Show The Yellowstone Y Ell Elk died in the thousand elk have that thirty l' l it bl be true I IP Yellowstone National l park this Ibis winter as a result of oi lack Jack of food during the period of the heavy heay snows of or November and December it augurs ill for the vast her herds s sin in the the fastnesses fastnesses of tho the Rocky mountains If f the animals ani animals ani- ani Li mals in charge c of the federal deml government on a n. f federal Li b could be supplied at nt where presumably reserve c a e forage least to some of them have been unable to survive survive the I winters winter's ri rigors there would seem to be slight hope forthe for forthe I the tho survival sur of those herds dependent only upon mother I nature and an their own initiative It is not unlikely however that the wilder the thc animals ani- ani animals animals ani ani- mals are and the farther removed from mans man's s assistance assist- assist self-reliant self they arc and once ance the hardier and rid moro more that the barks of trees the leaves of evergreens or mosses mosses on the rocks m may y enable them to subs subsist st where the species of or the same gregarious tribe accustomed to being coddled might perish These noble animals lived and b flourished in this country through h many a n. hard winter before the west was settled and it is possible I If it H should to be bethe i ithe thc they may do so O this winter prove the caso case that the wild elk survive and those upon the government reserves should perish erish it will furnish I plausible argument ent to the opponents of game preservation tion in Con Congress and just at nt i time when sentiment favorable favorable fa fa- to fostering and a d preserving and perpetuating i ithe the remnant of wild animal life in America has reached its iLo highest favorable stage It seems incredible that thirty thousand elk could coul die die- dien e. e in n the Yellowstone park with the good roads there then i are arc leading to almost every portion of or it Though the tho roads arc are deeply covered with snow they ought to be by bobsled and good government horses and provender of some kind hauled to them at no matter maUer what the cost If tho the calamity has occurred li h neglect stupidity or thoughtlessness those responsible for it ou ought ht to be bc summarily dealt with by the department department department depart depart- ment of justice The government mint reports a hea heavy heay y demand for small coins but no doubt the war tax collections will supply the demand No man is entitled to success except through work |