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FOREST AND STREAM, 
[June is, 1901, 
it should be prompted, not by sentiment, but the consideration of 
the best interests of all concerned. 
There is a lot of good sense in this, as there is in all 
that Dr.' Bartlett or Mr. Cohen has to say. As to the 
sincerity, integrity and ability of Dr. Bartlett and Mr. 
Cohen, and their enthusiasm in their work, there can be 
no question whatever. We could not have better men 
in the very position which they occupy, and perhaps 
they know better than the soprtsmen themselves how 
helpful their work has been to the sportsmen. It is only to 
be asked of them if, in confinrng the bulk of their work to 
the Illinois River, they are not more or less unconsciously 
brought under the influence of the Illinois River Fish- 
ermen's Association. It is true there is a very large 
commercial industry carried on along that stream, and 
perhaps that industry ought not to be at once, or at all, 
abolished. As , to its magnitude and popular benefit, 
however, there are two ways of looking at it. The total 
membership of the Market Fishermen's League, and all 
the men employed by those market fishermen, does not 
number one-tenth that of the active anglers of the State. 
These marketmen make a business of fishing, and they 
benefit themselves a hundred times as much as each 
angler would. To say that they benefit the people of 
the State is wrong, for the Commission itself ad- 
n\its that the greatest market for these coarse fishes of 
the Illinois River is in New York city. Now, whether 
it is better to help 50 fishing firms make $S,ooo or $10,000 
each per year, for themsel^vcs, not for the people, and 
to do this at the expense and through the efforts of the 
State; or whether it is better to please and benefit 5,000 
anglers of the State, is something which ought not to 
be decided offhand in favor of the commercial proposi- 
tion. The sportsman is used to hearing the talk of "class 
legislation," but when you come to figure it out, the 
game and fish dealer is about as apt to take advantage 
of a bit of class legislation as anybody, when he gets a 
chance. Of the commercial success of the Illinois Fish 
Commission there cannot be any question whatever. 
Its members state they have incidentally benefited anglers, 
and let us hope that this is true, though our streams and 
lakes do not prove it. 
The report gives some interesting figures regarding 
the introduction of German carp. It seems that the latter 
fish was first planted in 1886, in the following numbers 
and at the following places. 
Okaw River 3,000 
Saline River 2,000 
Little Wabash River.; 2,000 
Big Muddy River 2,000 
Sarugamon River 2,000 
Clear Lake 5,00 
Illinois River 5,000 
Rock River. ,....,.2,000 
Fox River 2,000 
Kankakee River 2,000 
Lincoln Park Lakes, Chicago 1,000 
South Park Lakes, Chicago 1,000 
In the past year, 1900, the carp has taken a place far 
in advance of all other coarse fishes in the market totals, 
the statement of the Illinois Fishermen's Association 
giving the pounds of different fishes sold in 1900, as 
below : 
Pounds. Value. 
Carp 6,332.990 $189,980 70 
Buffaio 3,148,154 94,294 62 
Catfish 241,000 9,640 00 
Bull pouts 499,100 19,964 00 
Sunfish and ring perch 252,050 7,561 50 
Striped bass 92,931 4,646 55 
White perch 459,580 13,787 40 
Crappie v 114,490 6,869 40 
Black bass 70,221 7,022 10 
Number of turtles, 202,900 8,471 50 
Total 11,205,516 $362,246 77 
From the position of the Commission in regard to the 
commercial value of its efforts, it may be readilj' imag- 
ined that a vigorous apology would be forthcoming for 
that industrious creature, the carp. The Commission 
points with pride to the 6,000,000 pounds of animated raw 
cotton which it has sprung on the public within the 
space of one short year, but it would seem to confess 
a certain anxiety in the following paragraph: 
In many of the lakes that are fed wholly or in part by springs, 
such as Fox Lake, for example, carp have increased in great 
numbers, as they cannot well he kept down with hook and line. 
Citizens and owners of property on the lake petitioned to have a 
warden appointed under whose supervision they might remove 
the gar and dogfish and at the same time the surplus carp. This 
arrangement was made and we sent Mr. G. R. Ratto, one of our 
best wardens, to Fox Lake to attend to this work. This was ac- 
complished, and over 60,000 pounds of carp were taken out. We 
were much surprised to find carp of such large size and in such 
great numbers where the water was of such low temperature. A 
number of the carp yeighed 40 pounds or over, and one was taken 
that weighed 55 pounds. While taking out the carp a muskalongc 
weighing 49 pounds was caught. This specimen was preserved and 
mounted, and is now in the possession of Mr. Cohen. From Calu- 
met Lake and River nearly 100,000 pounds of carp have b.een 
taken during the past two years. From the Sni Ecarte Club pre- 
Berves in Adams and Pike counties nearly 100,000 pounds of carp 
and spoonbills were taken, etc. 
As a man and a citizen one cannot feel anything but 
pride in the work of our able Fish Commission, but as 
a sportsman and as an angler Avho has seen some of the 
best of our Western fishing grounds usurped by this use- 
less fish, the carp, one might be forgiven if he used the 
words of the old Scotch divine and said, "I hae my 
doots." Let us hope for a later repentance and confes- 
sion on the part of these good gentlemen. Suppose 
I hey try the mongoose on the carp! 
E. Hough. 
Hartfokd Building, Chicago, 111. 
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iS Take inventory of the good things in this issue 0* 
of Forest and Stream. Recall what a fund was % 
f given last week. Count on what is to come next ^ 
week. Was there ever in all the world a more ^ 
S abundant weekly store of sportsmen's reading? 
Canadian Angling J Notes, 
The feature of the coming week in angling circles in 
northern Canada will no doubt be the opening of the 
spring fishing for ouananiche in the Grande Decharge of 
Lake St. John. Up to the present time of writing, all the 
ouananiche fishing has been" done in the waters of the 
lake, and it is usually from the- 12th to the 15th of June 
before the water lowers sufficiently to afford good fly-fish- 
ing in the pools of the Grande Decharge. 
The season is undoubtedly much earlier this year than 
usual, and I am daily expecting tO' hear of good catches 
being made in the vicinity of the Island House, for the 
steamer is now crossing daily and the hotel was to have 
opened on the 6th, or nearly a week earlier than is custom- 
ary. Judging by the abundance of the fish secured by 
the bait fishermen in the lake itself this spring, there is " 
every indication of a fruitful fly-fishing season in the 
Decharge. 
As if to compensate for the disappointments of last 
season, the trout fishing continues to be extraordinarily 
good in all parts of the Lake St. John country, and if 
the game seen. at this time of the year be any indication 
of what the hunting will be like next autumn, this ought 
to prove a banner year for sportsmen. Several parties 
of anglers report having seen caribou, and I am told of 
one party in the vicinity .'jdfi Lake Edward which secured' 
a good photograph of atj(Mfe)^oose at very short range. 
The Lake Edwards r-egaMi is surprising everybody this 
season by the excellence 'of its sport. Not since this 
territory has been opened up by the railway has there been 
better fishing in the big lake itself than during the last 
few weeks. Only a few days ago another lot of 4-pound 
brook trout was brought to town by local anglers. The 
catch was made upon the chain of lakes connecting with 
Lake Bouquet, and extending as far as the VermilhVn 
River. The waters connecting these lakes are rich in 
rapids, which afford good fly-fishing throughout the sea- 
son. 
All the members of the Metabetchouan Fish and Game 
Club who were on their preserves this spring have now 
returned, and so have most of the members of the Triton 
Club. A Syracuse party from the Triton lirnits nassed 
through Quebec last night on their wa}'^ home. All seem 
satisfied with their spring outing. 
Lake Quaquakamaksis. in the vicinity of Lake St. John, 
is attracting numbers of anglers this spring and yielding 
some very heavy trout. 
Gen. W. W. Henry, U. S. Consul here, has been re- 
elected president of the Lake Bernard Fish and Game 
Club, which controls one of the finest preserves in the 
country. Several members of this club are still upon the 
limits, but the General has returned to town, and reports 
that in one day's fishing on Lake Saccicoma his catch 
included ten speckled trottt running from 2 to pounds 
each. 
Salmon fishermen are hurrying down to their rivers a 
nttmber of the Ristigouche anglers having reached their 
nools as early as the first of the motnh. Mr. C. W. 
A¥ilson. of Glens Falls, is one of the new men on the 
river this season. The members of the St. Marguerite 
Club will oass through Quebec in a day or two for their 
river, while many of the north shore r'wpr?, will not be 
fished till about the middle of the tnonth. 
Quebec, June 8. E. T. D. CHAMBERS. 
Notice. 
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not to any individual connected with the paper. 
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Lawrence, Mass. 
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Official organ. Forest and St«eau. 
Honest Dogf Dealing. 
ASHEVILLE, N. C, June 7. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
A short time ago I noticed an advertisement for Mr. R. M. 
Morgan's kennels, of Prior Creek, I. T. 
I wrote to him and asked if he could furnish me with a 
puppy from six to ten months old. and he replied that he 
could fill the order. The puppy when little was very 
promising, and he had sent same to the country to a. 
farmer friend to raise. Upon receiot of my order he 
went to the country for the puppy, but was very much 
disappointed in the way it had turned out, as it had not 
developed in the way he had hoped. Mr. Morgan very 
oromptly wrote me that the dog had not turned out as 
he had expected, and as an honest man he could not 
afford to ship me the dog, as it would not be a credit to 
his kennels or satisfactory to me. returning me the check 
with his regrets. 
I determined this was the man from whom I wished to 
buy a dog. As he had others, T purchased one eighteen 
months old from him, which is in every way a very 
promising dog, showing good breeding and good qualities. 
I feel that such honesty and straightforwardness should 
not go unnoticed, and I take the liberty of giving you this 
information. Frederick Rutledge. 
The FosttST awd Stmah it pot to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended tor publication Bhould reach us at the 
The Augusta Journal received the following story from 
Mr. Norris, of Iceboro, who vouched for its truth. Mr. 
Norris says that one day last week, while working near 
the river, he heard the baying of a hound in the camp 
meeting woods, and supposed that a fox hunting party 
was abroad. A minute later the fox appeared ; he crossed 
the railrpad track and ran on to the ice at the top of his 
speed, heading directly for the hole in the ice. Mr. Nor- 
ris thought he would run into the hole and be drowned^ 
But such a finale was not down on Reynard's programme. 
On arriving at the hole in the ice he turned back, and, 
doubling his track till he reached the railroad, and turn- 
ing down that, which runs at right angles with his own 
track, he ran several rods, then sat down to wait and " 
watch. He had but a few moments to wait before the 
hound appeared in hot pursuit of the scent. The dog. 
with his nose to the snow, kept on across the railroad 
track, on to the ice, and straight for the hole where 
Reynard had turned back. As is well known, hounds 
trust to their keen scent rather than to their sight, and 
when the dog arrived at the end of the trail his momentum 
was too great to stop short of the hole in the ice, and 
with a farewell yelp he disappeared into the swift cur- 
rent of the Kennebec, never to reappear. Whether 
Reynard smiled as trotted leisurely off is not known, 
but can be imagined^ 
The Meet of 
It has been definitely decided that the camp site for the 
meet of 1901 will be Mudlunta Island. St. Lawrence River. 
Attg. 9 to 23, and the following particulars will therefore 
be interesting: 
The_ twenty-second annual meet of the American Canoe 
Association will take us back again to the ever-popular 
islands of the St. Lawrence River. 
The Camp Site. — The Commodore has kindly placed at 
the exclusive disposal of the Association his Island of 
Mudlunta for the meet of 190X. 
The Island of Mudlunta (meaning Crescent) is one of 
the prettiest islands of the St. Lawrence. It is one of 
the Admiralty group, is over ten acres in extent and situ- 
ated about two miles south from Gananoque, between the 
Canadian and middle channel, and it is believed will make 
one of the most attractive and convenient sites the Asso- 
ciation has ever had the pleasure of camping on. 
The headquarters will be very conveniently located in 
the Commodore's residence (which will be used exclusive- 
ly for that purpose only during the two weeks of camp), 
within easy access from the main and ladies' camp and 
dock. 
The main camp will lie to the east of headquarters on a 
high and level tract of land, and will embrace such a 
space that desirable spots can be secured by all. 
The ladies' camp, or Squaw Point, will "be situated to 
the west of headquarters, and while the portion laid out 
tor this purpose is not as large as that of the main camp, 
.still a sufficient number of beautiful and desirable loca- 
tions will be found to accommodate every one. 
The Camp Store.— The exclusive privileges of the right 
of sale on the camp grounds have been awarded to Messrs. 
Johnston & Hale, both of whom have been in the grocery 
and supply business in Gananoque for years. They will 
build a commodious store in the vicinity of headquarters 
and will endeavor to serve to the best of their ability the 
wants of the members. They will ^Iso supply ice if 
required. 
The camp dock will be a large one, equal to all emer- 
gencies, and be situated on the side of the bay -in front 
of headquarters. 
The Mess Tent. — This will be most advantageously 
situated on a level stretch of land lying between two bays. 
It will be to the east of headquarters and very convenient 
to both the ladies' and miain camp. A capable caterer 
will have charge of this department, and guarantee satis- 
faction. The rate will be as usual, $1 per day.. 
Bring Your Bathing Suits. — The waters of the St. Law- 
rence are famous for their bathing virtues. Sand beaches 
are numerous on Mudlunta Island, both in the ladies', 
headquarters and main camps. 
Transportation. — Special efforts are being made along 
this line, and it is hoped that many of the members will 
take advantage of the special rates to attend the meet. 
Carpenters and laborers will be engaged and lumber 
purchased and tent floors, skids, etc., will be built for tht 
members at reasonable rates. Tents, cots, camp chairs 
and tables will also be rented at low figures. Full par- 
ticulars will be given later. 
Racing Programme.- — The Regatta Committee have ar- 
ranged a very attractive list of sailing and paddling 
events. War canoe racing will again be made a feature 
and many suitable trophies will be put up for contest, 
among others being the very handsome shield representa- 
tive of the war canoe championship of America (won last 
year by the Toronto C. C), and which, if won by them 
again this year, will become their property. It is a very 
handsome trophy, and every club should put forth an 
effort to secure it for the adornment of their club house. 
The sailing petition, as presented by the sailing men, hav- 
ing had the approval of the Executive Committee, it is 
hoped that increased interest will result in the sailing 
events therefrom. 
Cruises. — Several short cruises will be arranged for un- 
der competent guidance to some of the many beautiful 
spots of the Thotisand Islands, and it is hoped that many 
of the members will come prepared to take part. Among 
other cruises in prospect may be specially mentioned one 
up the Gananoque River to Marble Rock, a trip that is 
acknowledged by all who have taken it as one of the most 
beautiful and enjoyable. 
Membership in the American Canoe Association can be 
secured on application, indorsed by two members in good 
standing, and on no objection being raised to the applicant 
