Auff. 15, 1888.1 FOREST AND STREAM. 4§ 



^ Audubon Society Picnics.— Almost simultaneausly 

 ■with the bird concert at Central Lake, Michigan, noticed 

 in oiu' last week's issue, a similar fete was arranged by- 

 Mrs. Linda Ley, tlie local secretary for Watson, 111. in 

 concert with Miss Ada Kepley, the local Secretary of 

 Effingham, that State, Children of conrso formed the 

 excuse for the fete in both cases, and the happy idea of 

 connecting the Atidubon movement in their memories 

 with the pleasirrable associations of a gala day, appears 

 to have been due to germs of ideas wafted on the air, 

 for each society acted in ignorance of the other's intent. 



Gray Squirrel and Song Sparrow.— This morning, 

 on a stx-oll in Central Park, I saw what in ray forty-five 

 years field experience was never before my lot to behold; 

 a large gray scxuhrel carrying in his mouth a young, half- 

 field-fledged sparrow. The squirrel passed witliin the 

 range of SSft., and T could not be mistaken. Has any 

 reader ever detected the grim scamp in such acts before? 

 — Canonicus. [Acts such as the one above related are 

 very common by the red squiiTel, but much less so by 

 the gray, we think.] 



For'est and Stream Fables. 



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THE PARK APPROPRIATION. 



THE Senate debate on appropriation of $20,000 for 

 maintenance of the National Park superintendents 

 is thus reported in the Congressional Globe: 



Mr. Vest — I wish to inquire of the Chairman of the 

 Committee on Appropriations in what condition is the 

 irovision as to the Yellowstone Nation Park? 



Mr. Allison — I am sorry to say to my friend that so 

 "ar as his view and my own are concerned it is left rather 

 lubious. The House of Representatives refused to agree 

 ;o the Senate amendment, and I believe the very last 

 thing we did before finally separating was to surrender the 

 imendraent put on by the Senate in reference to the 

 Yellowstone Park, 

 Mr. Editunds — ^Does the House bill change the law? 

 Mr. Allison— No. 



Mr. Vest— The House simply appropriated $30,000 for 

 the construction and improvement of roads in the Yellow- 

 stone National Pai-k and made no appropriation for the 

 salaries of the Superintendent or the ten assistant super- 

 intendents. I have taken considerable interest in the 

 Yellowstone National Park, and I do not propose now to 

 deliver any valedictory on the subject. 



I am profoundly disgusted with the condition in which 

 this Park is now left, but I am not disheartened. I believe 

 the sentiment of tlie people of this country is in favor of 

 that Park. I know the sentiment of this Senate is in 

 favor of it, and I propose at the next meeting of Congress 

 to -urge the adoption of a bill now upon the Calendar pro- 

 viding for the permanent government and improvement 

 of that great reservation. 



I had been aware for some time that an organized at- 

 tempt would be made in the interest of speculators and 

 land-grabbers to break up that Park. The Geysers and 

 the waterfalls and the Yellowstone Lake remained there 

 unnoticed xmtil the greed and avarice of these people 

 have been aroused by the number of visitors who have 

 lately gone there, and this whole thing is intended for the 

 pmiwse of breaking up that reservation in order that 

 these speculators, that these children of avarice and greed 

 may grab, each one of them, as they can, one of these 

 great, wonderful products of nature, that he may make 

 as much money out of it as is possible at the expense of 

 the people at large. 



The Park was originated by my distingniished friend 

 from Massachusetts on my right [Mr. Dawes], who was 

 the author of the law, and I have simply supplemented 

 his exertions and acted as his adjutant in the whole mat- 

 ter. _ It was said yesterday in a very public place in this 

 Capitol, where I can neither sj)eak nor vote, that mv 

 interest in this YelloAvstone Park arose from the fact that 

 a constituent of mine had been appointed Superintendent, 

 and that a number of Missom-ians had been appointed to 



Ssitions under him. It is false. It is false, Mr. President, 

 ilonel Wear, the Superintendent of that Park, was ap- 

 pointed at the instance of my colleague and myself on 

 account of his peculiar fitness for that position. The 

 Park had been going sadly to ruin and decay, and it was 

 necessary to put some vitality in the enterprise, and we 

 believed honestly that his apj)ointment woijld do that 

 thing. 



He was a distinguished soldier, a colonel in the Federal 

 Army, He was an ardent sportsman, devoted to the 

 chase, to outdoor life. We were not mistaken in that 

 appointment; and a great deal of this opposition has 

 arisen from the fact that he has stood against the specu- 

 lators and adventm-ers even at the peril of his life, and so 

 stands there to-day. 



This present legislation breaks up the Park as effectually 

 as if the original act introduced by the Senator of Massa- 

 chusetts had been repealed. It is proposed to put troops 

 there. Soldiers are as utterly unfit for that duty as they 

 'would to become professors of astronomy in any college 

 in the land. 



It was stated publicly yesterday in another place from 

 ■Btis that the present Superintendent had put in a lot of 

 ■Mitical appointees. It is not true. So far from that Park 

 l^ig fiUed with any constituents I have distinctly refused 

 Ito give one single recommendation to Colonel Wear of a 

 I single citizen of my State, and I have invariably written 

 to liim to appoint men upon his personal acquaintance 

 upon their knowledge of the mountams and their fit- 

 : ■ from their past lives for those positions. 

 ; allude to this because Colonel Wear cannot speak for 

 Mmself , and he now goes out of office under this legisla- 

 i icML. For the motive that prompts this attack upon me I 

 :■ only the most unmitigated contempt. It could only 

 riate from a small politician whose j)olitical horizon 

 luited and bounded by the area of greed for office and 

 ; 'jnage, 



vras said here the other day, and it was a cheap 

 ies of rhetoric which I shall 'not emrdate, that this 

 A\'as reserved for the rich and for the distinguished, 

 that the poor of the country were excluded from it. 



I assert here to-night that there is not one place of public 

 resort on this whole continent where travel and accommo- 

 dation are so cheap as in the Yellowstone National Park. 

 There is no place where the toiu'ist or the visitor can 

 travel and can be entertained for so small a sum as to-day 

 upon that reservation. 



In the same line of attack upon the Park it was said 

 that the poor man's cart was excluded, and that only 

 wagons with tires 4-^in. broad were permitted in the Pai-k. 

 Colonel Wear was held up here before the public opinion 

 of the country as an aristocrat, an autocrat, who was 

 seeking to exclude the carryalls and the hunjole farm 

 wagons that the poor man desired to take into that Park, 

 and that none but broad tires could be admitted there. 



Mr. President, the Senator from Nebraska, [Mr. Mandcr- 

 sou], wlicu this charge was made, telegraphed to the De- 

 partment of the Interior, and here is the reply. 



The President pro tempore — The paper will be read. 



Department op the Interioh, Aug. 2, 1880. 



Hon. CJw.iles F. Mandcrson: In comph'.aTice with recommeiida- 

 tion of LicntcnaTit Kingman, an (irder was issued to the snperin- 

 tendent May 25, lS8tj, i. quiring- tliat all wat^oiis engaged in ticavy 

 freigliting oxcv roads constructed or improyed by Ooverniuent in 

 Yellowstone Park shall be eqnip])ed with tires not less than four 

 inches wide.— II. L. MTriiDnow, Acting Secretai-y. 



Mr. Vest— So it seems, instead of this being a move- 

 ment in favor of the aristocracy and titled and distin- 

 guished visitors, in lieu of this' picture so graphically 

 draAAni on this floor a few days ago of a Senat(5r before 

 whom the officials of the Park made oriental salaams and 

 genuflections of humility, this order was issued at the in- 

 stance of the engineer officer in charge of the Park, and 

 not at tbe instance of Colonel Wear; and it was issued 

 and properly issued to protect the roads in the Park from 

 being destroyed by the heavy ore wagons that haul from 

 Cinnabar to Cooke City. 



It is said that this Park to-day is under the control of a 

 hotel monopoly. If the men who make this cha^rge had 

 the fairness and honesty to go to the Interior Department 

 and investigate the lease under which these hotels are 

 built tliey would eee tliat the Government has provided 

 against a monopoly in every shape, form or conception. 

 It was intended in that lease, of which I myself was a 

 critic at the instance of the Secretary of the Interior — it 

 provided in that lease in the most complete terms that 

 every citizen in the United States should have free access 

 aiid there should be no especial privileges granted to any 

 one. If I know myself, without pretending, -without 

 making the demagogic plea of being the especial friend 

 of the poor man — if I know myself, I would be accessory 

 to no act of legislation which woidd look to a monopoly 

 on that subject in any shape or form. It is not true that 

 any monopoly exists there i o-day. 



But, Mr. President, I come now to a matter somewhat 

 personal to myself, which I desire to notice very briefly. 

 It was said also in a very public place in this Capitol yes- 

 terday: 



I desire to state here that the last I heard of the Superintendent 

 of tliat Park was that he had heconie partially interested in a coal 

 mine which was situated on the margin of the Park; and that there- 

 upon or immediately thereafter, no doubt without the knowledge 

 ot the Senator who introduced the bill, a bill was introduced in the 

 Senate of the LTnited States which would cut off that portion of 

 the Park, lea\ing it in his possession with a title. If that is so it 

 indicates jobbery. I do not mean to say that it was jobbery; but if 

 an investigation is moved into this matter by anybody, I will 

 undertake to introduce a gentleman of credible character to the 

 House who claims to be able to give the information necessary to 

 substantiate that fa ct. 



Mr. Teller — I should like to ask the Senator on which 

 side of the Park that is. 



Mr. Vest— The northern portion of it. ' 



Mr. Teller — I can say that that was recommended by 

 the Department a long time before the bill was intro- 

 duced, that the northern line should be moved south. 



Mr. Vest— Not only that, but the— 



Mr. Teller — The Senator will allow me a moment. 

 The line is now north running into Montana. The De- 

 partment propose to have it moved south far enough to 

 get upon the Wyoming line. That recommendation, in- 

 volving I think about six miles, was made at least thi-ee 

 years ago. 



Mr. Manderson— Two miles in width. 



Mr. Teller — ^Whatever it was. There was an attemi^t 

 to move it down on a recommendation made to Congress 

 a long time ago. 



Mr. Vest — Not only that, but the identical language, 

 every word of wliich is contained in the fourth section of 

 the bill that I introduced, and I beheve I introduced every 

 bill in regard to the Yellowstone Park, its government 

 and its boundaries — every syllable of this section of the 

 bill was wi-itten by Mr. Hague, a member of the Geolog- 

 ical Bureau, who had been stationed in the Park and 

 who was familiar with all the lines, and he desired a 

 change in the boundary that would bring it down two 

 miles south so as to conform with the boundary line be- 

 tween the Territories of Wyoming and Montana. And to 

 show how absm'd this whole intimation is that there could 

 have been any job in tliis matter, I hold in my hand the 

 bill I inti-oduced Feb. 4, 1884, containing this"^ change of 

 boundary, during Mr. Arthm-'s administration, long be- 

 Colonel Wear was thought of in connection with the Park 

 in any capacity, and when the most sanguine hardly 

 dared to hope that a Democratic president would be in- 

 augiu-ated at the coming election. 



These are the simple facts and there could have been no 

 job unless there had been a prescience which the Deity 

 Himself only could have had. 



Mr. Manderson— I ask the Senator from Missouri 

 whether the motive that actuated the Interior Department 

 and actuated him in introducing the bill changing this 

 northern boundary of the Park and that actuated the 

 Committee on Territories, was not that the jurisdictional 

 extent of the Park should be Avithin the limits of the 

 Territory of Wyoming so as to reach more nearly the 

 punishment of crimes? 



Mr. Vest— It was. 



Mr. Teller — Not to have an additional criminal juris- 

 diction. 



IVlR. Vest— Exactly. That was the object of the amend- 

 ment, and of the Committee on Territories, of which I 

 was a member, when I introduced the bill, and of Mr. 

 Hague, who wrote the section himself and brought it to 

 me and I incorporated it in the bill a year and a half 

 before ]\Ir. Wear was ever thought of in connection with 

 the superintendency of the Park. 



I apologize to the Senate for having noticed this matter 

 at all. It is so absurd and ridiculous that I should have a 

 very poor opinion of myself if my character needed any 

 defense in regai'd to any such allegation. 



Now, sir, as I said, I am not making any valedictory in 



regard to this enterprise. I jDropose at the next session 

 of Congress to urge the bill now on the Calendar. I know- 

 that there are many Senators and Reiiresentatives who 

 honestly think that this Park should be destroyed. I know 

 there are other persons who are actuated by the meanest 

 and the basest motives of avarice and of greed that can 

 be foimd in any degraded human breast. For them and 

 tbeir motives I ha,ve only the feeling which I have for any 

 other loathsome object, and I shall waste no more words 

 upon them or upon their attacks on me or those who, Iik« 

 me, favor the Yellowstone National Park. 



But, God willing, with health and strength, I wiU de- 

 vote myself to reversing this conference report. It strikes 

 down this Park, it gives up this magnificent reserve to 

 those people who are unworthy to press their feet upon its 

 soil. I shall vote against the report for this reason, if for 

 no other. 



Mr. Beck — I only desire to say a word about the 

 Yellowstone National Park. There are $20,000 given in 

 the House bill as it now stands for the improvement of the 

 roads and bridges in the Park, and the law wldcli author- 

 izes the Secretary of the Interior to call on the Secretary 

 of War for sufficient force to guard it remains. While I 

 regret as much as the Senator from Missouri does that the 

 Senate amendment was stricken out, and while I believa 

 that everything he says in regard to the Park is true, 

 and while I will go as far as he will to maintain it, I 

 believe that under the House provision, with the aid of 

 the Secretary of War, the Park can be preserved until 

 some suitable provision for it can be made hereafter. 

 Therefore, I was unwilling, much as I differed w'ith the 

 House in this regard, to jeopaxdize a bill of this import- 

 ance by refusing to agree to it. Notwithstanding this was 

 stricken out, believing and feeling assm-ed that the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior, with the aid of the Secretary of War, 

 will take care of the Park until somethuig better can be 

 done, I shall vote for the adoption of the report. 



The President pro tempore — The question is on the 

 adoption of the report of the committee of conference. 



WASHINGTON TERRITORY GAME LAWS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I append herewith an epitome of Waslungton Territory 

 game laws, as compiled for a local journal by my old 

 friend. Judge Jacobs, himself a veteran nimrod: 



1. Deer oi- fawn cannot be pursued, hunted, taken, 

 killed or destroyed between the 15th day of January and 

 the 15th day of August of each year. If killed at any 

 other time, the carcass of such deer or fawn must be used 

 or preserved by the slayer, or be sold for food. Tliis is to 

 prevent the wanton destruction of such animals, as Avell 

 as to prevent their slaughter for thek pelts alone. These 

 animals cannot be hunted or pursued with dogs in the 

 counties of San Juan, Whatcom, Island, Mason, Kitsap, 

 Cowlitz or Kittitas. 



2. No person can take, kiU, injm-e or destroy, or have 

 in possession, sell or offer for sale, between the 1st day of 

 April and the 1st day of September, of each year, any 

 wild swan, mallard duck, wood duck, widgeon, teal, 

 butterball, spoonbill, gray, black, sprigtail or canvas- 

 back duck. 



3. No person can, between the first day of February and 

 the 1st day of September, of each year, for any purpose, 

 take, kill, injure or destroy, or have in possession, sell or 

 offer for sale, any prame chicken, sage hen, grouse, 

 pheasant, i^ai-tridge or quail. 



4. No person can lawfully catch, kill or have in posses- 

 sion, sell or offer for sale, any mountain or brook trout, in 

 the months of November, December, January, February 

 and March, and no person can at any time of the yeiu- 

 laAvfuUy take or attempt to take or catch with any seine, 

 net, weu", or other device than hook and line, any mount- 

 ain, bull, or brook trout, or sahnon trout. 



5. It is punishable for any person to destroy or wantonly 

 remove the eggs or nests of the birds mentioned under 

 figures 2 and 3 above. 



6. It is illegal to hunt, pursue, take, kiU or destroy any 

 elk, moose, or mountain sheep between the 1st day of 

 January and the 15th day of August of each year; and it 

 is illegal at any time to kill these animals for the purxjose 

 of obtaining the hide, hams or cutlets of the same. 



7. It is illegal for any person to use any sinkbox on 

 any lake or river in this Territory f or the jjurpose of shoot- 

 ing any ducks, geese or other waterfowls therefrom, and 

 it is also illegal to use any batteries , or swivel or pivot 

 guns for such purposes. 



8. For a violation of any of the above provisions the 

 offense is a misdemeanor. It is punished by a fine of not 

 less than ten nor more than three hundred dollars, or im- 

 prisonment in the county jail for not less than five days 

 nor more than three months. 



The protective points in the foregoing law were, I believe, 

 prepared and presented by the Rod and Gun Club, of 

 Seattle, an organization in which I possess the proud dis- 

 tinction of an honorary membership. Notwithstanding 

 this fact, however, I take issue with them in the matter 

 contained in the third clause, so far it relates to pheasants, 

 Sept. 1 is at least fifteen days too late. From Aug. 1 to 

 Sept. 1 pheasants are in better condition, and by Aug. 15 

 are fuUy grown and matured. However, as the law stands 

 or until amended, it must be recognized. A Adolotion of 

 any clause gives license for the violation of another. 



Will D, Jenkins. 



Whatcom, Washington Territory, July 26. 



The Coming Fight in Arkansas.— The prospects for 

 fall shooting are good. Quail have wintered well, and 

 prairie chickens are reported as mcreasing i-apidly on th© 

 prairies. In Cache River bottom bear are plentiful, and 

 the deer are f aniy plentiful in all the thinly settled coun- 

 trj, as are turkeys. There is very serious danger that om- 

 game law Avill be repealed this winter. I notice that a 

 munber of candidates for the Legislature are advocating 

 a local option game law, like the whisky law, that is to 

 be put in force by a majority of the voters in the county 

 or township. This will be equal to no law at all. The 

 present laAv has been very generally observed here, and 

 the strong penalty against having game in iDOSsession and 

 shipping it in the close season have made it dangerous to 

 violate. As a consequence, the game has not been killed 

 for market all summer, as it formerly was, and has in- 

 creased wonderfully. A strong fight will be made by one- 

 horse politicians to repeal the law, and there is great dan- 

 ger that they will do so. Everythmg that we can do will 

 be done to prevent such a disaster.—CASUAL (Little R»«k^. 



