. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 92 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. seemed to inhabit a strip of territory some five or six miles wide. They appeared to liavo limited their range to tlie open lands along the coast. Forty-two years ago all the ranch buildings had ulk horns nailed up on the barn or other buildings. Evidently the elk had entirely disappeared from ^Farin County before 1872, the year of Mr. Allen's arrival there. Whether the INTarin County elk were of the same
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 92 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. seemed to inhabit a strip of territory some five or six miles wide. They appeared to liavo limited their range to tlie open lands along the coast. Forty-two years ago all the ranch buildings had ulk horns nailed up on the barn or other buildings. Evidently the elk had entirely disappeared from ^Farin County before 1872, the year of Mr. Allen's arrival there. Whether the INTarin County elk were of the same species as the San Joaquin Valley elk is not certainly known. It may be that the elk of the heavily forested, humid region along the coast from ^larin County northward is a distinct speci&s. The facts can be determined only by comparison of material fi-om the two regions. But whatever may be the fads as regai'ds this juatter, it is clear that t^lk were very a})un-. FiG. 24.—The crate used in transferring the elli from the corral to the railroad cattle-pens. Photo by John Rowley. dant in the San Joaquin Valley and adjacent foothills, certainly as late as 1850 to 185-1. From that time they decreased ra{)idly. In the early seventies it is said the herd had been reduced to a few individuals— one report says to a single pair—and they were on the Kern County ranch of Messrs. Miller and Lux. It is said that the imminent extinc- tion of the species came to the attention of Mr. Henry ^Filler of the Miller & Lux Company, and he immediately gave strict orders to all the employees of the company that the elk must not be disturbed under any circumstances, and that everything possible for their protection should be done. That has been the policy of Messrs. INIilh-r and Lux to this day. The animals were protected. The herd increased. In 1914 it was estimated to contain about four hundred animals. The state game law makes the killing of any elk a felony, i)iniishable by iini>
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