146 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 
is Col. Roosevelt’s message, which reads | of all who dwell in the open, and of all 
as follows: who love nature and who wish to see our 
“To the profiteering proposal of the] natural resources preserved for the per- 
pseudo-patriots, the patriots for revenue| petual use of our people and not de- 
only, that protection of wild life in war 
time be relaxed, the united hosts of con- 
stroyed for all time to gratify the greed 
of a moment.” 
servation reply: 
“You Shall Not Pass. 
“Let this be the slogan of every farmer, 
Yours very truly, 
(Signed) CARL WESTERFELD, 
Executive Officer. 
FACTS OF CURRENT INTEREST. 
ike enabling act of the Federal Migratory Bird Law was finally 
pas-ed on June 6, 1918; the greatest piece of game protective legisla- 
tion in the world is thus brought to completion. 
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Two Austrian fishermen have been arrested in southern California 
under the Wood Act of August, 1917, for dumping overboard twenty 
tors of barracuda. Such wanton destruction of valuable food is now 
a criminal act. 
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The site for the new Yosemite Hatchery has been selected and 
ground will be broken soon. 
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On May 7, 1918, the Western California Fish Company of Pittsburg, 
California, secured a salmon weighing 67 pounds. 
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The counties of Marin and Yolo each pay a bounty of $20 on coyotes 
and Solano and Sutter each pay $10. 
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Paladini, the fish dealer so often accused of monopolizing the whole- 
sale fish industry of San Francisco, has been arrested for shipping 
striped bass out of the state. 
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The attempt to breed ducks for the market recently made by A. 
Schilling, has been abandoned. The large game farm near Newark, 
Alameda County, was the largest of its kind in the state. 
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Striped bass have been plentiful this spring and have sold as low 
as seventeen cents per pound. The abundance is doubtless due to the 
added protection this fish has received the past three years. 
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Large numbers of fish have died in the Kern River near Bakersfield, 
probably because of low water. Fortunately these fish were not valu- 
able as food. 
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The lowly jackrabbit has become so important a food item that the 
price has been increased in the markets. 
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The shad catch this spring has been below normal due to over- 
fishing the past few years. 
