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Show GAME IN NATIONAL PARK. Has Grown in Numbers Owing to Enforcement En-forcement of the Game Laws. (Helena Independent.) The strict enforcement of the game laws of Idaho and Montana by the game wardens of those two state3 working in conjunction, is bearing fruit. In past years game that has been driven out of the park by poachers poach-ers has been killed and sold to dealers in the larger towns. Since the sale of game has been stopped In the Montana and Idaho towns, there has been no j market for the poacher and hence the game is undisturbed. The news that game has been undisturbed undis-turbed In the park this season was brought to Helena by H. W. Child and E. W. Bach of the Yellowstone Park Transportation company, who visited the park on their way home from the east. Talking of the park yesterday-Mr. yesterday-Mr. Bach said that never before to his knowledge had there been as much game in the park. "Superintendent of the park. Captain Pitcher," said Mr. Child, "told me that so far no cases of poaching have come to his knowledge this winter. I saw in the vicinity of the Mammoth Hot Springs a great quantity of game, and the animals are quite tame. There are bands of elk, deer, antelope and mountain sheep, and a short distance from the springs they range In bands of from 1,000 to 5,000. The antelope are especially tame. They are numerous in the vicinity of Gardiner, Gardi-ner, and on the road one has to drive through them. On the slope of Mount Everts bands of mountain sheep are always in sight. t "The snow in the park theast winter," win-ter," said Mr. Child, "has not been so deep as in previous winters, notwithstanding notwith-standing reports to the contrary. From Mammoth Hot Springs to Norris the road is open, something I never before saw at this time of the year. Between Cinnabar and Mammoth Hot Springs there is not sufficient snow for sleighing." sleigh-ing." Mr. Child confirmed the report that there is a new geyser in the park. It is located in the Norris geyser basin, and goes off at regular intervals of an hour and a half, spouting a stream of water fifty feet in the air. The Minute Min-ute Man geyser, which has been doing do-ing duty as a small attraction for fifteen fif-teen years, has developed into a full grown attraction, going off regularly now every two hours, and throwing a big body of water to a height of sixty feet. Mr. Child and Major Bach look for a big business in the park this year from the east and from abroad. The railroad companies say there will be big business busi-ness to the west of pleasure seekers, and the tourist agencies confirm the report. " Agents of the transportation comnatiy in the east make the same prediction, and there is every reason to believe that the number of visitors will show a large increase over any previous year. |
