THE SURVEY                                                          
      'January, 1929 
 
 
    was only of short duration, however, and did not continue when he returned
to Hot Springs. 
    Mr. Chambers was a faithful and efficient employee and took great interest
in his work at 
    the preserve and in the animals under his care. He was born at Letart,
W. Va., on June 16, 
    1878. Sympathy is extended to Mrs. Chambers and the five children in
their great loss. 
 
          Beaver Plantin  Successful onUpper Mississippi.--The attempts recently
made to stock 
   the upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge with beaver colonies
are beginning 
   to show good results. Superintendent Cox in a recent report states that
the beavers cap- 
   tured in northern Wisconsin last spring and liberated on the flats near
Wabasha, Minn., are 
   apparently doing well, Reservation rangers of the bureau recently discovered
two fine new 
   lodges constructed by the animals on a small slough near the place they
were liberated. 
   After seeing these, Mr. Cox stated that from the quantity of winter food
collected by the 
   beavers and submerged in front of the new lodges and from the extent the
animals have cut 
   the aspen and willow growth along the slough, there has been some increase
from the pairs 
   liberated.   The fact that the beavers are remaining and building their
lodges in the bottom- 
   land instead of following up some of the streams coming in from the hills,
confirms Mr. 
   Cox's early opinion that the bottomlands are admirably adapted to beaver
colonization. 
   He considers it desirable to stock the bottomlands with beavers at various
points along the 
   300 miles over which the refuge extends. 
 
          Sullys Hill Notes.-Seven golden eagles are making their winter
home at Sullys Hill 
   Game Preserve, N. Dak. A male and a female buffalo, calves of 1927, were
recently shipped 
   to the Smyth County Fair Association at Marion, Va., for exhibition purposes.
Ten surplus 
   elk from the preserve have been disposed of for meat. 
 
          ADpointed Attorney at Upper Mississinpi. -John E. Stevens has been
appointed assistant 
   attorney at the Winona, Minn., office. 
 
          Conditions at Elk Refuze.--On December 30, Protector A. P. Nelson
estimated that there 
- were 3,000 elk on the Elk Refuge, Wyo., adjoining ranches, and near-by
foothills, approxi- 
   mately 1,800 of the number being on the refuge. These appear to be about
the only elk that 
   have come down into the valley, very few of the animals having been seen
elsewhere. The 
   Sdepth of the snow in the mountains is below normal and is not compact,
so that a large per- 
   centage of the elk probably are widely scattered over the timbered regions
on the lower 
   mountains. 
           Quite a distinct earth tremor was felt at the Refuge about 12
o'clock on New Year's 
   day. 
 
          SecX1r    Commends Bravery of Game Protector.--Among the Christmas
greetings received 
   by Game Protector Kenneth F. Roahen, stationed at Peoria, Ill., was a
letter from Secretary 
   Jardine commending his courageous action early in December, in arresting
two violators of 
   Federal game laws, who with two others held guns on him for several minutes
while he was 
   attempting to apprehend them. The Secretary's letter was as follows: 
 
          "The Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey has informed
me of the incident in 
   which you were involved on December 6, when in carrying out your enforcement
work you 
 
 
-13-