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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 8, 1887. 



interested in a large number of logging crews this winter, 

 says that he has never heard as many reports of the tracks 

 of deer as his "toters" bring in this year. He is of the 

 opinion that the deer are let alone by the lumbermen, but 

 his statements are to be taken, in that direction, as are 

 those of a party that desires to be let alone. If the deer 

 can be killed and nothing said about it, the purpose is 

 served, that of cheap meat for the men. Still, there are 

 honest lumbermen in the woods. Mr. J. A. French, of 

 Andover, Maine, for instance, has a very heavy contract 

 for lumber to be cut this winter in the vicinity of Metallic 

 Pond, near the Narrows, between the Upper and Lower 

 Richardson lakes. He is now in the woods with a large 

 crew of men. Mr. French loves the gun as well as any 

 man living, as witness his success in shooting a bear by 

 moonlight, and in shooting foxes, already told about in 

 Foeest and Stream, but he declares that any one of his 

 men found guilty of meddling with the deer in the 

 vicinity of his camps, after the close time begins, will 

 not only be discharged, but that they will be dealt with 

 according to law. Uider the law he cannot prevent 

 any one of his men from killing three deer previous to 

 Jan. 1, but he will do all he can to discourage it, and the 

 influence of the boss is very strong over the men. 



This Metallic Pond is a noted one for deer, as many a 

 poacher can bear testimony to, who has been paddled 

 silently around the shores of the little lake in the depth 

 of the forest, and even the sound of the falling of a leaf 

 was caught by both guide and sportsmen, and when 

 nothing could be seen but leafy shores in the dim glare 

 of the jackiight. Who says that such sport is not enough 

 to send a thrill through the heart of the lover of the 

 woo.is? But, alas! the doe, the mother of the helpless 

 fawns, is the more likely to fall to the rifle aimed at the 

 two shining eyes, and hence the sport is robbed of all its 

 charms, to him who has a heart in his breast. The signs 

 of deer are wonderfully numerous in that region this 

 winter, and who is not glad that French is there to pre- 

 vent crust hunting and the wholesale slaughter that 

 might take place were the conditions otherwise? 



Special, 



THE NATIONAL PARK. 



WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 I send you copy of Senator Vest's new bill for the 

 protection of the Yellowstone National Park. He will in- 

 troduce it as soon as Congress meets, and will endeavor to 

 secure its early passage. 



It differs from the bill which passed the Senate at the 

 last Congress in two main particular's: (1) It retains the 

 boundaries as marked out by the Revised Statutes; (2) it 

 leaves the military organization in the Park as it exists 

 at present, but gives the appointment of three Park police 

 or scouts to the commanding officer. Provision for the 

 civil establishment of superintendent and assistants form- 

 erly existing and provided for by the bill of last Congress, 

 is omitted. The officer in command of the military will 

 exercise control under the supervision of the Secretary of 

 the Interior. 



Many of the friends of the Park will be disappointed to 

 find that the new bill does not increase the area of the 

 Park to the east and south, as was provided by the bill of 

 last Congress, so as to make the Park fully serve its func- 

 tions as a great game and forest preserve. 



No one recognizes the value of this increase more than 

 the framer of the new bill. At the same time he recog- 

 nizes the difficulty in obtaining Congressional recognition 

 of the necessity of the change, and at the same time the 

 danger of altering the present boundaries. Moreover, 

 the most pressing need of the Park is some scheme for 

 its protection and for the administration of justice within 

 its boundaries. To these ends all other objects should be 

 subordinate, and it may be well that the bill which is 

 mainly for their attainment should not be incumbered 

 with extraneous provisions. It may well be said that 

 what is most wanted at present is protection for the Park 

 as it at present exists. When that is obtained the scheme 

 for the National Park can then be perfected. 



Similiar observations apply to the retention of the 

 military sway. While it can be strongly argued that it 

 does not properly pertain to the army to act as police or 

 perform civil duties, it cannot be denied that so far the 

 experiment with the military has in the main worked 

 well. Of course much depends on the officer in charge, 

 and the good effects which have resulted so far may in a 

 measure be attributable to the energy and high adminis- 

 trative qualities of Captain Harris. Since he has been in 

 command of the troops stationed in the Park, he has dis- 



Slayed an intelligent interest in its affairs, which cannot 

 e too highly commended. 



It cannot be denied, however, that military control, 

 although it may be accused of being arbitrary, is never 

 found to be corrupt, and is seldom incompetent. 



While I believe that a civil establishment would be 

 best for the Park when it is seated on a sure foundation, 

 I also am of opinion that at the present time a control by 

 tha military is best for the protection of the Park. The 

 communities now surrounding it are not altogether law- 

 abiding, and it takes the "strong hand" to prevent them 

 from committing depredations and from slaughtering 

 the game. 



It is earnestly to be hoped that the same interest which 

 has been manifested in the protection of the Park in the 

 Senate, will now be displayed in the House, and that at 

 the present Congress the nation will provide for preserv- 

 ing what it has created. W. Hallett Phillips. 



THE NATIONAL PARK. 



A BILL 



To amend sections twenty-four hundred and seventy-four and 

 twenty-four hundred and seventy-five of the He-vised Statutes 

 of the United States, setting apart a certain tract of land lying 

 near the headwaters of the Yellowstone Hiver, as a pub] ic park 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Beprcscntcdives of the 

 United Slates of America in Cunt/rcs* assembled: 

 That it shall he the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to 

 cause an accurate survey to ho made of the boundary lines of the 

 Yellowstone National Park as established by section twenty-four 

 hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes, said survey to 

 be recorded in the offices of the Surveyor-General and Commis- 

 sioner of the General Land Office of the United States, as provided 

 by law. 



Sec. 2. That the said Park shall hereafter he under the sole and 

 exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, except so far as modi- 

 fied by this Act, shall be in full force and effect in said Park. 

 That nothing in this Act shall be construed to forbid the service 

 in the Park of any civil or criminal process of any court ha ving 

 jurisdiction in the county or district of the Territories of Wyoming 

 or Montana in which the Park or anv part thereof is located. If 

 any offense shall be committed in said Yellowstone Park, which 

 offense is not prohibited or the punishment thereof is not specially 



provided for by any law of the United States, or by any regulation 

 of the Secretary of the Interior as provided by this Act, the 

 offender shall be liable to and receive the same punishment as the 

 laws of the Territory of Wyoming in force at the time of the 

 commission of the offense may provide for a like offense in the 

 said Territory; and no subsequent repeal of any such law of the 

 Territory of Wyoming shall affect anv prosecution for such 

 offense committed within said Park. All fugitives from justice 

 taking refuge in said Park shall be subjected to the same laws as 

 refugees from justice found in tbo Territory of Wyoming. That 

 until otherwise provided by the laws of Wyoming Territory, the 

 said Park, for all the purposes of this Act, shall remain and con- 

 stitute a part of the third judicial district of said Territory; and 

 the district court of the said judicial district, when exercising the 

 jurisdiction of a district or circuit court of the United States, 

 shall have jurisdiction of all felonies committed within said Park. 



Sec. 3. That all of the territory embraced within the limits of 

 the Park shall bo reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occu- 

 pancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated 

 and set apart as a public park or pleasure-ground for the benefit 

 and enjoyment of the people of the United States; and said terri- 

 tory so set apart shall be under the control of the Secretary of 

 the Interior, and subject to all the provisions of sections num- 

 bered twenty-four hundred and seventy-four and twenty-four 

 hundred and seventy-five of the Revised Statutes of the United 

 States, except as herein otherwise provided. 



Skc 4. That the Secretary of the Interior shall make and pub- 

 lish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary and 

 proper for the management and care of the Park, especially for 

 the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral 

 deposits, natural curiosities, or wonderful objects within said 

 Park, and for the protection of the animals and birds in the Park, 

 to prevent their capture or destruction. He shall cause aU per- 

 sons trespassing upon the Park to be removed therefrom, and 

 shall take all measures which he may think necessary to carry 

 out the. purposes of this act; and the Secretary of War is hereby 

 directed to make such detail of troops as the Secretary of the 

 Interior, with the approval of the President, may require to pre- 

 serve order, protect the game and objects of curiosity and inter- 

 est, and the public property, and enforce, the rules and regula- 

 tions for the government of the Park. It shall also be the duty 

 of the officer in command of such troops to appoint not exceeding 

 three persons from civil life to act as policemen and scouts within 

 the Park, who shall be familiar with the roads and trails, and 

 well acquainted with the different localities therein, and who 

 shall receive not more than nine hundred dollars each annually for 

 their services, to be paid from the treasury upon the certificate 

 of such commanding officer, and the approval of the Secretary of 

 the Interior indorsed thereon. 



Sec. 5. That all hunting, or the killing, wounding or capturing, 

 at any time, of any wild animal or bird, except dangerous animals 

 when it is necessary to prevent them from destroying human life 

 or inflicting an injury, is prohibited within the limits of said 

 Park; nor shall any fish be taken out of the waters of the Park by 

 means of seines, nets, traps, or by the use of drugs or any explo- 

 sive substances or compounds, or in any other way than by hook 

 and line. Any person wilfully violating the provisions of this 

 section shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 

 viction shall be fined for each offense not less than twenty nor 

 more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more 

 thau three months, or by both such line and imprisonment. Pos- 

 session within the said Park of the dead bodies, or any part 

 thereof, of any wild animal or bird Bhail be prima facie evidence 

 that the person or persons having the same are guilty of violating 

 this Act. Any person or persons, or stage, express or railroad 

 company, receiving for transportation any of the said animals, 

 birds or 'fish, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall 

 forfeit and pay for every such offense the sum of two hundred and 

 fifty dollars, to be recovered by a proceeding in the nature of an 

 information before any Territorial or United States District 

 Court within whose jurisdiction such offense was committed, or, 

 when the offense is committed within the Park, before tbo Com- 

 missioner appointed under Section 7 of this Act; and it shall be 

 the duty of the Distinct Attorney of the United States for such 

 Territory or district to institute and prosecute said proceeding in 

 the name of the United States, the amount collected from the 

 party offending to he paid into the Treasury of the United States. 



Sec. 6. That the Secretary of the. Interior may lease small por- 

 tions of ground in the Park, not exceeding ten acres in extent for 

 each tract, for a period not exceeding ten years, to any one person 

 or company at any one place, on which may be erected hotels and 

 out-houses and such other buildings as he may deem necessary 

 for the use of the public; but such lease shaU not include any of 

 the geysers or other objects of curiosity or interest in said Park, 

 or exclude the public from the free and convenient approach 

 thereto, or include any ground within one-quarter of a mile of 

 any of the geysers, the Yellowstone Falls, the Grand Canon of the 

 Yellowstone River, or within 300ft. of the Mammoth Hot Springs; 

 nor shall any hotel or other buildings be erected within the Park 

 until such lease shall be executed by the Secretary of the Interior; 

 and all contracts, leases, agreements or exclusive privileges here- 

 tofore made or given in regard to said Park, or any part thereof, 

 inconsistent with this Act, are hereby declared to be invalid; nor 

 shall the Secretary of the Interior, in any lease which he may 

 make and execute, grant any exclusive privileges within said 

 Park except upon the ground leased. 



Sec 7. That the President shall appoint, by and with the advice 

 and consent of the Senate, a commissioner, who shall reside in 

 said Park, and who shall have jurisdiction to hear and act upon 

 aU complaints made of any and all violations of the law or of the 

 rules and regulations made by the Secretary of the Interior for 

 the government of the Park and the protection of the game and 

 objects of interest therein. He shall have the power, upon sworn 

 information, to issue process, in the name of the United States, 

 for the arrest of any person charged with the commission of any 

 misdemeanor within the Park, and to try the person so charged, 

 and, if found guilty, to fix the punishment as in the next section 

 provided. The said Commissioner shall also have power to issue 

 process, as hereinbefore provided, for the arrest of any person 

 charged with the commission of any felony within the Park, and 

 to summarily hear the evidence adduced; and if he shall determine 

 that probable cause is shown for holding the person for trial, he 

 shall cause such person to he safely conveyed to a secure place of 

 confinement -within the jurisdiction of the district court, having 

 jurisdiction as provided by the first section of this Act, and shall 

 certify the record of his proceedings and a transcript of the testi- 

 mony in the case to said court, which court shall have juris- 

 diction of the case and proceed therein as provided by law in 

 cUapter eighteen, title thirteen, and chapter three, title seventy, 

 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, the punishment in- 

 flicted to be the same as prescribed in said chapters for like fel- 

 onies. All process issued by the. Commissioner shall be directed 

 to any sheriff or constable in the counties of Montana, or Wyo- 

 ming, nearest to said Park, or to the police therein,who shall have 

 the same power to execute the same as is vested in the marshals 

 and deputy marshals of the district courts of the United States 

 for the execution of writs from said courts; but nothing herein 

 contained shall be construed as preventing the arrest without 

 process of any person taken in the act of violating the law or any 

 regulation for the government of the Park. The forms and pro- 

 ceedings, had before said Commissioner shall conform, as near as 

 maybe to the forms and proceedings in criminal cases before 

 commissioners appointed by the courts of the United States as 

 now provided by law; and the said Commissioner shall receive the 

 annual salary of two thousand dollars, to be paid quarterly, as in 

 the case of judges ot" Territorial courts for the respective territor- 

 ies. In all cases of conviction an appeal shall lie from the judg- 

 ment of said Commissioner to tiie district court for the third 

 judicial district of the Territory of Wyoming, said appeal to be 

 governed by the laws of said Territory providing for appeals in 

 cases of misdemeanor from justices of the peace to the district, 

 courts of said Territory. 



Sec. 8. That all costs and expenses arising in cases under this 

 Act and properly chargeable to the United States, shall be certified 

 by the Commissioner to the Department of Justice, and, if ap- 

 proved by the proper officers of that Department, shall be paid by 

 the Marshal of the United States for the Territory of Wyoming, 

 as other such costs in the United States courts. The violation of 

 any regulation made and published by the Secretary of the Inter- 

 ior in regard to the control and management of the Park, and the 

 protection of the animals, birds, fish, and the property therein, is 

 hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and the party convicted 

 shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than one 

 hundred dollars, and be committed until such fine is paid, or by 

 imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both such 

 line and imprisonment. 



Sec. 9. That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be 

 erected in the Park a suitable building to be used as a jail, and 

 also an office for the use of the. Commissioner, the cost of such 

 buildings not to exceed five thousand dollars, to be paid out of any 

 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon the cer- 

 tificate of the Secretary as a voucher therefor. 



Sec. 10. That the Secretary of War shaU detail an offieeivfrom 

 the Corps of Engineers, whose duty it shall be to survey and lay 

 out suitable routes in said Park and select the proper location for 

 bridges therein; and the Secretary of War shall, upon the report 

 of said officer, make annual estimates for the cost of such im- 



provements, asd communicate the same to Congress, with such 

 other recommendations in regard to the Park as he may deem 

 proper; and all sums received by the Secretary of the Interior 

 from rents in the Park, or arising from fines or forfeitures for 

 violation of the laws and regulations made for the government of 

 said Park, and protection of animals, birds, fish and public, prop- 

 erty therein, shall constitute a separate fund, and shall he applied 

 to the improvements hereinbefore mentioned; and the officer or 

 officers collecting such fines and forfeitures shall pay the same to 

 the Secretary of the Interior for the purpose aforesaid. 



A Great Day foe. Loons. — Hornellsville, N. Y.— 

 Thanksgiving was a great day here for loons; nine were 

 killed, some very large ones. I weighed four, one of 

 13|lbs., two of I21bs,, and one of a little over illbs. I 

 think they ate so much they could not fly over 100yds. 

 One that I dissected had one trout in him over 5in. long, 

 three suckers about the same length, three shiners, one 

 chubb and a whole lot of little fry. — J. Otis Fellows. 



dm$=0n ^Uckeiiings. 



"That reminds me." 

 236. 



A CERTAIN man owned what he was pleased to style 

 a "wolfhound," of whose exploits against avoIvcs 

 he was never tired of boasting. In an ungarded moment 

 he was persuaded to join a party in pursuit of wolves, 

 and to take this mighty dog with him. On reaching the 

 ground the dog went off out of sight, the party following. 

 After going some distance without seeing or hearing the 

 dog, they met a man, whom they asked if he had Keen a 

 hound chasing a wolf . "Oh, yes," he replied, "but the 

 wolf was chasin' the dog. The dog was runnin' like a 

 streak, but the wolf was a-gainin' on him." ' M. 



'm'mtd ^iver fishing. 



Address all communication* to the Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 



Angling Talks. By Geo. Dawson . Price 50 cents. Fly- 

 Rods and Fly-Tackle. By II. P. Wells. Price $2.50. Fly- 

 Fishing and Fly-Making for Trout. By J. H. Keene. 

 Price SI. 50. American Anglers' Book. By Thad. Norris. 

 Price $5.50. Sportsman's Gazetteer. By C. Hallock. 

 Price $3. 



IN THE LAND OF THE MICMACS.-III. 



[Continued from Page 323.] 



AS it was late when we found camping ground, our 

 tent was pitched in a hasty and, as it proved, in- 

 secure way; for about 2 o'clock in the morning the whole 

 thing collapsed and fell upon us. Roused suddenly by 

 any unusual cause, it takes a man some time to get hold 

 of the sheet ropes of his reason and steady himself into a 

 proper understanding of the situation, but this was es- 

 pecially difficult last night, when we heard Davey, who 

 slept nearest the door, shouting at the top of his voice, 

 "Murthur! Murthur!" He was rolling and flouncing 

 around in a violent way, but was succeeding only in 

 getting himself more and inore entangled in the folds of 

 canvas. At the first alarm the Indians sprang from 

 then lairs and were soon around the scene of trouble. 

 Thinking some dark tragedy was being enacted beneath 

 the surging canvas, they commenced pulling right and 

 left, Davey all the time screeching 'Murthur! Murthur! 

 I'm kilt, I'm kilt," 



Presently one of them caught him by the arm and 

 pulled him out. but as quick as lightning Davey sprang 

 to his feet and grasped the poor fellow by the throat. 



"Ye black spalpeen, ye y'ud murthur a Christyun 'ud 

 ye!" shouted he, forcing the Indian backward. Poor 

 Sebatis had just wind enough to mutter in gurgling tones,. 

 "Me no you hurtum." 



"Nor anybody else, be jabers, whin I'm done wid ye !" 

 yelled Davey, crowding the savage toward the edge of 

 the bank. Just here there was a quiet little cove, the 

 bank was a low terrace, and only 2 or 8ft. higher than 

 the water. 



Emerging from the. wreck our ears caught the sound 

 of a splash, followed by struggling in the river. We ran 

 to the bank and looked down, but as the sky had become 

 overcast, it was very dark, so we were only able to make 

 out a vague object rolling in the water. James, "Walter 

 and San were soon beside it, parted the combatants and 

 assisted them to the shore. Davey was completely dazed, 

 like one coming out of a nightmare, but as soon as he 

 felt himself on his feet he cried out: 



"Is that ye, Misthur Miller?" 



"Yes," replied James. 



"Air ye alone, thin?" continued Davey. 



"Yes,* yes, my good fellow, alive and all right," re- 

 turned James, shaking with suppressed laughter. 



"So yer fixed the rest o' thim. Bad cess to m' luck. 

 Ef I'd no lost m' grip o' 'is throat, the vilyan 'ud be in 

 purgatory, rest 'is sowl, or a wee bit further down be this 

 toime." 



Arrived at the freshly stirred camp-fire, the dreamer 

 could scarcely believe his eyes at seeing the whole band 

 around him still in the land of the living, and for some 

 time he cut a sorry fignre in the midst of roars of 

 laughter, rising and oft repeated on all sides. The Indians 

 laughed heartily too at poor Sebatis, making him the butt 

 of many jibes and jokes in their own language. For- 

 tunately neither was hurt, but, soaked to the skin , they 

 moped 'around like two half-drowned rats, until some 

 one suggested a change of clothing. Davey was soon 

 arrayed in his holiday attire. But alas! poor Sebatis! 



"Why no you changum?" asked Phil. 



"Spose me walkum down to wigwam, gettum dry uns, 

 Sebatis dry putty soon. More better here, no walkum; 

 puttom on pole, dry putty soon. Sebatis lie roun' fire 

 all time" mumbled the poor fellow, shivering like a half- 

 drowned cur. Rather than see Sebatis "lie roun' fire all 

 time" while his garments would be drying, the party 

 came to the rescue. One donated a pair of pants, another 

 a Under, and the third a flannel shirt: and soon Sebatis 

 was attired in the best suit he had been inside of for 

 years. Whether elated at his good luck in tins respect, 

 or amused at the farcical nature of the incident to which 



