Show CONGRESS ASKED TO PROTECT ELK HERDS WASHINGTON Feb 27 To i.-To To prevent the extinction of the big game of ot norther northern north north- cnn ern er Wyoming congress has hal been Importuned Importuned importuned tuned to appropriate OOOO to be expended expend expend- ed cd with a n similar sum appropriated by byth bythe the th of that state A petition was received by the thc senate from the lie Wyoming legislature and It was supported by a lon long telegram from Governor Gov Coy Carey and an ur urgent ont letter to Senator Iod Lodge e from Dr W. W T. T Hornaday of oC the tho Now New York York Zoological park It ls is II stated that there are arc about elk elk- I alone alono which In summer roam In Yellowstone Yellowstone Yel Yel- Ik park but In lit tho the winter invade the tho Jale Jackson on Hole country countr They break breakdown down dowl fences fencel and attack tho the haystacks of farmers but bul without the food thus ob obtained ob- ob tamed it I I is that not fewer than of thc then rould die of starvation tion during February February- Governor Go Go durn Carey Cary expresses the opinion that tho the surplus elk could bo removed remo to the BI Big Horn mountains where he says fays there Is an abundance of food and suggests that a it company of oC cavalry ca be bo detailed to aid experienced cattlemen In r removing moving the tho animals The request for assistance from rom the national na na- na- na authorities is ls based on the he fact fac that a a- a 0 great grat man many of- of tho the elk roam In Yellowstone park which is under federal Jurisdiction |