THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE F Thursday, July 2, 195: Bighorn sheep transplants from Deer Park thrive in Oregon State The Move of bighorn sheep from Deer Park range in the Chilcotin country to the State of Oregon back in 1954 has proven a successful experi- ment, according to a recent report in the Oregon Journal, The successful _ restoration ;has taken place on Hart Mountain, a national wildlife refuge, where the Oregon Game Commission in November of 1954 liberated 20 bighorn sheep. At first all the bighorns were retained in a 1,000-acre fenced holding pasture in Juniper Canyon on the tumbled west escarpment of te mountain. They increased as lambs were dropped each spring, and in the spring of 1957 there was a re- lease of 21 surplus bighorns from the holding pastures. The Chilcotin bighoras are the identical sheep that once roamed the arid highlands and ranges of eastern Oregon. The sheep is classed as the Cali- fornia or rimrock bighora waose heart range was the Great Basin country. They last disappeared in Oregon at the turn of the cen- tury, and the group trapped in the Chilcotin was from one of the last bands of these moun- tain sheep. To determine how those re- leased from the holding pen in 1957 are faring on Hart Mountain range, a crew of Oregon Game Commission men NIQUIDET BROS. GARAGE AND ravelled to the mountains the first week in June.. The party climbed the rough face of Hart Mountain, which juts skyward to more than $,000 feet elevation. Although big- horn sign was plentiful, no sheep were seen on the north side of the mountain. lt was on the west face that the party’s going slowed to a crawl for here the escarpment is a slightly tilted wall roughed by clinging boulders and broken by rising eli and jutting bench Bighorns seemed to from nowhere and an entire band of 19 were in full view when spotted. They fed up- ward from a small basin and then bedded down on a hillside. Checking the band with glas: the party saw one yearling ram, nine ewes with seven lambs and two yearlings. appear Near the pasture, 11 more animals were flushed from a pocket among the cliffs. No more sheep were observed on the trip, and the final tally showed 30 bighorn, 15 ewes, 10 “> PREIGHT SER-ICE LIMITED Bonded and Insured Carriers General Freight and Lumher GARAGE AT HORSEFLY “, IMPERIAL ESSO DEALER * GOODYEAR AND ATLAS TIRES AND ACCESSORIES * CEDAR POLES AND PILING BOX 100, HORSEFLY Phone 1-A Horsefly BOX 304, WMS. LAKE Phone 148, Armes Bros. Williams Lake 4 DAILY Sportscasts | CKCQO 8:10 a.m. 12.25 p.m. 7:05 p.m. St nine animals and prob- ably more. Total animals observed out- side and ins losure numbered 56, a decided increase ambs, one yearding ram and over the little band of 20 intro- our unidentified. duced in 1954, and there are So the original band of 21 undoubtedly more. SHEEP DOING WELL IN NEW HOME The bighorn sheep shown in these pictures back in 1954 are now doing well in their Hart Mountain range of Oregon. Below, a tough old ram is roped preparatory to the long ride. The trapped sheep are shown above running across the top of the five-acre corral erected at Deer Park. They were hazed into a wire loading chute at one end. integration — means more value for Viassey-Ferguson customers The latest word in farming ‘“INTE- Germany. Inventive genius is uni- Humane slaughter recommendations The report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Colonization of the House of Commons was tabled on June 16 in Parliament. The major recommendation of the commit- tee, after hearing a number of submission by various interested groups, that humane slaughter legislation be intro- duced by means of amend- ments to the Meat Inspection Act. This would directly aifect establinments under federal in- spection, which process over three-quarters of the commercial livestock supply. The Parliamentary Committee recommended that shackling and hoisting of a meat animal before it was rendered unconscious be deemed inhumane. Stunning by means of a mechanical stunner, electrical stunning and anaes- thetization by CO2 or other is Close study of cattle tick problem suggested | The recent death of some B.C. cattle from infection in the ear caused by spinoze ticks has sparked interest in a research program on these parasites. Julian Fry, secretary of the B.C. Beef Cattle Growers’ Asso- ciation, warns stockmen that this particular tick is a potential danger and suggests that veter- inarians -be alert to prevent spreading of ‘the infection. Experts state that apart from two cases at Adams Lake and Celista (which appears to have been connected) there has not been an instance of catile being harmed by these ticks until now. As usual, however, it seems probable that some other un- explained deaths may have been caused by this infection. Mr. Fry says cattlemen are agents were app! d. Shoot- ing and Schechita cut used in ritual slaughter were also en- dorsed. The necessity of pro- viding adequate holding pens, safe ramps, floors and inclines was stressed in the report. The i s gor 3 Ottawa to provide some assistance for research officers to establish the extent of the infestation and whether it warrants further work. If it seems further work is warranted, Mr. Fry says, then that a reasonable period of time be granted before any proposed legislation becomes effective, in order that the necessary steps can be taken to compl: Canada’s gross national prod- uct advanced 2.5 percent in 1958—latest official compilation —to $32,200,000,000. Bulk of theincre ase represented higher prices. Tire Trouble ? 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