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that in the opinion of two Federal courts the present law 
proliibits export of quail. 
WARNING TO THE PElOPLE. 
Ardmore, I. T., Match 27, 1901. 
To the Commissioners: 
The department of justice is very anxious that every effort be 
exercised to suppress the shipping of quail and other game out of 
llie Indian Territory, and your attention is respectfully called to 
Section 2137 Revised Statutes, and also to an Act of Congress ap- 
proved May 25, 1900, which provides the penalty. 
Judge Townsend last week at Purcell, passing upon this ques- 
tion, explicitly held that quail was included in the term game. _ 
The deputy marshals will seize all nets, guns, traps aiid ammuni- 
tion and write me a complete description of same, giving the full 
name of the defendants and their residence, also stating where and 
to whom the game was consigned. 
If the employes of the railroad or express company persist in 
receiving same for shipment, have Ihcm arrested also. 
You are at liberty to give this publicity, that all people may be 
duly warned- " Wm. B. Johnson, 
United States Attorney. 
The article is entirely correct in stating that existing 
difficulties will not;b,e met by amendtnent of the Lacey 
Act, but it fails to point out that the way, and the only 
way. lo overcotTie them is by amendment of the State and 
Terr'torial laws, so as to permit export of live game for 
propagation. Washington. 
mid ^iv^t ^mJjing. 
Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forest and Streak. 
Tafctng Sport Too Scriottsly. 
One of the evils of the day is thoroughness as applied 
to sports and recreations. There is no game, however 
difficult or however simple, but it is hedged about by diffi- 
:iihies which actually turn pleasure into pain. Time was 
when a game at whist, for example, was a genuine diver- 
iion ; now it has become so scientific that it is distinctly 
lard work to play a good game. So as to bicycling, golf, 
aing-pong — everything, in a word. We have got so into 
;he habit of taking our pleasure seriously that those pleas- 
Ares are no longer recreations, or at least not the recrea- 
:ions they might be were perfection not so persistently 
n.sisted upon. In these days no sooner is a game invented 
3r imported from other lands than somebody has to go to 
work to make its playing a science, and in order to this 
;nd a newspaper or magazine devoted to that particular 
rame is indispensable and inevitable. So that the drain 
ipon the mental faculties produced by the playing of the 
;am.e is rendered more drastic by the reading one has to 
lo lo keep up with the times. Oh. for a game that can- 
mi be made scientific, that will for eve'r escape a literary 
jrgr.n. and which will always and for ever be just good 
'un and n thing more I — Boston Transcript. 
July Woodcock in Pennsylvania. 
Sayre, Pa., Aug. 9.— A particularly unfortunate fea- 
I'.re of the game laws of this State makes legal the shoot- 
ng of woodcock during the month of July. No swifter 
rethod of exterminating the supply of long-bills can weii 
)e' devised than this July provision, and the next session 
)f the Legislature should witness the prompt repeal of this 
:1au£e of the game code. 
The July woodcock, as a rule, is only a partially grown, 
mmattire Irrd, with but little substance and greatly de- 
cient in the delicious flavor that makes the October 
;ock a sovereign prince among table delicacies. 
INIoreover, there is an incomparably finer measure of 
;port in bagging one of these great, athletic October birds 
han in blanketing a July weakling that pitches from a 
Gleaming marsh on listless wing. 
For the sake of the sportsmanship that hath its hap- 
iest and most beneficent compensations, we say : Abolish 
nly woodcock shooting, M. Chill. 
Not a Bird. 
The only time Justice Gray, of the United States Su- 
ireme Court, -was ever known to make a joke while 
seated on the bench, was one day when Judson Harmon, 
;hen Attorney-General, was arguing a case before him. 
Mr, Harmon had occasion to display a map, quite a 
small one, and he referred to it as a "bird's-eye view." 
The Justice could barely see it from the bench, and 
liter peering at it for a moment he said: "Mr. Attornej'- 
General, I regret to tell you that I am not a bird."— 
"hicago Daily News. 
Mongolian Pheasants in Massachusetts. 
Gloucester, Mass. — ^The Mongolian pheasants are do- 
ng well in this locality. I hear the cocks crowing every 
ncrning. The male has a peculiar way of crowing. When 
f chance to come upon one in the brush he crows, then 
laps his wings and runs like the deuce through the t;nder- 
3rush. Hesmit. 
Called for his Gwn. 
A RECENT visitor to Chadwick (formerly "Bill" Chad- 
tvick's) was a gentleman who called there to get a gun 
md some fishhooks that he had left at his last visit, thirty- 
ive years ago. He get the gun and thinks that the peo- 
e about the place are the most honest in the world. 
W. H. Eddy. 
'Benefits of Co-operation Between the States." 
The admirable paper on this subject printed in our issue 
f last week should have been credited to Executive Agent 
aam. F.. Fullerton, of the Minnesota Commission. 
100 Spommen's finds. 
iome oi the Q«ee« Discoveries Made fay Those Who Are 
Lookiag for Game or Fish. 
87 
A sensation was caused in New Westminster, near Van- 
ouver, the other day, by the discovery of $12 worth of 
fine and coarse grain gold in the crop of a wild goose. 
The goose was shot at Pitt Lake, which is fed by numer- 
ous mountain streams. The sand bars along the shore 
were known to contaiu gold, but had never be(?n pros- 
pected. 
Anglers of the St. Lawrence. 
The Anglers' Association of the St. Lawrence River 
held its nineteenth annual meeting in the parlors of the 
Thousand Island House at Alexandria Bay on Aug. 6 
last. There was a large attendance and a great deal of 
interest was taken in the proceedings. This organization, 
which is made up in the main of wealthy men from vari- 
ous parts of the country, who own summer residences 
among the Thousand Islands, and prominent citizens of 
river towns on both the American and Canadian sides, 
has during its existence accomplished a grand work, and 
is constantly supplying fresh evidence to prove the de- 
sirability and necessity for its existence. Through its 
energetic efforts the St. Lawrence River has been, freed 
from the thraldom of the net fishermen who formerly held 
unrestricted sway in those waters, and violations of the 
game laws are now rare. As an immediate result of this 
work and the important and wise laws regulating the fish- 
ing which have been enacted through the influence of the 
Association individually and collectively, game fish have 
increased rapidly in numbers and anglers no longer have 
reason to complain of their scarcity. The Association is 
also entitled to credit for the splendid work it d'd in se- 
curing the establishment of the_ international park known 
as the St. Lawrence Reservation, and the many other 
benefits it has ,sccured for the island region. 
Among those present were Henry R. Heath, Brooklyn ; 
Hon. Charles R. Skinner, Major J. W. Pond, Albany; 
Gen. I. B. Van Petten, Claverack; Major C. E. Britton, 
Gananoque, Ont. ; D. C. McEwan, Brooklyn ; G. De Witt, 
Col. O. G. Staples, Washington, D. C. ; Frank H. Taylor, 
Philadelphia, Pa. ; Thomas B. Kerr and Hudson P. Rose. 
New York city ; Wm. H. Thompson, A. C. Cornwall, 
Joseph Northrup, Walter Fox, G. L. Olds, Dr. J. D. Cole, 
Alexandria Bay; R. P. Grant, Clayton; Alexander Robb, 
Brooklyn; N. L. Tunks, New York; W. E. Wolcott, 
Utica. 
The meeting was called to order at 11 A. M. by First 
Vice-President Henry R. Heath, of Brooklyn, upon whom 
the duties of presiding devolved in the absence of Presi- 
dent William C. Browning, who was unable to be present. 
W. E. Wolcott, of Utica. was elected secretary of the 
meeting. Mr. Heath congratulated the members of the 
Association on the fact of this being its nineteenth annual 
meeting, and he expressed the pleasure it afforded him to 
see so many in attendance. 
Alexander Robb, of Brooklyn, and Hudson P. Rose, of 
New York, were appointed _ as an auditing committee. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 
Mr. Heath announced that there was no formal report 
from the President to present. He said, however, that 
there had been a good deal of correspondence during the 
3ear in regard to legislation and the prevention of objec- 
tionable legislation. It seemed to him that no other class 
of people took such an interest in benefitting this region 
as a resort. See the parks which have been established 
through the efforts of the Association, and what has been 
done to prevent netting and improve the fishing. The 
Anglers' Association has accomplished a great deal and 
there is more for it to do. It is the oiily thing you can 
depend on to protect the river and build it up as a popular 
resort. The Thousand Islands are known the world 
over and there is no reason why they should not have the 
necessary protection. I think that if you take away the 
fishing you take away half of the life at least. 
Treasurer R. P. Grant, of Clayton, presented his an- 
nual report, which made this showing : Balance on hand 
last year, $307.17; receipts, $rS4-57; disbursements, 
$104.05; balance on hand, $357-69- 
Secretary W. H. Thompson, of Alexandria Bay, said 
that letters had been received from, many members who 
were unable to attend the meeting, containing assurances 
that they were with the Association heart and soul in its 
\vork. 
The Auditing Committee reported that it had exammed 
the Treasurer's accounts and found them correct. 
The following new members were elected : Alfred Cos- 
tello, N. L. Tunis, Charles A. Terry, New York city; 
Alex. Robb, Brooklyn; R. C. Vilas, Chicago; Dr. J. D. 
Cole, Henrv Folger, Howard S. Folger, Alexandria Bay; 
Thomas W. Bakewell, Pittsburg, Pa. ; Hugh Mellon, Clay- 
ton ; P. Bailey, Redwood ; Chester Inglehart, Watertown. 
The Secretary reported that the following members 
d':ed during the year : John G. Baker, Rev. Charles Eaton, 
H. F. Inglehart, Judge I. C. Spencer. The followmg 
committee was appointed to draft appropriate resolutions: 
Hon. Charles R. Skinner, D. C. McEwan. 
Secretary Thompson in his annual report stated that 
Assemblyman Day of Jefferson county had assured the 
Association that he would do what he could in regard to 
protecting bass in the vicinity of Sacket Harbor. The 
old law only protected the bass a mile from the shore, and 
beyond that thev were netted by the ton. Mr. Day said 
he would do what he could to obtain the legislation de- 
sired by the Association, and he did. We got the co- 
operation of Senator Brown and Commissioner Middle- 
ton and secured the law which we have to-day, which 
protects bears in the St. Lawrence Reservation and the 
county of Jefferson. We got the law without expending 
much money. I think we owe Mr. Day a vote of thanks 
for what he did for us. Secretary Thompson then read 
the present bass law, and said he thought it would work 
very great good to the bass. He understood the law 
protected bass up to Oswego, and to the State line in 
Lake Ontario, Fishermen say that bass are already more 
plentiful in the lake. We can not propagate bass as other 
fish are propagated, and have to depend on their natural 
breedint^ Mr. Thompson then alluded to the migration 
of black bass. He said that Judge Van Cleef, who had 
looked up the matter thoroughly, concluded that bass do 
migrate. They have their natural breeding grounds, and 
o-o down the river from there. There is a time when the 
bass are quite plentiful in the river, then they become 
more scarce, and in September when they go back again 
they are more plentifiil. This establishes the fact that 
they migrate and the new law will he a benefit to them. 
The netting of bait in front of residences along the river 
in places where property owners had bnited the minnows 
became such a nuisance that an attempt was made last 
year to secure legislation regulating it, but it was finally 
thought best to devote our entire attention to the bass 
bill, or we might lose both. Every effort has been made 
along the river, and especially in this vicinity, to interest 
people in the protection of fish, but I am sorry to see that 
the interest is not as great as it was at one time. Per- 
haps some had rather fish than attend our meetings. 
Secretary Thompson then broached a subject concern- 
ing which there seems to be quite a difference of opinion 
among those who are interested in the protection of black 
bass. He said : There is a petition to Ipe presented to 
the next Legislature to allow the netting of certain coarse 
fish in the St. Lawrence Reservation, which is being cir- 
culated and signed by quite a few at Cape Vincent and 
Clayton. I am told it is signed by the Treasurer, but he 
can speak for himself. I once heard a member of the 
Legislature arguing on the subject of netting, and he said 
that if he were drawing a net for coarse fish and should 
catch a muskallonge he would throw out the others and 
keep the muskallonge, [Laughter,] Unless, something is 
done that petition will go before the Legislature, If such 
a petition should go to the Legislature, backed up by one 
of the Forest, Fish and Game Commissioners, it will 
have a powerful influence, I have worked in the interests 
of protection until I have grown gray, and do not feel 
like having the laAvs revamped. We had a change in the 
netting law once and it injured the fishing and prevented 
people from coming to the river. Then our Association 
put up a brilliant fight, and we got the St. Lawrence 
Reservation and had it protected. We have good fishing 
now, but even with the present law the protectors have to 
work to save the bass. It seems to be an immutable law 
that some men will go further to violate the law than they 
will to observe it. Fortunately we have a good protector 
who does his work well and makes offenders settle. In 
order to have the laws enforced, we must have protectors 
who will do the wOrk. Last year we got an increase 
of protectors, and the number in the State is now Mty. 
On the river we have one at Chippewa and one at Alex- 
andria Bay, Every business man along the river should 
be interested in preventing the passage of the bill to allow 
netting. We know what such a law would do, When 
we had the law before nets came here by the hundred and 
one man alone had forty of , them. I once went out with 
the protectors, and we ptdled up some nets, and the owner 
was arrested. The man when questioned as to what fish 
he took, replied, "When I fish I take all I can get," and 
his boy told us that they took their coarse fish to Clayton 
and the scale fish to Cape Vincent, When you allow a 
man to go in and net he will not discriminate in the kind 
he takes, and if he does he will keep the best and let the 
rest go. The laws are in good shape as they are now, and 
I believe that every man interested in the river should try 
to prevent the passage of a law calculated to permit netting 
in, the St, Lawrence Reseiwation. 
Treasurer Grant — I fully agree with what the Secretary 
has said in regard to the fight which we put up to prevent 
r.etting in the St. Lawrence, but there are two sides to 
the question of which he speaks. If I have signed the 
petition to which he referred T have no recollection of it. 
The object of preventing netting in the river was so that 
summer visitors could have fishing. We learned, as Mr. 
Thompson said, if netting was allowed the fishermen 
v,'ould take the best fish. A man who netted fish once 
told me that when he found game fish in his net he took 
them out and threw them back— "back under the seat," 
he added. [Laughter.] We can not propagate black bass 
in the river as we do other fish. The Anglers' Association 
has stocked the river with two millions of wall-eyed pike 
fry and millions of muskallonge fry. In order to have 
black bass, it seems to me we ought to have some kitsd 
of restrictive netting in the river. The bass lay their eggs 
on the shoals, and suckers, bullheads and eels are gor- 
mandizers of their spawn. When no restrictive netting is 
allowed these fish come in great numbers and subsist on 
the bass spawn, I claim if the restrictive netting of coarse 
fish could be allowed, under the inspection of State author- 
ities, it would unprove the bass fishing, 
Hon. Charles R. Skinner— Is it a new thing for coarse 
fish to eat the bass spawn? 
Mr. Grant— No, but netting has taken away many of 
the coarse fish. ' , , . , 
A. C. Cornwall— Do not bullheads and eels frequent 
muddy places? 
Mr Grant— Yes. they like muddy bottom. 
Mr, Cornwall— They and the bass are not apt to get" 
together then, are thev? 
Mr, Grant— The suckers, bullheads and eels go on to 
the bass spawning beds. The lives of these coarse fish 
are protected by the prohibition of netting, and I think 
if restrictive netting were allowed under the supervision 
of a State official it would be a good thing for the bass. 
I am not in favor of general netting in the river as it was 
alloAved once, but there is quite a sentiment in favor of 
netting coarse fish. 
Thomas B. Kerr, of New York— It seems to me the 
situation is peculiar. Many of the members of this Asso- 
ciation who do not permanently reside here are inter- 
ested in the fishing, but if the people who live here and 
have votes want to pass a law to allow netting, I do n9t 
see what we cotild da If the prohibition of netting is 
to result in the destruction of the bass, we seem to he 
between Scylla and Charybdis. I think the danger is with 
the side Mr, Thompson presents— from the greed of men 
and not the greed of fish. It is possible we could get 
u pa petition against a bill to permit netting. I think that 
those who live on the river can get more money out of the 
people who come here in the summer than they could 
from winter fishing, _ , . «t 
Vice-President Heath— The question seems to be Is 
restrictive netting detrimental to black bass?" My experi- 
ence during the past thirty-two years has been that net- 
ting destroys the fishing in the river. The fishing was 
poor when netting was allowed, whereas now that it is 
prohibited good catches of bass are reported. ^ _ 
Chief Game Protector Pond heing asked for an opinion, 
said he was not there to advocate the passage of any 
bill. His duty was to see that the laws are enforced. He 
said, though, that tliere was quite an argumerit that coarse 
