In estimating at $15,000,000 the losses by the 
recent fires in the National forests, account 
seems to have been taken only of the lumber 
value of the trees that were burned. In reality 
this, admitting its immediate or direct accuracy, 
is far from telling the whole story. 
In the first place it ignores the fact that 
forests have other and highly important uses 
besides that of providing a supply of lumber, 
and in the second place it does not take into 
consideration the fact that, as a result of this 
destruction, more will have to be paid for all 
the lumber made of the trees that are left. 
There, probably, lies the great loss by the fires. 
This case is much like that of the tariff—the 
millions collected by the Government as duties 
are so few as to be almost negligible in com¬ 
parison with the added millions which because 
of them are collected from the public in the 
shape oh increased prices for domestic goods. 
Of these other and so much more numerous 
millions the Government gets not a cent, but we 
all know who pays them, even though a good 
many of us do not yet realize to whom they are 
paid. 
Some day every forest fire will be followed by 
a hunt for the man or men through whose negli¬ 
gence or incompetency it started and escaped 
control. And, when found, that man or those 
men will have a lot of explaining to do—before 
a judge and jury. Now, being still a stupid 
and barbarous lot, we still view these conflagra¬ 
tions as the work of irresponsible “nature,” and 
hold ourselves the victims of misfortune!—New 
York Times. 
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