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Show ELKS IN OGDEN LAUNCH MOVE ! TO SAVE BISON OGDEN lodge. No. 719 B. P. O. Elks toda launched a movement move-ment to have the Elks of the Fnil-. Fnil-. d States pur. base Ant- lop,. Island and use the Island not only to perpetuate per-petuate the buffalo herd, but also as a sanctuary for elk from the Jackson hole district of Wyoming. This movement wa.s glen impetus im-petus when a tel. "gram wa.s sent to William H. Abbott of San Francisco, Fran-cisco, grand exalted ruler of tbs order, asking his Indorsement. The telegrams sisjaed by A. T. Hcstmark, William C. Camp and C A. Boyd, piLRi exalted rulers of the lodge, and b'-jtT. L. Madsan. secretary, B. D. Fennett and J M lownlng. The telegram wag signed by A. T. lope Island contains some thirty thousand acres of mountain and grazing land and that the Island and the buffalo herd can be pur-chnsed pur-chnsed for about J600.000. Feeling in several sections of the country is very strong against the possible extermination of th.. buffalo herd, the telegram informs the grand SXalter ruler, and he Is iwked to pasa his opinion on the proposition of having every Elk in the country contribute $i each toward to-ward purchasing the island. on |