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Show KSO WILL, HAVE TO BE DEPORTED E:g Buffalo V 'iil Be Sent to Montevideo, Uruguay. ravonte of Vjsitors to Wichita National Na-tional Fcrst Doomed to Exile Becaus Southern Neighbor Wants Specimen. Wahirgton. Biso is unhappy! He Is to be deported, thrust from the hu.d of his birth, torn from his wives and children and doomed lo live ( In es.le for the rest of his days. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace has decreed that he must go; the for-j for-j cs: service has arranged his transport J r.r'l Biso is inconsolable. p.lso is the big buffalo bi''l that for j' 1.', years has been the admiration of visitors to the Wichita national for- ' C'-t and game refuge In Oklahoma. The city of Montevideo. Uruguay, has listed that its zoological garden bo supplied with an American bLson an-', the orcBt service men who have (. charge of the buffalo on the Wichita say that Blso will be an excellent representative rep-resentative of this typical North American species whose once mighty herds roamed the great plains from Mexico to northern Canada. In 1007 15 bison were "planted" in the Wichita national forest and have since increased to over 1.10 head. This herd promises to maintain the type and stamina of the original bison, since the animals are kept at all times under natural conditions. They subsist sub-sist entirely on wild grasses and live within so large an inclosuro that they are under practically no restraint. So I'.iso has been well content and is reluctant to leave. Yet many of the younger buffalo hulls are casting envious glances at the old fellow. It would be very pleasant, tli v think, to .doze icily beneath a palm tree and be served with fresh cut grasses or have their wrinkled noses patted by some dark-haired senorita. j But Biso has his doubts. ' |