Show SALT LAKER STARTS CAMPAIGN FOR PRESERVATION OF THE NOBLE ELK N 1 Ernest Thompson Does Missionary Work ors in inthe inthe the East and Expects Expects' Grand Gr nd Lodge to o Take Taker r Up Qu Question stion Among AmonS' the questions which will come up during t the reunion reunion here next week Cek 7 2 lc that thal of ot the preservation of oC the elk Ih d lodge has hris already been petitioned peti tI re to to take Q steps leading to tonn tonn nn nn organized movement to prevent the ext extermination of or the he he noble animal nl from r m which h the ir great at order receives not only Its Us name but bul some Orne of o Its noblest noblest nob nob- lest Ernest D. D R. R Thompson of this city Is now In the East conducting a campal cam cani- 4 pal 8 n along niong this line David Hirsch ch choC of oC Kentucky Kentuck who Is In the city says ears that Mr Thompson recently appeared before before be be- fore tore the Louisville lodge and made an Impressive plea for tor the preservation of or orthe the elk a matter In which he lie Is deeply Interested and which Is now enlisting the attention of or many members many members of or the order order- In the United States Slates Mr Thomp Thompson on talked interest Interestingly in g 1 y of oC the elk and the plans already suggested sug sug- Hirsch ch for tor this prot protection Mr quotes quotes' him n as f The friends fi lends of or the elk should be warned d b by the fate ate of or the buffalo A quarter of a century ago the great plains of or the West Vest were dotted with Immense herds of or buffalo The car early trains of ot the Union Pacific railroad were frequently stopped as ag long Ions as eight hours to permit her herds s of ot buffalo to cross the tracks It If the Great Northern or Canadian Pacific roads loads had hall b been en In operation then the they would have been stopped by the herds of elk cUe Toda Today the buffalo Is represented by small herds In Yellowstone park mid and In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Manitoba country countr The elk elle Is beIng being being be be- ing fast exterminated h by the ruthless hand of ot the pot hunter and the rigors of or winters Driven to the mountains of ot the Jackson Hole and Teton Basin country In Idaho and V Wyoming by the ever advancing ranchman the elk Is la nourished In summer but the deep snows of or the winter In the mountain forces starvation and subsequently subsequent e easy slaughter These facts therefore force the question question question ques ques- tion What can be done to save this quadruped d l' l The grand lodge of ot Elks has lIaR had the matter under advisement and In my opinion will take c some action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion at this session e lon There are two ways was In n which the elk may may be saved paved The first Is an nn adoption of or stringent laws by hy the Legislatures of or l Idaho aho and Wyoming providing extreme extreme extreme ex ex- penalties for the killing of or an elk lk In Inan an any season But ut le legislation alone will not effect the desired result rr The e a animal can be successfully bred arid and domesticated and herds mn may be collected and cared for like the buffalo burtalo In Yellowstone park Mr Thompson Is s the representative of or the the Yellowstone Land and Cattle company compan which purposes to tr try the experiment of or herding the elk on Its extensive lands landa near the Teton range ranee |