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Within a couple of weeks the remainder of the buffalo herd bought from Pablo, of Montana, will be lodged in the new Battle River Park at Wainwright, Alta., where they will live in the future.
Alex. Ayotte, the Canadian government agent in Montana, has been arranging with Howard Douglas, commissioner of the Mountain park, with regard to the details of the round-up and transfer of the big herd which comprises in the neighborhood of 300 head.
The cowboys will start within a few days to gather them in, and when they have collected them all they will be entrained at Ravalli, and come via the N. P. R., Great Northern, A. R. & I., and C. P. R., C. N. R., and G. T. P., to Wainwright.
The new park at Wainwright contains 110,000 acres and lies along the Battle river and there will be plenty of room for the whole herd. After the 300 have been taken to the park, 300 of the 350 that were taken to Lamont last year will also be brought down to Wainwright and also 50 of the herd at Banff. The park at Lamont will be stocked with antelope, elk and moose and other animals.
Owing to the difficulty of rounding up the buffalo and the fact that only four or five can be placed in each car, which will necessitate more than one train and the roundabout way which will have to be taken to reach Wainwright, it will likely be nearly two months before the herd are settled in their new home.—Calgary Herald.