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Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-01 | Page 6 | Fed and Photographed Deer Prefers to Remain on Ledge of Park Cliff

Type issue
Date 1933-09-01
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Fed and Photographed Deer Prefers to Remain on Ledge of Park Cliff
Type article
Date 1933-09-01
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 6
OCR Text Fed and Photographed Deer Prefers To Rem Remain n on Ledge of Park Cliff mY II Dr ft Press tit WATKINS GLEN N. N Y Sept 1 1 Fed and photographed stared at and staring back at the thousands of visItors visitors vis vis- vis congesting the Glen trail trall the c captive cap p. p tive deer of Watkins Glen state park nonchalantly entered Its seventh day of confinement today apparently little concerned over its plight Convinced the animal Is thoroughly comfortable and in little danger of or coming 10 to an untimely end if it is left undisturbed park officials for the time being decided to abandon all aU efforts to assist the pound buck from its narrow runway high up on the sheer side of t the gorge Chief So Lat the Mohawk Indian chief who failed tailed yesterday es Inan in inan inan an attempt to lasso the buck when the sleek brown animal did not recognize him as a friend was temporarily missing missing missing miss miss- ing from the Glen reservation Yesterday the chief chic presented almost al 31 a- a most as much of an attraction to the visitors as the plight of the deer Dressed in his fringed tribal buckskins buckskins buck buck- skins his every e move was by a horde of small boys Later Late he told reporters he was going into int seclusion and put the story of the an ani mals mal's predicament into verse He said he had attended the Carlisle scho school 1 Frank Haight superintendent of the Glen park in discussing the situ situation lon today said he regarded the animals animal position as unique rather than pathetic pa and expressed the feeling th the animal somewhat lame from its ex cx- was better off for the time being on the ledge where it was a aleast at least safe from dogs or possibly human pursuit Haight said he looked for tor the biggest Influx of or visitors in the history of th the park if the deer remained a captive I over the double holiday I IThe The park office Is kept busy all aU day daj long answering calls about the deer dee and a large sheaf of telegrams has been received offering assistance or advice in the situation
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