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WILD DEER IN CITY STREETS Although Banff is a hustling village during the summer, and is thronged with tourists, wild deer from the mountains are to be seen daily on the streets, and at night stately elk leap from the roads into the bushes to escaoe approaching automobiles. If a Banff cottager expects to eat his own "garden truck," lie builds a deer-proof fence around his patch. The grounds of Brett Hospital are open from the street, and the other night a half dozen deer mnde a raid upon the flower garden. Banff is the capital of Rocky Mountain park, and shooting game within the park limits is forbidden by law. The deer, being unmolested, have become tame, and even 11 bear now and then pays a friendly visit to the village. Not long ago a bicyclist, speeding down one of the .side -streets at night, hit a dark object, and turned a somersault or two before he hit the macadam. Sitting up lie looked around and discovered a bear hitting the trail for home as fast as four legs could carry him. Although tame and somewhat obtrusive, the deer, elk and bear do not relish too close an acquaintance-with man, and have proved themselves to be not only picturesque but perfectly safe neighbors. Canadian News Letter.
