FOREST AND STREAM. 
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creasing: the wages per day; but prominent guides have 
told rtle within a week that they did not fhmlc there 
would be) or in fact could be, any united or definite action 
looking to such an advance. Guides are much like other 
nlen, unless they form a strict trade union of themselves, 
they can't control the price of a man's work ; and in a 
previous letter T pointed out ho\v uii likely such a union 
is in Maine, or, in fact, how diffiouli it would be to hold 
l,8qo guides together, each section pulling toward its. own 
region for a long season's w-ork. But the suggestion 
made, which first appeared in Forest and Stream, that a 
protective association was very likely to be formed, was 
no idle prophecy, and the guides are growing daily more 
and more in favor of an. association that shall see that 
their interests are protected at Augusta during the law- 
making period, at least. In his interview, referred to 
above, Mr. Carleton stated that the proposed increase of 
the guides' wages might have a tendency to keep people 
away, but he didn't think the license Would keep away a 
single sportsman. The fact that dozens and dozens of 
^ortsmen, known personally to the writer as staying 
away for the very cause that Maine asks them to pay $15 
that they may come here and spend ten times that amount, 
is proof that all the stay-aways are not influenced by the 
raise in the guides' wages— a raise yet to be kftpwn ex- 
cept in the newspapers. Some of t'h^e very people who 
thus refuse to come to Maine on principle, were formerly 
in the habit of paying their guides an even iive dollars a 
day, so that the possible increase to foiir cavfi't bft said to. 
have any great influence, ^ • 
Like many other agitations about the question of wages, 
it is rarely the first-class guide who does any kicking 
about his price. As I write I have in mind one of the 
best guides^ in Maine: Steady, honest, rejiable, does not 
squander his money in rum, tobacco, and worse, but saves 
all he can, is willing and always good natured, never 
complaining because the carry is " hard or the distance 
long between camping places, and he is glad to .get his . 
three dollars per day. He told me that he would make 
about $800, clear, as his pay for guiding visitors to the i 
Maine woods in 1903. Some guides are very dear at . 
nothing "a day and foimd," while others are dirt cheap at : 
five dpUars a day, seven days in the week, It's one of 
those questions that settle themselves, and as water is 
sure to find its level, so the guides, are sure, sooner or 
later, to get "just what is coming to them," which is a 
bit of slang that completely fits the statues of. the guide-; 
of to-^day. . ' / ■' 
One advantage of the new law that will be appreciated 
by home-going sportsmen, is that no time need be wasted 
from the precious lunch time in the Bangor station, since 
the passing of the game for the non-resident has with it 
no formalities, and the all-powerful warden with his ex- 
pres list no longer keeps an empty stomach waiting until 
he finds the name of the owner and endorses his departure 
for home. The attaching of the tag and shipping the 
■game ends responsibility for the happy hunter, and as 
a non-resident, who is paying for the protection now be- 
ing given Maine game, he certainly deserves some extra 
privileges that the taxable native can't have. 
Herbert W. Rowe. 
Life in the Rockies — HI. 
(Caniinu^d from page 239 ) 
One morning the ground was covered with two inches 
of soft snow, and as Mr. P. intended going to the store 
soon, distant about forty miles, for a load of supplies, and 
was anxious to have some meat to take along to trade for 
such as we needed, he suggested that all hands turn out 
and spend the day hunting. There was a certain locality 
where I wanted to go, hoping to find elk, and, like most 
selfish mortals, I said nothing, but made haste to get my 
work, done, so- 1 might get out ahead of the others and 
get there first ; but a fellow named Butts was of the same 
mind, and got out ahead of me. I had to go right through 
this place to get to hunting grounds beyond, and heard 
him shoot about lOO rods ahead of me. Soon I came to 
fresh tracks of elk, and then came to - where they were 
when he shot, and saw where a wounded one had turned 
off by itself, and saw where B. w,a;P -iollowing it by six- 
foot strides. .- , 
I passed on and entered a large ibady of green timber, 
sloping to the north, where the snow would last longer. 
After going some distance through- the woods I found 
the trail of a band of elk, which was very fresh, and lead- 
ing straight up toward the top of the mountain : Fol- 
lowing on I just reached the top of the mountain where 
they had gone over on the southern slope to feed on the 
abundance of rich grass to be found there, when I came 
to where Mr. P. and his son, with thg; dog, had found the 
trail and gone in pursuit, ahead of rne,;. . . 
. Of course I wouldn't follow them>:.'afld as it was then 
nine o'clock, and the snow nearly all- gone, my chances 
looked slim, for my strongest point ■inlliunting was always 
to get on the trail of my game early enough to come -up 
with it while it was feeding, which I have found, as." a 
rule, they usually finish by 9 :30 or lo o'clock in the morn- 
ing. I started straight down the mountain through the 
woods, having no definite place in view. When I had. gotten 
down almost to the edge of the green timber, where 
the snow was entirely gone, and while traveling with 
much caution, I saw the head of a buck deer, which was 
lying down about forty yards from me. The timber was 
very thick, and I could not see anything but its head. 
Taking careful aim at its head I fired. The timber being 
thick, the smoke from the rifle hung so heavy that I could 
see nothing for an instant ; when it cleared away I could 
see just the shoulders ©f a deer as it stood close where 
the one had been lying. Supposing it to be the same one, 
and having the vital spot exposed to my view, I imme- 
diately fired again. As soon as the smoke cleared I saw 
again just a small spot of the shoulder of a deer and fired 
again, then saw a deer run off through the woods. I ran 
down to where, they had been, aiVd saw the deer that had 
run off going over a ridge loo yards away, and knew by 
its actions it was not hurt. My first thought was that the 
sights of my gun had. been moved, for I knew' my aim 
was not at fault, and I believed there" was but the one 
deer. Going down .to the spot where. I had first seen the 
buck's head, I found my buck lying" d.ead, the bullet hav- 
ing entered. the side of the head at' the buff of -thte. ear, 
and come out' .at exactly the' corresponding^ spot on the 
other side. Then 1 looked down through the woods in 
the diretition I had Seen the other deer run and saw an- 
other one lying dead :fibout twenty-five yards away» and 
on going.down ifound.it to be jinother bupk. Ldressed the 
two ^nd hung them up, then -jpegan to investigate to ac-. 
count for my third shot. ..,•.„. • . 4. ' 
- By circling around carefujly 1 s<xin found the fresh. 
track;.,!o'i a deer, which, had . gone, pajit .the' one that had , 
fairetl,"arfd turned off, going in a different direction from 
the one I had seen rijnning- away. I soon found just one 
little spot of. blood,, and, about fifty yards away found a 
third buck lying dead. A;fter getting i it Jiung VP ,f sat 
down and ate n>y lunch.. J. Only went a few steps after 
eating' when I saw, several hundred yards a\Y.ay, an elk, 
and started to get within gunshot of it. After a long and 
circuitous route, I came near to it and saw it was a 
cow, and let it go without, shooting at it. I made my 
way slowly toward camp, .not carjjig much ,whe^ther I got 
anything' more or not. 
About font o'clock I met all the other fellows' with tWo 
pack-horses bringing in the elk whidh B. was after in the 
morning. Instead of going with them into camp, as they 
wanted, I kept on up over the top of the' ' mountain, _ so 
that r might look down Over the . grassy slope, thinking 
that I might see an antelope, which Tthdught Avould com- 
plete our assortment of game^ fC)r the day. Sure enough, , 
I had only gone over the top a 'few rods when I spied, 
over the top of a little bluff which I - was just passing, 
an antelope lying down. Quick as thought 'I dropped 
down out of sight, and then crawled back to a' little rocky 
knoll where T would be in fuU view of itA When I got 
there, and poked my head over the fock^, it had' got up 
and was looking toward me, ha-ving, no doubt, had a 
glimpse, of-me \vhen I first saw it. Shoving my rifle over 
the rock I took a quick aim and dropped it in its tracks. 
This proved to be the record day for numbers of big 
game killed in all my hunting experience: not that I 
never had opportunity to kill greater numbers, but because 
there was no-occasion for it. ' ' ' 
,1 frequently had chaiices to make big killings, where it 
was not necessary to do so, and am glad to say that .1 
never killed game that T had no use for. I -was' once 
out about two miles from the ranch, on horseback hunt- 
ing for meat. It was at a. time when deer were hard to 
find, and had been without meat for sometime, as were 
also some of my neighbors, who sometimes looked to me 
for meat when their luck went against them, or when 
they were too busy with their ranch work to hunt. I had ' 
left my' horse in Bull Canyon, where there was' abundant 
grass for him' to feed upon while I hunted, and had gprie 
half a mile further on, t6 a point which overlooked the 
mouth of another cani'on about a mile distant. Where 
the three principal stf eains of that section united, namely : 
Big Creek, Beaver Creek, and Smokehouse Creek. Being 
at a point which coitonanded an extensive view, I sat 
down on a. boulder to scan the surrounding country, as I 
could overlook both deer and antelope country. Directly 
I saw a white looking animal nloving about in the creek 
bottom and I soon made' out "twb morei and while watch- 
ing them to determine what they were, they moved off 
up the bare side of the mountain leading into the canyon. 
As they were more than a mile away, I could not .tell 
for certain what they were, but knew it was game o£ 
some kind'. Going back lb my horse, I mounted and went 
around through a body, of greeh timber until I was within 
a few hundred yards of the junction of the creeks, where 
I had seen the game, then dismounted and proceeded on 
foot. ■ ■ ' 
When I had first sighted the game I was between ' 
Beaver and Smokehouse creeks, but had crossed Smoke- 
house Creek while riding, thus leaving all three of the 
creeks between me and the game. I had not gone far on 
foot until I saw the game 1 was after iip in the canyon, 
.and could theii see plainly that they were niountain 
sheep, 'and that there Were about twenty of them in all. I 
took in the situation and saw that I was "up against it." 
About 100 yards below me all three of the creeks came 
together, but I, could not cross there witliouf being in 
plain sight of the quarry, and the bftly way to come up 
to them unseen was to ford each of the streams separately 
where they' were about fifty yards apart, and where a 
dense growth of wilfows would shelter me from their 
sight. . ' 
There happened at that time' to he a. very high stage of 
water, which was ice-cold, and which did not afford a 
pleasing feature of the .hunt, .but I was "after .meat and 
must have it. ' - ..' - . -* ^ .^ 
I took off my shoes and socks, "rolled my 'trousers^ as 
high as I could roll thejn, and started on my venture. 
The. streams were full ^of big boulders, and the high 
waters -vvere tumbling down over them at a rate .which 
made navigation extremely difficult, but I finally bnded. 
•safely across the last oue, dressed my feet, and made a 
• circle through the willows until I had a spu.r of the 
mountain between me and the game, then ventured _ out., 
into the open and began the ascent. It was a hard climb,, .. 
but .1 finally got to the top, and, cautiously peeping over ' 
fiome rocks, I saw them scattqred over the side of a moun- 
tain which was facing me, with a deep ravine between us, 
which was heavily timbered from the .lop where I was 
down to the bottom of the ravine, ^eing a little far away 
for sure shooting, and not having been 'seen, I. crawledl 
into the timber and worked my way to 'a favorable spot, 
then picked out a yearling buck and fired. There was i 
strong wind blowing out...Gn the open mountain side whichi 
I did not feel where I was, and, for which I did not make 
: allowance, and my shot ' only made him raise his head 
and look surprised. Quickly throwing in another car- 
■ tridge,: X made -due allowance for the drift of the hall 
with the wind, and that -tim^ the buck dropped in hi-i- 
.-..tracks-.- 'Then fHey all .ran together into, a bunch and 
- stood- as close as • fliey.: poujd stand when I picked , out 
: :anQthef 'and "dropped , it.-, -Owing, -to -tbe wind^ and the 
■ mountains on the opposite sides of the canyon, they could 
not determine froni whence the; ;.shodting came, and I 
verily believe I could ii^ve cleaned out the half of the 
bunch'beforethey cbul)ihjave gotten out of range, but two 
- was all I could take with me, and, all I needed, and after 
• I watched theni . for some time, diu-ing -syhich time they 
. remained motionless^' and I- wished -with . all itiy might for 
a good kodak, rgot-up-from my hiding place and started 
- -across toward them-. Of course 'they soon saw me, and 
^ -started -up over-the fnountain, but even then they stopped 
; • at intervals and iook^d • hack, arid were not . out of sight 
for several minutes. After dressing the carcasses and 
aga^in performing the wading act to get my horse, I soon 
had them, packed on the horse and was picking my way 
over the mountains to, my bachelor home and my hungry 
neighbors, where there was rejoicing and feasting. 
. At another time I was riding from the post-office to the 
ranch of Cooke Rhea, at whose place I was staying for a 
few days while he was away. Cecil Lawrence, a neigh- 
bor ranch-man who lived fifteen miles distant, happened to 
be in our park that day, and just as I got to the ranch 1 
sam him, riding up as fast as his horse could run. He 
told me he had just seen a bunch of mountain sheep over 
in the .edge of the park, and they were all big rams, and 
he was very anxious to kill one, and wanted my rifle. 
I told him to go to my house, about a mile away, and 
he would find the door unlocked, as I always left it, and 
lo take my rifle and ammunition which was about the 
most conspicuous furniture in the house. I watched him, 
and could see the sheep, but he failed to get a shot at 
them.' I went over to Elick Hilton's, from where he had 
first seen them, and was there Avhen he returned. I made 
no comment, but knew what I would do- After he had 
gone I went to Rhea's, got a horse and rode over where 
the sheep had disappeared in the mountains and left the 
liorse and started on the trail of the sheep. I was riot 
needing meat then, but .had neevr killed an old ram with 
large horns, and thought there was a chance to get one, 
as there were plenty of places for the meat. The trail led 
' through a long thicket of jack-pines, then out on to a 
bare, rocky knoll from which there was a good view of 
the surrounding country, and soon I saw the sheep half 
a mile ahead, on a bare knoll, and some were lying down. 
By a long and rough journey I was able to keep out of 
their sight, and crawl up within thirty yards of them, 
undiscovered. I cocked my gun and peered over the top 
of a rock to pick out the biggest horns, and there I saw. 
not a bunch of rams, but nothing but ewes, about a 
dozen, any of them close enough to have shot them in 
the head. I looked at them for a minute in disgust, let 
the hammer of my gun down, and raised up to see them 
scoot, and they scooted. He had seen their horns, sup- 
posed because they had horns they must be rams, not 
knowing that the females have horns also. That evening, 
when I told old Elick what I had done, and what I hadn't 
done, he said: "I knowed the way your ear wagged 
•whein you left there was something in the wind." 
" . Emerson Carney. 
A Good Report from Illinois. 
Roscoe, 111., September 22. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
Thinking that possibly a short communication from the 
State Game Commissioner of Illinois of what is being 
done in the way of game protection under the new game 
law would be of some interest to your readers, I append 
the following list of cases of violations of the law since 
August I : 
For killing ducks out of season, Gustave Engle, Ottawa, 
111., fined $15; hunting without a license, two persons, 
Cobden, 111., fined $25. each ; attempting to kill prairie 
chickens, Elmer Sanford, Lincoln, fined $15; killing one 
prairie chicken, John Jenkins, Lincoln, fined $15; killing 
song birds, several Italians, Galena, fined $90; buying and 
.selling squirrels, L. C. Reese, Anna, fined $25; killing 
song birds, Harry Schrader, Chicago, fined and fine re- 
mitted, as he was only support of a widowed mother; 
selling squirrels, Moses Leyley, Alto Pass, fined $25; 
hunting without license, F. Pecharo, Pickneyville, fined 
$25; killing song birds, Louis Boris, Chicago, fined $5 ; 
killing song birds, Geo. Doretors, Chicago, fined $5; 
trespass, W. R. Riddew, Camp Point, fined $3; killing 
song birds, Frank Ortlepp, Chicago, fined $35 ; hunting 
without a license, John Monkus, Chicago, fined $25 : 
hunting without a license, Sam Vangilas, Chicago, fined 
$25 ; trespass, two parties, Milmine, fined $10 ; killing one 
robin, Chas. Heining, Chicago, fined $5. 
In addition to the above fines, each person prosecuted 
also paid costs of the suit. We have now got the State 
well organized with a good deputy warden in each county, 
who is giving his time and attention to the work and is 
receiving pay for such days as he is employed in actual; 
duty. . 
The State has been divided into ten districts, with a 
good traveling warden to cover about ten counties each. 
The traveling warden's duty is to go over his district 
each month, after having selected deputies, and see that 
each is doing his duty, and in this way we feel that we 
can come as near enforcing the law as possible. 
Licenses are being issued by every county, city and 
village clerk of the State, and there was received at the 
State Treasurer's office at Springfield, 111., in July, 
$2,136.70 for licenses issued prior to July i, and August i 
there was paid into the State Treasury $1:6,331.04 for, 
licenses issued during July. The report for licenses, 
issued during August has not been received from the 
State Treasurer, but from all reports received there will 
Tje from $12,000 to $15,000 at least paid in for licenses; 
issued during August, as the reports from the State' 
'Treasurer each month are for the amounts received for 
the previous month. The money thus paid into the State 
Treasury goes directly back to the country, as the ten 
traveling wardens and' 102. deputies have to be paid each 
month. The. matter of getting the new law before the 
public, and the fact that something like 5,000 clerks in 
the State have to be furnished not only with blank 
licenses, but also with blank applications, blanks for re- 
porting to the State Treasurer, and copies of the game 
Taw both in pamphlet form and in synopsis form on larg? 
cards, means a great expense, as it has taken to the 
-\^arious clerks of the State to date 73,ooo license blanks' 
with as many blank applications, numerous other blanks 
:as mentioned, and over 80,000 copies of the game law. 
The people generally over the State are much interestex 
in the protection of game, as the matter had been agitatec 
■during the past two years to such an extent that not onl.^i 
the sportsmen but the farmers are awake to the interest ol 
■game protection, and the man who thinks he will slip ou 
:and kill a few birds out of season or without a license 
■Or in any other way violates the new game law, is ver, 
:apt to be arrested promptly, for nearly every one of th' 
■deputy game wardens has friends throughout his count 
who are continually on the watch and notify him at one 
•of any hunters that are but after game out of season 0 
