Show 203 William Glassman of stocking Antelope Island with buffalo In 1891 he v?as evidently the first to promote the scheme purchased twelve head dr on "Buffalo" Jones of Texas and had However they were missent to a small them billed to Ogden 23 Two years later these animals siding west of Garfield were purchased by John E Dooly and J Hi White for planting The buffalo were shipped to the island on Antelope Island from Farmington about the middle of February 1893 24? in charge of this cattle boat was partitionspecial shipment A ed into special compartments' to keep the animals in order durMIt took several trips to get the twelve ing the voyage J W Walker and George Frary were flat-bottom- ed 25 island” to the across buffaloes In stocking the island with Buffalo Dooly and White had two purposes in mind one of which was to preserve the The other rapidly disappearing "denizen of the plains” An attempt was made to cross the was for breeding purposes buffalo with hornless Galloway cattle was np not successful only one "Cat-l- o” This novel experiment was produced 26 23 Brown "Description and History of Antelope Island” 24 "L S D Journal of Church History" March 1 1893 5 25 Howell and Manful William Walker" 3 26 "Statement "Pioneer Personal History of James of George Frary" np |