XXXV111 



RECREATION. 



Model 1899, U. P. MEASURES 



and Shot Shell Loading Machine 



have the Official Endorsement of the Powder 



Manufacturers With 3 different graduations, they 



will measure accurately all kinds of powders 



in Grains, from one grain up; 



in Drams, from y& to 5 drams. Send 3 two- 

 cent stamps for latest Ideal Hand Book. 



126 pages of valuable information to Shooters. 



IDEAL MFG. CO., New Haven, Conn. ,U.S. A. 



Mention Recreation. 



George M. Houghton, G. P. A., of the 

 Bangor and Aroostook Railway, reports 

 the shipment over his road during last Oc- 

 tober, November and December of 3,756 

 deer and 166 moose, The heaviest ship- 

 ments of deer were as follows: 



From Patten, 406; Norcross, 406; Green- 

 ville, 1,230. 



Of moose the heaviest shipments were: 

 From Patten, 36; Norcross, 21; Masardis, 

 26; Greenville, 42. 



This would seem to indicate that the 

 best hunting grounds are near the points 

 named. 



The shipments over the B. & A. re- 

 corded during the last 6 years are as fol- 

 lows: 



Deer. Moose. 



1894 1 ,001 45 



1895 1,581 112 



1896 2,245 133 



1897 2,940 139 



1898 3,377 202 



1899 3,756 166 



The moose shown as shipped in Decem- 

 ber are those killed in open season, and 

 shipped by special permit or left with a 

 taxidermist to be mounted. 



The above statement, compiled from 

 records kept by station agents, comprises 

 only game shipped by visiting sportsmen, 

 and does not include that killed by native 

 hunters, nor the large quantity consumed 

 in camps. 



It seems strange that the game could 

 ever have withstood this terrible draft, yet 

 the Maine Game and Fish Commissioners. 

 the Maine guides and many sportsmen of 

 the State insist that deer, at least, are 

 steadily increasing. 



Maine has rigid game laws and they are 

 fairly well enforced. These figures, there- 

 fore, form a powerful argument in favor 

 of liberal appropriations by other States 

 for the protection of their game. It is 

 estimated that 2,000 peonle from other 

 States go to Maine each year to hunt and 

 fish. 



ANOTHER CRANK LOOSE. 



There is a serious fight on in Ohio, be- 

 tween certain farmers, led by a queer 

 freak named John Davey, and the sports- 

 men of the state. Davey is sending out 

 hundreds of postal cards bearing this re- 

 markable announcement: 



THE QUAIL. 



" It is a bird that does no harm, but is of inestimable 

 value as a foul seed and bug destroyer. Not one should 

 be kdled. Ohio removes the protection of law for a few 

 weeks. During this period our innocent little chicken-like 

 bird, the quail, the farmer's friend, is mercilessly de- 

 stroyed. Their persecutors and slayers are mainly 

 saloonists, dudes, rakes, etc., who run over crops, tear 

 down fences, and fire the same by throwing down lighted 

 matches and stubs of cigars. 



"My article that was published in the Ohio Farmer 

 last November, calling for the protection of the quail at 

 all times and in all ways, has been freely copied by the 

 press of Ohio. Tin's has aroused the ' sports.' It is now 

 claimed that they are starting a counter petition to be 

 worked through the saloons. 



"The petition that I have prepared to protect poor 

 ' Bob White" calls for signatures from both sexes over age. 

 Shall the carelessness and lethargy of our farmers and 

 their wives allow the vicious element of society to out- 

 number them in a petition to our State Legislature ? I 

 hope not! Arouse, brother farmers! Let the voice of 

 decency and right triumph ! There is no reason why a half 

 million names cannot be secured within 3 weeks. I want 

 the petitions all sent 111 by the 1st of February. I have 

 prepared the petition heads and reading matter to go with 

 them. Send a nickel for a supply. To the work, boys ! 

 To the work! Put your neighbors to work ! and be sure 

 to return the petitions by February 1. 1 will see that they 

 go before the Legislature." 



Cf course Davey will have no trouble 

 in securing thousands of names, but it is 

 hardly likely that any intelligent body of 

 lawmakers would allow themselves to be 

 misled by such a visionary crank. I under- 

 stand the sportsmen ol the State are cir- 

 culating petitions diligently, and it is need- 

 less to say they will go to Columbus bear- 

 ing the signatures of thousands of the sub- 

 stantial business men and taxpayers of 

 the State. I trust these sensible people 

 may win in the fight. — Editor. 



I received the Chatfield flies as premium 

 and am well pleased with them. 



D. Von Blajicom, Victor, Mont. 



