"In the six months last past, there have been 180 

 arrests made for various offenses, all in the northern 

 part of the state. Of these, 165 resulted in convictions 

 and 15 wherein defendants were released. There also 

 have been 111 seizures made and the property declared 

 contraband. On the whole we are pleased to say that 

 conditions are improving, owing to the efficient work 

 done in that vicinity by local game wardens." 



H. A. RIDER, Executive Agent, 



State Game and Fish Commission. 



Would Discard Rainbow Trout. 



Wisconsin regrets that rainbow trout were planted in its 

 streams, according to Joseph Lucius of Rhinelander, presi- 

 dent of the Fish and Game Protective Association of North- 

 ern Wisconsin. 



"A few years ago," Mr. Lucius said, "my brother and I 

 brought the rainbow trout to Wisconsin from California. We 

 stocked some of the streams. The result is that in those 

 streams the brook trout have practically been cleaned out by 

 them. We would like to be rid of the entire lot. We look 

 on the rainbow trout almost the same as on German carp." 



A. E. Creith and P. A. Paquet, state timber cruisers, were 

 eaten out of house and home in Powell township on the 

 Huron Mountain club preserve recently by a family of black 

 bears. After a big female and her two half-grown cubs had 

 demolished their tent and consumed their provisions, the 

 cruisers hastily finished their work and made a forced march 

 of thirty miles on light rations to connect again with a square 

 meal. 



The havoc wrought by the animals and their tracks in the 

 little clearing where the two men were camping were viewed 

 by J. H. McLean and John Hanaway, also estimating timber 

 for the state. 



Practically all the leading lumber dealers at Menominee 

 and Marinette, Mich., have sold their season's cut of hard- 

 wood. The Edward Hines Lumber company of Chicago was 

 one of the principal buyers. 



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