Show i GREATEST f GAME GAME REFUGE IN WORlD Louisiana a Sanctuary to to Be Square Miles NEW ORLEANS May May- 14 It If If the I legislature passes abill of ot acceptance I Louisiana will have acquired a aver veritable ver ver- empire m i 1 I stretching t the Gu Gulf of t distance Mexico l for tor a d ce ot of seventy five miles and comprising 11 anar nare of o square square miles T The bill of M of acceptance is p nc l tor na th state stafe conser conservation alien de- de department already has begun to outline the work to keep the tract safe for the the- creatures of the wild The property consists of ot Marsh island with acres of or land purchased purchased purchased pur- pur pur pur- I chased by Mrs Russell Sage and given to the he state as as' as asa a game refuge and a I i tract of ot acres In Vermillion and ami Cameron parishes on the coast given by the the Rockefeller f foundation Adjoining Ad Ad- joining Marsh island is the present state slate game farm on land belonging to the McIlhenny interests of or 60 OO acres Lying between the g game me farm farmand farmand I and the Rockefeller er tract Is what is known as as the Grand Chenier tract OK v. acres which the state expects to acquire in the near future This will give Louisiana what is be believed believed believed be- be here to be the greatest wild life refuge In ih Jh the v world The great greM domain do do- do domain main is patrolled by agents of ot the conservation conservation con con conservation commission and on it all sorts Borts of ot game are protected and propagated Edward dw rd A. A wealthy wealthy salt mine operator has given great tra tracts ts t's bf of land and landas well as large sums of or money to aid in the work I t C tr r |