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Show "EMPIRE OF THE WILD' , NEW ORLEANS 1 tho legislature 1LV passes a bill of acceptance, Louisiana BBJ will havo acquired a veritable Emplro BBJ of tho Wild, stretching along the Gulf BB of Mexico for a distance of 75 miles BB and comprising an area of 500 square BBJ miles. VbbI Tho foUl of acceptance is only a BBB formality. . T lM Tho property consists ui mau BBJJl land with 73,000 acros of land piirchas- LBBH ed by Mrs Russell Sage and glvon to B the state as a gamo rcfugo and a tract of 80,000 acres in Vermillion and jBH Cameron parishes on tho coast given flBBB by tho Rockefolcr Foundation. Ad- HBB Joining Marsh Island Is tho present flLVLVj state gamo farm on land belonging to IBHj tho Mcllhonny intoreats of 60,000 BjBf aores Lying botween the game farm ; B and tho Rockefeller tract in what is . m known ns tho Grand Chonier tract of . S5.000 which tho stato expects to ac- ; quire In the near future. .W - oo B1 |