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an adjournment took place for Ititicheon: "That the pUt- 
suing, shooting at or killing of any of the animals or 
birds specified in the foregoing tecomniendations should 
be entirely prohibited at all otnef tilttea than those speci- 
fied in such recomraendatioos." 
Tag and Coupon System. 
tn the aftei-ttooH the following feGotllfnendatton was 
agreed to without discussioti; 
"that the tag and cottpon system iti Use in Ontario and 
Michigan be adopted by all the PtoVinces and States, and 
thst marketmen, game dealers, buyers, sellers attd tan- 
ners of deer, moose and caribou skins, and proprietors of 
hunting camps be duly licensed, if such a system can be 
legally so arranged, by the chief game authorities of the 
Stiltes and t'foviildes. to whom they shall periodically re- 
port." ^ 
The next recommendation r^ad: 
"That the possession, sale and exportation of all game 
birds and animals should be prohibited after the expiry 
of fifteen days after the close of the open season for the 
birds or animals, as the case may be, in each State or 
Province in which taken or killed, each article to be ac- 
companied by a coupon from a license authorizing the 
kill'ng or capture of the same in such State or Province." 
Mr. N. E. Cormier thought that the recommendation 
went a litfle too far, as it interfered with the rights of the 
ihdividual. tt ttiight happen that a person legally obtained 
game during the open season, but did not desire to eat 
it until later! and yet. under this recommendation, it would 
be unlawful for him to have it in his possession more than 
fifteen days after the close season came in. There should 
be a clause in the law to protect the private individual 
who wished to store game in cold storage for his own use. 
Mr. C. E. Oak expressed the opinion that game, if 
lawfully obtained, could he held until the day of judgment 
by a person, if he wished to do so. The transportation 
and sale of it was a different matter altogether. 
Mr. D. G. Smith remarked that many high authorities 
held that such a law was ultra vires. That was a ques- 
tion, however, which he did not want to raise, and he 
thought they had better let the law stand as it is. 
Mr. J. McCombie did not think that the law was meant 
for the private individual at all, but. for the pot-hunter 
and game dealer. 
Mr. S. T. Bastedo said that the Ontario law had worked 
admirably. It provided for the game dealer and the pri- 
vate individual, and there had been no bother in connec- 
tion with it. I J 
The committee's recommendation was adopted. 
After the following had been concurred in, the com- 
mittee's report was adopted eit bloc : 
"That a bounty sufficient to insure the trapping of 
wolves should be offered in Quebec, Ontario and New 
Brunswick, where these pests are sufficiently numerous 
to be a detriment to the game supply, and that the mini- 
mum amount of such bounty should be fifteen dollars." 
Extend Association's Work. 
It was moved by Mr. C. E. E. Ussher, seconded by Mr. 
C. E. Oak: 
"Whereas, The results, so far, show that the federation 
of the fish and game interests of the eastern border States 
and Provinces, which at present constitute the North 
.American Fish and Game Protective Association, has ac- 
compHshed and wiU do excellent work in the directions 
set forth in the constitution of this association; and 
"Whereas, Although we desire to further the objects of 
this association by the accession of all the western border 
Sta;es and Provinces, we believe the long distances sepa- 
rating them, and necessitating many miles of travel to at- 
tend meetings, will prevent the practicable operating of 
an association embracing all the border States and 
Provinces from the Atlantic to the Pacific; and 
"Whereas, It is our belief that the objects for which 
this association was formed can be furthered by the for- 
mation, as soon as it can be arranged conveniently, of 
such other groups or federations of the fish and game in- 
terests of the border States and Provinces as may be 
suitable, with an extension of the same idea, at such later 
date as it may be feasible, to cover all North America 
with such federations; and 
"Whereas, It is desirable, if such federations be formed, 
that those which are contiguous should keep in touch to 
the extent at least of sending one or more delegates to 
each other's annual meetings; therefore, be it 
"Resolved, That the secretary of this association is 
hereby instructed to send, as soon as printed, a copy of 
this preamble and resolution, together with a copy of the 
printed proceedings of this meeting and the constitution 
and by-laws, to the chief game and fish authorities of 
Minnesota, Manitoba, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, 
British Columbia and Washington, and the Northwest 
Territories, of Alberta. Assiniboia and Saskatchewan, as 
a respectful suggestion from this association for their 
earnest consideration." 
This was unanimously adopted. 
On the recommendation of the Committee on Nomina- 
tions. Senator Power, of Halifax, was apointed Nova 
Scotia's representative on the Executive Committee, and 
Mr. E. A. Davis, of Bethel, was put upon the same com- 
mittee to represent Vermont, in place of Mr. J. W, Tit- 
comb, who had been elected president. 
It was moved by Mr. Smiley, seconded by- Dr. Drum- 
niond, and unanimously agreed to: "That this associa- 
tion draw the attention of the Department of the Interior 
of the Dominion of Canada to the fact that large numbers 
of moose and caribou are being destroyed in Vukon Ter- 
ritory, and request that some protective measures be 
adopted or put in force in that region." 
The Laccy Bill. 
Mr. C. E. Oak remarked that the most important and 
far-reaching legislation which has been enacted in the 
United tSates for many years was what was known as the 
Lacey bill, which passed Congress last May. The object 
of the bill was to prevent the shipping of fish or game 
from one State to another, contrary to the laws of the 
State from which it was shipped. The Lacey bill, how- 
ever, was not international, and. therefore, he moved to 
the effect that the association favor the amendment of the 
Lacey bill in such form as to prohibit, under penalty of 
forfeiture of foods and oi imprisonment of Qf?en4erP. ttie 
bringing into the United States any fish or game, furs, 
Of fef-bearing animals that had been killed or had m 
possession m violation of the laws of the State or country 
in which the same had been killed, or in which any such 
fish or game should be unlawfully had in possession nnder 
or by the laws of the State into which any such fish or 
game be brought into the United S'ates. That the presi- 
dent transmit a copy of the resolution to the Hon. Mr. 
Lacey with the request that he make such efforts as he 
cati to carry the resolution into effect; and that Canadian 
legislators be urged to enact similar laws, with the above 
amendments. 
This was seconded by Mr, C. E. E. Ussher and'unani- 
moasly carried. 
Mr. C. H. Wilson referred to the subject of spring 
shooting, and said that the State of New York seemed 
to be, with one exception, the principal aggressor in the 
matter. He contended that if .spring shooting was abol- 
ished there would soon be a very large quantity of marsh 
ducks in the State of New York. 
Mr. Parker said that spring shooting had been abolished 
for some years in Ontario, and with very beneficial re- 
sults. There was no doubt that spring shooting had done 
more to decrease the number of waterfowl than all other 
causes put together. If anything could be done to stop 
spring shooting, there. would be fair and reasonab'e 
shooting for all time to come, in the fall. It was the 
bounden duty of every true sportsman to bring all 
pressure possible to bear to have this miserable and bar- 
barous practice abolished. 
Abolish Spring Shooting. 
On the motion of Mr. N. E. Cormier, seconded by Dr. 
Drummond, it was agreed that, as the general laws of the 
adjoining States and Provinces, except those of New 
York and Quebec, prohibited spring shooting of water- 
fowl, and as it was desirable that such shooting should be 
prohibited by the laws of all the adjoining States and 
Provinces, the association petition the legislators of the 
State of New York and the Province of Quebec to enact 
a law which will prohibit spring shooting of waterfowl in 
that State and Province. 
Mr. C. E. Oak made mention of the fact that some 
associations lent themselves as advertising mediums, and 
after expressing the hope that the North American Fish 
and Game Protective Association would ever keep clear 
of this, he moved: "That it is the sense of this association 
that it should in no respect serve as an advertising 
medium for any sportsman's resort, sporting goods, rail- 
road or steamboat lines, or anything else in the way of 
merchandise or transportation." 
This was seconded by Air. Ussher and unanimously 
adopted. 
The president reported, on behalf of the Executive 
Committee, that they recommend that the next annual 
meeting be held in Vermont, the selection of the place 
being left in the hands of the president. 
Tins was agreed to, after a little discussion. 
Dr. Drummond called attention to the fact that* at the 
last meeting a resolution was adopted for transmission to 
the diflierent Legislatures, but which had not yet been 
forwarded, objecting to the remission by State officials 
or governments of fines imposed on offenders against the 
game law.s, or suspension of sentence, for any reason, 
political or otherwise. 
The motion was reaffirmed, and the permanent officials 
were requested to send copies thereof to the different 
governments. 
This concluded the business of the meeting. 
Pheasants on Vancouver Island. 
People in the United States are rather given to be- 
lieving that in game protection, the handling of Indians 
and some other matters the Dominion of Canada is much 
more effcient than our State or Federal Government. In 
some matters this belief may have foundation in fact, but, 
whether true or not, the Canadian Provincial Govern- 
ment certainly have their troubles in regard to game 
protection, and there are in Canada, as in the United 
States, men whose savage and selfish instincts lead them 
to violate the game laws and thus to take a most unfair 
advantage of their fellow men, who may be just as keen 
sportsmen, but are more law-abiding. 
The following from the Cumberland (B. C.) News tells 
of the ruthless destruction of pheasants in the central part 
of Vancouver Island, and calls for action by the authori- 
ties. The News preaches good doctrine: 
Many and loud are the complaints of law-abiding 
sportsmen of the flagrant breaking of the game laws in 
our district, especially regarding pheasants. It is au- 
thoritatively asserted that these birds, not only cocks, but 
hens also, are being brought into town every day by 
men who pretend to call themselves sportsmen. In this 
respect the law is thrice broken. Pheasants of both sexes 
are by law protected at present. Hens are protected at 
all times, and it is now the close season for all these birds. 
This protection is all on paper. The pot-hunter, who is 
far lower in instinct than the savage, goes fearlessly on his 
murderous way, slaying the helpless birds which by all 
written and moral laws he should protect. The savage 
will kill a bird when hunger and food necessity com- 
pels him. The pot-hunter — let us call him the avicidc — 
kills at all times, and no wonder need be felt if he kills 
the hen pheasant or the grouse while sitting on her nest. 
Indeed, that will probably be what he will do, for then 
he will not be risking a miss at a flying bird. It should 
be borne in mind that these birds were brought here, kept 
and fed, and then turned loose to breed, at a good deal of 
expense and a large amount of trouble, and those who 
wantonly kill them now are not only breaking the law of 
the land but are ruthlessly destroying the fruits of the 
labors of a few who were disinterested enough to go to 
the trouble and expense to provide a source of sport to 
all. It is the intention of some of the last mentioned 
class to subscribe funds to introduce the Virginia quail 
into the neighborhood of our town, which bird, besides 
being the leading gallinaceous game bird of America, is 
also, instead of being destructive, of great benefit to 
agriculture, being a destroyer of insects of all kinds. All 
who are interested will voluntarily bind themselves to 
protect these birds for a term of years, irrespective^ of 
any law, snd ynW promisf! to promptly inform and bring 
to justice any person found destroying them. One some- 
times hears a complaint that some farmers will not allow 
shooting on their places. We say that the farmer who 
does so is worthy of the highest commendation, and we 
are in a position to assert positively that this stand was 
taken by some of the leading farmers of the district be- 
cause the ubiquitous pot-hunter would follow the pheas- 
ants right to the doors of the barnyards, without as much 
as "by your leave," when those same farmers had all 
summer long been caring for a brood of the birds for 
the pleasure of having them about, and we further say 
that we are willing to wager that we personally can ob^ 
tain permission from any farmer in the district to shoot 
over his place in season, and in moderation. And so can 
any true sportsman — which means one who can ask per- 
mission, and, which gained, can shoot moderately, not 
murderously. Meanwhile in the case of the pheasants 
being killed, the police should take a hand. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
All About the Ndlionat Parks. 
Feb. I.— Dr. C. P. Ambler, of Asheville, N. C, secre- 
tary of the Appalachian National Park .Association, wr'tes 
under date of Jan. 25 as below regarding the very flatter- 
ing success which seems to be attending the movement for 
a big reserve of lands in that beautiful region of the 
South, which ought alwaj-s to remain dear to American 
hearts and be kept pure for American eyes, since it was 
the home and starting place of the American Tfe which 
later broke over the Appalachians to build the West: 
"We are still pushing the Appalachian National Park 
movement. I inclose you a copy of the special message 
from the President to the Senate and House pertaining to 
our movement, and also a letter from the Secretary of 
Agriculture to the President regarding the same. You 
will find that both the President and Secretary recom- 
mend an appropriation for the purpose of establishing a 
national forest reserve in the Southern Appalachians, and 
upon their recommendation our Senators and Congress- 
men have introduced a bill praying for an appropriation 
of five million dollars into the Senate arid House. 
"The success which we have met up to this- time, and I 
must say that such indorsement from the President and 
the Secretary of Agriculture are good indorsements, has 
been secured, first, by everlastingly sticking at it, and sec- 
ond, by organizing and laying plans and then following 
them out to the letter. As you know, we organized about 
two years ago, and the work from that time to this has 
been pursued along lines which were then agreed upon. 
We believe we are going to win." 
TThe message from President McKinley reads thiis: 
"To the Senate and House of Representatives: 
"I transmit herewith, for the information of the Con- 
gress, a letter from the Secretary of Agricuhure, in which 
he presents a preliminary report of investigations upon the 
forests of the southern Appalachian Mountain region. 
Upon the basis of the facts established by this investiga- 
tion, the Secre'ary of Agriculture recomntends the pur- 
chase of land for a national forest reserve in western 
North Carolina, eastern Tennessee and adjacent States. I 
.commend to the favorable consideration of the Congress 
the reasons upon which the recommendation rests. 
"William McKinley." 
As to the region in question, i s fitness for the purpose 
of a national reserve is unquestioned. "Where." asks the 
writer of some of its descriptions, "can you find such 
rare natural beauty as in western North Carohna and 
eastern Tennessee, or, more definitely speaking, in the 
Great Smoky Mountains, the Balsam Mounta'ns, and 
the Black and Craggy moun ains? Here are the most 
beautiful as well as the highest mountains east of the 
lofty Western ranges; forty-three mountains of over 6000 
feet in altitude, as well as a great number of inferior 
height, all clothed with virgin forests and intersecied by 
deep valleys, abounding in brooks, rivers and waterfalls, 
combine to make this region one of unsurpassed attrac- 
tiveness." 
A Ntw Mexican Patfc. 
And now comes yet another movement for a national 
park, this time from New Mexico, and like all the other 
enterprises of similar nature which have been coming up, 
of great merit and desirability. It is likely that few parts 
of the country are less generally known than the far 
Southwest, and to have some of it kept unchanged, as it 
has been for centuries in the slow sun of that ancient 
region, is something to be hoped. The bill introduced 
calls this a cliff dweller^' park, and the Washington dis- 
pa ches have this regarding it: 
"At the urgent request ol the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Commi'^sioncr of the General L,and OiSce b lis 
have been introduced in the House and Senate, and favor- 
ably reported from the Public Lands Committees, setting 
aside 153.620 acres of land in the Territory of New 
Mexico as a public park, 'o be known as the Cliff 
Dwellers' National Park. The object is to preserve the 
prehistoric caves and ruins and other works and relics 
wh'ch abound in this reservation, which are looked upon 
by scientists as of the greatest value to the scientific 
world. 
"Special Agent James D. Mankin, of the Land Office, in 
a report to the Land Office, says: 
" 'The coun ry is a plateau varying from 6,000 feet in 
altitude on the cast to g 000 feet on the west. It is evi- 
dently of volcanic origin. 
" 'The district is noted ch'efly for the remains of pre- 
historic civilization with which it is covered.' " 
There is this to be said in favor of the New Mexican 
park, that it contains nothing which the Hon. Thomas 
ShevHn. of Minneapolis, wants. Were this not the case 
it might be well for the Government at Washington to 
consult with the Hon. Thomas before taking any further 
hasty steps in this mat:,er. 
The Minnesota National Park. 
And this is the last from Washington about the 
Minnesota National Park, which is so near and dear to all 
dwellers ol the Northwest: 
"The bill proposed by Ueprcsentative Eddy, modifying 
the Nelson law. will probably be introduced Jan. 30. Mr. 
E44y sn4 T- B, Walker, of Misneapolis, m4 Manager 
