Show E Enlarging Yellowstone Park I i A BILL BIL introduced by Congressman Mondell rondel no now noss pending in Congress proposes to ext extend d tIme the boundary boundary boun boun- dary dar of the Yellowstone National park so as to take lake in in 1205 1265 miles mile of wild wid land on the south about sixty sity miles mie wide north and south and twenty miles mies wide east of Jackson a son lake and nd along the tho Buffalo fork of the Snake ver In I this tract trat are the beautiful lakes at the base of of- of the Teton range including the headwaters s of the Yellowstone river the Continental di divide de and Two i Ocean passe pass pas 7 To those who ho are arc familiar with wih the thc countr country and in sympathy with wih game protection and the need ned of completing com com- om- om m l the attractiveness of the tho park this bill will wil TX a direct appeal The Tha proper development of tho the park prk for for recreation purposes and ad the preservation of the large age herds herd of f elk which range and amid ad breed in this area aea cannot ot be c b carried care out unless the approaches to the time park from Irom Idaho Idabo and the Teton pass ps country cutI arc added to the Hio The Ibe south line of the should be reserve c lne the park prk a n 1 I. I natural boundary that could be efficiently guarded gade and tb that L line lne would be provided by br the hydrographic d divide de t north of Boone creek the crest cret of the Teton rn range e the thc Sn ke river Buffalo fork the Cont Continental divide and T c 4 Ithe the range Secretary Sereta Houston louston of the department of agriculture and retiring Secretary Lane Lanc of the department of the interior have have both given the time bill bi their unqualified in in- Representative says that the time c cx- cx tc on will il make mke possible the complete development of thc the road roa and trail trai system of the thc park park will wil bring within with with- wih- wih I i n in it all aU tho the grand seethe scenic features of the tho region and 1 will iJ make it the greatest and nd most Jost attractive re resort ort ret region re- re and in IU the world t gion ad pleasure ground gound ord At other times in the similar the time past a nl If l m. m j CT 1 1 A tics A TT i jl 1 1 pat L tn simlar r w w r PIT n on 1 VI u u iun uuie Du Ua Lt at it Washington has been able able to defeat it it Congressman Congress Congress- s man Mondell's Mondel's bill bi is designed to to protect tho the cattle catte interests in- in and it is believed no considerable opposition will vU T come from cattlemen but more likel likely fr from nn pot hunters 1 who want wat to t kill kl tho the elk the more the merrier until like the buffalo they are aro extinct in i their wild wid state tute I It I is said that these thee noble animals have hate been slaughtered red by the thousands this se season son Protected taa and d not hot hunted in i the pak proper they have almost ceased to be shy of the time hunter in the time feeding grounds south of the present boundary boudar line lne Within nine p months it is said elk have haye been destroyed by 1 hunters in iii il the region which the Mondell bill bil would add to t Yellowstone c reon park Mr I. I Mondell says i 1 The Tho enlargement of or tho the park rests squarely on the time prop- prop f position that It U does not injure anyone or nn any Interest does not curtail any privileges now enjoyed and on time the V contrary 4 accomplish purposes great greatly in tho the Interest Inter Inter- I est eat of ot the public generally and of ot the people of ot W Wyoming omin 1 ln In particular v The bill bi should become a n law without further futher dela delay t tand and it is ii to be hoped all al western congressmen of both will wil rally raly to its support |