fm. 4, 1893.] 



weekly paper news from daily paper columns, though 

 sometimes that is the quickest way of getting at a piece 

 of news. When the quotation is made, it seems to me 

 better, more honest and more workmanlike to say to 

 plainly. For instance, last week I thus quoted the tele- 

 graphic report of the Tuscola, 111 , wolf hunt, not trying 

 to make any steal on the stuff at all. I observe that an- 

 other eporting paper of concurrent publication has the 

 same item precisely and unchanged. It has. however, 

 gone to the trouble of putting it under a head as a game 

 '•note," giving it the appearance of a special communica- 

 tion from Tusc >la, and signing it with the ingenious and 

 perhaps not too a wfuliy transparent alleged nom. de plume 

 of "Lupus.'' Tnis is a very pretty instance of wnat is 

 known in newspaper work as the great North American 

 grapevine t< legraph, which is still in use in some quar- 

 ters. It sometimes puzzVs the grapevine operators to 

 get good pen names for all the dummy stuff. Alas! there 

 is sawdu3t in several idols nowadays. 



lie was 16 years old, 6^. tall and 1ft. wide, and he 

 wore a hat like that of a clown in the circus, from beneath 

 which straggled hay-colored wisps of hair. 



'■Reckon you all sells gunh?" he said to the salesman. 



"Yes," said the salesman. 



"Shotgunfc?" 



"Yes." 



"How much?" 



"About $13 5»," said the salesman, sizing him up. 

 "Purty good gun?" 

 "M ghty good gun." 



"Rtcfron she goes i ff every time, shore pop?" 



"She ain't no snapper." 



"Glad o' that. Might make trouble." 



"Whj?" 



"Old man's mighty quick on the trigger." 

 "What old man?" 

 "My old man." 

 "What about him?" 



"Ob, I go-to lav fer him. EE my gun hangs fire, he's 

 liable to git me." 

 "Trouble in the family?" 



"Well, you see, it's this way. Pap he's got a coon dog 

 purp 'bout 12 years ole. Useter be a good 'nuf one, but 

 he's too blame no- 'count now to waste corn meal on. 

 Bline in all two of his eyes, an' mange an' hVas twell he 

 kaint run no sorter trail fer Bcratchin'. Pap he 'lows 

 Buck's good's ever he wa«, an" the best haoun' dawg in the 

 settlement. Mam, she's fur gittin' a new dawg, an' 'lows 

 the neighbors says we-all is too pore to git another dawg. 

 That riles Mam some, but it don't rile Pap, an Mam 'lows 

 it orfcer rile Pap, an' it riles Mam becos it don't rile Pap." 



"Yes." 



"Pap says Buck's good 'nmf dawg fer any dad-binged 

 womern on earth, er any dad-binged settlement." 

 "Yes." 



"Mam she 'lows ef Pap don't trade er kill Buck befo' 

 two days she's shore goin' to put hot water on Buck." 

 "Yes." 



"Pap 'lows ef she teches Buck he'll baste her with a 

 stick o' cord-wood." 

 "Well." 



"Well, she does." 

 "Well." 



"Well, he does." 

 "Well." 



"Well, Pap he's hidin' out now, but he has to come in 

 to town wunst in a while after terbacker." 

 "Oh, Isee." 



"An' Mam, she 'lows I gotto git Pap, er she'll put rat 

 pizen in my vittles." 

 ' Exactly." 

 "So I gotto git him." 

 "Looks that way." 

 "You say this yer gun is all right ?"' 

 "She's all right," 



"All right. Ef I has any trouble with her, an' Pap 

 don't git me, I'll come in an' git vou." 

 "All right." ' 



"Reckon I better git erbout six bulk [shells], hadn't I? 

 Pap may have some friends along." 

 "Anyhow six " 



"All right. Load 'em with buckshot, an' put in a 

 plenty. Pap he's pow'ful tough " 

 "Anything else this mawnin'?" 

 "Nope." 



"Gx>d coon weather." 



"Yep. Ef I git Pap I 'low to git ernuisher dawg an' go 

 out after some." 



"Well, good mawnin'." 

 "Well, good mawnin'." 



E. Hough. 



The Hartwood Sportsmen's Association has been 

 incorporated, with offic-! at Hartwood, Sullivan county 

 N. Y. Thos. Clapham, President; Thos. J. B mnelLV.ce- 

 President; F. L. Shattuck, Secretary; C. F. Vanlnwegen 

 Treasurer. The Association have leased the Hartwood 

 property, in the town of Forrestburgh, of 3,600 acres, 

 with a privilege of buying at a reasonable price. The 

 game cover is said to contain deer, bears, foxes, occa- 

 sional wild boars, and other game and birds, Within the 

 tract are ponds and trout streams, and the Neveraink and 

 Mongaup rivers are of easy access, the former bounding 

 the tract on the east. 



WiroFOWi, at Currituck.— Norfolk, Va.— F. Simonds, 

 E'q., of Reading, England, with his triend J. B. White^ 

 of Norfolk, Va., bagged in two days' shooting at Curri' 

 tuck last week seventy wild ducks, twenty swan and ten 

 geese. Thi3 is one of the best bags made at Currituck 

 recently, hut the shooting has been better recentlv than 

 early in the winter.— Currituck. 



British Appreciation. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Did ycu see the comment our Sporting Goods Review made on 

 your report of the last Fulford and Brewer match? We quite 

 agree with them. Id was one of the best reports we ever saw in 

 any paper of any mateb, and does your paper much credit, and in 

 fact it was a work of art. W, Greener. 



St. Mart's Square. Birmingham, Eng., Jan. 28. 



Glad you have given us four pages more. I never ean set too 

 much of Forest and Stream. Sam'l Webber. 



OnARLESTO-RTK, N. H. 



St. Louis Notes.— Jan. 29 — St. Louis sportsmen were 

 much amused over the articles in last week's Forest 

 and Stream about Bud Weaver and his experience witn 

 guides. As Mr. Weaver is one of the best deer hunters 

 in St. Louis and thoroughly familiar with Arkansas 

 hunting, the reason for the laugh becomes apparent. Oa 

 the question at i c sue he is perfrctly able to take care of 

 himself, The Western Gun Club givts its regular annual 

 ball Feb. 21. The Harin Fishing Club has been organ- 

 ized and will build a club house near Harin, Mo. The 

 Germania Hunting and Fishing Club has purchased 400 

 acres of ground on the Big River, and will erect a club 

 house in the Bpring. The'Western Gun Ciub has elected 

 the following officers: President, E. Alexander; Vice- 

 President, Fred Werner; Secretary, G. H. Rhodes; Treas- 

 urer, H. Tallon. The Missouri Hunting and Fishing 

 C'ub, of St. Louis, has bought hunting and fi -thing 

 grounds on the Illinois River, near Manitou. Oa Spring 

 Lake club houses will be built. The Oz irk Gun Club 

 has elected the following tfficers: President, Jos. Hood; 

 Vice-President, W. Sheldon; Secretary, Frank Crawford. 

 The Carondelet Hunting and Fishing Club has elected 

 the following officers: President, H. R Graff; Secretary, 

 W. C. Ciumden; Treasurer, Joseph Udell. Tne S h . Loui* 

 Fox Hunting Club has been organized with thirtv-one 

 members, and the following officers: President, Wm. F. 

 Anderson; Vice-President, J, C. Chubbey; Secretary, H. 

 N. Comeaux; Treasurer, L. Abadie. — Aberdeen. 



Monroe County Game Law. 



Whereas, Bv sr c'ion 37 of chapter 534 of laws of 1879, entitled, 



An act lor ■ he preservation of moose, wild deer, hirds, fish and 

 ntper gimp," aod the several set,- amendaLory thereto, it is law- 

 ful for tbe Board of Supervisors of any county, at their annual 

 meeting, to make any regulation for the further protection of 

 such Kime as in said act. mentioned ; therefore 



Resolved, That the Board of Supervisors of Monroe county do 

 enact as follow?: 



3. Nn person shall catch or kill or attempt to catch or kill id 

 any manner or by aDy device whatever, or have in his or her pos- 

 session tor any purpose except as provided for by the laws ot the 

 State of New Yo*K, for the period of three years from the firsi 

 day of January, 1892, any partridge, grouse, pheasant, woodcock 

 or quail (except alive and for the purpose of .propagation) in this 

 county. 



2. No person shall catch or kill or attempt to catch or kill in 

 any manner or by aDy device whatever, or Have in his or her pos- 

 session after January 1, 1895, any partridge, grouse, pheasant, or 

 quail, except from the 15th day of November to the first day of 

 Dt-cemher in each year (except alive and for the purpose of pro- 

 pagation) in this county. 



3. Any person violatii g any of the provisions of the foregoing 

 sections shall, o<> conviction thereof, "he subject to a fine of $25 for 

 e»eh off-nse, and in default of payment shau h e committed to the 

 Monroe Ouuty Penitentiary for twenty-five days. 



One-half of snid fine shall be paid to the person causing the 

 pi oseeution in the manner now provided hv law, and the other 

 half of said fine snail be paid to 1 he Treasurer of Monroe county. 



4. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the 

 foregoing shall in addition to said floe be liable for a penalty ol 

 $25 for each bird caught, killed or had in his possession, except as 

 provided in stctioos 1 and % of this act, to be sued for and recov- 

 ered in a civil action hroughtin the name of the p ople of the 

 State of New York, in all respects as now provided bv cnapter 534 

 of the laws of 1879, and the several acts amendatory tiiereof and 

 supplementary Utereto. 



One-half of said penalty shall be paid to the person giving tbe 

 information on which the action is brought, aud the other halt 

 shall be paid to the Treasurer of Monroe county, and in all re- 

 spects as now provided by law. 



5. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the ahove are 

 hereby repealed. 



6. This act shall take effect immsdiatelv. [Adopted Jan. 8.] 



Angling Talks. By George Daiuson. Price 50 cents. Fly- 

 Bods and Fly-Tackle. By H. P. Wells. Price $2.50. Fly- 

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

 Price $1.50. American Angler's Book. By Thad. Norris. 

 Price $5.50. 



The pull texts of the game fish laws of all the States, 

 Territories and British Provinces are given in the Book o1 

 the Game Laws. 



TROUTING IN THE CASCADES.-VIII. 



THE molalla country. 



EARLY in the morning of the 5th I was awakened by 

 rain pattering on the tent, I lay there a long time 

 listening to nature's tender reveille and the sighing of 

 the treetops as they responded to the call. The gentle 

 rain's refrain, mingled with the winds moaning accom- 

 paniment, was a soothing lullaby to me after my trip 

 with Frank to C myon Creek, and I rested there on that 

 bed of cedar and hemlock browse as only the angler with 

 an investigating turn of mind can rest after a red-letter 

 day. 



I felt that this expedition was only the introduction to 

 a great volume of knowledge in store for me about the 

 wonderful fishing waters of the Cascade Mountains. 

 Although I had fished much in these mountains, I had 

 followed beaten paths, as a rule, and had heretofore con- 

 trolled, to a degree, my desire to seek out new and un- 

 trodden fields. I resolved that henceforth I would be 

 the pathfinder myself and make my brother anglers of 

 Portland depend a little on me for information, as 1 1 ai 

 depended much on them in the past. However, it muoi 

 not be understood that I had been fishing for the last ten 

 or twelve years in my back yard, for many and many a 

 time I have cast the fly in both the C iscade and Coast 

 ranges where none had been cast before; but now I 

 seemed to have lost all interest in known waters and felt 

 impelled to seek only after the unknown. Sj I rested, 

 and so I reflected until I heard Billy growling around 

 outside abmt wet wood and "the durned dog." It 

 seemed that, during the night, Halls dog had taken'upon 

 himself the task of preserving what remained of the 

 "mountain beef ," and Billy lamented, for he dearly loves 

 venison. 



Nevertheless I continued to rest, for truly I was tired. 

 I wanted to get up but my legs didn't and they seemed 

 to hold the controlling interest when it came to a vote. 

 But tbe smell of coffee and broiled trout, added to sug- 

 gestive remarks about bacon and eggs, honey, hot bread, 

 canned huckleberries, etc., dropped by Billy and my 

 wife as they prepared their bill of fare, induced my 

 stomach to desert my legs and go with me, which de- 

 cided the contest, and I crawled out, taking my protest- 

 ing legs along with me. 1 managed to dress in spite of 

 my sore muscles and stiff bones, but I felt much as an 

 old broken-down stage horse looks. 



Yes, there was a marked change in the weather. The 

 mountains were buried in clouds, and old M mat H )od's 

 cold breath was percep'ible. After breakfast we loitered 

 around camp, and tried to feel at home and perfectly con- 

 tented, but we could do neither. It was too wet to fish, 

 and my wife and Billy decided that it was about time 

 that we should return the Halls' visit. You see, pro- 

 priety and Billy's comfort again asserted themselves and 

 required his immediate presence at the side of Hall's 

 generous fire-place. Besides, my wife had not yet lost all 

 taste for shingled roofs and dry floors, even if the shingles 

 were only '-shakes" and the floors only hewn logs. 



Away went £h« procession of tenderfeet over to Hall's, 

 and I sat down by the camp fire to ruminate. 



Frank came down early to see me. He did not seem to 

 feel the effects of our trip to Canvon Creek, and I envied 

 him his powers of endurance. "That's nothin', I'm used 

 to it," said he, and added, -'Ye stood it pretty well yer- 

 self, considerinV Yes, considering the fact 'that I was 

 not maae out of iron and India rubber. He again in- 

 spected the fly-book, and then turned his attention to our 

 assortment of rods. The split-bamboos did not come in 

 for their proper share of admiration, but the lanee woods 

 filled the requirements to a dot, and he. declared his de- 

 termination to have one some day. Well, I thought he 

 had already earned one, so I fitted out a good one with 

 reel and line and gave it to him. He was happy as a 

 clam at high tide, and as proud as a boy with his first 

 pants, and it made me happy to see him so happy. Then 

 we also went over to Hall's, to play audience for Hall and 

 Billy while they told yarns. 



Both Frank and Hall gave it as their opinion that the 

 indications pointed to quite a spell of wet weather; but 

 after dinner the sun came out, the birds began to sing, 

 and although the wind hung in the same quarter I con- 

 cluded that the weather clerk had decided not to fulfill 

 the prophecy of bad weather. So I took my rod and 

 struck out for the deep "pools of M Ik Creek. I had fair 

 luck, for although the water was a little muddy the fish 

 were feeding upon the flies and bugs washed into the 

 stream by the rain, and my flies were greedily taken. 

 But the ferns and sal-lal brush were incessantly giving 

 me free and copious shower baths at the slightest touch, 

 and, too, the clouds soon thickened and re-enforced them 

 so that I was driven to camp pretty well soaked. Frank 

 had taken advantage of the weather and staid at Hall's 

 all the afternoon. During my absence he had unfortu- 

 nately mentioned the cougar incident, which made it an 

 easy matter for Mrs. Hall to persuade my wife to take 

 supper with them and bleep in the house. Billy had all 

 the blankets, including his own, over at the house by the 

 time 1 returned, and it was painfully evident that we 

 were all safely housed for the balance of our stay on 

 Milk Creek. I went over to camp. It looked like a bush- 

 whacker's camp after a surprist ; and I felt as if I was in 

 a couniry churchyard. Unlike the Arabs they bad folded 

 all but their tents and silently stolen away. Well, such 

 are the vicissitudes of an angler's life; everything goes 

 lovely while the weather is fine, but when the weather 

 gets bad even your wife will desert you. I slept in the 

 house along with the rest, but the tents stood their 

 ground, silent monuments to the memory of the weak- 

 ness of human flesh. 



Once during the night I got up and looked out. The 

 moon was shining through a rift in the clouds, but the 

 wind was whistling merrily in the canyons and the 

 weather had a decidedly unsettled appearance. 



The tents seemed to look at me reproachfully from the 

 lonely, deserted camp by the creek, but I crawled back 

 into bed and went to sleep. 



Next morning, Moody put in an appearance bright and 

 early. As he drove up he greeted us with ; "If you uns 

 expects to git across the Molalla afore the next moon 

 you'd better be crawlin' out o' here." 



I laughed at the idea, for, when we came up a week 

 before, the Molalla was as mild as a sucking dove, and I 

 could wade almost any of its rapids. But when Hall 

 allowed that he guessed Ira was about right, and Frank 

 had added that I didn't know the treacherous river as 

 well as they did, I concluded that discretion might be the 

 better part of valor and surrendered. So we drove over 

 and got tbe camp luggage and were soon on our way to 

 Moody's. The Molalla did seem to have its business suit 

 on. There was an ominous sullenness about its murky 

 waters that was suggestive, and I observed that the 

 horses had much difficulty in keeping their feet, on the 

 round, smooth stones. 



All day we remained indoors while the rain came 

 down in torrents, and the mountain looked wet and for- 

 bidding. Fay told me all he knew about Pine and Trout 

 creeks, two tributaries of the South Fork of the Molalla. 

 The trout in these streams, he said, were large and num- 

 berless, but there was no way to get to them except by 

 walking. We might take a pack mule, but he would 

 have to be sure footed. 



His description of these two creeks convinced me that 

 the life of an angler was not worth living unless he could 

 cast into their waters. My wife thought we had better 

 go home and wait for better weather. Ira expresfed the 

 opinion that I would get no more fishing for at least a 

 month, but thought we might as well stay right there at 

 his house and wait, as to make two long trips of it. 



The 7th day of June was like unto the 6th day of June, 

 and the 8th was like unto the 7ch. Eain ! pure and un- 

 adul erated Oregon rain ! 



The morning of the 9. h Fay and I went over to the 

 upper crossing to see if, by any possibility, we could get 

 across the Molalla from the east aboutaix mihs above 

 Moody's. Pine Creek, the larger of the two tributaiies, 

 was ten or twelve miles further back in the mountains. 

 Toe Molalla, as I had known it, was not there, In its 

 stead was a roaring, seething, howling torrent. As we 

 approached we could hear the angry mutterings of the 

 turbulent stream and the confused grindings and thump- 

 ings of great boulders as they were torn from their sock- 

 ets and driven against each other by the irresi&tible 

 current. While we stood there, awed by the mad ravings 

 of the mountain-born torrent, Mr. Sam Ingalls and Mr. 

 Voorhes rode up. They had a few cattle on the other 

 side of the Molalla, and were taking a run over to lock 

 after them. Every moment seemed to add fury to the 

 frenzy of the frantic waters, and although the trail hd 

 across at a point where the stream was apparently shal- 

 low, danger seemed written on every liq-iid line. 



"Gentlemen," said I,"you are both much older and, no 

 doubt, much more familiar with this stream than I am; 

 but if I had cattle on the other side I would leave them 



