Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-09-17 | Page 11 | California 'Horseflies' Ask for Antelope Island Buffalo

California 'Horseflies' Ask For Antelope Island Buffalo The Alameda Horseflies want a buffalo. They want it from Antelope island in Great Salt Lake. They're going to kill it if they get it. They're ferocious. But there is no need for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal to become alarmed. The buffalo wortH be used as rolling roll-ing stock for all the horseflies which delight in pestering a buffalo to death. He'll b eaten all right, and by th Alameda Horseflies, but la this cass that's th nam of an Alameda Ala-meda club listing aa members ths mayor and city council. Now It's up to Mayor X. B. Kr-wln Kr-wln to aupply th buffalo. He (ths mayor) received a letter Friday from 8. J. Hammond of Alameda, who aald he read In th newspapers five year ago that there was an Island in Great Salt lake with a surplus of buffalo. Th Item, h said, related there were too many buffalo on th Island and anyone could have en for S2S, Th Alameda Horaefltee have th I2S and want a buffalo "to put on a novel feed to rata funda for th benefit of underprivileged Boy Scouts In our community," Mr. Hammond explained. The club, he aald, Is composed of "60 prominent men of th city, , including Msyor Henry Weichart I and aU our city councilman. I am I on th commute. "I am firmly convinced," h con- Ilnued to Mayor Erwin, "that you do not hav any Jurisdiction over this Island, but feel you can help me in finding someone that can giv me th information regarding purchase of on of thee buffaloes," Mayor Erwin Friday said he would bend every effort to obtain a buffalo, but ha recalled that th I2S offer was mad subject to the taker Joining a big game hunt on the island, killing hi meat and packing It away at bis own ex-pens. ex-pens. Th mayor also had a vagu remembrance re-membrance that tha price In Ihos day was 1100 Initead of 28.