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Show oo BU FFALO NOT !to BE PROTECTED uncle Sam has another bison problem prob-lem on his hands. Not long ago he was fretting because the buffalo was Sliding out of existence. Now he's ! fussing with the same puzzle from another an-other angle. Too many buffalo babies. Bison herds heard about the anti race suicide stuff somebody preached Result: 500 bison calves a year, and liirth tale limbing steadih upward. I lit u.. i h. iia in lue umon n- passed," says Dr. E. W. Nelson.' chief of the United State biological survey. Bui i ho di rk day for your Uncle Samuel la jusi breaking "As a matter of fact " continues I r. Nelson, "with the present rate of increase, in-crease, il may become a problem in a : w i-ars how we shall care for the buffalo on ihe national preserves. " )'h"-e pre historians who feared the extinction of the bison may now sit back and let the taxpayers hustle out and bUJ more pasturage for the buf falo. This Is exactl what Dr. Nelson wants the government lo do buy a few thousand acres near Yellowstone park for the rapldh growinc buffalo family 'ongressruan Welling of Utah, has introduced a bill in congress appropriating appropri-ating $300,000 for the purchase of a ,blson-slocked island In Great Sa't Lake. He says If Uncle Sam doesn'' take I hi- bulfalo herd off the owners I hands ihey will be auctioned off to i 'ill' ) iim .-llU'.niu-,. rti .1 head. I And this is what we may be coming to back to Ihe Buffalo Bill days when j every boy again may dream of hunt ing the buffalo. Protest against staging these buf-, falo hunts has been made to the United Unit-ed StaleH department of agriculture, which, however, gives notice that it irUl take no steps to halt the shoot- j Ing. I |