RECREATION. 



XXXIX 



I have read with great interest the ar- 

 ticle in October Recreation, on the Min- 

 nesota National Park, by Charles Crista- 

 doro. It is a surprise to me that Mr. 

 Cristadoro, who stands for a great and 

 good scheme like this, should indulge in 

 such misleading statements as appear in 

 this article. Some of these are unimport- 

 ant, but nevertheless misleading. Mr. 

 Cristadoro refers to the timber thief who 

 burns his slashings "to cover his felonies." 

 It is a mystery to me how this would cover 

 them, for the stumps do not burn in such 



Next we read of the pine land man who 

 raised his price of stumpage $2 a thousand 

 because of the starting of the park agita- 

 tion. Mr. Cristadoro knows as well as 

 I, who have no connection with pine lands 

 or lumber, that pine stumpage took a 

 great jump about that time; so the man 

 who did not raise his price was foolish. 



Mr. Cristadoro assigns to Duluth a rea- 

 son for her opposition to the park project 

 which is startling to one who knows the 

 facts. He says, "Let us take Duluth at 

 her word," and then puts into her mouth 

 words of which she never dreamed. Ac- 

 cording to him she "cries out that in 

 reserving the great forests tributary to 

 Duluth, the main source of her future 

 prosperity is destroyed." Supposing Du- 

 luth were nothing but a lumber town like 

 Stumpville, Mich. What would that have 

 to do with the case, as the forests pro- 

 posed to be reserved are not tributary to 

 Duluth, but to Minneapolis? I do not 

 know of a citizen of Duluth who ever 

 dreamed of such an objection as he as- 

 signs to us. 



Was it ignorance or something else that 

 prompted Mr. Cristadoro to make these 

 statements? One can hardly believe it 

 ignorance on the part of a man who 

 claims to be so fully posted on this park 

 project, and who is the head and front of 

 the movement. If Mr. Cristadoro knows 

 the truth about these matters, why does he 

 try to mislead us? Of course these are 

 side issues, but still if the promoters of 

 this plan are misleading us on small things 

 can we rely on their good faith in more 

 important matters? 



Ross L. Mahon, Duluth, Minn. 

 • 



The passenger department of the Cana- 

 dian Pacific Railway has issued a lot of 

 pamphlets that are full of interest to sports- 

 men, tourists and naturalists. Among 

 these are: "New Highway to the Orient," 

 "Summer Tours," "Fishing and Shooting," 

 "Westward to the Far East" and "East to 

 the West" (guides to the principal cities 

 of Japan and China), "Banff," "Quebec," 

 "Summer and Winter," "Montreal." 

 "Across Canada to Australia," "Annotated 

 Time Table" and "Around the World" 

 folder map. 



Any or all of them may be had free by 

 asking D. MacNicoll, G. T. M., Montreal 

 Canada, and mentioning Recreation. 



John D. Sargent, of New York, who was 

 suspected of the murder of Robert Ray 

 Hamilton, a wealthy young New Yorker, 

 and who now stands charged with the mur- 

 der of his wife in Jackson, Wyo., in March, 

 1897, has been released from custody, 

 owing to his mental condition. 



He came to New York after his wife 

 died, but returned to Wyoming last sum- 

 mer to face the charges against him. At a 

 preliminary hearing in October Sargent 

 was bound over to the district court on a 

 charge of murder. He brooded over his 

 troubles so much that he was fast becom- 

 ing a physical wreck, and his release from 

 jail was ordered to prevent a complete 

 breakdown. 



Sargent is now in Evanston awaiting 

 trial, which will be held next spring. He 

 is believed to be incurably insane. 



The Tacoma Daily Ledger is another 

 paper that is taking an active interest in 

 game protection. In its issue of October 

 23d it printed a two-column article on this 

 subject, setting forth in strong terms the 

 necessity of vigorous action on the part 

 of the Washington sportsmen to protect 

 the game of that State. The editor of the 

 Ledger is entitled to great credit for the 

 valuable work he is doing in this good 

 cause. 



Recreation is the only periodical for real sportsmen 

 and I wait for it as if it were a check for $100. 



W. L Henderson, Bervie, Ontario. 



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