406 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 25, igoi. 
Well, as some readers are interested in diversified 
sports, we will give them one on bears. The incident 
took place near Cox, Taylor county, Wis., in November, 
1899, near the house' of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Little. _A 
party oi us spent our outing last fall with the same genial 
family, and the person, Mr. Sholts, from near Palmyra, 
Wis., who was there for his health, had been the princi- 
pal in the contest the year before. He was then in such 
low physical condition that only on pleasant days could 
he get along the roadside within a half mile of the house. 
He had already shot with his rifle two deer from among 
the cattle, which were in a small fi^eld near the house, 
and having taken his shotgun, he went out one day for 
a few pheasants. After getting only a few rods from the 
house, he said he had a foreboding that something would 
happen. He returned and gave Mrs. Little his purse, 
saying he had queer feelings. Then he took three buck- 
shot cartridges and started down the road, in sight of 
the house, where there was a cross road with a brushy 
thicket. He had just entered the thicket when he caught 
sight of a bear cub. He changed from fine shot and put 
in buckshot, as his gun was a breechloader, and shot the 
cub dead. Then he went up and bled it, and while he 
was doing this another cub came in sight, which he shot 
and wounded. It then put forth such a cry that tlie 
mother came to its rescue and started for him, when he 
let her have the contents of the other barrel, with the last 
load of large shot, which killed her. The scene that fol- 
lowed was the one that shocked the old hunter the worst. 
The fourth bear— the old male one, nearly as large as a 
cow— had espied him and was making for him, only a 
few rods distant. Only one barrel w^as loaded and that 
with fine shot, which he let the bear have in the head 
and eyes, and while the old fellow sat up, rubbing his 
eyes and face with his paws and crying, Mr. Sholts went 
around the thicket and wended his way slowly back to 
the house in a completely exhausted condition. Mrs. 
Little and daughter being at home had heard the shoot- 
ing, 'and as soon as they were informed by Mr. Sholts of 
the encounter, they got some neighbors together and 
went to the place and found three dead bears. The day 
following dogs and men followed the one shot last, but 
lost the trail without getting him. O. S. S. 
La Crosse, Wis. 
Massachusetts Association. 
68 Devonshire Street, Boston, May 20. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: The Massachusetts Fish and Game Pro- 
tective Association held its last dinner meeting of the 
season at the Copley Square Hotel on Thursday evening, 
May 16. There was a very good attendance considering 
that several of our most active members are away on fish- 
ing trips, as is always the case at this time of the year. 
The announcement that Hon. J. R. Thayer, of Worces- 
ter, would speak on the benefits of hunting and fishing 
to people of .sedentary habits awakened an interest among 
our members to hear what the distinguished Congress- 
man and President of the Worcester Fur Company might 
say. 
After speaking in commendation of all outdoor sports 
as tending to develop muscular energy and alertness,^ and 
. to counteract the natural tendency to inaction and laziness 
as people advance in years, he pictured in glowing colors 
the excitement incident to fox hitnting as well _ as the 
delight with which after the day is over the participants 
in the hunt rehearse the events of the chase. 
Mr. Thayer put in a plea for "the under dog," as he 
characterized the class of sportsmen who can hunt and 
fish only on Sunday. He said that in his opinion the golden 
mean between open and flagrant violation of Sunday and a 
moderate indulgence in sport in secluded places where no 
one would be disturbed by the firing of a gun was a 
matter difficult to attain by legislation. 
The too rigid enforcement of Sundaj"^ laws, he said, 
might provoke a reaction that would be disastrous to 
the interests of protection, and it would be the part of 
wisdom "to wink" at some things. 
Mr. A. B. F. Kinney followed with several anecdotes - 
touching upon his observations of Mr. Thayer on various 
occasions and which he characterized as "founded on 
fact," and excited a good deal of merriment on Mr. 
Thayer's part and of all those present. 
President Reed presided with his usual facility and re- 
ported for the committee to purchase and distribute quail 
that twenty-three dozen had been serrt out to fourteen 
localities, and that reports from the recipients showed 
that about 90 per cent, reached their destination in good 
condition. 
There were fifteen names proposed for membership, and 
the candidates were elected as follows : Ezra C. Fitch, 
Waltham; Dr. M. A. Morris, Charlestown; Charles E. 
Dresser, Leominster; H. W. Abbott, Boston; Frank Fal- 
lon, Medford; George B. Dodge, Boston; Nathaniel C. 
Nash, Boston; Wilbur F. Blake, Wollaston; Dr. Wm. 
Sturges Bigelow, Boston; Z. T. Hollingsworth, Cohasset; 
Edward L. Osgood, Hopedale; Charles H. Taylor, Jr., 
Boston; Dr. I. M. Lovett, Boston; Paul Butler, Lowell; 
Charles Bradburj', Boston; Charles C. Richards, Boston; 
John Read, Cambridgej; Edw^ard Read, Cambridge; R. 
Wilton Lockwood, Boston; Charles C. Clapp, Boston; O. 
R. Dickey, Wellington; Wm. O. Taylor, Boston. 
H. H. Kimball, Secretary. 
Death of Gaido* 
We regret to learn of the death of W. A. Wheatley, of 
Memphis, Tenn., who as Guido was widely known to the 
sportsmen of this country by his contributions to Forest 
AND Stream. This is the estimate of him as written by 
one who knew him well: 
''Few men in Memphis could claim so many close and 
enduring friendships as this quiet and genial-hearted gen- 
tleman. He cared little for general society, preferring the 
companionship of his intimates, but to them his associa- 
tion was a rare pleasure. Highly educated and cultured in 
his tastes, he was a rarely good talker and as a raconteur 
he had few equals. In other years he was ardently devoted 
to field sports, but of late he had been compelled to aban- 
don those cherished enjoyments. It is perhaps safe to 
say that Mr. Wheatley was absolutely without enemies, 
and by his friends he will be ^remembered as a brave and 
gallant soldier and a most courteous and honorable gen- 
Beman." 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
The Minnesota Pine Lands, 
No one interested in the success of the Minnesota 
park project need let his heart be troubled. There is an 
exceedingly strong likelihood that we shall see in Min- 
nesota forest reservation, although it is not likely that 
there will be any Congressional junket for the pur- 
pose of investigation. Upon the contrary, there is very 
likely to be one of those deadly still hunts, undertaken 
by one or two officials who are strictly in earnest and 
who will go to the bottom of the facts regarding the tim- 
ber on the Indian reservation in Minnesota. Col. John 
S. Cooper, of Chicago, is as blue eyed and as enthusias- 
tic as he ever has been in regard to the success of this 
movement for a Minnesota park. He seems to be the 
real agent, specially appointed by fate to see this thing 
through. The Minnesota park ought to be called the 
Cooper Memorial Reserve. 
Every year and every month the dishonest and dis- 
gracejul actions of the lumbering companies on the Min- 
nesota reservations come more and morJe into the full 
light of day. After awhile we shall come to the truth 
regarding the way the property of the United S ates and 
the Indian tribes has been handled in Minnesota. 
The following- is the latest news from Minneapolis on 
this question, sent o.ut under date of April 20: 
"The Journal to-da}^ prints a.page report of its inves.i- 
gatitins into the depredations on the Chippewa Indian 
reservations this winter by logging contractor's under the 
'dead and down' act. In almost every camp quantities 
of green timber have been cut. In many instances the 
logging contractors openly admitted illegal cutting. The 
special Government inspectors found that out of 49.000,- 
000 feet Ciit this winter q. 000.000 feet has been illegally 
cut. 
"Joseph R. Farr, the special inspector sent to invest - 
gate by Indian Commissioner Jones, has forced the lum- 
bermen who buy these logs of the contractors to pay for 
them at $Tr a thousand, thus securing for the Indian 
fund $100,000 extra. 
"Captain W. A. Mercer, the Indian agent at Leech 
Lake, has closed up several camps entirely. He and Mr. 
Farr have gone to Chicago to report to Commissioner 
Jones." . - 
The Value of the Gotdoot Air. 
It should not be forgotten that one of the most promi- 
nent influences brought to bear in this movement for the 
establishment of the Minnesota park is that wielded by 
the State Board of Health of Minnesota in its attempt 
to establish a forfest sanitarium. A wilderness of black- 
ened stumps does not appeal to the invalid as does the 
wilderness of the cathedral pines, covering a floor car- 
peted with soft and odorous needles, and carrying in 
their boughs the whisperings of rest and comfort. There 
is medicine in the outdoor air, but first you must get 
the ailing person out of doors. No man can measure the 
value which this Minnesota park would have for the 
strong or the weak, the healthy or the ailing of the people 
of the country. To an imprejudiced mind it might seem 
that the welfare of these many handicapped ones should 
not be placed second to that of the financial well being 
of lumbermen who have already enough of this world's 
goods. E. Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, 111. 
G)nnectict*t Adopts the Planfc, 
New London, Conn., May 14, — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Legislature has enacted a law providing 
that for two years no person shall sell or have in his 
possession to sell any ruffed grouse, called partridge, quail 
or woodcock. For such an offense a fine of $50 oc im- 
prisonment for thirty days or both is ordered. 
The Legislature is made up by a large majority of 
farmer representatives in House and Senate, and this is 
a very strong indication that our farmers do think. The 
market-hunters who infest every village and hamlet of 
the State, in conjunction with the Game Dealers' Associa- 
tion, have nearly exterminated the game as well as other 
birds, and the farmers have voted a halt for at least two 
years. There was a strong opposition, and we owe the 
success of the measure to the sturdy defense of the Hon. 
x\rthur B. Calkins, chairman of the Committee on Fish- 
eries and Game, and his committee, made up of intelligent 
men. Mr. Calkins is every inch a true sportsman, and 
has earned the lasting praise of the sportsmen of not only 
Connecticut, but the whole Union. He has struck at 
the root of the whole evil of garne bird extermination — 
the sale and marketing of game. Stop the sale of game 
and it will increase. James H. Hill. 
To Go Axoimd the World* 
The folder recently published by the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company announcing its fourteen round-the- 
world tours is a novel marvel of interest and informa- 
tion. These tours take the traveler from Washington 
or New York to San Francisco, Japan, China, India, 
Italy, France, and England, and back to New York; or 
from San Francisco, through the South Sea Islands, to 
Australia, Northern Africa, Italy, and England, and so 
home again. 
The folder is intended primarily for use abroad, so 
that travelers from Great Britain and Europe may learn 
how to see the most of this country, and having done 
that, to return by way of the East to their homes. 
The great map which accompanies it is a superb 
piece of mapmaking, and must interest every one who 
sees it. The cost of railroad and steambship fares, in- 
cluding meals and berths on a steamship, ranges from 
$642 to $680, and the time limit is twelve months from 
the date of sailing. It is truly said that considering the 
accommodations on shipboard included in the rates 
named, it would almost seem cheaper for a person having 
sufficient leisure to make a trip around the world than 
to stay at home. 
These folders can be obtained at any of the principal 
ticket offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 
— ^ — 
Projjrietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forbst ahb stekam. 
A Summer on the Severn. 
To the one who takes his summer outing each season 
it is a hard matter to tell when vacation begins and 
when it ends, for one anticipates the pleasures of the 
one. to be and lives over and over again all the charms 
of the many vacations past and gone. Still there are 
special events of unusual interest that serve as anchors 
for many minor events that go to make up our recol-' 
lection, and if asked when my last vacation began I 
would say the second Saturady of last June, when Mart 
Kinzer, an interesting boy of 15, drove me eight miles 
into the country for moss to pack angle worms we ex- 
pected to gather later in the month. We drove north 
and soon saw far to the rear the smoke hanging over 
grimy Pittsburg like the mantle of blackness that hangs 
over Mt. Vesuvius. 
Our journey ended some eight miles out, and hard by 
was a large carp pond and two poachers were busy 
seining the same. 
They had taken in their nets about a hundred carp 
and had them nicely concealed in two large milk cans. 
None of the fish would go a pound and most were mere 
minnows. Those ruthless robbers bemoaned their hard 
luck. The older one said three years ago he had seined 
the same pond and taken ido pounds at the first haul. 
On a fine sloping bank we gathered two bushels or 
more of fine moss and at noon we sat down under a 
big black oak tree to lunch. Mart said, "if there is one 
thing mamma can do well it is the putting up a nice 
lui;.ch," and the contents of that basket showed Mart 
WHS right, as the boy usually is. We unharnessed Bob, 
fed him and watered him, and then strolled up a valley 
full of ferns, flowers and birds' nests to a spring that 
came out of the rock by a gnarled old birch tree, where 
we had a fine drink; and also the chance of seeing at 
close range the pranks of a pair of "Kentucky cardinals." 
The drive home ended the first series of events imme- 
diately prior to our summer outing. The second series 
came a week later. All day we had warm showers, and a 
drenching rain at nightfall. I borrowed Dr. Lucas' 
lantern and my boy and I went out in search of the big 
angle worms that come out on the grass after dark after 
a rain. The ground was covered with them. Worms 
eight and ten inches long, and as thick as a lead pencil. 
Now there is real sport in catching these worms. They 
lie with one end of the body in their holes and quick 
as a flash they can dart down in. It requires considera- 
ble skill to catch them. I had a patent bucket full of 
worms bj' midnight and by 2 o'clock we had caught 
nearly 5,000 worms. These we carefully packed away in 
the green moss. The worm feeds on the moss, and will 
live for months if moss is changed and kept moist. 
I saw many toads out hunting worms. It was laugh- 
able to see toads tugging at the worms and struggling 
to haul them from their holes. Garter snakes are very 
fond of these angle worms and like the proverbial early 
bird may be seen in the morning hunting them. One 
snake ate a great part of a bucket of bait we kept in our 
tent in Canada. He secreted himself in the moss and 
lived at his ease. These worms we carefully sorted, 
throwing away any that had been broken or injured in 
catching. The balance we packed away in the moss. 
These' worms are the best bait I have ever found for 
bass or pickerel. I have used them for years in Canada 
and know of no better bait — convenient to carry, easy 
to put on hook, and the most effective bait I ever found. 
These preliminary pleasm^es and the purchase of addi- 
tional hooks and snells, sinkers, etc., finished the first 
section of our summer outing, and on July 8, the Ros- 
selle Fishing Club m.et at the Allegheny station of the 
Buft'alo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad. The party 
was headed by Captain R. C. Beatty and wife, Messrs. 
Yockie. Prof. R. M. Martin, Miss Ada Martin, Lester 
M. Brobeck, W. C. Price, George M. Meanor, J. H. 
Kinser and wife and son, Martin, Thos. Hauser, Miss 
Campbell, Miss Rhein, Miss Distler, Mrs. Campbell, 
Miss Annie Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. John Graebe, Miss 
Hawes, Dr. Rosselle and wife, and about twenty others. 
This was a new route for every member, and we were 
all uneasy about delays and dangers of new lines; but 
in this we were disappointed. We all voted it the most 
desirable way of reaching Btiffalo. At midnight we were 
at Reynoldsville and were soon climbing the Allegheny 
motmtains. The moon was full and the mountains were 
flooded with mellow light, reminding one of dreams of 
fairy land. At 4 A. M. we were at Mt. Jewett — ^just at 
daybreak. This is .3,000 feet above the level of the sea 
and the air was clear, cold and bracing. Far down the 
mountain we could see what we decided were lakes, but 
the conductor informed us was fog. 
The sun was soon up and these old mountains, that 
geologists tell us are so old that wind and water have 
worn them away until they are mere shadows of their 
former selves — mere stumps — were radiant in the sun- 
shine. 
In a short time we were comings down the other side 
of the mountains, gliding in and out of the valleys like 
a great serpent. Everywhere may be seen oil derricks 
in various stages of construction and decay — some rotted 
down, some new — and the brakeman informed us we 
were in the world famous BradfiTrd oil field. 
Some trouble with a valve on the engine caused us 
to stop on the mountain side and I went over and exam- 
ined the minnows in a mountain stream and was re- 
warded by seeing some small trout. I got to understand 
that all these streams had once been famous trout streams 
and good creels may still be taken from these mountain 
streams in early April. 
Passing Buffalo we were soon within the sound of 
Niagara and its delicious green-colored water, and the 
wondrous beauty of the ialls would have fain enticed us 
to stay; but nothing coulcl woo us from the visions of 
bass, pickerel and muscallonge of northern Canada. At 
II A. M. we left Toronto over the Grand Trunk Rail- 
road and at 2:08 P. M. we came to our destination at 
Severn station, 10 miles due north from Toronto. 
