Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-08-29 | Page 7 | Call of the Wile

CALL OF THE WILE A A MONG other excellent features in i. tho the magazine section of today's issue of The Tho Republican Herald-Republican there is moro more than local interest in tho the il illustrated illustrated il- il article on the tho disappearance of f the tho native creatures of western forests A careful study of tho the arguments arguments ments set forth by a n Colorado forester forester for for- ester will bo be instructive to all who desire to hear tho the free illustrated lecture lecture lec lee ture to bo ho given giyen on kindred subject at Barratt hall hail Monday night of next week by Dr William T. T Hornaday of New York First a n word about Dr Hornaday of tho the eminent zoologists Ho He is one ono most gist in in the world Ho He has searched plains jungles and forests for their wild life and is the tho author of numerous numerous numer- numer ous ous works on natural history y besides du active in crame re- re ci The Audubon and ga game e laws Tho Audubon of Utah could hardly have hav found a 3 more moro able authority anywhere to address sportsmen and all interested interested inter inter- t ested in the preservation of game J I birds and beasts in th the mountain reserves I c Older states in tho the east furnish conclusive proof of the impossibility of restocking the tho dwindling woodlands woodlands woodlands wood wood- lands with the tho big game that disappeared disappeared disappeared with the tho red man It is a n startling statement that tho the big game an animals als are also gradually disappearing disappear disappear- ing lug from these mountain and that plans are aro being considered consider d for restocking king the he national f forests I And th ro is something almost melancholy in the reference to a herd of elk in Colorado that became profitable as an t. t 4 D Q t. t 11 LU LUL ur t m LL ui VL iua ULD wanton slaughter of this noble animal animal ani ani- mal mat during during- the past few years Extermination of wild animals concerns concerns concerns con- con cerns others beside Nimrod and Dr Hornaday has ba something to say on that head Only recently the tho papers contained a 8 story telling how one man is making making mak mak- ing lug a a. profitable business off his deer farm and it may come to that for all kinds of game foods unless there is conservation also in this behalf