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3f various bright colors by the native women, and worked 
uto shot pouches, belts', shoes and other ornamental 
irticles of dress." 
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The Detroit Aquarium. 
The new aquarium of the city of Detroit, now under 
construction by the Commissioner of Parks and Boule- 
k'ards, is rapidly nearing completion. The building is a 
very substantial and attractive one, and the work thus 
ar has been carefully done. When I visited the park, 
\Vig. 8, the workmen were placing the angle-iron fronts 
Df the tanks in position. 
The tanks will be a new departure in aquarium con- 
itruction, composed as they are of enameled steel, with 
I slightly roughened surface, for attachment of spores of 
aquatic plants. In a general way the plan of the aquar- 
wm includes two grotto-like halls, interrupted at the 
Lenter by a great pool. The lighting of the halls is 
light and can be reduced to nothing. The tanks are 
veil lighted from above, and the light will pass into the 
tvater, and thus ilkmiinate the contents of the tanks. 
The arrangements for heating the building, and for the 
leating, refrigeratiori and aeration of the water are of 
he best modern type. 
One section of the aquarium will be devoted to salt- 
vater animals and plants, and the remainder to fresh 
vater. It will be practicable to flow either fresh water 
)r salt water, or both, into each of the tanks. The stor- 
ige reservoir for salt water is a brick and cement cis- 
ern outside of the building. This will be so arranged 
hat a portion of the supply of salt water can be resting 
vhile the other portion is in circulation. 
The aquarium is a distinct building, but it is con- 
lected by a corridor with the horticultural building, 
vhich is somewhat larger in size. 
Belle Isle Park contains 700 acres, and is an ideal 
jleasure ground for the citizens of Detroit. It is well 
imbered, and the presence of manjr species of birds, adds 
reat interest to the resort. Jus at this time the hickory 
rees are suffering grievously from the attacks of the 
lack hickory borer, a small beetle which penetrates at 
base of the foot stalk of the leaf to deposit its eggs, 
le process causing a wound so severe that the cluster 
f leaves soon falls to the ground, carrying with it the 
urden of useless eggs. 
The Detroit Boat Club has just finished a new club 
ouse on this island, a beautiful structure, principally of 
teel and cement, richly finished inside, the whole es- 
abli.shment having been completed during the last nine 
nonths, to replace a total loss by fire of the former club 
lOuse. This is one of the most astonishing feats of con- 
truction that has recently come within my knowledge. 
Detroit is exceedingly rich in public parks, having 
bout twenty-eight of these pleasure resorts. The old 
ity is a charming one, but it is doubtful if many of its 
esidents appreciate the wonderful advantages conferred 
pon it by the noble river which sweeps along its front, 
arrying freights of almost unequalled value. 
Tarleton H. Bean. 
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Proprietors of shooting resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forest and Stbbam. 
Why Do Crows Sh«n This Cownty? 
Llano, Texas, Aug. 20. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
S.S, every one knows who has hunted in Texas, crows 
re plentiful. When I came to the town of Llano every- 
body told me that a crow had never been seen in the 
ounty. This I did not believe, so set about to investi- 
ate. I have been here now five years, and I have hunted 
rows as hard as any man could hunt game of any sort, 
ot that I counted crows game, but I was trying to find 
ut why the crows shunned this county. Not a one have 
seen in the county. The Colorado River is the dividing 
ne between Llano and Burnet county, and one of the 
,atives told me the following story, and I have every 
eason to believe it true. He stated that he had a large 
lelon crop on the west bank of the Colorado River, and 
le crows would fly as if they intended to cross, but as 
c:on as they reached the middle of the river they would 
irn and go back, 
I would like the man who talks "crow" to explain this. 
0 doubt he has heard some of his Northern crow 
riends talking of this forbidden land and may also have 
eard why they shunned it. 
1 am not writing this as a yarn, but it is a true story, 
nd any one can write to any responsible man in Llan-j 
Dunty and he will tell you the same as I have. 
You will find crows on the north, east, west and south 
f us, but not a crow feather in the county. 
The deer season will begin on Sept. i, and all of the 
oys are cleaning their guns. The dove season is now at 
s height, and such bombarding as you never heard takes 
ace along the river each afternoon. 
J. H. Carter. 
He Had to Take Time at Last. 
From the Chicago News. 
He was "chilly old business," he used to say, 
And early and late he worked; 
Each day in the week was his busy day; 
He hated a man who shirked. 
Dollar to dollar and dime to dime. 
But for anything else he had never the time. 
He liardly could spare enough time to sleep. 
Nor time for his meals by half. 
He boasted he never had time to weep. 
We knew he'd no time to laugh. 
Golf, he maintained, was a cardinal crime— 
The very worst method of murdering time. 
He wouldn't take time for a friendly chat; 
He wouldn't take time to read. 
Excepting, of course, in his ledger— that 
Was enough to supply his need, 
His family knew him but slightly, for he 
Had no time at all for societj^. 
. A time came at last when he rushed no more 
To his office with breathless haste; 
He took time at last, though he must have felt sore. 
At havmg the time to waste. 
This necessity may make some other men sigh- 
He's had to take time to fall sick and die! ' 
Elk Tooth Charms* 
The Elks are now in conclave at Salt Lake City. 
Nothing further would be needed to indicate the lusty 
and prosperous growth of the order than the successful 
nieeting now being held. 
And i'et one who stops to think must readily conclude 
that in the ratio to the prosperity and increase of the 
Elks must the furred and hoofed inhabitant of the hills 
decrease, until the time comes when the elk will stand 
alongside the buffalo in our museums. 
That this prophecy will come true no one can doubt, 
unless something is done to make the wearing of the 
elk's tooth by the members of the fraternity unpopular. 
Tlie hunting of the elk for his tooth's sake becomes 
an industry per se of a unique nature. The very nature 
of the quest makes it a comparatively safe one for the 
law breaker to follow. 
To hunt a moose or deer one docs so for a purpose, 
for meat and the trophy of the head and antlers. Fol- 
lowing these animals during the closed season becomes, 
even in a thinly game warden-covered country, a hazard- 
ous occupation, the disposition of the bag being some- 
what difficult. It may be a matter of safety to the 
poacher to kill a moose in the depths of the forest, but 
to get the head out and realize upon it and escape ar- 
rest is entirely another proposition. It is the hazard 
of disposing of one's plunder that keeps the head hunter 
in check in both closed and open season. 
This same fear of detection extends down even to 
the quail hunter, the vigilance of the game wardens mak- 
ing the industry of market-hunting in some States more 
than precarious. 
But against .such barriers the elk tooth hunter is im- 
mune. He carries away neither hide, meat nor horns. 
He does not even go to the trouble of bleeding the 
freshly slain animal. Meat, hide and horns cut no figure 
with him, what he is after is teeth, just two eye teeth in 
the upper jaw, that's all. A blow from a hammer or 
a pry or two and the coveted tooth is secured, and this 
done, the noble animal is left to feed the wolves and 
bears. 
An elk's tooth is a small object, much smaller than a 
set of spreading antlers or a massive head. A pocket 
in a himting shirt might carry a score or two, yes a 
hundred dental trophies, and yet give out no warning 
sign to the vigilant warden. 
And this being so, the tooth hunter can work with 
comparative immunity. Unless caught red-handed in the 
act of runnmg down the ^yoimded beast, there is no prac- 
tical way of detecting him. As a market-hunter he be- 
comes, perhaps, .the most dangerous one of the tribe. 
He can have the "goods on him" and yet escape detec- 
tion. There really is no way to prevent his working at 
his nefarious calling except to people the hills and val- 
leys with scores of wardens; of course, impracticable. 
A perusal of the hunting publications frequently dis- 
closes letters upon the subject of elk slaughter by the 
tooth hunters, but to what good if the members of the 
Order of the Elks will continue to demand the elk tooth 
for a watch charm. Make a demand for an article and 
the supply will be forthcoming, if the article can be 
had. There is a demand for elks' teeth. The jeweler 
who mounts them must fill his orders, and whence 
comes his supply matters not to him— so long as he 
gets it. 
It is stated that the demand for elks' teeth incites 
the slaughter of more animals than are secured for their 
meat and heads. It is agreed that there is no practical 
way of killing the indu,stry of tooth hunting because of 
the comparative secrecy with which it can be carried 
on in the matter of handling the spoils. Yet the prin- 
ciple stands that man will not exert himself and assume 
risks without the hope of returns for his industry Re- 
move the market for elks' teeth and the elk-tooth hunt- 
ers occupation will be gone. The tooth of the elk 
Will be no more sought after than that of the butchered 
cow — if no one stands ready to buy it. 
_ That this tooth hunting in and out of season is go- 
uig on industriously can be readily proven. That it 
can mean but tiie speedy extermination of the elk no one 
will question. That the fashion of wearing an elk's 
tooth for a watch charm is the impetus behind the hunter 
'^^""^n doubted. It is, therefore, up to the Order of 
the Elks. Our elk will remain or di.sappear dependent 
upon the abolition or retention of the fashion of mem- 
bers of the order wearing the elk's tooth as an emblem 
of membership. Charles Cristadoro. 
tember. I consider upper Minnesota one of the best of 
our sporting regions at this time. It is also especially 
to be borne in mind that the quail shooting of lower Min- 
nesota is now as good as it is in almost any of the 
Western States. A trip to these high and breezy uplands 
m the early fall is something which would not be re- 
gretted by any Eastern sportsman who found opportunity 
to make it. 
rr T, E. HOUGBL 
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All communications intended for Forest and Stream should 
ways be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., New 
ork, and not to any individual connected with the paper. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Westefn Game Points. 
Chicago, 111., Aug. 22.-1 am just in from Minnesota, 
and they tell me out there that this is going to be a. 
rattling good year for prairie chickens, and that there 
will be more birds than have been known for fifteen years 
the impression is that Minnesota has been better pro- 
tected than the Dakotas, and that this will be a good 
place to keep m mmd during this season, I would sug- 
gest points north of Fergus Falls, and indeed along the 
railroads north up to Thief River Falls country one is not 
apt to go very much astray. Mr. L. F. Kennedy, of 
Minneapolis, tells me that last fall he and his frknds 
shot at Elbow Lake, and had all the sport they cared for 
at chickens and ducks. The shooting at ducks was on 
perfectly dry ground, and there was enough of it to satis- 
fy the most exacting of the party. Although I have never 
shot at Elbow Lake myself, I infer that this would be a 
good place to remeniber. All this Minnesota country from 
Fergus Falls up to Ottertail county, what is known as the 
park region of Minnesota, was once well known by Chi- 
cago shooters. Now again it seems to be flourishing and 
as It IS naturally a beautiful region, it is sure to commend 
Itself to those who want a Western trip the first of Sep- 
Connecttc«t Rail. 
Essex Conn., Aug. 15.— Editor Forest and Stream: 
A friend of mine, who being a farmer, spends much of 
his time at this season of the year on the meadows 
'haying it," informs me that rail are unusually plentiful. 
I do not doubt that his statement is correct, for never 
to my knowledge, were the wild oats thicker in the 
coves, and we sportsmen have always averred that a big 
crop of oats likewise meant a big crop of rail, and plump 
ones, too. 
Of course, one cannot state positively that there will 
be more rad than usual this fall simply because the birds 
reared in this locality are plentiful, for we have to wait 
till the flight birds arrive before we get the cream of the 
shooting. Still, with all conditions favorable, it is safe 
to assume that the sport will be as good if not above the 
average. 
When one considers the number of rail killed here an- 
nually, it seems a wonder that there are any left at all 
and yet I do not see that they are any less scarce now 
than they were eight years ago when I did my first shoot- 
ing. East year several large bags were made, many of 
the shooters getting more than once the legal number 
fifty birds. George W. Comstock. ' 
Callingf Moose, 
St, Augustine, Fh.— Editor Forest and Stream- As 
the smoke of the big-game battle has cleared away, and as 
one of your correspondents like Oliver, calfe for more, 
your humble servant will put up another question for 
the other fellows to settle while he sits a-straddle of the 
fence. These little inendly fights give even greater zest 
to I< CREST AND Stream for a majority of its readers 
than a page of trapshooting reports. 
There are questions of honor still unsetUed; though 
the wor d would probably jog on In its old accustomed 
1^1 I 7^ '^^'■5 "^ve^". settled by debate-such as luring 
ducks to their destruction by dishonorable decoys, etc . 
and although I know what dangerous ground I am 
i?/7/",l°"'r ^ ^^^^iion the luring of a moose to 
his death while intent on answering the love call of his 
mfihi honorable man (I don't mean myself) 
might look upon as a "low down" trick 
finn P^'"tS' I submit this ques- 
o hT; I'.tl, K ^"d. honorable To lure the noble n?oose 
to his death by "tricks that are vain?" 
I pause for replies. Didymus. 
A Chance to C«t the Cham. 
Some of the most pleasant memories I can recall in 
my hunting ife was when the other fellow did the kHl ng 
The work of the dog in trailing over difficult ground fn 
pursuit of ei her coon or fox, or a piece of gfod head- 
work by pointer or setter has many times been suffi- 
cient re^vard for the day's outing. I own four hmuinl 
dogs a pointer, coon dog and fox hounTairbroken bf 
myself. The pointer dog will be started Sent i To 
any sportsman who is a subscriber of Forest and 
himThT^-^ i'^':^""'''' have too closefy drawS 
^rSn hin. nTv' ^""^ 'h^^ ^ days among the 
green hills of Vermont m pursuit of rufifed grouse would 
do him good, I extend the following invitation- I w 11 
Is'SuideSn'n ■^^^"^' dog, and will ac 
as guide^for one week commencing Sept. 8. The follow 
mg conditions must be agreed tof No protest shall be 
made as to crankiness of guide or dog a^d he o^e rule 
of field etiquette shall strictly be adhered to, viz.: t"^ 
^un shall not at any time be pointed at the gude- he 
s already carrying around a load of No. 6s. It shall - 
e fur her agreed that at the expiration of his onSg 
he shall put m readable form the result of his tr?p and 
orward to Forest and Stream for publication for the 
Wri 7^^K ^^-^^ "chained" at home. 
BaIIk, Vt occupation. B. A. Eastman. 
Elfc for the Adirondacks. 
William C. Whitney has shipped from Lenox Mas<? 
Hventy e k to the Adirondacks, to be released S fheStft;: 
Reservation This makes a total of fifty elk shfpoed froS 
Lenox to the Adirondacks by Mr. wSfney ^^He 
s^r^tf n^ Lenol.^^"" ^^^^-^^ ^'-^ab pre! 
Interstate Commefce m Birds and Game. 
Biological Survey Cffctslar No. 38. United States Depatt- 
ment of Agricultarc. ^ 
\J''u-^- Department of Agriculture, Office of ih^ c 
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 23, 1902.-In ordpr tn I Secretary, 
general observance of the Act of Mav k win 5^P'*J'®>,* 
to enlarge the powers of tlie Department of Act 
. the.transportaHon by interstate c^Se of /ame^^^^^^^^ 
lat.on of local laws, and for other purposes " fhfr. "^"^ 
vites; attention to the provisions of th^ Tr«^ , -^JepartiTient in- 
relating to shipment of birds and game ThtZ^] ^""^ ^tate Jaws 
to preserve for the common good^ce"tain irfimJ^"^' S''! "i^"'^^^ 
are, valuable as food, for spoft or as T.fr-^ f^^^ ^'""^^ *''at 
are 'generally suppor'ted by"^ publ?c sentimen/^K ^hey 
violated through ignorance as romnt^^l^ V ' ^''"'^ ^''^ frequently 
the rapid increase in pvoiectiYru^S^!^^^^ ^^^I P^^^°^^ realize 
strictions which have been imnosed ?.n A °i numerous re- 
men, market hunters, ramrdealers ro^^J'''-^ ^^"J'^' Sports- 
road and express agentf and a 1 otfie^T "merchants, rail- 
familiarize themselves, so far as no..;hlP^ 
in force. Copies of 'state laws^mav h'.'^nfj ^^^^ regulations now 
game wardens or Secretaries of obtained from fish and 
Federal, State, and cSy llws fn, hl?,!,'''^'^ a summary of the 
No. IGO) may be had orapplicTtfon^o Iht ni'' f^^frs' Bulletin 
■ mponant provisions of ^^''^'^IZt^s''^^^^^^^^^^^ 
another, or for any common carrier or cons\S taowTng?"'? r^? 
