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sumtnei-." We practicably derive no benefit from our fisheries. 
Cur liulels and u^^aicling houses along the river are einpiy. 
\Ve are ma.n.ain.ng a large slart" ol o\erscers. For whati* Ap- 
paren,..y lo piu>iae good nahing for your people, who in return, 
in my op.nion, aie aDusing the ptivhtge. 
'Jl.e niinnjw qiitsiioii la a Dunung question, too. One of our 
overseers ihis summer contistaitd ievtral barre.s of minnows 
whicli hshernien ;rom your s.de had tal<en in our waters tor bait 
wiui ntis. our fisliernicn c.aim ilial a large majority of these 
m.nnows were whuehah, trout, pickerel and bass minnows, and 
that the destruction m this way is trtmenaous, V/e prevent our 
own fiaheimcn Irom taking them willi seines, and that your men 
are not pre\cnted irom taking them in that way is a grievance. 
Cf course they couid be prevented if our overseer liappened to 
detect ihtm, but he cannot be everywhere at one and the same 
time. 
It appears to me that the question resolves itself into this: 
That \ie will either have to shut your peop e out altogether or 
throw open our v\aters to our fisheTmen to sell wnat bass they 
lake; and if this is done, it practically means throwing open the 
bass market all over the Province. 
R. P. Graiit spoke of the agreement which had been 
made with Canad.an officials regarding the da;es of the 
fishing season on the St. Lawrence. The following reso.u- 
tion was adopted: 
Resolved, That the New- York State TTish, Game and Forest 
League ask the Ang.ers' Association of the St. Lawrence Kiver 
to send tliree delegates to Aiontreal, 1'. O., to represent the JN'cw 
York Slate Fish, oame and h'orest Lecgue at ti.e annual meet- 
ing ol the North Ameruan Fish and Game I'rotective Asso- 
ciation to be he.d at Aion.real during the winter of 1901. 
The Niagara Coun y Anglers' Club was al o authorized 
to hcnd delegates to Montreal in the same manner. 
Letters cf regret were read from C. B. Lapham, of 
Canandaigua, and W. Austin WaJsworUr of Genesee, 
prtsicejit ot the New York State Forest, Fish and Game 
Commission. The former was not feel ng well enough to 
a tend, and on motion of Mr. Wolcott the sympathy' of 
the League was extended to him w.th best wishes for 
his fpecdy recovery. 
W. E. Wolcott offered the following: 
Resolved, That the legislative and law committee of this body- 
be instructed to do a:l in its pDwer to convince the Legislature 
at its coming session of the tact that the force ot State game 
protectors should be increased. 
After speaking briefly in support of the resolution the 
mover asked that Chief Protector Pond express an opin- 
ion on the subject. 
Major Pond said that the State of New York was pay- 
ing out a great deal of money to propagate fish and some 
to propagate game with a force of protectors inadequate to 
protect. If the police force of a c'ty were proper, ionate'y 
as small in numbers it woitld be the laughing stock of the 
people. During a portion of the year half of the force of 
protectors is needed to protect the oyster industry. Then 
there are big ranges of forests to look after, besides the 
other territory. I would also say when the number is 
increased, iticrease the pay a> well. There is a cry go ng 
rp as to why the protectors do not coms here and there, 
but each of the thirty-seven protectors has on an average 
nearly two comities to cover. They receive a salary of 
$500 a year and $450 or $.37.50 per month, for expanse'. 
1 think if there were fifty protectors and they received a 
salary of $900 a year and an allowance of $600 for ex- 
penses, they would do good work. 
W. H. Thompson — The complaint seems to be that they 
don't do their work. If it would induce them do it I 
would be in favor of increasing their pay. Governor 
Odell favors an increase in the number of protectors. 
John H. Forey— The protectors are poorly paid men in 
view of the risks they take and the work they do. I move 
as an amendment that we also recommend that the pay 
of the protectors be increased to $900 a year and $600 for 
expenses. 
The amendment and resolution as amended were 
adopted. 
Dr. Babccck -^poke of the dangers and difficulties wh'ch 
protectors encountered in trying to enforce the game laws 
on Oneida Lake. He said they risked their lives. They 
use up the small amount the State allows them for ex- 
penses, and then often cut into their own salaries in their 
earnest work. 
Mr. Forey spoke of the advisability of the members of 
the League urging the members of the Sena e and .As- 
sembly in their respect've districts to favor the bill regard- 
ing the protectors and their salaries. 
Major Pond said the suggestion was a good one, 
Mr. Thompson sa:d Senator Brown had spoken to him 
about the advisab lity cf an association when it wanted a 
bill passed sending some one to back it up. 
Major Pond said that when help was needed on game 
matters at Albany, all he had to do was to send to Presi- 
dent Lawrence and he wouM pack his grip and come up 
at once. [Applause.] 
Mr. Mowry thought members of the Legislative and 
Law Commit ee should go to Albany to see about bills. 
Mr. Mowry offered resolutions recommend:ng th? ap- 
pointment of Charles C. Ford, of Parish. O-wego coun'y, 
and John L. Perry of Syracuse, as special game protec- 
tors, the latter for the Anglers' Association of Onondaga. 
Adopted. 
Mr. Mowry said that Mr. Perry had been on O^n'da 
Lake three times with the pro:ectors when fish p'rates 
fired at them with rifles. 
President. Lawrence ca'Ied Mr. Wolcott to the cha"r 
and took the floor for a short t'me. He said he had not 
been able to g;et definite information from the chairman of 
the Law Committee as to what had betn done. He 
thought the pres'dent of the League should be ab'e to te',1 
just what was going on. It i- unpleasant for h'm to be 
unable 10 ascertain what committees are doing. Mr. Law- 
rence then resumed the chair. 
Mr. Wood said Mr. MacGr^gor h-^d be^n ill. 
On the suggestion of Mr. Mowry the Nominoting Com- 
mittee was asked to place the president of the League 
cn the Law Committee. A recess was then taken until 
2 P. 
When the convention was again called *o order the 
report of Walter S. MacGregor cliairm?n cf the Legis a- 
tive and Law Committee, which had c^me to hand in the 
meantime, was presented. It was as follows : 
Gentlemen — .'Vs chairman of the Legislative and Law Committee 
ot your bcdy for the past year, 1 desire to report that the 
legislative work of your committee during the year consisted of 
flaming and_ having introduced in the Legislature two bills— one 
to amend Section 100 of the game law so as to prevent the 
pollution of streams, and one to construct fishways in the dams 
of the Seneca and (Iswego rivers. Hostile interests killed the 
first bill in committee, and the exigencies of politics in a 
Presidential election killed the other temporarilv. The fishway 
bill will, be affain presented in the Legislature this winter, and 
the co-operation of the League is asked to secure its passage, as it 
is believed the construction of such fishways wouid soon add 
vastly to the supp y of food and game fish in the lakes and rivers 
of Central fs'ew York. l'"ew pecp.e have studied the subject 
e^('u^ll yet to appreciate the loss in fish caused by high dams 
which have no fishways to enable the fish to return 10 their 
nau.ial spawning Ulqs. 1 lorward two suggestions tor proposed 
amendments to the law, which have been fi;ed wiili me, one 
from G. U. Shields and one with regard to spring shooting 
from Air. Gavitt, 1 regret that at the last moment I find my 
business prevents my being with you. Sincerely yours. 
Waiter S. MacGregor. 
41 Wall Street, New York, 
Mr. Shields mentioned several changes which might 
be made in the game laws. One of them was to the effect 
that the Law Committee be instructed to try and have the 
Legislature pass an act prohibit ng the shooting of any 
kind of game in the spring rnonths. Mr. Gav.tt second. d 
the resolution. 
Some time ago this League was in'-trumental in push- 
ing a bill through prohibit ng spring duck shooting, but 
influences near New York, said the speaker, were too 
much for us. Mr. Gavitt thought it had been thoroughly 
demonstrated that duck shooting was deteriorating so 
that i. would socn be too late to do anything. He feared 
though that if other birds than ducks were inc.uded in 
the bill it might serve to k 11 it. There are some li'-ntcrj 
who want to shoot plover and snipe, and they ni ght ob- 
ject. Mr. Shields said bills would be presented .0 the 
Legislature in at least twenty Slates to proh.b t spring 
shocting. He accepted the amendment suggested by Mr. 
Gavitt and the Law Commit.ee will endeavor to have a 
bill passed making the close season for web-footed wild 
fowl beg n March i. 
Thomas C. Welch said that while half a loaf is better 
than none, it seemed to him that if there wa-; a possible 
chance of getting; a till through proh, biting all kinds of 
spring shooting it should be done; He had found eggs in 
snipe in the spring and if the b'rds were left al'-ne they 
would ne^t near Buffalo. Wild fowl used to breed on 
Niagara River, but they never will again until they are 
left alone in the spring. 
On motion of Mr. Vvelch it was decided to subscribe for 
the service by v/hich bills are sent out from Albany, in 
order that the secretar'es of the various clubs in the 
League may be apprised of what measures are pending in 
the Legislature in regard to fish and game tnatters. Mr. 
Shields spoke of some other suggestions regarding game 
m.atters. among them the following: That the sale of 
game should be stopped r that there should be a uniform 
season for game ; that no man should be allowed to kill 
more than a certain number of b:rds; to make constab'es 
ex officio game wardens; to prohibit the use of snares 
and nets for taking birds arid animals; provid ng for a tax 
on guns; to make the use of dynamite in taking fish a 
penitentiary offense. Mr. Welch told about a Canadian 
boy who came across in a boat and asked a man if he 
had any dynamite car. ridges. They were wanted for fish- 
ing purpises. A great deal of dynamite is used in the 
Niagara River. 
Major Pond — Dynam'te not only kills the fish, but it 
destroys spawning beds and fish food. 
Mr. Welch offered the following, which was adopted: 
Resolved, That the Law and Legislative Committee be instructed 
to frame and introduce a bill in the Le.eisiature requiring al! 
persons selling high explosives within this State to keep a record 
of all sales, showing the name and address of the person to whom 
sold, with the date of sale, and providing a penalty tor vio'ation. 
Also to introduce an amendment striking out from the penalty 
for using dynamite all power to fine. 
Dr. Babcock offered a resolution instructing the Legis- 
lative and Law Committee to assist in the passage of a 
law placing a small bounty on all unlawful nets. He 
said he did not wish to say anything that would reflect on 
the protectors, but almost every summer Oneidi Lake 
is literally filled with nets. The only law wh'ch came 
anywhere near clearing ihe lake of nets was the bounty 
law, but it was repealed because the bounty was too h g'i. 
The speaker suggested a bounty of $5 on a trap net. An- 
other thing in favor of a bounty law, said he, is that it 
would legalize the seizure of nets. 
Messrs. Mowry and Forey also spoke in favor of a ^mall 
bounty on nets. Mr. Welch thought such a bill cou d not 
be passed. He said one man sued his county for $8000 
bounty under the former law. Mr. Worts said the boun'y 
law was a good thing if it were not abused. Dr. Bab- 
cock's re olution was adopted. 
Mr. Shields offered a resolution instructing the Law 
Committee to work for the passage of a law to prohibit 
the sale of game of all kinds at all seasons. Mr. Hicks 
seconded it. Mr. Forey asked to have brook trout in- 
cluded. Mr. Mowry moved as an amendment that the 
Law Committee try to have an act passed prohibit. ng 
the =ale of grouse, quail and woodcock. Carried. 
Mr. Mowry. by request, read a commun ca ion from 
a Syracusan asking if something could not be done to 
get the game law amended so that there wculd be duck 
shooting in central New York. It was the opinion of the 
writer that if batteries could be used on two days in ihe 
week it would do a good deal of good for shooter's in gen- 
eral. It would break up the large flocks of d-.'cks on the 
lake and the birds would then come to the shore blinds. 
Mr. Forey moved that the Law Committee be in;'ru:ted 
to endeavor to have a provision inserted in Sect'on 47, 
Article 3, of the game laws, to the effect that wa 1-eyed 
p'ke less than 13 inches in length sha'l not be int-n ionally 
tal cen. and if taken they shall be rettirned to the water. 
He said that the State hatcheries were outt'ng o'lt millions 
of young pike, but fish p rates are taking sim'l pike bv 
illegal dev'ces. They catch them by tons pike from 6 to 8 
inches long. They are depleting the waters, t.aking biby 
pike, and dispos'ng of them for pan fish. They come 
largely from Oneida Lake. His resoUitim was a 'onted. 
Mr. Mather reported that the Auditing Comnvt'e? had 
examined the book= of he Treasurer and found them cor- 
recL The report of the Treasurer was adopted. 
On motion of Secretary Gould. Aaron Mather, of 
Hnnenye Fails, was elected an honorary member of the 
League. 
President Lawrence urged the members of t'^e. League 
to see that all Proposed amendments to the game, laws 
were in the hands of the Law Committee prior to the an- 
nua' meeting, ■ ' ..> . 
The Nom'nating Committee reported the follow'ng ILst 
of officers for the ensuing year, and the same were dniy 
elected: President. Robert B. Lawrence. New York 
city; Vice-President. W. E. Wolcotti Ulicaj Secretary, 
Ernest G. Gould. Seneca Falls; Treasurer, A. C. Corn- 
wall, Alexandria Bay. Legiblative and Law Committee — 
Chairman, C. hi. Lapham. Lanadaigua; VV. S. MacGregor, 
New York; W. S. Gavitt Lyons; C. H. iMowry, Syacuse. 
Auditing Committee — Aaron Mather, Honeoyc Falls; 
Dr. W. G. Babcock, Cleveland; Jame; Carter. Lockport. 
Biological Committee — ^James Annin, Caledonia; G. B, 
Wocd. Syracuse; W. E. Wolcott, Utica. 
President Lawrence briefly but earnestly thanked the 
League fjr the honor again conferred upon hiin, after 
which the convention adjourned. 
It is probable that a b.ll will be introduced at the 
next session of the Legislature provid ng for a sub- 
stantial appropriation for ihe purchase by ihe Stale of 
additional lands in the Adirondacks. The a.teniion of the 
Legislative and Law Committee of the League has been 
called to the matter, and they have been a.-ked to favor it. 
W. E. Wolcott. 
Utica, Dec. 7. 
Toledo and Thereabouts. - 
The Ocqueoc Club. 
Toledo, O.. Dec. 4. — Toledo, which is always a prcgrcs- 
sive city in all matters perta.ning to field sport-;, has a 
new hunting and fishing club to be known as the O.queoc. 
It has acqu red possession of eighty acres of land on 
Lake Nettie, some foity miles northwest of Alpena, and 
a temporary club house has been erected, which will be 
replaced by a comfor.able and commodious structure in 
the spring. This is a wild and hitherto inaccess.ble sec- 
tion o{ the lower Michigan peninsula, but the Detroit & 
Mackinac Railway has run its tracks within a m le of 
the lake and has agreed to establish a flag station for 
the benefit of the members. There is a spr.nkliiig of 
Pi.tsburg and Cincinnati men in the new organi/ca.inn — 
just enough to keep it from being a purjy local affair— 
and it is the intenf on to have the ciub incorp irated at 
an early date. The membership is limited to sevciiiy-five. 
Quite a number of Toledo hunters have gone up to try 
their luck since the election. 
To Play the Host. 
The Ann Arbor Railway, which had its origin at Toledo, 
extends diagonally across the lower peninnila to its 
northwest corner at Frankfort, on Lake Midi gan. It 
taps in the intervening territory some of the be^t hunt- 
ing and fishing grounds in that portion of the Slate, and 
nearly every station the other side of the univcrMty town 
of Ann Arbor has its adjacent bass lake or trout slreauL 
Frankfort, the northern terminus, is a djlighlfiil summer 
resort and an excellent location for ihe headquarters 
of the hosts of hunters and fishermen who are in search 
of recreation and health, bttj: heretofore it has been .-a.llv 
lacking in adequate acco^iodations for this c'ass o'f 
visitors. The managers of the road have for tlie past two 
or three years realized this deficiency, and in order to 
remedy it, have decided to play the host hereafcr fur 
the benefit of their patrons. Accordinglv. they have iust 
broken ground for a new hotel at Frankfort, on which 
they purpose spending a hundred thousand d illnrs. It 
will contain 210 rooms all equipped and ftirn shed in 
modern style, and ihe rates are to be so low that a plain, 
ordmary ten dollar bill will carrv a man a lonsj time. The 
new hostelry is located on Marquette Island, a snot 
rendered historic as the burial plaee of the revered Path r 
Marquette, and the grounds about the house will be trans- 
formed into an island park which will without doubt add 
greatly to its attractivene-^s. Mr. VV. H. Rennnt the 
general passenger agent, and Mr. J. J. K rby. liis assistant, 
are both enthusiastic over the new enterprise. 
About lh«5 Shooting. 
_ The quail shooting has been be. tor than usual, and it 
js quite possible for Toledo hunters to get a fair day's 
sport within a dozen miles of the city. Quite a numbjr 
of birds have been brought in dur ng the past two or thn e 
days by the farmer boys, who evidently knew where the 
coveys were to be found, and they have proved lo b- in 
fine cond tion. At the fish and game stands thev retail at 
three dollars a dozen. The duck shooting has 'been on y 
moderately good, but the marshes in the viciniiy of t' e 
city have been comfortably full cf hunters since the season 
opened, and these have managed to keep the birds in circu- 
u ea tward of Toledo and along the sru h 
shore of Lake Erie the Winans Po nt. Lacarpe Toussii it 
Cedar Point and West Harbor clubs are loca ed, and in- 
clude 111 their membership many of the mo-^t prom neiit 
and well-to-do citizen^ of New York Brooklvn Phila- 
delphia Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Baltimore and other 
Eastern cities. The incom ng trains during the la-t few 
days have been crowded with sport^^men who are mem- 
bers of these clubs and who are so fortunatelv si.uat-d as 
to be able 10 take a week or so away from tlieir business 
Without having their salaries docked. And to iheir credit 
It should be said that a^ a body thev arc right down g-od 
f7i'ows, in spite of the fact that many of them are million- 
aires. 
The MongolMn Pheasant. 
Early last summer the Ohio Fish and Game Commission 
sent to Major W. R. Leflet. who re^de^ on th- Ottawa 
River a short d stance north of the citv limits three pairs 
ot young Mongolian pheasants, at that time about as 
large as quail. One of the chicks died soon after their 
arrival, but the remaimng five were turned out on the 
Major s farm For a long time nothing was se.n or hca- d 
of them, and it was feared that thev had siiccun.hed to 
the pressure of ihe strenuous life thev were ohl ged to 
live. But of late they have been seen quite frequciitlv. and 
appear to be in the best of health and snirits These 
b rds as the wmter comes on. do not seem to wander 
very far from their wonted heat, which is a .strio of terri- 
tory between the Ottawa and Maumee rivers ahnut three 
miles in \yidth. and occasionally they are found frntern z- 
ing wnh Major Leflefs chickens, with which ihcy had an 
earlier acquaintance. The entire neighborhood is alert to 
care for and preserve these strangers, and it would co 
hard with any one who should undertake to pot ih^m 
The protec ion afforded these birds by the Legislature 
till 1900 has been extended for three years. s-^uire 
The Toledo Cuvrer. 
Mr. John Renner long a resident of Cincinnati, has 
removed lo thi? city and opened a sportsman's J^ead- 
