Jan. 19, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Presei-A-e at a price not to exceed |] .50 an acre and appro- 

 priated !|!2.5,UOO for the purchase. Last year an approjmation 

 of ifl5.7-14 was inn do for the same purpose. Of I'ourse thi.s 

 amount \v.ms s-ery meagre but it was utih*zo<I in the pur- 

 chase (it lands in towns! dps 14. 26 and 27 Kssex county. 

 Last Avinter a law wa.s passed ostensibly estal ilisliing m 

 State park, but the appropriation \\"as so suiall tliat cijm- 

 parativch- Tittle could be accomplished. Of the 2.S()7,7KO 

 acres which it is |>r<.ipose<.l to include in the .Sialepark. the 

 State owns about Til 2. 22S) acres. There are also included 

 in the park boundaries 3HG.20~ acres of private reserves. 

 To piu'chase tlie la.nd desired outright would cost .s;4.000,- 

 000, but it is argued by many tlint tlic investment wcjnld 

 be an extremely ]trolita1;)le one for the State. 



Tt is claimed, and very truthfulh'. that with a proper 

 systeni of forestry, j^roviding foi' the jucUcious cutting 

 and marketing of ri|)B tiinlicr" under the direction of State 

 otiicials, the ex])ense of mMiidainuig and protecting tlie 

 Adinmdack Park coidd lie met. And more tliau tliat. a 

 re-s-enue sufiticienl to ]yay the annual interest of several 

 miUion dollars in lionds insured. Prof. B. E. Fernow. of 

 Washington . oju- of 1 he \ ('ry lugliest authoiities on forestry 

 matters, calculates that from 2,1)0(1.000 acres of Adiron- 

 da-ck lands 100.000.000 cubic feet of timber could be cut 

 annually, which, on a cojiservative estimate, would yield 

 a reven ne of f roJ n :jf, 1,30 . 000 to $750, 000 

 a y^ear, and even more than that, for 

 a time. The action of the State in 

 pru'chasing 115 acres land at Niagai-a 

 ■falls, at an ex]3ense of $1,4387429. 

 and estnbli.sbing a, State i.)Hrk tliere 

 was heartily approved by the pulilic. 

 and it is belie\(.d that if equally 

 energetic steps \vere taken to secure 

 tlie laud desired for an Adirondack 

 pai-k people woidd rejoice. Of course, 

 the purchase cannot be made at once, 

 as the Legislature cannot autliorize 

 the issue of more than |1 .000,000 in 

 bonds for any one o))ject witliout the 

 sanction of a poindar vote, but the 

 Foiest Commission wiU ask the 

 present Legislature for an ap]u-opria- 

 tion of $750,000 to ljuy laud within 

 the proposed park liomidai-ies. 



It would seem to vour committee, 

 in vieAV of all the information that 

 can be obtained on the subject, tliat 

 the most profitable plan for the State 

 to adopt would bo to issue $1,000,000 

 in bonds each year for four years, if 

 necessary, and acqidre title to the 

 land desired at the earlicht date pos- 

 sible. Adirondack timber land has 

 an upiward tendency in value tluit 

 cannot lie gainsaid. Land that could 

 liave been bouglit ten y-ears ago for 

 $1 an aci-e is noA\' wort^h .$4 and $5, 

 and ten years later it will be wortli 

 twice or three times as much as it 

 can be bought for now. The longer 

 the purchase is delayed the greater 

 will be tile expense. 



There is talk oi' asking- the present 

 l^egislatru e to ainend the la w regard- 

 ingland ac(|uir':'d liythe State tlirougb 

 lax sales, so as to prevent, as far as 

 jjossible, the |iracti(-e of sharj) work 

 in its redemption by individuals. Tlus 

 is ii matter that certainly i-equires 

 attention. It is suggested that it 

 would be wise to authorize the presi- 

 dent of this assoination to appoint a 

 committee from each county in the 

 State, as far as tlie same are repre- 

 sented in the organization, to urge 

 the senatoi's and rnemb(>rs of tlie 

 Assembly in their resijectative dis- 

 tricts to xise all lionorable means in 

 their power to advan<"e measiu'es 

 tending to secin-e to the State the 

 desired Adirondack pail*. 



.As to the matter of forests in gen- 

 eral tlu'onghom the State I here is no 

 room to doubt tli;d ihc con.staut 

 drains made upon tliem luive been 

 such as to wan'ant the l )elief that a 

 timber famine must uecesarily fol- 

 low, unless something is done to 

 check till' cntting ajul to replant de- 

 nuded ilistricts. I'he subject is fjue to which al! 

 citizens sbcaild give attention and consider atitm. 



AU of which is i-espectfullv submitted. 



D. H. Beltce, / 



W. E. WOLt'OTT. \ 



That Michigan Venison Case. 



Game and Fish Waedex's Office:, Charles S. Hampton, 

 Warden, Petoskey, Mich., .Jan. 10. — Editur Forest and 

 Sireftni: In February of la.st year I learned that Detten- 

 Tbaler, of Grand Rapids, was selling venison. I succeeded 

 in getting positive evidence of the fact aud brought suit. 

 Finding that the evidence of the sale was conclusive, 

 Dettentlialer made no defense upon this ))oint, but took the 

 ground that, following the decision of our Supreme ( Jourt 

 in the O'NeU case, he was not violating tlie law in selling 

 venison which he had legalty bought during the open 

 season. It was conceded that tlie venison w^as bought in 

 accordance with the law, and the police judge convicted 

 Dettentbaler and fined him $50. The case ^vas appealed 

 to the (''ircuif (;'<_>urt anil the Circuit judge took the case 

 frc)m the jury and aciputted the defendant. I have re- 

 quested the prowecutiug attorney to take the matter to the 

 Supreme Court. Chas. 8. Hampton. 



An Excursion to Greenland. 



New York, .Ian, 14. — Editor Forest and Slreoiti: I am 

 in receipt of a letter fi'om Capt, .1. A. Fai'i|uliai', of the 

 Canada Atlantic Steamship Line, stating that he is fitting 

 two large steam yachts to take sportsmen to the northern 



The Fish Laws of the United States and Canada, hi the 

 • Game Lmos in Brief, m cents. In the "Book of the 

 ' Game XoH.'s" (full text), so cents. 



IN (tKLENBRIER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 

 JVlK- ^. I^. C'henby, Senatok .J. E. Kknna. Mr. Wm. D. (Jlbvfi.a.sh. 

 From a pUotograpli by the late Senator Kemi.i. 



good. 



[- Committee, 



Southwestern Texas. 



ViCTdRiA, Texas, .Jan. 11.— Thi^ country ought not to 

 be forgotten by lovei-s of sjiort. esijecially now when the 

 weather ui the N(_)rthern States is almost too severe for out 

 <3f door woi-k. Our weather is all that can be desired for 

 the sportsman, (^lear and cool ^dth white frosts, and 

 simny days, it is enough to make one glad to l:)e ali-^-e to 

 get out. We have a good many tiuail this year, and a 

 larger sniiply of prairie chickens tlian we had last year, 

 and on all of our swamp land snipe are abundant. I 

 bagged t.werdy-one snipe in a two liours and a half Imnt 

 yesterilay evening, and claim to be no fine shot either. 

 Three yoimg men ^vent out last week, readied the hunt- 

 ing ground about 10 o'clock, and left about 4. and rested 

 about an hour f(.)r dinner and bagged seventy-eight. We 

 also have a fine winter for ducks and geese, i_)ut the latter 

 are '^'eiy wild and hard to kill, I haA-e lieai-d of no place 



where all sorts of .shooting are secured with less tra\-el i catciuug- of .sucke 



Labrador, Greenland and neighboring i*egions. The op- 

 portunities for getting Artie game. /, c, bear, walrus, 

 seal, etc.. and fowl, .'is well as salmon and trout, are sel- 

 dom presented. The exjiedition will leave Boston about 

 •July 10 and Avill en route be prepared to stop at rivers, 

 where full time for sport ■s^'ill Ite giA^en. ( 'apt. Far(|uhar 

 is well known to aU sportsmen who have tjJed the coast 

 and rivers of Newfoundland and the Labradors. I will 

 be pleased to answer aU inquiries of any^v bo have a uund 

 to aA'ail themselves of Capt. Farquhar's offer. 



Rowdy Rod, 



Albany Game and Fish Bills. 



\Spe<:kil Correspondence of Forest and Stream.] 



Alsaky. Jan. 17.— Editor Forest and Stream.: The bills amending 

 tlie fish and game law ( Chap. 488, Laws 1892) introduced into Assem- 

 bly and Senate are as £ollofl-.s: 



ASSEMBLY. 



No. 37. By 3Ir. C-fuenther. — To forbid the taking of deer by .lacking. 

 No. 38. By Mr. Gueflther. — To amend Sec. 210 by inserting the words 

 "posted" and "private territory" so as to show more clearly what 

 lands cannot be trespassed upoii. 



No. 39. By 3Ir. Guentlier.— To amend Sec. S17 to make hniit of exem- 

 plary damages foj' trespass .5,50, instead of S'<!5 as now. 

 No. 43. By Mr. Giiffin.— Applies only to Delawai-e county: allows 



than here. 



A, B. P. 



A Cold Weather Query. 



Hartfokd. Conn.. Jan. 16. — ^I have read with much 

 interest, in your issue of Jan. 12. an article signed by 

 ■■Tamarack." 1 ^\isll he would explain a Uttle more 

 clearly how he managed to have so much fun with his 

 canoe and witlj deet in the water, and why the swamps 

 •were si;. soft, all at a tinne A\4ien tlie pocket tliermomcter 

 was spending the night at to beloAS' zero. Yours in 

 perplexity, E. D. K. 



jerk-hook 

 suckers aud pi 



ar thi OLigh the ice"; aud also 

 kerel in the Delavi-are Kirer at 



the spearing of 

 any tiuie. 



No. 104. By Mr, Tiiornton.— To amend See. 141 so that buU-headii, 

 catflsb, etc., can be caught in Sullivan and Ui'auge counties. 



By Mr. Parkhtu-st.— To amend Sec. 149 so as to include Honeoye 

 Lake among the lakes in which bidl-heads, suckers, etc., may be 

 caught through the ice. 



IN THE SENATK. 



No. 47. By Mi: Baxton.— To amend Sec. 104 of the game code, so 

 that flslnng for trout, salmon, etc., shall not be done through the ice 

 ill (ireol S-.xlus Boy. in Wa\ ne cbunlv. Sections 1.33 and 141 are 

 auii-nflcil tc r.ii tvsi'OQcl. Tlip Senati- ( •niiinnttr'e lias reported this 

 hill tavoralily. 3Ir. Saxton tried to li.ive tlie liiil advaiicf-d. Then 

 Senator Erwin made an eloquent plea for the game code, and advised 

 everybody to go slow in amending it. 



DEATH OF THE KENTUCKY FISH BILL. 



Editor Fo)'e.st and Stream: 



1 regret very inncli that, at Ia,st. so old a State as Ken- 

 tucky. and so clever a people as occupy and [lossess its 

 territory, have found it necessary to cluig to the old tra- 

 dition- — somewhat frontier, but leajiing to established 

 Southern ideas — of the right of every nian •■to do as he 

 ji leases," in the capture and destruction of fish. 



After n ninths of fight in the Legislature — a body "wou- 

 tlerftdly and fearfully flung together"'— a, body that ho]d< 

 its existence and $5 a. day with a tenacity that commands 

 universal disgust— a body- that has been the cotlmmu (ob- 

 ject of assault of every newspaper of Kentiu ky and the 

 common victim of a notoriety as broad as it is nndesirable 

 — a body that is at once a mutual admiration society, and 

 an odorous remembrance that Avill never fade away' while 

 the new constitution continues to 

 revolutionize things — after, I say. 

 months of struggle to secure some 

 sort of protection for the la.st fish in 

 the State, tliis remarkable Legisla- 

 tiu-e ha.s. decided substantially-, th: it, 

 fish are pubMc enemies, to lie' ch;:- 

 tured, maltreated, mutilated aiid 

 destroyed whenever and wherever 

 found. It has no pity- for a condition 

 that denotes fish disappearance: it 

 lias no desire for fish propagation; it 

 believes in a free and open field f or 

 the poacher, the seiner, the poisoner 

 and the dynamiter. 



There is no exaggeration in this 

 statement. Having taken a, ])ersona I 

 iliterest in the attempt to secure a 

 fair and just law in Kentucky for 

 fish protection and propagation from 

 the present Legislature, and with 

 others of the Frankfort Fish and 

 Game Club almost daily, while action 

 was pending, visited the Legislature, 

 conversed with its meiubers. ex- 

 plained the reasons and necessity- (jf 

 the proposed legislation, and finally, 

 after changes and concessions whit- 

 tled down to the last point, realized 

 the fact that the "'most notorions" 

 Legislature of Kentucky don't pro- 

 pose to pass any law on the subject 

 — the result creates a sense of disgust 

 beyond expression. 



The first attempt to sectu-e a just 

 law resulted fairly enough. Tlie 

 Spalding Fish Bill, providing for fish - 

 wayns, punishing seiners, netters, 

 lK)isoners, dynamiters and those who 

 shoot fish on their spawning beds, 

 passed the House by a decided 

 majority. When it ' reached the 

 Senate came the Lindsa}' episode, tlie 

 hostdity of that eminent jurist, be- 

 cause, in his opinion, to protect fish' 

 and to propagate fish produced idlers 

 ;\ud drunkards. The bill went down 

 under Ms opposition, and a modifiefl 

 bill was introduced by Senator 

 George. After a struggle tliis liill 

 passed the Senate. 



Reaching the House, those who be 

 beved that fish hadno rights thai 

 Kentuckians were bormd to respect, 

 bad gathered force, consolidated ef- 

 forts, and what, with lack of attend- 

 ance, adroit manipulation and the 

 indifference of some of the professed 

 friends of fish legislation, the bill 

 went o^'er till after the smnmer re- 

 cess. 



The eternal Ijegislatm-e. as it in 

 caUed, on reassendding found little of 

 interest in hsh matters. The old 

 fogy got in his w(jrk. The doom of 

 the fish bill was sealed. There was a little skirmish, some 

 desultory firing, a call of tlie roll, and tlie measure, 

 trimmecl down to the ultimate of penalties against sem- 

 ing and dy najiiiting, was laid away in its little bed six by 

 two. 



Kentucky is not readj' to protect or propagate its fish 

 industries, nor any other industry, for that matter. Its 

 Geological Survey "Department has heen throttled, Cob- 

 Avebs are festooning the ores and metals that denote its 

 natiA^e wealth. The iron hand is laid hard on projected 

 railways. Corporate co-operation in btulding factories 

 and workshops is discouraged. Double taxation on the 

 same subject matter is approved as the Mghest element of 

 public economy. 



In fact the only- idols that endear themselves to the Ken- 

 tucky heart of to-day are the "boss," the "tobacco." the 

 "whisky trade," the '"phmderof politics" and the memory- 

 of the -'good old times that are gone." The "Days of 

 Aidd Lang Syne" can be sung in Kentucky from year in 

 and year out and reflect viv-idly the public hfe. " It has 

 httle opportunity or time to stiidy or solve the jaroblems 

 that interest the age that is marching on. So little does 

 it wreck of the wheels of progress that it will probably 

 stand the isolated, imenviable, non-represented State of 

 the Republic at the World's Fair at Chicago. 



What chance has a fish biU in such a state of affau-s as 

 this? S. 



The reports of the Fish Commissioners of Ontario, jSTe- 

 vada and Pennsyhrania have reached us too late for ex- 

 tended notice this week. They will be reviewed in a later 

 issue. The reports from Onfjirio and Fennsyh-ania form 

 large illustrated volumes ot especial interest", the former 

 including an account of the fishes by Prof, Wright, and 

 the latter a. report upon the same class of animals by- Dr. 

 Bean. The Pennsylvania volume contains 1.5 colored and 

 60 black plates of the,flshes. 



