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[Feb. 15, 1902. 
defraying the expense of game preservation. Mr. Oak 
speaks of requiring a shooting license as "throttling the 
innocent sportsman and ordering him to stand and de^. 
liver." What nonsense! 
Why should a man from Indiana, for instance, who 
wants to kill Maine or Michigan or Wisconsin deer ob- 
ject to paying for the privilege? If he favors game 
preservation, he expects those States to maintain game 
wardens ; these are the pipers he should help to pay. 
-Sportsmen figure too much in the papers in forma 
pauperis. Everything must be free for them; they can 
fliardly reconcile themselves to paying for their pleasures 
as other people do for theirs. If they want to shoot over 
the land of a farmer who happens to have a few coveys of 
email on his place, there is no thought of paying. It is 
a sufficient concession to ask the owner for permission 
to kill and carry off his game. If he objects he is an 
unreasonable old curmudgeon whom it is only fair to 
■outwit if it can be done. 
Farmers will in time become wise enough to allow no 
shooting on their lands which is not paid for, even at the 
risk of being accused of "throttling the innocent sports- 
men." 
I have paid as high as forty dollars for a non-resident 
shooting license "nnd if there is game enough to justify 
such a high p ! : it is all right, whether I can kill my 
quota or not. \ a matter of fact. I ought, in order 
to carry out Mr. Onk's idea, to have destroyed about ten 
dollars' worth of property, in order to get my full forty 
dollars' worth— but I didn't. Lexden. 
Michiqam City, III. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST, 
Chicago Sportsmen's Show. 
Chicago, 111., Feb. 6.— The view of the different ex- 
hibits, in the trade and otherwise, may conveniently be 
taken from right to left around the ellipse of the main 
floor as one enters from the Wabash avenue entrance. 
There is a very good display of Navajo blankets, In- 
dian relics, etc., made by the Hyde exploring 
expedition, a company which has been some time opera- 
ting between Durango and Albuquerque. The Hyde 
outfit encourages the Indians to discard the Germantown 
wool and return to the old fabrics. 
A Chicago company displays foot-power launches and 
marine engines, beyond which comes the display of 
launches and motors made by the Truscott Boat Com- 
pany, of St. Joseph, Mich., the latter being a full and 
attractive disply. 
On the opposite side of the main floor, and at ihe 
southern extremity, begins the beautiful exhibit made 
by the Grand Trunk Railway System, a collection of 
140 photographs, each 40 by 50 inches in size, showing 
typical scenes of the beautiful and wild Canadian scenery. 
This exhibit has a grand lot of mounted game fish, afrer 
the fashion known as the mezzo mount, the skin ot the 
fish being stretched upon an oval convex plaque. 
Mounted in this way, were a number of grand brook 
trout, one of 9 pounds. A 57-pound St. Lawrence mu.s- 
callunge is another striking specimen, as well as numer- 
ous landlocked salmon, a big wall-eyed pike, etc. The 
colors of the trout are beautifully rendered, and one 
could not .imagine a more perfect display of game fishes 
in mounted form. There is one photograph here which 
shows four deer taken by a telescopic lens at a distance 
of one and a half miles. The game and shooting picture? 
of country reached by the Grand Trunk are very numer- 
ous. Mr. H. R. Charlton, advertising agent of "the route 
at Montreal, is in charge of the exhibit. He states that 
there were 6,500 hunters carried by the Grand Trunk 
last fall, and that they killed 10,000 deer. 
Beyond this exhibit there is a souvenir booth, and 
then comes the comprehensive trade exhibit of Hibbard, 
Spencer, Bartlett & Co., of this city. The main sport- 
ing goods concerns of the country are represented by 
these general agents, among the goods shown being a 
good display of the products of the Winchester R. A. 
Co., U. M. C. Co., Marlin Fire Arms Co., the Reming- 
ton Co., the Ithaca Gun Co., the Hunter , Arms Co., 
Savage Arms Co., Parker Bros., Colt's Patent Fire Arms 
Mfg. Co.. Smith & Wesson, and Iver Johnson. All 
these concerns have comprehensive, though not very 
widely extended exhibits in the generous space of the 
local firm above mentioned. In angling goods the same 
display comprises a good showing of the output. 
Adjoining the gun and tackle exhibit last mentioned 
is the elaborate exhibit of the Peters Cartridge Co., 
which has been elected as sportsmen's headquarters, 
lounging accommodations, copies of sporting papers, 
etc., having been furnished the boys by Mr. J. H. Mackie. 
the attendant in charge. The arch and frame decora- 
tions of the front of this exhibit are in tasteful form, the 
borders being in four colors, and the design executed 
in the four Peters shells— League. Referee, Ideal and 
New Victor. 
There are some cases of ammunition on hand, and there 
are shown shells loaded by the Peters Company in all 
the modern makes of smokeless powder, quite outside of 
the loads in King's smokeless. There are souvenirs for 
the curious, displays of targets made by the Peters shells, 
and all sorts of things interesting to the shooter. This 
firm offers a silver cup for competition at the target 
gallery, to be contested for by Peters cartridges exclu- 
sively, and the gallery attendant has hoisted a sign to that 
effect. 
Progressing now toward the rear of the building, that 
is to say, the northern extremity, one sees Periolat's 
characteristic exhibit of fine heads, horns, robes, etc., of 
American big game. 
. A cabin, left to-day without an occupant, is next in 
line, and beyond this is shown the clever work of 
"Silhouette Bill," who cuts, black pictures of you while 
you wait. Adjoining Bill on the north is a display of 
somewhat singular nature, a cowboy artist doing pyrog- 
raphy, which is to say, drawing pictures with a hot iron 
on wood. The card stated that this was the temporary 
home of "Jim and Kid Gabriel,, bronco busters, of Buf- 
falo Bill's Wild West since 1893, dispatch carriers for 
Gen. Nelson A. Miles in the campaign of 1890, cham- 
pion long-distance riders of the world, 3S shown in the 
cavajry horse contest of 1897." 
"Friend," said I to the artist, which is Kid Gabriel, 
as he bent over his hot iron, "how did you happen to 
go wrong?" Pie looked at me out of the corner of his 
eye and hardly cracked a smile. "Ain't it a shame," 
said he, "an' me with such pretty eyebrows, too!" 
"Did you learn it on the real hide?" I asked him, 
referring to his hot iron operation. 
"Sure," said he. Thenceforth we were friends. 
Explaining his tendencies toward art, Mr. Gabriel 
said, "A heap of folks think that a cowpuncher don't do 
anything but eat hay and go to sleep in the middle of 
the road; but I allow I can show them that the modern 
art tendency has struck in west of the. Missouri. What 
do you think of that?" • 
He pointed to some of his hot-iron pictures, and I 
must say they surpassed anything I have ever seen of the 
kind. The Kid can do artistic stunts on bronco busting, 
roping and all that sort of thing, as well as most folks 
can with plenty of brushes and any amount of paint. 
By and by Jim Gabriel came along, and in him I 
recognized an earlier friend, no less than Jimmy Tuff, 
once of Johnson county, Wyoming. Jimmy could tell 
considerable history if he felt like it, and we had quite 
a pow-wow together. He was got up for show purposes, 
and grinned when he caught me looking at his silk shirt! 
old gold neck-scarf and pearl-handled gun. None the 
less, Jimmy has seen the cow game in plenty of different 
stages. He promises me an old pair of chaps, as I had 
to admit that I had not a pair left to my name, and as 
we both agreed that a household without a single pair 
of chaps in it was in pretty bad shape. 
"Jim," said the Kid, as he busied himself with his art 
tendencies, "he does the big talk-talk for the firm, and 
I do the branding. I always seemed to take naturally 
to a hot iron. That's how I came to this. But you 
stand around here and just listen to Jim talk. He'll 
amuse you some. Say, he just rears right back on his 
hocks and tells it to 'em scarey. You ought to see the 
eyes hang out on these States folks that come down 
through here." 
Both these men are pretty well equipped to "tell it to 
'em scare}'." Jim knew Tom Wagner, Nate Champion 
and a whole lot more real rough riders in the days of 
the once famous Johnson county war. 
Next in order come several curio booths, among these 
one. a stall, showing hair ornaments made of glass beads, 
done by a fair damsel from Berlin. "Ich bin auch Injun," 
said she, smilingly, realizing the value which Indian 
goods had on the market for the time being. I could not 
believe her accent. 
The Santa Fe railroad has a number of fine paintings 
and large photographs in the space at the northern end 
of the building, these views including familiar presenta- 
tions of the Grand Canon and many other landscapes in 
one of the most curious and interesting regions of 
America. What the Santa Fe does is good, as" need not 
be said. 
At this same extremity of the building is a small 
cabin known as the Chicago hunters' den, in charge of 
Norris, and decorated with hides, heads, pictures, Alaska 
trophies. Indian implements, Clothing, etc. The target 
gallery is next in line, under the seats and back' of the 
Hiawatha stage. 
Swinging now tow r ard the main entrance on the west 
side of the lower hall, one comes to the grand exhibit 
of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, in charge of Mr. L. O. 
Armstrong, of Montreal. There are several good spaces 
devoted to this exhibit, which includes a comprehensive 
display of pictures, oil paintings and those striking pho- 
tographs which alone would serve to make the Canadian 
Pacific scenery world-famous. There is an abundance 
of skins, heads and other- trophies of big game to be 
seen here, and a very good working collection of maps, 
descriptive literature, etc. 
"We make a specialty," said Mr. Armstrong, "of fur- 
nishing speaking information about our country. Every 
year I search out new sporting regions, going into the 
woods as soon as the ice goes out. I always take along 
Indian guides, and I have had with me at different times 
several of the Indians who are here with the Hiawatha 
show." 
It was the Canadian Pacific which was instrumental 
in bringing to Chicago the first performance of the 
Hiawatha drama, which constitutes one of the main at- 
tractions of the sportsmen's show. The total space 
occupied by the C. P. R. R. is 1,200 feet, and it shows 
the wilderness in every inch. 
Among the Indians present with the Hiawatha troupe 
is William Kabaoosa, a sixty-year-old veteran, who 
was once a timber cruiser for Western lumbermen. This 
man carries a George III. medal, which was given to 
his grandfather in 1778. He is a man of somewhat dis- 
tinguished family, his ancestors having sold to the whites 
a deal of country along the Great Lakes many years ago. 
Others of the Canadian Indians present who are ob- 
tainable as guides, and who are present at the show, are 
Geo. Linklater, White Fish, Ont. ; Hugh Irvine. Des- 
barto, Ont. ; Joe Banngeseck. Tom 1 Obtossoway, George 
Kabaoosa, Tom Kabaoosa, Bukwujimimi. Henry Buk- 
wujimimi. Albert Wabunosa, Sam Wabunosa, Aleck 
Wabunosa. Shawano, Tom Shingwauk, Wtn, Kaboosa, 
Garden River, Ont. 
The foregoing covers the exhibits as seen in place at 
this date. 
The Indian License Law. 
John Watson is just back from Maksawba Club, In- 
diana, and he says that the rabbits are simply running 
away with the country down there. Asked if he shot any, 
John replied : "I should say not. It may be lawful under 
this new Indiana license law, but nearly everybody at the 
club is afraid to take his gun out of the case for fear he 
will be fined $25. As near as I can figure it out, you 
can't shoot rabbits or anything else down in Indiana 
without paying a $25 license. _ Of course you can shoot 
jacksnipe after Nov. 10. That's a good thing. I wonder 
how many jacksnipe there are left in Indiana after Nov. 
10!" E. Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, 111. 
All communications intended for Forest awd Stxeam should 
always be addressed, to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper* 
Transplanting QuaiL 
St. Augustine, Fla.— Editor Forest and Stream: It 
strikes me that a very small amount of thought is usedj 
by people who talk about importing quail from Texas and' 
other places for propagating purposes. Some time ago I 
called attention to the fact that a Florida cock quail 
weighed only 5 ounces, and as I felt sure that those I used 
to shoot in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Long Island 
were nearly twice as large, I urged your correspondents 
in different States to settle the matter by sending in the 
weight of their birds, but very few of them seemed to 
take any interest in it, and I got but few responses. 
In a late number of Forest and Stream Mr. W. H. 
Emmons has taken the trouble to weigh some of his birds, 
and he gives the weight of a cock as y l / 2 ounces, and a 
hen as 6 ounces. Now it would appear like stupidity in 
the sportsmen of Long Island to ruin the breed of then- 
splendid birds by introducing a diminutive specimen that 
on a piece of toast appears about the size of an English 
sparrow. 
I very well remember that when I shot in Pennsylvania 
and New Jersey a broiled quail was enough for my 
breakfast, while here they are very small and tough and 
altogether so unattractive that I let them vigorously alone. 
If I wished to import quail I would first know the size 
of the birds, and just here is something to be considered : 
It will not do to weigh a bird that has been caged up v for 
they dwindle to nearly nothing in three days' time. Weigh 
only freshly shot birds. Didymus. 
[Our correspondent's note is interesting, but we venture 
to suggest that it is based in part on a misapprehension. 
The Northern quail weighs from 6 to 6y 2 ounces for the 
female, to J l / 2 to 8 ounces for the male, and we fancy that 
the weighing of a great many birds would show that 
the females average about 6% ounces and the males a very 
trifle under 8 ounces. This \ for birds in good condition 
and freshly shot. 
We do not believe, however, that the importation of' 
Florida quail — provided they would stand the Northern > 
climate, which at first they will hardly do — would "ruin 
the breed of Long Island birds." Instead, we believe that 
after a generation or two the progeny of the Florida birds 
would attain very nearly the size and weight of a native 
bird. 
It is a well-known fact that Western cattlemen com-! 
monly bring yearling cattle from Texas, New Mexico, 
Arizona and even old Mexico, and turn them out to range 
and grow in Montana and North Dakota with the result 
that when of beef age these cattle are some hundreds of 
pounds heavier than cattle of the same age, which have 
reached maturity in the Southern country. The colder 
and more bracing weather, and possibly the more nutri- 
tious food of the North tend toward a greater vigor and a 
better development than is had in the milder South. 
Analogy would lead us to conclude that with wild ani- 
mals — say deer, or even birds — brought to the North, a 
similar state of things might occur, provided they could 
be protected during the first winter.] 
Seizure of Kansas Quail Shipment. 
Cottonwood Falls, Kan., Feb. 4.— Editor Forest and 
Stream : The Topeka State Journal of yesterday reports 
from Wichita under date of Feb. 3: 
"Detective Harry Sutton of the local police force, who 
is also a game warden under the new law passed by the 
Legislature, seized a shipment of quail at the Santa Fe 
depot Saturday. The birds were in the possession of the 
Welis Fargo Express Company, and the local agent of 
the company refused for a long time to give them up. 
The shipment contained about twenty dozen birds, and 
was billed to T. J. Kiely & Co., St. Louis. It was 
shipped from Cunningham. Kan. The express com- 
pany officials deny all knowledge of the shipment, and 
say they do not know the shipper's name. The birds 
were taken to the police station and will probably be 
distributed among the hospitals of the city. 
"Under the law the shipper is liable to a fine ranging 
anywhere from $500 to $1,000. While his name is at 
present unknown, the local officers say they will have no 
difficulty in apprehending him. Just what penalty will 
be attached to the express company is not known; but 
under the law, it is equally liable as the shipper. 
"The matter will be brought before the United States 
grand jury, and an indictment will probably be returned 
against the offenders at its next session." 
This is of interest as a fingerboard to show that the 
express company that carried the six crates of quail tc 
Pittsburg for "breeding purposes." which I reported 
one year ago, is not having as easy a time with its ship- 
ments this year. W. F. Rigiitmire. 
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Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forest and Stream. 
Maine Ice Fishing. 
Boston, Feb. 10. — Maine ice fishing is in order, for 
residents of that State, who may fish with a small number 
of lines, after Feb. 1, the fish to be taken to their own 
homes, but not otherwise. Nevertheless Boston fisher- 
men go down there, and possibly they don't care to fish. 
Friday evening a large party of representative Boston 
sportsmen started for Maine. The list of names was as [ 
follows: Dr. Heber Bishop, Dr. F. M. Johnson, Dr.. 
Lewis F. Foss, Dr. William A. Rolfe. Sullivan Newton, 
Sewell Dinsmore, George J. Raymond, the Hon. Fred S.I 
Risteen, S. R. Raymond, J. G. Stewart, William H. Law-J 
rence. Col. H. T. Rockwell, Thomas Ferrand, I. S. Jeffrey,' 
the Hon. G. W. Wiggin, Asher Hyneman, Frank N. Gan- 
nong and others. They started for Hon. Frank Jones' 
camps, at Tunk Pond, beyond Bangor, and seventeen 
miles from the junction of the Washington County Rail- 
road. Here Mr. Jones owns one of the finest sporting 
camps in the country, costing over $60,000. and fitted with 1 
