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streams, open to every one, are of much more consequence than 
the interests of half a dozen individuals who desire such legisla- 
tion. The people, I think, are now excluded from more than 
five to ten per cent, of the streams in the Commonwealth, and 
those are mostly in Plymouth County. In fact I do not myself 
know of any leased brooks except in Plymouth and Barnstable 
counties. 
"I see no reason for discriminating in favor of artificially 
reared trout as against wild trout. If it is proper to sell one 
earlier than the first of April, it is proper to sell the other. As 
it is practically impossible to distinguish one class of trout from 
another, the opening of the season for one in Februarv and 
March will inevitably lead to the capture and sale of the "other 
-class during those months." 
"Does the introduction to the bill of the" nine inch limit 
remove any of the weighty objections?" 
"I have caught trout in* the mountain streams of New Hamp- 
shire weighing two pounds, and I have no doubt there are trout 
weighing one and a half pounds in many of the streams of 
Massachusetts. 
"Another objection to opening the market during the two 
months in question is that our streams and ponds are many of 
them covered with ice, especially in the Western parts of the 
State, and an open market would induce fishing through the ice, 
which is a most destructive method, as the fish gather in 
schools, and having been poorly supplied with food for a iong 
time, they take the bait easily and are easily exterminated. 
Again, the first of April or earlier has come to be almost uni- 
versally fixed upon by the various States for the beginning of 
the open season, and uniformity in this respect is greatly to be 
desired." 
Charles P. Chamberlayne, when asked his opinion, said: "In 
the first place, there is no call for this bill. As in years past, it 
originates with a very few men who desire a monopoly of the 
market by obtaining special privileges from the Legislature. 
"I reside in Bourne, and the sentiment of our people is 
strongly opposed to this bill. The attractions of streams in our 
town have brought m hundreds of thousands of taxable 
property. The town has felt the benefits in every department 
of business. I should not regard it possible to preserve the fish 
in these streams if such a bill were passed. Many fish are 
taken there weighing from a pound to two pounds, and all less 
than nine inches long are usually returned to the water im- 
mediately." 
"Do you see any reason, Mr. Chamberlayne, why the nine 
inch limit should be inserted in the bill this year, when an 
amendment offered in the Senate last year requiring a limit of 
eight inches was repudiated by the friends of the bill, and could 
not be carried on account of their opposition?" 
"The Western part of the State is opposed to this bill, as 
shown by the action of the Legislature last year, by which the 
counties of Hampden, Hampshire and Berkshire were exempted 
from the application of the bill. This exemption was objected 
to by the Governor in his veto message. This amendment is 
evidently for the purpose of conciliating the Governor and the 
people of the Western counties, as the friends of the bill claim 
that there are no trout in that section nine inches in length."— 
Boston Herald. 
Those Ninety Beer. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Several of your correspondents have mentioned the shipment 
of ninety deer from Maine to Boston. Some speak in praise of 
a Commissioner who happened to be in Boston and found it out 
from the newspapers. But no one seems to think it remarkable 
that so large a quantity could be shipped from a point where 
there are wardens nearby, and that the first notice the Com- 
missioner got was m the newspapers. There is very little prob • 
ability that it ever would have been known if the master of the 
vessel had not attempted to steal what he was entrusted with. 
The worst feature of the case is, that it is really in no way 
remarkable except that we have proof that it was done. 
The same thing has been done many times every year, and 
that right under the noses of many wardens and at least of one 
Commissioner. They will deny it, and when proof is furnished 
will take no action in the matter. 
A year ago, at a meeting of the "Game Protective Associa- 
tion," the statement was made that some two hundred deer and 
many hundreds of partridges had been shipped from Bangor; 
and it was more than hinted that it was done by the help of "the 
wardens, and with the knowledge of the Commissioners. Both 
Commissioners and many wardens were present; but no one 
d'sputed the statement. The past fall, deer by the hundred and 
great quantities of partridges have been shipped, and no 
attempt made to prevent it except in a few cases which prob- 
ably were not protected. One day Bangor would be full of 
game, the next not any to be seen, and this was repeated week 
after week, and with no local sale of any amount; in fact, a 
great deal of the time Bangor people could not get a piece of 
venison unless they bought a whole deer. I can bring plenty 
of proof that, repeatedly gentlemen tried all over town and 
could not buy a pound, for the market men would not cut it, as 
they could do better by shipping it. 
Oue of our prominent Bangor merchants offered to testify 
that he had paid money to a warden not to see a deer he was 
shipping to a friend, and gave the name of the warden to 
whom he paid it. On this being told to a warden, he claims 
that he has authority from the Bangor Commissioners to look 
after all outside matters, and the offer being made to prove it, 
the answer was, "If you can prove this you had better have the 
man arrested." Now there are just two horns to this dilemma, 
and the Commissioners can choose either which suits them best. 
Either they and their wardens know of these things, or they do 
not know of them. If they know them and do not try to pre- 
vent them being done they are dishonest. If they are so stupid 
that they cannot see what is right before their eyes, and every 
one else knows, then they are unfit for then- offices. 
To an observer it looks exactly as does the liquor business in 
Bangor. We have very strict liquor laws, and not only the 
qlty police to enforce it, but special liquor constables, appointed 
by the State; but the places are scarce in the United States 
where there are more drunken men than in Bangor. I have 
traveled from Canada to Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the 
Pacific, and have never seen so many drunken men in one day 
as I have seen in Bangor. Why? Simply because those whose 
duty it is to enforce the laws do not do it. There is law enough 
to stop the traffic in a week. 
What we need for the protection of game is not more law nor 
larger appropriations, but a fan- and equal enforcement of the 
laws we have. I say fair and equal enforcement. Our laws 
have not been fairly nor equally enforced. The rich have, 
from reasons best known to wardens, been allowed to kill, to 
waste, while poor men who have killed to feed their families 
have been arrested. Last winter a man selling salted trout, 
which he said came from Newfoundland, was arrested and 
fined. Just such trout had been openly exposed for sale in 
front of one of our markets. There was little doubt that the 
trout did come from out of the State, but it damaged the 
market men to have them peddled, and the market men must 
be protected. I saw trout on the bill of fare at the Augusta 
House in Augusta. Senators and Representatives were eating 
them; and I saw a large quantity of lake trout openly displayed 
on the street for sale. Yet wheu I stated the facts to Commis- 
sioner Still well and he promised to investigate, the result was 
that he told me that he had a letter from a warden, to whom he 
said he wrote to look the matter up, that there .^had not been a 
trout in the market for the winter. To-day^a "gentleman tells 
me that he ate trout at the Augusta House*week before last. 
Our Commissioners often visit Augusta, and'cannot help^know- 
ing this; but a poor man is fined for selling fish which there is 
little doubt were taken out of the State; ^and market men and 
hotel keepers violate our laws with impunity. People may try 
to respect the laws, but they have very little respect for "men 
who enforce them in the way in which our game laws are now 
enforced. MANLY HARDY. 
BREWER, MAINIv. 
Saratoga Association. 
The Saratoga County, N. Y., Pish and Game Protective 
Association, has been organized, with a large and influential 
membership. The President is James R. Gibbs, and the Secre- 
tary, M. S. Cummings. At the meeting for organization, 
active work was at once put under way in accordance with the 
resolution offered by Mr. J. E. Hodgman: Resolved, that a 
committee of eight be appointed by the chair, of which the 
President and Secretary of the Association shall be members, 
to be known as the Executive Committee. This committee 
shall have charge of all matters pertaining to the prosecution 
of violators of the game laws; the procuring of young fish and 
game birds for stocking purposes, and all matters pertaining to 
the management of the Association. Five members shall 
constitute a quorum, and their action shall be binding upon the 
Association. This committee shall, within ten days, select some 
suitable person for the office of game warden. They shall report 
to this Association, at a meeting to be held March 25, the 
name of the person selected for the office of game warden and 
the price per month agreed upon for his services. 
The resolution was carried unanimously and the following 
gentlemen were named to act with the President and Secretary 
as such Executive Committee: John E. Hodgman, Dr. J. A. 
PearsalL J. F. Swanick, T. F. Hamilton, Will H. Manning." 
Emmett T. Farrington. 
An interesting discussion in regard to fish and game followed. 
Will H. Manning dwelt upon the rapid increase in Saratoga 
Lake of the large mouthed or Oswego bass. He expressed the 
opinion that these voracious fish were destroying the small 
mouthed black bass, very few of the latter being now caught 
in the lake. Mr. Manning said it would be a good idea, to 
amend the law and allow Oswego bass to be taken on the first 
of May instead of the thirtieth, as now provided by the statutes. 
Mr. Hodgman agreed with Mr. Manning, but said it would be 
difficult to discriminate. If the laws were changed the priv- 
ileges would most likely be abused and all kinds of bass 
would be taken by fishermen. The subject was referred to the 
Executive Committee and the meeting adjourned until March 
25. 
New Brunswick Game Laws- 
At the recent session of the New Brunswick Legislature the 
game law was amended, making the open season for moose, 
caribou, and deer to extend from September 15 to December 31, 
instead of from October 1 to January 15. The trapping or 
snaring of these animals is niaae unlawful, the penalty being 
not less than $20 nor more than §100 for each offense, and in 
default of payment, imprisonment in the common jail for a 
period not exceeding forty nor less than twenty days. All per- 
sons hunting moose or caribou must obtain a license, which 
shall operate from the first of August for the period of one 
year, subject to the provisions of the game Jaw, and for which 
a fee of $2 shall be paid. The penalty for not taking out such 
license is not less than §20 nor more than $80 for each offense, 
in addition to the fee and costs of prosecution. One half of the 
fine shall be paid to the informer, and the other half to the 
Game Protection Fund. 
It is made unlawful for any person to kill for the purpose of 
sale, or to sell any partridge for the space of three years from 
September 20 next. Any person selling or exposing for sale any 
partridge during such term shall be liable to a penalty of not 
more than S20 nor less than $1C, md in default of payment shall 
be imprisoned for not less than eight nor more than four days. 
In the parish of Shediac, Westmoreland county, the shooting 
or taking of geese, duck or snipe after sundown is prohibited, 
under penalty of not less than $20 nor more than $40, and in 
default of payment, imprisonment for not more than twenty 
nor less than ten days. On the Bay of Fundy the destruction 
of gulls' nests, or removal of eggs after June 24 in any vear is 
prohibited. 
Last year M. E. J. Wetmore, of Saint John, was appointed 
Chief Game Commissioner for the Province. He has shown 
great sagacity in the discharge of his difficult duties, with the 
result that the illegal slaughter of big game this seascn has 
been somewhat lessened. It is admitted by the Government 
that the only way to secure adequate protection is to appropri- 
ate a large sum of money for that purpose, and that it would be 
in the interests of the Province if such expenditure were made 
but as yet they have been unable to see their way clear to 
providing the necessary funds. PROWLER 
FREDERICTON. March 11. 
Club Co-operation Appreciated. 
At the last, meeting of the New York Fish Commission this ex- 
pression was made of the co-operation of protective associations- 
Resolved, That the Commissioners of Fisheries deem it proper 
at this time, to extend to each and every of the numerous societies' 
for the protection of fish and game throughout the State, sincere 
thanks for the uniform courtesy extended to them at all times and 
tor the valuable assistance rendered the game and fish protectors 
Resolved. That the thanks of this Board are specially extended 
to Mr. Henry Traptie, of Syracuse, who has for years devoted time 
and money to promote the. interests of fish propagation and game 
and fish protection. 
Prizes for Vermin. 
Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 6— Editor Forest and Stream: The 
IjU ? 6 CMA e . County Sportsmen's Club offers four prizes of SoO, $40, $20 
and JHU m cash, or an $85 gun for first prize, to the four persons 
navmg the highest number of points to their credit for killing the 
birds and animals named and to be counted as follows: Cata- 
mount 10, weasels 9. Fox 8, mink 7, great homed owl 5. hawk 3, 
owls other than horned 2, skunk or polecat 1. 
contest wiU commence March 15, 1895, and close March 31, 
1896. No two or more persons will be allowed to form a combina- 
tion or partnership by placing skins, scalps or heads together to 
nelp another secure a prize. 
Contestants must produce the heads of all birds and the skins 
orscalps with both ears attached, of all animals. 
The birds or animals to be counted must be killed in Luzerne 
County. Each contestant shall make affidavit that all rules gov- 
erning this cohtest have been complied with. Scalps, skins and 
Heads may be returned at. any time to any member of the under- 
signed committee, by whom a record will be kept. The committee 
consists of E. A. Rhoads, H. S. Reets, T. B. Harris and J. F. O^Neilh 
for Rich and Poor- 
Game Laws 
Pawtucket, R. I— Editor Forest and Stream: I wish to thank 
^^I^P 0 ?^' Wl' Barrett, for his communication in Forest 
and btream of March 2. Like him, 1 have bought and read your 
paper for a. number of years, and, although I have read in it much 
about the decrease of game, I have looked in vain for something in 
the interest of that large body of men who work six davs in a 
week, who are not rich enough to belong to a sportsman's club, 
ana. who do not net more than a half-dozen days in a season in the 
woout bo rar as the State of Rhode Island is concerned, game 
laws do not amount to much. There is nothing left in the way of 
game for the sportsman who has to work for a living. 
1 hunted three days the past season over what, ten years ago, 
was as good quad ground as there was in the State, and never 
started a quad. This has been the luck of all my friends. The 
pest grounds in the tetate are in the southern part, and they are all 
Juditn cont,ro ot one P ar ty— Preserved, from Kingston to Point 
The cause of 'the decrease of game in tliis State is not hard to 
explain. The writer met four dagos in one squad last fall, each 
armed with an old musket, blazing away at everything, from a 
grasshopper to the side of a barn. The coming of nearly a million 
Canadian French into New England did not help the game supply 
as they seem determined to destroy everything that flies or swims. 
Saturday afternoons and Sundays the woods of this State fairly 
swarm with them. They were brought here by the mill-owners, 
the sa me class of men who preserve every foot of ground likely to 
have a bird on it, or a fish in its waters. 
I often read in your columns where parties kill 300 or 400 ducks, 
some to give to their friends, some to eat; but, of course, none to 
sell. This would make market-hunters of them, and, of course, 
they do not wish to be in that class; but it seems to me the result 
on the game supply must be about the same. There is no doubt, 
as Mr. Bartlett states, that immigration and want of employment 
are largely responsible for the decrease of game. 
Another thing— your rich sportsman will not kill out of season, 
but he will go to Newport and Watch Hill and eat illegal game all 
summer. I am informed that parties in the southern part of the 
State supplied thousands of August partridges to the hotels. It 
seems to me that, if the game of this country is to be saved, the 
rich and poor sportsmen must pull together; and if every law 
tends to the freezing out of the^poor man who bunts only a day, 
once in awhile, he will kdl when he can. This is human nature. 
NITRO. 
Bass In Adirondack Waters. 
The subject of black bass for Lower Saranac Lake has been in 
the minds of several hotel men thereabouts for Borne years. Last 
week John Harding, the popular proprietor of the Algonquin and 
the obliging postmaster at Saranac Lake, saw Mr. Davis at the 
office of the Fish and Game Commission and put the matter before 
him. The latter assured Mr. Harding that he would do all he 
could to accomplish the desired end. Already application blanks 
have been forwarded for 50,000 fry. The pickerel, or grass pike, 
locally termed "shark," has destroyed the trout fishing in this lake, 
and it is thought that the introduction of bass will mean the ult'- 
mate destruction of the pickerel, for the latter is no match for its 
deadly enemy, the full-grown black bass, the tyrant of fresh- 
water fish. Many hope this project will be carried out with haste. 
— Elizabethtown Post. 
Value of Fishing Waters. 
The Game and Fish Protective Association is receiving much 
encouragement in its effort to protect the fishing in Chautauqua 
Lake. A friend who wishes his name to be enrolled among the 
life members of the association and who is much interested in the 
development of the lake as a summer resort, as are many others, 
writes in commendation of the work being done: "I fully appre- 
ciate," he says, "the great good that will result in the protection 
of Chautauqua Lake game fish, and I know of no waters anywhere 
in this country that are better adapted for the propagation and 
growth of game fish than Chautauqa Lake. The shameful de- 
struction of muscallonge and bass in this lake during the past few 
years should be stopped, and the sooner the association takes hold 
of the matter with the firm and resolute determination to protect 
the fish against the fish pirates, the sooner the lake will acquire a 
national reputation as the greatest game fish water of this coun- 
try. There is no reason why it. should not draw people, from the 
Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast." The writer goes on 
to cite numerous instances of hotels and club houses along the 
shore of Lake Superior and elsewhere that are alone supported by 
the fishermen who come from the south and east. From the city 
where the writer lives men go 1.000 to 3,000 miles to spend a 
few days along much poorer fishing waters than Chautauqua Lake 
should furnish when properly protected. Members of fishing 
clubs in the same city spend hundreds of dollars annually lo pro- 
tect fishing in the province of Quebec in order to enjoy two weeks' 
sport. Much of this money ought to be spent around Chautauqua 
Lake and with the proper protection of the fish every interest 
around the lake would receive a direct benefit. It is good business 
policy to make the lake a good fishing-ground, to say nothing of 
local pride in all that Ipertains to that lovely sport.— Chautauqua 
(N. Y) Journal. • 
New Jersey Game and Fish Bill. 
The codification measure, introduced with the approval of the 
Fish Commission, has passed the Senate, and bids fair to meet ap- 
proval in the House. 
A bill has been submitted making it unlawful to place any Ger- 
man carp, leather carp or carp of any kind in any public waters 
or in any private waters not effectually barred off from public 
waters. The bill is approved by the Fish Commission and is one 
which should be adopted without hesitation. Carp in some public 
waters have become a public nuisance. 
North Dakota Laws. 
Fargo, N. D.. March 9.— Editor Forest and Stream: The North 
Dakota Legislature adjourned at 11:15 P.. M. yesterday. The Fargo 
Argus this morning publishes the following: item: ' The code on 
the game law as finally passed requires a 50-cent license from re- 
sidents, and §25 from non-residents to hunt in North Dakota. 
Non-residents cultivating 160 acres of land in the State are en- 
titled to a resident permit. The open season for chickens, 
(grouse), ducks and geese is Sept. 1 to Dec. 1. Open season for deer, 
Nov. 1 to Dec. 15. Fish is protected from Nov. 1 to May 15." 
C. E. ROBBINS. 
The report of the Maryland Association meeting printed in our 
last issue should have been credited to the Baltimore Sun. 
The Spangler Ideal Closer. 
The Ideal Manufacturing Company have purchased the sole 
right to manufacture the implement known to the trade as 
Spanglor Crimpler, and hereafter all orders should be sent direct 
to the manufactory or their jobbers, under the name of the , 
'Spaugler Ideal Closer." These goods will continue to be made 
of the first-class material and workmanship, fully guaranteed. 
This company also announces the perfection of their new imple- 
ment, which will be known to-tke trade as the "Ideal High Grade 
Closer."— Ad. 
The 25-20 Martin Cartridge which is a recent addition to the re- 
peating rifle cartridges is now being bought out by the U. M. C. 
Co., loaded with smokeless powder. The result is that the veloc- 
ity has been increased about 125ft. per second. The bullet will, 
of course, hold up better at longer range.and this cartridge, loaded 
with nitro powder, will shoot about six inches higher at 100 yards 
than a cartridge loaded with black powder. At 200 yards'nitro 
powder cartridges will shoot about twelve inches higher than the 
black. The accuracy of this cartridge loaded with smokeless 
powder is highly satisfactory. At 100 yards ten shots have been 
grouped in a circle two inches in diameter; at 200 yards ten shots 
have been grouped in a four-inch circle. They will be ready for 
the trade shortly.— Adv. 
Garden and Forest. 
Z The bound volume of Garden and Forest for 1894 has just 
reached us, and it contains much more than the usual amount of 
interesting material. It is also, according to our recollection, 
much more fully illustrated than usual, and the pictures are re- 
markably beautiful and well printed. Many of the half-tones, 
printed on handsomely finished paper, will compare favorably 
with magazine work. There is no publication in this country — 
nor, we imagine, in the world— which is better entitled to respect 
and admiration than Garden and Forest. In its own field it is 
without rival, and it is indispensable to all persons who are at all 
interested in the subjects of whicb it treats. 
Prof. Charles S. Sargent, its conductor, is the man of all others 
who, by taste and training, is qualified to conduct such a periodi- 
cal, and he could have no better coadjutor than Mr. W. A. Stiles. 
The tone of Garden and Forest is as broad as we should expect it 
to be under such a management. It interests itself in many ques- 
tions collateral only to the subjects expressed in its title, but which 
have an important bearing on the public welfare. Thus it often 
discusses the care of city parks, the protection of forests and game 
in the reservation of the West, water courses in their relation to 
the public, and other timely topics. 
A bound volume of Garden and Forest will furnish many an 
evening's Interesting reading, even to those who know but little 
either of gardens or of forests. 
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