Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 27, 1901, Page 15

Tannary 27, 1901 Wild Animals BLE. | In Riverview Park | I ! Ernest Scton-Thompson and his army of as many animal n the national park | hunters who pursue wild animals with the Judge J. Do Caton of Ottawa, 11, was the ‘ camera, rather than the ritle, have come to pioncer in this movemer Half a century i the rese of their forest friends none too age he b | noexter ¢ preserve and soon. The merciless slaughter of large expended a large a nt of woney in pro game has reduced the buffalo in the United viding deer and ott 1 s with a re States to a few hundred head, while deer, treat hich wa ilar to their home h elk, moose and bear are so scarce that the far we they are rarely seen outside of game pre In serves NOSt ‘ however, individuals and park comn oners have not heen able te The buffalo has been the greatest suf ceure lands where wild s could s ferer, and civilization, or barbar n with a oy their own livin nd avoid the d varnigsh of civilization cems determined a0 ind vesation ahich come trom cot to render extinet the American bison. “Buf- finement in lmited presoryve The most r falo Bill'" and his mate in Riverview park markable private park in the world ire two of the finest pecimens in the maintained by Austin Corbin at Blue Moun world, but imprisonment €8 not seem to tain Porest, near Newport, N, H It « ar to be tains 36,000 acres and includes nearly all in perfect health, but like most other buf- Kkinds of land In the center of the pre falo in captivity fail to reproduce their serve is a4 mountain range which attains a Kind height of 3,000 feet, Mr, Corbin established agree with the animal They ap In Yellowstone park, the most extensive this preserve in IS8 and stocked it with a game preserve in the United States, there imals of all i Twenty-five buffalo WOLF IN CAPTIVITY are not more than 200 buffalo, and it is al ixty elk, twelve moose and seventy deer most impossible for visitors to catch a as well as many smaller animals, were SNAPSHOT O THE FON l d and resents the intrusions of civilized ways. the buffalo increased to seventy-five, the Fare antmals of all sorts might be seen o T . X : i All : " J " ; r Although the government has provided Yel- elk numbered 1,200, there were 150 mooge SEWport it visitors were able to ket into \ o boe en | ? . v (In) Unton pipes off a tocal | ¢ lmported many species trom Eoarope Deer fied oy To such base uses must 1 ¢ beauty remained But she v forever glimpse of them. The buffalo avoids man into the enclosure. In less than ten years OF the sort found in the Black 1or I return at last young and Jovely in the groat poct's vers lowstone park with a large guard and will wnd 1,200 deer. This park contains a boun- the thickets which form such an atiractive vichest and i exclusive set 1 Lo lent in this fashior MacCoon, the hiding place for the wild beasts I'he land Postponcd for reas th might have hee teeple climber, and who ha weended to in Mr. Corbin's park is so varied that no thought of Tittle w } nosuch cireh An | hts that would dreive the rest of us to animal which is accustomed to a rigorous Ol and faithiul sery who has been over dizzine went up against the wro climate has failed to thrive ther In ex wenty-1 ! nothe service of Mr hen he climbed to the top of tremely cold and snowy weather it has been Frederick Gall n,ods Iyving at the of to repair an awnh i front of Robinsor tound necessary at times to feed the falo corn and cornstall which have beer oftened and made palatable in a silo, b other animals require nothing but the feed which is avatlable in the park I'he Goulds, Vanderbilt Astors and othe New York millionaires who have extensive country places throughout New England have also established deer park but non is on as large a scale or as sucee ful Mr. Corbin's preserve. His land was so wel chosen and he has guarded his proteges se q carctully that they do not realize their re straint Mr. Corbin take great pleasure - in his animal friends and protects them from huaters and sightseers He provide for the comfort of the animals rather than the pleasure of curious men, and for that reason ha ucceeded better than the goy ernment in preserving game, Birds and small animals of every sort also enjoy the treedom of the Corbin pre erve, and no expense has been sgpared in couring specimens of every sort of crea ture that will thrive in the New Hamj hire climate. The inclosure is a joy to the Audubon society and a monument to the philanthropist who ha cen fit to make | * possible, Concerted action on the part of the citi | zens of varion tate has done much to protect L Wher laws have been enacted and have met with the approval of the people their enforcement has heen comparatively casy. Fifteen years ago deer 1 were almost unknown in Vermont In mountain districts, where venison had been i important article of diet, the people were greatly alarmed over the destruction of deer. A law was passed prohibiting he ELK hooting of all large game until 1900, and deer were hrought from the Adirondack ¥ not permit fircarms to be carried through titul supply of water and so much grass $ A rom th tronda i and turned loose in the Vermont forest the park, unless they are scaled, poaching and otber foodstulf that animals of all g o MAang: O GRoOUP ‘ has not been done away with entirely, The sorts find their own living. She Were I\\“. x‘.' ””\\"':"H‘:"‘“ l\l‘"l"|l:;:-l 1 w’ ‘.‘r v"l rl..l'“wl,‘ul"l‘ anlmals are continually bothered by visl- constructed at first for the gume, but there Lonii it backed up the faw and made it ELK DRINKING IN RIVERVIEW PARK, OMAHA tors and do not thrive as they did before was so much natural shelter in the parl T hne : man pre-empted their haunts, that the animals refused to take advantage Milah= Hiae been. done-fo Lhe nreservatint death, and on th recount the great danee twlor shoy e fadder shipped on the dce ‘' Elk and bear do better in the Yellowstone of the artificial protection Bl B I RUOR R AR AL St e ha N ’:I | Cofor Mrs. Gallatin's debutante daughter has and Coon feli to the brick sidewalk and wa | than other animal Bruin is a lazy brute The preserve is carefully guarded and few ik and Caing 1‘.‘”.‘-\\”‘ o ;”““‘ |l‘l| been postponed, b1y ave upe o his rapid descension he and enjoys getting his living at abandoncd men ever get within the high wire fenee ([ 010 titme Prate tive assoctation and B — ~tore down Rebinson's sign. The bricks in | camps and at the kitchen door of summer which protects the animal In no other |0 l"""""‘lll' i T S RS ; wenty “".”‘ YORLK after Lord Byron wrote e 1l were unhurt hotels. He is intelligent enough to realize park in the world have the animals thrived R X.‘I‘;”I‘””“w" AR L s ll\llll‘l:l‘ll “.‘.ul:)”“ Gl oding : i ; % . . i B that he is not in much danger within the as in the Blue Mountain Forest preserve (Hateaitun ot BAteat fof Biranm o o NG R Eiva me Baok tou hsant ‘ " \M "M’w 10 Wi AI' ;Iullln‘l» t “\H“.TI : | confines of the park and does not hesitate Mp, Corbin has supplicd many of the New listed the press of the |“”.'d Stute in An Englishman in visiting Athe hunted ‘x.n wil ttion near In ,Il 1l u“. W H/u | to force himself upen visiiors in case he York parks with animals and his herds are T s e A et 'm‘l :\uh out its subject, the tben beautiful, gav ‘48ds shpped, and, finding “"”'v' "1‘ i thinks there is an easy meal in sight increasing with such rapidity that the o ”“[‘_“” “‘W ot "h e Tin g ‘_MI"'I to apr. Andcharming Theresa Macrio He found ,“,““lml in vv.x»l‘l o .|,~I Leing H“»"d <!'l on The Smithsonian institute became capacity of the preserve will soon be taxed ki o l|:r~ 3 ’ ’ her o woman married to a poor man and .x wling below AL this moment, how alarmed over the failure of the butteio to Besides American animals, Mr. Corbin ha pas trugeiing to earn a lving for a large fam- V0% 10 expr tradn happened to be pa ing, and the man landed on the roof of a was carried in this position to the next sta reproduce in Yellowstone and constrocted a special inclosure within the confines of the park where a number of the choicest \ccording to recent Jegislation in New animal ire k t £t from intrusion, but Y Hlan; <Ebu: LM LRy boforo ihe temin I ork state a man is required to support h topped, and the unfortunate man, who even under these favorable conditions the mother-in-law Another legal artangemen . thougn severcly shaken, but not hurt, wa butfaloes do not flourish as it had been provides that a woman need not support her enabled to descend from the roof hoped they would hushand unle he is incapable of labor or B Until 1884 there were no effective laws uniess an agreement for mutual support ha Isracl Zangwill ud recently My ex protecting game in Yellowstone park, Since been made previous to marriag: perience of the American reporter leads m that time the amount of game has increased . to the convietion that yon must cither ac msiderably, but it is not like!ly that the nerease will ever restore the great herds Charle H Acord, 41 years old, and John I Lynch, aged 45, have filed papers in I cept him unconditiona or reject him ab f deer and antelope which roamed through vh‘mv-[uvl for re-enlistment in the regulan |]x‘ .).m. ..A.'All 1‘\‘“\ i "»;v “.d.‘ m,f.‘;‘l,;‘“ park thirty years ago. Since the en army. They enlisted together in 1882, wer wecimen of the American journalist that ) cement of the game laws the elk in the bunkles™ for elghteen year hared the e S e O Kk have increased at a rapid rate, and perids of eleven battles and «ngagements o - e ‘m‘ml i “‘Mw ! '~ i H|H|. T ey SR AV home and abroad and now wish (o re-enter e it oo By sl LA oA L with religious doubt ind asked 1y tidanee With 1wh reasoning and thought as 1 had ricd to help him to a clearer view ' ent away 1 astonish day, 1 «d this young entleman posing throug the interview the profound thinker while I figured feebly a shallow sophist ) of them within the preserve, the service together wernment Supplies Animals, " Abram Rothmyer, an aged and eccentric government has supplied many mu I parks with animals from the Ye! e Within the last few months Riv eV pirk was given five young elk, thre: cubs and a black-tailed r. Thes: mals were put into the excellent quar ters which the park board has provided in tiverview and are much admired by vis itors, But last month the black-tailed deer proved a tempting target and died fron citizen o1 Sharon, Pa., became impressed with fear that after his death grave robber full of gratitude, Ir would steal his body and sell it t o1 medical college Therefare he had a strong metal casket made and kept it in his house ready for the funeral. The other evening he was trying to move the heavy casket when it fell upon him, injuring him so that he died shortly ment when, ne Modern Mothers Diary . Detroit Journal: I do not helieve in tell- a wound inflicted by a slingshot, Trapdaoc and secret chamber ind ing a child ghost stori to frighten him ! State laws have not afforded much protec g pane and mysterious springs b when he is naughty i tion for game Government parks and in long to the old-fashioned romance or it When Clifford is naughty 1 explain the dividual game preserves are the only place modern imitator You don't look for germ theory to him and have him look where animals can live with any degree of them save there and on the Lo T™h through a microscope at bacteria safety. In the four netional parks in Col Portland deputy sheriffs go on a rum hun It frightens him terribly and at the same orado and in Yosemite and Yellowston They see a suspicious looking cellar wall time inculeate fentific knowledge parks ample protection is offered game under a hotel. They tap and sound unti Poday Clifford ash me if 1 believed in Men of large mean : have established they touch the sprimg when, presto! a the efficacy of prayer. | promised to answer game preserves during the last fifty years barroom, copious of liguors and resple R P AT ds and in parks of this sort there are nearly FINE PICTURE OF ANTELOPE dent of lI»:h:s, is uu,n:ul to their hlu]r:: COW ELK. :I‘:”.‘,::.n”.n.'\: Ilr\v RBLE F AN N