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Show WANT NATIONAL PROTECTION f 01 ELK DETBOIT, Aug. 10. William J. Dawson, commissioned by tha American Elk, tha publication of the' order hearing hear-ing that name, left Detroit last night for Wyoming, where he will investigate the alleged alarming decrease in the number of elk in Jackson Hole. It is thought each winter thousands of the animals in that district dia from cold aad starvation. It is tha intention of the Elk 't lodge to urge legislation for a national park or reserve for tha protection of tba ani-niaJi. ani-niaJi. Mr. Dawson, who is a member of tba Detroit lotige, will moot the attorney at-torney general of Wyoming; at Cheyenne aad a thorough examination will bo mada. . --------- |