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Show ! WHERE FIFTY MILLIONS OF DEER j WAIT THE HUNTER'S COMING FORT I luntrrn' MrallP In the - i nrllioii country tf the Canadian North weat Terntoriei. tn the barren Innds up around Ches-terflf-lii irilt-t utid linker -nke more than -50.oitii.iKio t rtiit'otr n.am. wailltijt for the hunters to come. 0 Knnuah deur meat there to feed a htmprry world for years and years! Canada w-ll sori throw open the door In thia hunters' pitradmn ly laying lay-ing the litwt seveniy niiir-s nf steel rail" to comp!-t the itovernment rafnad from L 1'Ma In Manrtuba to Ton Nelson on the shoren of Hudnon bay. Then hoiiiers can go by way of Winni- ! pK li l'irt Nelson, thence to Chester- ! field Inlet and llaker lake and stand, in th heart of the carilwui country. And thone who know any there are more caribou I here than thera ever were buffalo on the Western American p a inn. The caribou Is pmbuhly the KTfMioat natural game preserve left on esrth. And It is soon to be InvHded. The last railroad bridge and embankment embank-ment hava been completed Soon trains with eaaer hunters. drtfj tariliiui ft re a species of amall deer ' I I. They range the cld. blenk wilderness from I he Arctic Clnle southward. Sometimes f bey drift n w ny dnwii to SaskMtrhewan unci Mm nltob:t. Hut I he million ore to be foiflid in the Cliea-' Cliea-' terfli ld int reaiott. j "Caribou," .in (sbrne Scott of the I Canadian Northern railway, "i ravel in J such numbers that it often. tukc df fr the herds to pass a given point. They move In solid masses, wedded so tightly that they often ruh the hair off their aide. The tio.m? of their march is Ilk" thai of an army on the mme." The earihoucouMtry Js one of clear atmosphere, level plains and few obstructions ob-structions to sight. Hunters there w!U stand In far less danger of being "shot i in mistake fr a ier" than In the north woods of Minnesota or Michigan. Hitherto the rountry has only been accessible to - the fw because ' of the long. ted. ouw snd somewhat dangerous Journey. When the new rail line Is in full operation accesx will be less difficult dif-ficult for thousands. Caribou veninon will soon be on the menu cad of Tannrtiannrirt fnlird ft t, new hiuetw ;nuv eating places and milulv wi'l be wrapping hersHf In caril"u skin coats |