Show JACK N HOl T Am TARVIN ANIMAl Advisory Board to Confer r With U. U S. S Forestry Men en enOver Over Fate of Herd Hayand Hay Hayand Hayand and Friends Are Needed H advisor advisory board of th the c T Jackson Hole Cattle all and d Horse tsetse vers' vers association is' is o oits on n its way from Jackson V Wyo o t to toOg o Og Ogden en to Confer r with the file United Unite d States forestry sen service ser on the saving g of head of ot elk In n Jackson val tat alley ley They are offering hay and money mono to avert a catastrophe which would wool mean the wiping out of ot the tho biggest el elk k herd In the United States Tho The stockmen of ot Wyoming resent t the implication that they hate the elk They are attempting to prot prove e that the theare they y are the only people that are doing anything anything anything any any- thing to sat save c the elk The elk have no better friends the than n the Jackson Hole cattlemen Cither r sentimentally or materially said A. A C C. C McCain McCaln supervisor isor of the Teton Teto n forest with with- h headquarters a at t Jackson Sentiment Is all n right but it will certainly certainly car take something material to preson's preserve pre pre- sons serve these elk and the Jackson Jackon Hole e cattlemen have proven time after time by wh what t they have hate done that their that r sentiments with frith reference to the el elare elk k are backed up by every material resource resource re resource re- re source it is possible for them to spare HAY AND FRIENDS NEEDED Mr McCain has charge of ot the th district dis dis- where the elk Ik problem is most mos t acute He Ile has studied them for yea years rs and hopes that the American people e will respond to the call that Is no now w going forth He lIe says that there ar are e two true factors at the head of ot the hay friends that have hay e stood by by thus far According to a statement from th the e forestry service the stockmen of Jackson J Jack Jackson ck- ck son Hole Bole three weeks ago afio offered t to o tale take t their h ei r cattle Gatti e into Ida Idaho t o to winter r and thus make available 1000 tons o of ot f hay asking to be reimbursed for tor their r ba hay in an amount commensurate commeT with tuft h the cost of ot wintering their cattle In 1 n Idaho Th The following statement has been Issued issued is issued Is- Is sued byr by representatives o of ot the cattlemen's cattlemen's cattlemen's cattle cattle- mens men's association ATTACKS RESENTED T The i cattlemen of ot Jackson ackson Hole e have hate held their peace and temper under un un- der r repeated attacks but have hate gone i p n year after atter year feeding and wintering g the Jackson Hole Bole herd ot of elk in their that r meadows s fields pastures and hay hay- slacks stacks They were the first first t many years rears ago to ago to urge that some something something something thing be done to e the safety o orho of ot f the tho elk They were accused at that the t time lime of or simply desiring to create a market for their hay They protested d this charge without stall avail and kept o on n feeding the elk Later ater they were accused of ot denuding denudIng ing log the the- elk winter range by grazing g with their own cattle They I prote protected te d again and kept on feeding the tho ell elk Now Act v they are accused of at hatred for tor the tho el eland elk k and a desire and determination to exterminate ex exterminate exterminate ex- ex terminate them They are again protesting protesting protesting pro pro- testing and are keeping on caring fo for forthe r the fife elk They are offering their hay hayat ha haat y at a sacrifice the they are sending a delegation delegation dele dole gation gallon to Ogden Og en to urge upon the government goy gov- to help them protect the el elk |