Forest and Stream. 
A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. 
Copyright, 1901, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1901. 
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j VOL. LVI.— No. 5. 
I No. S46 Broadway, New York 
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THE BOY AND THE DOG. 
There is no more entertaining column in the average 
daih' newspaper than that in which the editor gives his 
readers a free forum in which to air their views on all 
conceivable subjects, from the mast-heading of a city 
hall flag on the occasion of a Queen's demise to the best . 
expedient for solving the dog problem. The dog problem 
in town, it need not be said, is for those who like dogs to 
maintain their dogs and live in amity with their neigh- 
bors who detest dogs. In congested centers of population 
the dog is not infrequently an occasion of bitterness and 
back-biting between very respectable citizens who other- 
wise would be disposed to keep the peace. 
In the country, where folks live under less restraint 
and without the vexatious friction of the town, the 
youngster who joys in the possession of a pet — ^blue- 
blood or mongrel — knows none of this heartburning 
which for his city cousin diminishes in some degree the 
satisfaction found in owning a dog. There is no truer 
friendship than that of the boy and the dog. There are no 
happier days to which the grown man may look back 
with a tender regret for their passing than the days spent 
in the old home fields with the faithful four-footed com- 
panion of youth. Confidence between boy and dog was 
perfect. . The dog perhaps was not a thoroughbred and 
had come into the world minus a pedigree, but the boy 
accepted him for what he was, and in the blessed in- 
genuousness of youth may even have found an occasion 
of added pride in the dog in some characteristic which he 
now knows was highly to the animal's 'discredit as deter- 
mined by the bench show standards. 
And as for the dog, on his part too he took the boy for 
what he was, asking of him no more than that he should 
condescend to make of himself a demigod for unstinted 
confidence, affection and worship. 
If the scientists would devise a way to represent the 
care free happiness of boyhood days in some equivalent 
of foot pounds, the amount of it justly accredited to the 
companionship of boy and dog would be expressed in 
many tons. 
THE SUNDAY SHOOTER. 
Of the two hundred and odd arrests for violation of the 
fish and game laws in Massachusetts last year, more than 
one-quarter were for unlawful shooting on Sunday, and 
yet the reports of the deputy game wardens show that 
there was much less Sunday hunting during that period 
than in any other recent year. This decrease has been 
due in large measure to the activity of the wardens, paid 
and unpaid, who have given special attention to the Sun- 
day shooter. One deputy, for instance, writes, "Although 
ordinarih'- a regular church-goer, I have since my ap- 
pointment been roaming the mountains endeavoring to 
promote a better observance of the Lord's day and at the 
same time to do something for the preservation of the 
game." Our consideration of the Massachusetts law 
against Sunday shooting has to do with its bearing on the 
preservation of the game, and not with any "promotion of 
a better observance of the Lord's day." With Sunday 
hunting as a religious or moral question we have nothing 
to do. We may safely leave that for others who are 
charged with the consideration of such subjects, and we 
are all the more free to do this, now that Representative 
MacCartney, the Unitarian clergyman whs represents 
Rockland in the Massachusetts Legislature, has introduced 
in the House a bill to repeal the law which forbids shoot- 
ing on Sunday. We may leave the clergymen to settle 
among themselves the rights and wrongs of Sunday hunt- 
ing; but certainly all friends and supporters of game 
protection in Massachusetts will oppose opening the day 
tp the Sunday gunner. 
As a rule in Massachusetts, as in all densely populated 
regions, the Sunday gunner is an unmitigated nuisancft. 
He is a type of foreign extraction, and has a foreign 
way of regarding everything that flies or creeps or crawls 
as legitimate game for his gun. In fact, as a rule he 
does not hunt true game, but pots the song birds and 
pursues them on territory where he has no right to be. 
He is a trespasser, an invader of private property, and the 
Massachusetts farmer or other land owner ought not to be 
compelled to be on the alert to chase Sunday shooters off 
his fields. When we take into account the annoyance 
Sunday hunting creates and the innocent bird slaughter 
it involves, we are astonished at the action of Representa- 
tive MacCartney. If the desired repeal is in behalf of the 
wildfowl gunners, the purpose could be better attained by 
the adoption of an amendment proposed the same day by 
Representative Gardner, to permit the taking of fish and 
the shooting of water fowl and marsh game birds on Sun- 
day. But even this would not be a desirable change. The 
granting of one day of immunity to the game in the fields, 
on the marsh and on the waters is wise and profitable 
from a game preservation point of view. Certainly this 
step to open Sunday shooting will not have the support 
of the officials and the associations who are most closely 
concerned with Massachusetts game protection and most 
active in its promotion. 
that furnish good salmon fishing and that are easily 
reached often amount to several thousands of dollars an- 
nually, and one can have fishing at moderate cost only 
through invitation from some lessee. 
OUR ILLUSTRATION SUPPLEMENTS. 
We give to-day the last of a series of four illustration 
supplements. The subjects as printed are as follows: 
Nov. 3. — In the Fence Corner. By Wilfred P. Davison. 
Dec. I. — When Food Grows Scarce. By Wilfred P. 
Davison. 
Jan. 5. — Quail Shooting in Mississippi. By Edm. H. 
Osthaus. 
Feb. 2. — In Boyhood Days. By Wilfred P. Davison. 
These pictures of outdoor life many a reader has been 
good enough to tell us have given much satisfaction, and 
have been looked for as a very welcome feature of Forest 
AND Stream. Others are in preparation, the subjects and 
dates of publication to be announced later. 
SALMON RIVERS. 
A correspondent inquires : "Please inform me where I 
can obtain salmon fishing next summer at moderate cost 
and with a certainty of success. American rivers of the 
Atlantic coast." 
The latter part of the question is more easily answered 
than the first. Salmon are apt to rise well to the fly when 
the weather and water conditions are favorable on almost 
any of the Atlantic coast streams during the run. It is 
usually necessary to make more or less study of a stream 
in order to know when the run occurs, in which parts of 
the stream the salmon stop to rest and which flies are most 
attractive. There is free fishing on the Penobscot, St. 
Croix and Denny's rivers in Maine; in some of the Nova 
Scotia streams, and in nearly all of the Newfoundland 
streams. The salmon fishing on the Penobscot River is 
confined practically to the pool at Bangor, and the pool is 
crowded with fishermen. The short series of pools on the 
St. Croix River at Calais furnish very good fishing, but 
the fishing is almost in the city, and one does not have 
the outing that adds' to the charm of such royal sport. 
The Denny's River fishing has recently been ruined by a 
saw mill at the head of tide water. Almost all of the 
larger Nova Scotia streams furnish free salmon fishing, 
but as at Bangor, the pools are apt to be so crowded with 
fishermen that there is unpleasant interference. In Cape 
Breton and in Prince Edward Island the fishing is free, 
but the streams are for the most part so small that salmon 
do not run up to spawn until the breeding season is 
close at hand. 
The Newfoundland streams at present afford the best 
free salmon fishing, and a large number of the rivers of 
both the east and west coasts abound in salmon. If New- 
foundland becomes a Canadian possession there will prob- 
ably be no free fishing, and no salmon rivers to be bought, 
as the, Canadian Governmes-t is cognizant of the value of 
such properties, and its policy is to lease rather than to 
sell. A number of Canadian salmon rivers are offered 
for lease annually at a moderate rental, say from $200 to 
$500 for the season, but these rivers are so inaccessible 
that the whole cost of the trip is apt to amount to a con- 
siderable sum— more than would be egJIed moderate by 
the average fisherman. The rentals of the Canadian rivers 
NEW YORK'S FISH AND GAME INTERESTS. 
The report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission 
of New York State, portions of which will be found else- 
where in this issue of Forest and Stre.\m, is a notable 
document. It is highly gratifying and most unusual on 
account of the positive ground that it takes and the ad- 
mirable recommendations that it makes to the Legislature. 
Among the recommendations are: 
That the Constitution shall be so amended as to pro- 
vide for the practice of forestry on State lands and the 
sale of dead, dying or mature timber under proper safe- 
guards. 
That authority be given to the Commission to set aside 
certain portions of the State lands as game refuges, and 
absolutely to prohibit the killing of wild animals on these 
refuges. 
That the anti-hounding law be permanently extended, 
and that no dogs of any breed which will pursue deer be 
allowed m the woods at any time. 
That the killing of does be prohibited at all times. 
That spring duck shooting be forbidden. 
To these is added an urgent plea for the better pro- 
tection of the streams of the State from pollution. As 
the Commission well says, this is a matter of vital im- 
portance, and not to be dismissed as having to do merely 
with the lives of some fishes, the pleasure of some anglers 
or the dividend of some pulp mills. It has to do with 
the water which we drink and which we use in all our in- 
dustries. It is a strong appeal for real action on the part 
of the Legislature to protect the people at large. 
It were too much to hope ^ that all the good things 
recommended in this report should at once come to pass, 
yet it is certainly most encouraging to find that the Com- 
mission realizes that the forests of the State should be so 
used as to produce an income and that for advice and 
assistance in this matter they have gone to the best man in 
the country. The recommendations as to game refuges 
and as to closing streams to public fishing for a brief 
period are highly commendable, nor will there be much 
difference of opinion with regard to the wisdom of per- 
manently prohibiting the killing of does and the for- 
bidding of spring shooting. 
SNAP SHOTS. 
At the meeting of the Adirondack Guides' Association 
last week the honorary president. Dr. Kendall, celebrated 
in well chosen words the high character of these men of 
the North Woods as the trusted guardians of those who 
are committed to their care. The record in this respect 
held by the Adirondack guides is a credit to American 
manhood. Some of us can remember how a few years 
ago, when a so-called North Woods guide was guilty of 
a gross betrayal of his trust, the true guides of the region 
indignantly denied that the man was of their guild or 
deserved the title of Adirondack guide, and they proved 
their case, much to their own satisfaction and to that of all 
others who rejoiced to see the woodsmen relieved of a 
stigma. 
We give elsewhere some extracts from the report of 
the Massachusetts Commission of Inland Fisheries and 
Game. Under the able management of Chairman Collins 
and his associates, the game and fish interests of Massa- 
chusetts have assumed an importance in the public estima- 
tion not heretofore accorded them. The work of stock- 
ing the waters and protecting them when stocked and of 
increasing and conserving the game supply in the covers 
has been put on a business basis. Massachusetts affords 
an admirable example of what any State may do to defend 
and promote its native resources, if once the task be given 
into the charge of competent and earnest and diligent 
trustees. 
A bill has been introduced in the Maine Legislature 
providing for a thousand-dollar fine for shooting a human 
being in the woods. We have had much speculation from 
time to time as to what the effect of a statute against mis- 
taking man for beast would amount to ; now let us trust 
that Maine mil actiially put the plan to a test 
