Forest and Stream 



A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. 



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NEW YORK, APRIL 9, 1891. 



( VOL. XXXVI.-No. 12. 



I No. 318 Broadwat, New York. 



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CONTENTS. 



BDrEOHIAL. 



A New Fofpgt Rci'p-^p. 



TLe Hel»i) K'rller Fund. 



Stihp 8ho'«. 

 Spobtsman Totjeist. 



Pe t'.' Gi osr. 



Ho»' O ^mes the Spring? 



N*.TCrRAL UlSTOBT. 



The Birds of Kat «a<. 

 Game Bag anu Gun. 

 tlx YeH'p U-idtr Maine Gamp 



Laws — m. 

 "Close Se ssion" Screed About 



Gars 

 CI- amng Ounp. 

 Wby 1 <io HanHng. 

 Sierra NevaJa Nni.es. 

 Cr. ased 



Ch'i aeo anr" the West. 

 L^s Tins' a D pr. 

 Wildf'iwl in Oregon. 

 St. L 'Uts Nott^. 

 A Pi esid i.tia' Propiaraation, 

 Sea and River Hishinq. 

 H -n'»' d isr <. LaRp. 

 The Pilie Family.— H- 



Sea. and River Fishing. 



A Wa'iiTm Ou'fi^ 



U el K Fisii L-nes. 



W'lpre tde Trout Lurk in 

 No- t'i C irolina. 



Anp-lingr No'C'. 

 FiSHCUl-TTTRE. 



A Pl»a lor Lake Champlain. 

 The Kennel. 



B isnn Dog Show. 



t>ogCbat. 



Ttie Ctiicago Show. 



Odlitornia Notes. 



K> nnt 1 Management. 

 ttiFiiE AND Trap shootinq. 



R-angf and <*allprv 



T e Revolver Championship. 



The Irap. 



Harris burg Trap Interests. 



yACQTING 



The N'sjht Sky from the Dtck 

 of a Y cht. 



Ca^sanrt Safety. 

 Canoeing. 



Cruise f iheShenandoab 0. C. 

 Answers xo Corbespondesis. 



A NEW FOREST RESERVE. 



FOR ab ut ten years we have been working to secure 

 for the Yellowstone Park an enlargement of its 

 area, a»id proper protection for its forests, game and 

 natural wonders. la four succes-ive sessions of Congress 

 billi^ providing for these meisures have been introduced 

 and have pissed the Senate, but have failed in the Hou^e, 

 usually through the opp isition of a small but powerful 

 railroad lobby, which insisted that no bill for the Park's 

 protection should pass which did not grant them a 

 right of way to build a raib'oad line through the Park. 

 Tnrough the interest felt in the National Park by succes- 

 sive Secretaries of the Interior, many steps have been 

 taken providing for a more careful protection of the 

 Reservation, but it still remains without a leg.il form of 

 government, and a great area on the east and south, 

 useless for settlement but of the utmost value as a forest 

 preserve, has been left to the mercy of woodchopperi? 

 and of Indians, and careless or malicious persons who 

 start forest fires. During the last few years much of 

 this region has been burned over. This great territory 

 has now by Presidential proclamation been set aside as a 

 forest reservation in which timber cutting and settlement 

 axe forbidden, and is therefore practically safe from dep- 

 redation. 



Daring the closing days of the Fifty-flrst Congress a 

 bill was passed entitled '"An act to repeal timber culture 

 laws and for other purposes," and this bill was approved 

 Mxrch 3, 1891. Sactioa 24 reads as follows: 



Section ?4. That the President of the Uaited Stales may from 

 time to time set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory hav- 

 ing public lands bearing forest", any of the public lands wtiolly 

 or in par*^^ covered wi'h timber or undergrowtfi, whether of 

 commeri-ial valueornot^aspunlicreserva'ions; and the President 

 shall bv public proclamation declare the establishment of such 

 reservations and the limits thereof. 



Not long after the passage of this act, the section in 

 question came under the notice of some of the vigilant 

 and earnest friends of the Yellowstone Park, who recog- 

 mz3d that it offered a means of proteotion for the terri» 



tory south and eist of the Park, which it has so long 

 been hoped might be added to the R 'servation. The full 

 meaning of this section being apprecidted, Mr. Arnold 

 Htgue and Mr. W. H-illett Philbps brought the matter 

 to the attention of the Secretary of the Interior, whf^se 

 interest in this and similar su^j^cts is we II known. Mr. 

 Nohle at once realized the force and effect of the law, 

 and, the matter having been fully discussed, a proclama- 

 tion was drawn up and sent to the President, with a 

 strong letter of recommendation from M--. Njble. The 

 result is seen in the executive proclamation which we 

 print in anoth^^r column. 



While the President's procHmatiou does not actually 

 add this forest reservation to the Nation il Park, it is the 

 first step toward djing this; for since settlement vvithin 

 the boundaries named is prohibired, it will hereafter be 

 a much simpler matter to have the region formally added 

 to the Park. 



In connection with this proclamati'^n the following sec- 

 tion from the Revised Statutes of the United St;ates should 

 be read by all persons: 



Se'tion£388. Evry person who unlawfully cuts, or aids, oris 

 employed in ualawfully cutting, or wan'only des'roys or procures 

 to be d'^striyed, any Umber standing upon linds of the United 

 State?, wtnich in ]>nrsuance of law may ba reserved or purchased 

 f ^r military or other purpises, shall pay a line of not more than 

 five hundred dollars and be imprisoael not more than twelve 

 months. 



The setting aside of thi=? tract of I'nd as a forest reser- 

 vation practically adds to the Yellowstone National Park 

 1 500 square miles of territory, and enlarges the whole 

 reservation to more than five thousand square mile; — a 

 little less than the combined areas of Connecticut and 

 Rhode Island. The territory set aside is high, rough 

 mountain land, valueless for settlement, but of extreme 

 importance as protecting the sources of many tribu- 

 taries of the Yellowstone, Snake and Wind Rivers. 

 This new reserve is also of the utmost value as extending 

 the protect d range of the many varieties of game which 

 are found within the P.*rk. It ewers in part the winter- 

 ing ground of the elk to the s mth of the Park, the range 

 of thebiFon, and the great sheep grounds which lie on 

 the east side of the Park, on the heads of the s^uth 

 branch of Clirk's Fork of ths Yellowstone, of the Stink- 

 ing Water and of other streams. 



It will be observed that the boundaries as stated leave 

 the valley of Clark's Fork outside the forest re.-erve, so 

 that it is open to settlement and traffic. This valley is 

 the natural route by which C 'oke City is to be reached, 

 and the establishment of this reserve therefore does not 

 in any way interfere with the efforts which that settle- 

 ment is makitjg to secure a railway outlet. 



It is not yet definitely known what measures will be 

 taken to protect this new forest preserve, but it may per- 

 haps be as>^umed that it will be placed under the charge 

 of Ctpt. Geo. S. Anderson, th<^ superintendent of the Yel- 

 lowstone Park. He could look after the protection of the 

 forests and could prevent the killing of game by enforc- 

 ing the game laws of Wyoming, which are sufiiciently 

 stringent if they were only observed. 



The protection of this additional adjacent area cannot 

 but be regarded with very great satisfaction by that large 

 class of our citizens who are interested in the Yellowstone 

 Park ; while to those who for years have been working to 

 bring about such a result, it is above all a source of pride 

 and triumph that their labors should have been so far 

 crowned with success. 



To Secretary N jble, whose broad mind appreciates the. 

 importance of p'-eserving from spoliation spots like the 

 Yellowstone and Yosemitie regions, too much credit can- 

 not be given for the active interest he has shown in this 

 matter. Mr. Arnold Hague, of the United States Geo- 

 logical Survey, whose intim ite knowledge of the Park 

 extends back over a number of years, has long been a 

 cmsistent worker for this reservation, with an eye single 

 to the public ^ood, and the same may be said of Mr. "W. 

 Hallett Phillips. To all these gentlemen the country 

 owes a debt of gratitude for what they have d me. 



It may fairly be said that the Forest and STREAir has 

 borne the heat and burden of the day in carrying on its 

 fight for the protection of the people's Park. The battle 

 began a good many years ago and it has been kept up 

 ever since. We have driven out of the Park more than 

 one set of land grabbers, and by our criticisms have made 

 it possible for rich and poor to share alike in this 

 great heritage wh:ch belongs to all citizens of the United 

 States. The work is not yet completed. While much has 

 teen done, much more remains to be aocoiaplished ; but as 



public sentiment in favor of protection for the Park is 

 constantly growing stronger, we look forward to a day 

 when this larger Yellowstone Park will be properly gov- 

 erned and carefully protected so that it may remain for- 

 ever a spot sinyular by its beauty and its wonders, a source 

 of pleasure and pride to all our people. 



THE HELEN KELLER FUND. 

 FN our issue of March 19 some account was given of 

 *- the "Helen Keller Fund," and since some readers 

 may have overlooked what was then said, we refer briefly 

 aga'n to what appears to be a most commendable effort. 



Mr. Wiilitm Wade, of Hulton, Pa., some months ago 

 gave to Helen Keller, the little blind girl, a mastiff for a 

 compani )n. Tbe child and the dog were greatly attached 

 to each other. One day in January list, Helen being 

 then in Biston, and Lioness the mastiff in Birming- 

 ham, Ala., H len's home, a policeman shot and killed 

 the dog, because she was at large contrary to a city ordi- 

 nance. When this occurrence was reported in the Forest 

 AND Stream more than one kind heart was prompted to 

 make good the child's loss by sending another maptiff to 

 take the place of the one so cruelly killed. la this khidly 

 purpose, however, all others were anticipated by Mr. 

 Wade himself. But, Mr. Wade wrote, for all those whose 

 sympathies had been awakened by the mastiff incident, 

 there still remained a way to show interest in the child; 

 and it is a way still open to others than "dog men." There 

 is in Pittsburgh a little boy, blind and mute, in whom 

 Helen has taken great interest: and to the sweet child 

 has come the purpose of providing that this hoy, afflicted 

 as herself, shall have the opportunities she has enjoyed 

 of instruction at the Perkins Institution for the Blind in 

 Boston. In her letter, published in our issue of March 

 19, she wrote that she was going to try to raise a fund 

 for this purpose herself; and Mr. Wade has suggested 

 that readers of the Forest and Stream should join with 

 her in this work. Helen has already secured a part of 

 the required sum, as appears from this letter: 



Perkin's Institution asd Massaohtjsetts School for the 

 Blind — Souih Bjsion, March 23, 189L— Dear Mr. Wade: I am 

 making arrangements to receive Tommy and shRll send for him 

 soon. The amount reqiired t"r his education will be about $700. 

 If you can manage to raise 83(Xl or .§300 ro-vards this sum I thick 

 we can raise the rest. Helen's efforts have already secured $120 

 and her success has made her very happy. Tlianking you for 

 your kind interest in this work, I am, sincerely yours, M. 

 Anagnos. 



Mr. Wade pertinently suggests that "if after the little 

 girl's success we dog men cannot raise $300 I shall be dis- 

 appointed." We have noted the fund in these columns 

 becau-e we think it should appeal to the sympathies and 

 meet the support of even a wider circle of readers than 

 those who are interested in our kennel pages. In addi- 

 tion to the money already acknowledged, we record the 

 receipt of |5 from "P. O. P.," New York. Sub.'^criptions 

 may be sent to the Forest and Stream to be forwarded, 

 or may be addressed to Helen Keller, Perkin's Institute 

 for the Blind, B ston, Mass. 



SNAP SHOTS. 

 I T is popularly supposed that the lion is the most cour- 

 ^ agpous and powerful of the carnivora, or at least of 

 the felidse; but on the few recorded occasions of a battle- 

 royal between the lion and the Bengal tiger, the lion has 

 come off second best. One such combat occuiTcd recently 

 at the Calcutta Zoo between an African lioness and a 

 tigress. They were exhibited in adjoining compartments 

 of the same cage, and the door having been carelessly 

 opened between the two compartments, the tigress 

 rushed in and disposed of her rival in a fight which 

 lasted about ten minutes. 



The great success which has attended the establishment 

 of the German and Austrian Alpine Ciub suggests the 

 desirability of getting up similar organizations in this 

 country for climbing and exploring the less accessible 

 peaks of the Rocky Mountains. The Alpine Club, estab- 

 lished 1876, now numbers 33.586 member.*, and owns 113 

 huts of refuge, and at its last meeting voted 35,000 marks 

 (nearly ^9,000) for the construction of roads and huts. 

 In this country we have at least as fine a field for explora- 

 tion, and no want of adventurous spirits of the right 

 temper, all that is needed is to divert their energies into 

 the right channel. There is the Appalachian Club, but 

 with our mountains and our population tid^ is but o^ie 

 where there mig]:^i! we^ Ipe % spores 



