EDITOR'S CORNER. 



ALL ABOUT SNOW SLIDES. 



As stated in a previous issue of Recrea- 

 tion, I made a trip to the Selkirk moun- 

 tains, British Columbia, in April last, and 

 camped 3 weeks among the high peaks 

 where snow slides are of daily occurrence 

 at that time of year. I had some rare 

 opportunities of studying these wonderful 

 phenomena. 



I saw 3 of the slides come down. I 

 stood within 20 feet of one of them, within 

 100 yards of another and within 1-4 of a 

 mile of another. 



I made an extensive series of photo- 

 graphs of the slides, a number of which, 

 together with an exhaustive report of my 

 observations and experiences, will be pub- 

 lished in November Recreation. I can not 

 say much for the story, because I wrote it 

 myself; but, even though I made the pic- 

 tures, I can say they are corkers, and every 

 man who has ever seen or heard a snow 

 slide come down will enjoy them. People 

 who have not had such opportunities will 

 also be deeply interested in these pictures. 



Furthermore, I have had a lot of 

 stereopticon slides made from my nega- 

 tives, and shall be glad to show them to 

 clubs or associations who may wish to see 

 them, and to tell what I know about snow, 

 rocks and trees that lose their grip on the 

 mountains and shoot into the bottom of the 

 canyon, at the rate of a mile a minute. 



OUTLAW'S DEPREDATIONS STOPPED. 



One Peter La Fontaine, a Canadian out- 

 law, has, for several years, made a practice 

 of crossing the border into Maine, killing 

 game in close season and hurrying back 

 across the border into Canada with the 

 spoils. Maine wardens have been watching 

 for him, but were unable to get a line on 

 him until in March last. Late in that 

 month La Fontaine crossed the line and was 

 promptly apprehended by game wardens 

 Templeton, Houston and Forest. When 

 the wardens read him the warrant he drew 

 a gun and Mr, Templeton promptly put a 

 bullet into La Fontaine's carcass. He is 

 severely though, it is feared, not fatally 

 wounded. He was taken to a doctor in 

 Canada for treatment and nothing has been 

 heard of him on this side since. It is hoped 

 that La Fontaine has at least experienced 

 trouble enough to convince him that the 

 Canadian climate will be more healthful for 

 him hereafter than that of the States. 



BILL FOR SOUTHERN FOREST RESERVE. 



Senator J. C. Pritchard of North Caro- 

 lina has introduced a bill in the Senate 



for the creation of a national forest re- 

 serve in the Appalachian mountains within 

 the States of Virginia, North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Ten- 

 nessee. The park is to include about 2,000,- 

 000 acres of land, and the bill appropriates 

 $5,000,000 for the purchase thereof. The 

 bill was referred to the committee on for- 

 est reservations for the protection of game, 

 from which it was favorably reported, with- 

 out amendment, and it is hoped the bill 

 may be enacted at the next session. 

 There is great need of a forest reserve in 

 the district covered by this measure, and 

 the people of the whole country are favor- 

 ably disposed toward the creation of such 

 a park. 



SHOULD NOT USE LIVE BIRDS. 



The El Paso Gun club of El Paso, 

 Texas, will give a 3 days' trap shoot- 

 ing tournament in that city during the 

 carnival which is to be held there in Janu- 

 ary next. Full particulars can be had by 

 addressing W. H. Shelton, Secretary. Jan- 

 uary in Southwest Texas is like September 

 or October in the Northern States, and it 

 will therefore be a treat to any Northern 

 sportsman to get into that dry, warm coun- 

 try at that time of year, 



I trust the club may not use live birds 

 in this tournament. That is not necessary 

 nowadays. Inanimate targets are just as 

 good, and are even harder to hit. 



MR. WARD TO BE PROSECUTED. 



Herman Kohn, secretary of the San 

 Francisco lodge of Elks, was arrested for 

 having in possession an elk which Chas. 

 Ward, a member of that lodge, killed in 

 Golden Gate park in order that the head 

 might be hung in the lodge room. Mr. 

 Kohn was found guilty and fined $25. Mr. 

 Charles Vogelsang, State fish and game 

 commissioner, has decided to prosecute Mr. 

 Ward, who did the killing, and the man 

 who placed the carcass in cold storage. 

 These men will probably conclude by the 

 time they get through that it would have 

 been cheaper for them to go into the Rocky 

 mountains if they must have a head. 



He (who has offended her) : "Won't 

 you look up at me? 



"If I did, you'd kiss me again." 

 "No ; honest, I won't." 

 'Then what's the use?"— Life. 



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