EDITORIAL 



77 



a wilderness; but there is no good reason 

 why every city should not be filled with 

 parks and breathing places, and they will be 

 if the people demand them, for there is 

 nothing in the powers of a government like 

 ours that will not be produced when called 

 for by a stern, emphatic demand from the 

 public itself. 



THE SIDE HUNT 



In announcing the side hunt in the June 

 number we spoke of eating crow, but it 

 never occurred to us then that the board- 

 ing house keeper would serve turkey buz- 

 zard to his guests. However, Joseph 

 Peppe, proprietor of a commissary on the 

 new Pennsylvania freight line, gave his 

 boarders a game dinner, consisting of rab- 

 bits out of season, various song birds, and 

 the piece d'resistance was a line, fat turkey 

 buzzard. The boarders became seriously ill 

 after the feast and Joseph paid a fine of 

 $420 in cash for breaking the game laws in 

 order to keep himself out of jail. 



We are glad that the game warden in this 

 case did his duty. But we fail to under- 

 stand why Sheriff John Zeller, former Free- 

 holder Richard Vonderbach, County Com- 

 mitteeman Leonard Marcy, Boulevard Com- 

 missioner Louis Diehm, and Police Ser- 

 geant Philmore, when detected by fi]he 

 Game Warden (breaking the laws of the 

 same State should be allowed to go free. 

 Each one of the party brought home with 

 him a number of partridges, and is now 

 grumbling because he did not get big game. 

 The Game Warden really arrested these 

 men, but, according to the Hoboken, N. J., 

 Observer, as soon <as, he learned who his 

 prisoners were he gave them their freedom. 

 The men are personally unknown to the 

 staff of Recreation, but, as they were 

 caught in the act of breaking the law, we 

 can see no reason why they should not pay 

 the same penalty as that inflicted upon the 

 little dago of turkey buzzard fame. There 

 should be no special privilege class in the 

 game field. 



BEAVERS CAUGHT 



Seven hundred beaver skins, worth about 

 $10,000, were captured by Game Warden 

 Loveday, in Ottawa, on October 20; (but 

 the Game Warden had to release his prize 

 because the Quebec government itself was 

 the law breaker. The law up there forbids 

 killing of beaver and otter, and also forbids 

 anyone having in possession the skins of 

 those animals. In justice to the Quebec 

 government, it is well to state that the 

 skins had already been seized as captured 

 illegally. 



Nevertheless, as the officials did not com- 

 ply with the regulations regarding the trans- 



portation of these skins, we see no reason 

 why these officials should not be arrested 

 and .fined the same as any private citizen 

 who might be so careless. 



AN EFFICIENT TOASTMASTER 



Mr. Langdon Gibson, brother of Charles 

 Dana Gibson, was toastmaster at the dinner 

 of the Arctic Club the other night. Mr. 

 Langdon Gibson is one of the few men who 

 have navigated the whole length of the 

 canyon of the Colorado and, for vacation, he 

 went north with Peary on one of his expedi- 

 tions. He was formerly stroke oar of the 

 champion eight-oared shell crew of Long Isl- 

 and. 



THE MANITEE REFUSED TO COME 

 A. W. Dimock, of the Camp Fire Club, 

 lately spent six hours in the water with a 

 twelve-foot manitee, which he was endeavor- 

 ing to persuade to take a trip north and ex- 

 hibit itself to the crowd at the New York 

 aquarium. Mr. Dimock was successful in 

 anchoring the manitee; but, while he was 

 making preparations to ship the sea cow 

 north, it made its escape. It will be interest- 

 ing to the boys to know that this gentleman 

 who could spend six hours in the water 

 struggling with a twelve-foot manitee is 

 past his sixtieth birthday. 



A DILEMMA 

 Buffalo Bill has presented Mr. A. A. 

 Anderson, the artist, with two 'buffalo bulls 

 for his ranch. Mr. Anderson wants to start 

 a herd but 'he don't see how he can do it 

 under the circumstances at present. 



TWO OF THE SAME MAN 

 We have just learned that Big Bill Otter- 

 man, of North Peak, Oregon, sat on a 

 circular saw; and they buried both of him 

 in the same grave. 



A POT HUNTER 



locked in a country jail in Wisconsin was 

 heard singing: 



We-e-e-ll, I ain't got no regular place, 



That I kin call my home — 

 Ain't got no permanent address 



As through this world I ro-o-o-am, 

 An' Portland, Maine, is just the same 



As Sunny Tennessee, 

 For any old place I hang my hat 



Is "Home, Sweet Home" to me. 



CARP CURE FOR THUNDER 



At last we have found some use for the 

 carp. Re-shun Ro-jin says, "When any 

 one is struck by thunder, make him lie upon 

 his back and place a live carp in his bosom. 

 If the carp jumps and moves, the patient 

 will recover and the carp die. This is in- 

 fallible." 



