Show I PLANS S TO PRES PRESERVE R E ELK HERDS BERDS ADT ADVANCE ANCE maid ETc Sp Special lal Washington ton Jan 13 W W. W O. O Ewing and George R. R Parkinson held a lengthy length conference with Senator Smoot Con Con- gressman Mondell londell and other congressional con con- gressional leaders today and received favorable a assurance on the tho proposed purchase of ot a a. large larSe tract of or land In tho the Vest West on which to raise ha hay for feeding elk herds during the tho winter It was pointed out to the tho senators and congressmen that more than elk died front from starvation in Wyoming and Montana this winter This death rate rato cs the early earh c extinction ot of the oiL ell herd in America just as aa tho the buffalo have disappeared Mr lr Ewing declared Mr Ir Ewing has hag undertaken the campaign camI campaign cam cam- to have Congress appropriate for or this purpose Tho rho Elks Elks' I lodge of at Salt SnIt Lake Lale has line fostered the scheme with tho support of ot the Elks Elks' grand rand lodge In Tn conference with the heads head of ot time the forestry department Mr Ir I Ewing was assured of ot the tho wholehearted whole heart cd ed support of 01 the bureau i |