| Show r r ELKS SLAUGHTERED FOR THEIR TUSKS II HERDS OF 5 STILL SEEN IN WYOMING I Experienced Hunter Says V Best Way to Save the Animal Is for B. B P. P 0 O. E. E to Abolish Use of Teeth I OFFERED FOR TRUNK OF ELK TEETH TEETE 4 It IB raid that a man nam named d Doze Boze- f man In g Montana hn has two to trunks f ff f full ot of elk lk Ik tooth for tor which ho he has f ln been n offered iO b by n of ot Tifany f ff f tan fany any the ew York Jeweler but f 4 that t ho he refuses to part pars with his f ff f treasure t William m H. H Parker ot of the Parker Lumber company compall who Is IB one of ot the most mORt experienced hunters In the city and thoroughly acquainted with the condition of ot the wild animals of or the Western States Ie views the Inroads Inroad beIng be- be Ini Ing made mado on the bands banas of ot elks In ft the wilds of ot Wyoming and oth othir r Western Vestern States with considerable alarm The large demand for or the ell cU tusks by byi i members of ot the Elks lodge Is regarded by him as the Greatest creAte t menace to the antlered tribe Speaking of ot protection for the elks Mr Ir Parker bald ald today He Be Suggests a no R Remedy medy The best protection for or the elks would rould be e for the Elk members to quit using the tusks Let the lodge abolish the use of or the tusks It might be done b by passing a law against the sale fUle leof of tusks tucks Of or course as long s o-s the Illi 8 want them anti and are willing to pa pay from nO 10 o to ZOO COO a 3 pair lot for th thorn them m n a law would I not do much good Th The bounty Is FO o big that people would take their chances chanc s about being caught In the act of ot shooting them The Wyoming Law In Wyoming elks are better protected protect protect- ed today than the they aie aze In other States There Is a law providing pro for tor the payment payment payment pay pay- ment of or O license h by outsiders for forthe forthe forthe the II privilege c of or hunting bunting elks Then you must have ha a guide and they charge from JC G 6 to 10 a day Every Even man In Wyoming appoints a game warden to see that outsiders outsiders outsiders out out- siders dont don't come In and hunt without paying the license But they dont don't obey the law themselves The law lav says says' they cant can't kill more than two elks a year The They kill all they want to here Is a game warden hut but tho State not pa pay him anything and so he does not work l Idaho Is Wide Open In Idaho the they have a restricted season neason but no other provisions pro You Youcan Youcan Youcan can go In there and shoot all the elks I you want rant during certain months and not have to pay any license either r. r T T T t HERDS OF ELKS ARE SEEN SEE t 4 IN JACKSON HOLE IN WYOMING 1 4 There are still a gr great t many many thousand elks In Wyoming The largest 4 herds are arc In the the- Jackson's Jacksons Hole country I have havo s een seen herds of ot WOO there f since Ince 1 1 That Is la the gr greatest elk country In the world Colorado has a great many yet especially In the northwestern part Montana and 4 northern n have hare a good many too too ILLIA WILLIAM I H. H PARKER TO ID THE TILE TELEGRAM I. 1 |
