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CALIFORNIA PISH AND GAME. 



Stales Civil Service Gommission will give 

 a most practical open competitive test to 

 secure the r'ght man. The entrance 

 salary will be between $2,500 and $3,000 

 a year. Headquarters will be in Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



The duties of the position are to assist 

 in administering the law which gives 

 effect to the treaty between the United 

 States and Great Britain for the protec- 

 tion of migratory birds and the sections 

 of the United States Penal Code known 

 as the Lacey act ; in the supervision of 

 United States game wardens pnd deputies 

 in the gathering of evidence and the 

 preparation of cases for prosecution of 

 alleged violations of the federal game 

 laws, and in office administration ; and 

 to participate in conferences in and out 

 of Washington with individuals and 

 organiza*:ions interested in wild life con- 

 s?rvation. 



In accordance with its practice in con- 

 nection with positions of this class, the 

 examination given by the Civil Service 

 Commission will not require the appli- 

 cants to appear in an examination room 

 for a mental test. Those who apply will 

 receive a rating on their education and 

 practical experience, weighted at 80 per 

 cent, and on a thesis on a selected game- 

 conservation subject, weighted at 20 per 

 cent. Those who attain a passing grade 

 will later be given an oral test to deter- 

 mine their personal qualifications for the 

 position. Failure in this oral test will 

 render the applicant ineligible for appoint- 

 ment. 



Applications will be received by the 

 Civil Service Commission up to and in- 

 cluding October 28. Full information 

 and application blanks may be obtained 

 from the secretary of the local board of 

 civil service examiners at the post office 

 or customhouse in any of 3,000 cities, or 

 by writing to the United States Civil 

 Service Commission, Washington, D. C 



ANGLERS, ATTENTION. 



At last we have landed the articles on 

 angling you have been looking for. All 

 of the fine points of angling wiF be dis- 

 cussed. Read the first of the series which 

 treats of dry-fly fishing on page 169 of 

 this issue and watch for the other articles 

 in the series furnished by "R. L. M., 

 California," than whom there is no better 

 writer on the subject. 



ADDITIONAL MIGRATORY BIRD 

 TREATIES NEEDED. 



In order to complete our program for 

 the protection of migratory birds, it is as 

 necessary for them to be protected in the 

 countries in which they sojourn during 

 winter months as in the territory where 

 they breed and spend their time in spring, 

 summer and autumn. 



It is therefore imperative that treaties 

 be entered into with the republics of 

 Mexico, Central and South America for 

 the protection of birds that, in the course 

 of their annual migration, pass from or 

 through the United States and tempo- 

 rarily sojourn in such countries. It is a 

 startling fact that wild duck are slaugh- 

 tered by the millions in Mexico by pot- 

 hunters, many of whom use masked bat- 

 teries, and that they are sold in the 

 markets for the pitiful sum of three cents 

 each. 



It is regrettable that the republics lying 

 to the south of the United States have 

 no game laws, but in the event those 

 countries enter into treaties with the 

 United States government for the pro- 

 tection of migratory birds, in order to 

 carry out the terms of such treaties, such 

 countries will be required to enact and 

 to enforce laws making such treaties 

 effective. 



A campaign of education should be at 

 once inaugurated in the Latin-American 

 republics for the purpose of bringing to 

 the attention of the people the economic 

 value of birds and game, and the relation 

 of these resources to the comfort, happi- 

 ness and recreation of man. 



The question is, can the migratory wild 

 life withstand the onslaughts made upon 

 it for mei'cenai'y purposes by irrespon- 

 sible individuals in the Latin American 

 republics, without being subjected to cer- 

 tain depletion and ultimate extinction? 



Should the sportsmen of the country 

 concur in the views briefly set out in this 

 short paper, let them bestir themselves by 

 addressing communications to their mem- 

 bers of congress, and urging their active 

 influence and assistance in making the 

 treaties between the United States and 

 the Latin-American republics, for the pro- 

 tection of migratory birds, an accomplished 

 fact. — John H. Wallace, Commissioner, 

 Dept. Game and Fish, Montgomery, Ala- 

 bama. 



