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RECREATION. 



within the lives of present owners, and a 

 fourth crop of good, marketable pine could 

 now be taken from the tract at any time. 

 I am conservative in saying that $10,000 

 worth of marketable timber could be cut 

 from this tract every year for the next 20 

 years, and if the cutting were done on sci- 

 entific principles the young trees would 

 have all the better chance to grow,. A skilled 

 forester could take charge of this tract of 

 land and make it pay a handsome profit 

 every year in this way, and at the end of 

 20 years the standing timber would be 

 worth probably 10 times what the present 

 stand is worth. A great deal of the unculti- 

 vated land is densely covered with under- 

 brush, affording fine cover and abundant 

 food for deer, elk and moose. It is a 

 natural grouse country, and, in fact, deer 

 were abundant in Rhode Island in the 

 early history of the State. As many peo- 

 ple know, they are becoming plentiful in 

 Connecticut within 20 to 50 miles of this 

 land, and if rigidly protected they would 

 undoubtedly soon become abundant again 

 in the timbered portions of Rhode Island. 



It is the intention of the promoters of 

 this club to fence the entire tract with a 

 wire fence 8 feet high, capable of holding 

 deer, elk, moose and buffalo ; to buy a few 

 head of each of these and perhaps other 

 species of wild animals, and turn them in. 

 It is also proposed to stock the entire tract 

 with quails, English and Mongolian pheas- 

 ants, wild turkeys, and perhaps other 

 game birds. The streams and lake will be 

 stocked with trout and black bass as fast as 

 possible. The old farms offer fine oppor- 

 tunities for golf and polo grounds, and 

 these, together with facilities for other 

 outdoor games, will be provided. Some 

 of the larger ponds will afford ample op- 

 portunities for boating and canoeing. A 

 commodious club house will be built in a 

 great pine forest overlooking a large por- 

 tion of the club's lands. 



The membership fee has been placed at 

 $2,000. This will insure a select and high 

 class membership. The club will be offi- 

 cered by men of well known business abil- 

 ity and integrity. The proposition is 

 backed by the Union Trust Company of 

 Providence, Rhode Island, to which mem- 

 bership fees are to be paid. 



The railway station near the club 

 grounds can be reached from Providence 

 in one hour and 10 m'inutes, and a drive 

 of 3 miles will land the member at the 

 club house. It is, therefore, possible for a 

 man to go from New York city to the 

 club house in 6 hours. Or, better still, you 

 can take a Providence line steamer here 

 at 6 o'clock in the evening, have a com- 

 fortable night's rest, and be on the Hub 

 grounds the next morning at 8.30. The 

 region in question is a§ healthful as couM 



be found anywhere. Malaria is unknown, 

 and the visitor there is strangely im- 

 pressed by meeting many men and women 

 whose ages vary from 80 to go years. I 

 can see no reason why this should not be- 

 come one of the most desirable and suc- 

 cessful country clubs in the United States. 

 It has all the natural conditions that could 

 be desired. It only remains to put the 

 property in good condition, to stock the 

 land with game and the waters with game 

 fishes, in order to make that country a 

 Paradise for men, women and children. 



A VALUABLE OFFICER. 



Captain Frank A. Barton, of the Third 

 Cavalry, who was recently detailed as Act- 

 ing Superintendent of the Sequoia and 

 General Grant National Parks, in Califor- 

 nia, has proved a genuine surprise to cer- 

 tain people who have had occasion to 

 visit those parks. Captain Barton is a sol- 

 dier by education and training and he real- 

 izes that orders are not issued for fun, 

 but that they are to be obeyed. For in- 

 stance, in one case, where a Mr. E. E. Cerf, 

 of San Francisco, went into the park with 

 2 guns and without complying with the 

 Government regulations as to obtaining a 

 permit for same, and having them sealed, 

 Captain Barton had the guns seized and 

 held according to his orders. After Mr. 

 Cerf returned home he made a strong ap- 

 peal to the Captain to have the guns re- 

 turned to him, stating that they were rent- 

 ed guns and that for every day they were 

 held the expense thereon was increased. 

 Captain Barton replied that was exactly 

 what he wished; that his orders were to 

 hold any guns seized until the end of the 

 season, and that these would be returned 

 to Mr. Cerf in the fall at the close of the 

 tourist season. 



In another case a party consisting of E., 

 W. and I. N. Linforth and Isaac Flagg, of 

 Berkeley, California, camped in the Se- 

 quoia National Park the night of June 

 26. The next morning they left their 

 camp without extinguishing their fire. This 

 was found by Forest Ranger Ernest Brit- 

 ten the following day, still burning, and 

 was extinguished by him. Captain Barton 

 promptly detailed Lieutenant G. B. Comly, 

 of the Third Cavalry, with 3 men, to follow 

 these campers, arrest them and take them 

 back to headquarters. I have not learned 

 the result of the pursuit, but it is safe to 

 assume that these careless campers were 

 dealt with as they deserved.. 



Monday, August 4, W. S. Johnson, of 

 San Jose, and Anthony Sawyer, of Orosi, 

 each killed a deer in the Sequoia Park in 

 violation of the Government rules. These 

 men were arrested, their guns confiscated, 

 and thev and their companions promptly 

 exnelled from the park. L. L. Ellis, of Vi- 



