Bellevue, Blaine Co. Idaho Dec 26, 1935 he lost all he owned except a few sheep and his land. He is now rebuilding his flock which now numbers about 2000. I asked him for the sheep man's side of the diminishing wild life question and his explanation was something like this: The West in crowding out the natural wild animals is only following a line of progress which is analogous to the destruction of vegetation by cities, of streams by dams. Sheep and cattle are a necessary part of our new civilization and are much more valuable than the native animals which they replace. If the wild life must go, it will be replaced by other forms, such as cats, dogs, horses, - and sheep. Range animals he said was the nucleus around which the West was built, and without them the early settlers would just have existed, and our present civilization would not have reached its present high point of organization. His opinions on poisoning were, however very broad minded. He believes that he is the only sheep man in this area who does not sanction and encourage the poisoning of wild animals. He said that