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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 17, 1903. 
"The New York and Pennsylvania Company have had 
a pulp mill on the banks of the Bouquet River for the last 
twenty years, and have manufactured there pure cellulose 
from white poplar wood, which is dissolved by boiling 
with soda, and this soda, after the boiling, is practically 
all recovered, so that the only residuum allowed to escape 
iv^; a trace of soda and a trace of spent lime, which is 
equivalent to nothing more or less than sand. The ex- 
amination recently made by Prof. Landreth will show, 
when he makes his report, that, instead of rendering the 
water impure, the flowage from the tnill has a tendency 
to purify it, and this fact will no doubt be embodied in 
his report to the State authorities. This is the only 
conclusion that can be justly arrived at. I myself have 
a residence on a point of the lake near the mouth of the 
river, which I have occupied for more than five years, 
and during that time I have used the water for all do- 
mestic purposes with absolutely no ill effects. 
"It was about fifteen years ago that the first complaint 
was made against our mill, and as a remedy we ceased 
dumping our lime sludge into the river while the fish 
were running, as some people erroneously thought it was 
harmful to them. You see, notwithstanding we knew 
it was more beneficial than harmful to the fish, we 
respected the complaint. 
"A few years later we received more complaints about 
the presence of our lime sludge in the river and lake, 
and as a result, we built at large cost, a great dyke to 
keep the lime sludge from escaping into the river and 
thence out in the lake. So we now dump nothing in the 
river but clear waste water having in it but a trace of 
soda and spent lime, which in fact is just like the lime 
juice served at a soda fountain in a drug shop, only in- 
finitely more weak. In fact, it is the same thing only not 
nearly so strong as the lime juice nowadays generally put 
in milk on which babies are nourished. 
"Indeed," animatedly concluded Mr. Paine, "our waste 
water with its trace of soda and lime, if the public only 
knew it, tends to star the waters of the lake and make 
them brighter and more sparkling than nature could 
accomplish. As amatter of fact, instead of being perse- 
cuted as we have been, we should really be paid, and paid 
well, for clarifying and purifying the waters of the river 
and the lake." 
A prominent railway official, who is known to have 
large milling interests in the Lake Champlain region, and 
who desired to have his name withheld from publication, 
on the grounds that he did not wish to be personally 
brought into the matter, made some remarkable state- 
ments when" seen by the Forest and Stream representa- 
tive. Said he : 
"I really can't see what all this row is about. All this 
talk about the pollution of Lake Champlain is Simon- 
pure poppycock. On the contrary, the mills are doing 
noble work in purifj'ing the. lake waters from the various 
contaminations, natural and otherwise, that are emptied 
into it. In this respect, and many others of a like char- 
acter, the mills are really performing a most glorious 
public service. 
"From time to time I have read articles in the papers 
telling about the alleged pollution of Au Sable River by 
the J. & J. Rogers pulp mill located there — arrant non- 
sense. This mill, as I well know, uses spruce timber in 
making its pulp, and it is true employs large amounts of 
sulphurous acid. What of that? Let me tell you that I 
have many times made a pilgrimage to the mill for the 
special purpose of drinking the sulphurous water dis- 
charged by it into the river. The sulphurous properties 
the water contains makes of it a wonderful tonic, re- 
juvenating to the entire system. After taking only half a 
dozen glasses of the water it has made me feel like a new , 
man, and I know many others who have had the same 
experience. People often travel a thousand miles to 
drink and bathe in sulphurous waters that can't be com- 
pared with the waste waters of this mill. Search the 
world over and I doubt if you will be able to find a body 
of men of such magnificent physique as those employed 
in the mill there. Every man of them over six feet high 
and strong as an ox. These men drink and bathe in the 
water daily. Indeed, I am seriously thinking of erecting 
a sanitarium there which would be bound to be a great 
success." 
"Is the sulphurous waste good for the fish, too?" ven- 
tured the reporter. 
"Remarkably so," was the response. "Each year I find 
them growing in size and beauty, and their numbers con- 
stantly increasing. They appear to have greatly increased 
in liveliness, too, and this gives added zest to the sport of 
fishing. 
"One thing more. I have seen it mentioned that the mill 
owners are denuding the grand forests about the lake, and 
thus destroying another of its renowned beauties and at- 
tractions. Nothing could be further from the truth. The 
work of cutting down the trees to make paper pulp is all 
in charge of expert landscape gardeners who spare no 
pains in producing lovely sylvan effects that in time will 
make the whole region round and about Lake Champlain 
the garden spot of the world." 
It wasn't I3aron Munchausen, come to life, who said 
these things. It was just a plain American railroad presi- 
dent with "milling interests about the lake. 
In commenting on the present status of the case, Mr. 
Hatch said : 
"It appears that Lake Champlain is not the only body 
of water in which fish are dying by the wholesale on ac- 
count of poisonous chemicals dumped into tributary 
waters bv paper mills, which thus disregard the rights of 
the public, "instead of otherwise disposing of their refuse. 
According to the Paper Trade Journal's Indianapolis cor- 
respondent, five suits for damages against the American 
Straw Board Company have been instituted by Madison 
ccunty landowners, and transferred to the United States 
Circuit Court. The complaints allege that the Straw . 
Board Company pours into White River more than 
800,000 gallons of refuse daily from its plant, which, it is 
alleged, has had the effect to pollute the stream. The 
poisonous qualities of this' matter have killed alL the 
fish in the stream below the mill, and in addition made 
the water so bad that cattle would not drink .it._ Another^ 
cause of complaint against the paper" cornpany is that the 
debris thrown into the stream lodges along the banks of 
the river, making the vicinity unhealthy, owing to^ the 
distressing odors that arise therefrom. • - . 
"From Dayton, Ohio, also come complaints of a simnar 
nature.'- It is stated that great' schools of :dea4 fisH have 
appeared *bn the surface of -.the- mers- in that vicinity, 
and the health authorities, impelled to take action by the 
complaints of citizens interested in fish and game, have 
determined to find out the exact status of affairs in that 
connection. It is declared that the State authorities will 
take up the case, and if the straw board manufacturers 
are offenders the State Board will make it warm for them. 
"Legislators in Vermont and elsewhere have not hesi- 
tated to take action against the dumping of sawdust into 
streams, and it will be no more of a hardship to compel 
paper manufacturers to dispose of their refuse in some 
other way than by dumping it into our rivers than to 
force the owners of other mills to do this. If there was 
no other way for paper mills but to pour poisonous 
chemicals into the streams on which they are located, the 
situation would be entirely different; but even in that 
case there would be a question conerning the right of the 
individual as compared with the welfare of the com- 
munity. In point of fact, however, mill owners in some 
cases have instituted new means of disposing of their 
refuse, only to revert later on to the pollution of streams ; 
and there is no reason, save the question of expense, 
why such refuse should not be dumped on premises pre- 
pared for this particular purpose. In the course of time 
the people of every State in the Union will come to 
realize fully the dangers which threaten them in the pol- 
lution of our rivers and will legislate accordingly." 
P. 
Albino Bfook Tfo«t. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
A number of letters received since the closing of the 
State Fair at Syracuse, indicate that the extensive exhibit 
of live fish made by the Forest, Fish and Game Commis- 
sion, attracted no little attention, and that the albino 
trout excited considerable curiosity. These trout came 
from the Adirondack hatchery located at Saranac Inn. 
The foreman of the hatchery, Mr. Grant E. Winchester, 
writes thus concerning them : "They were hatched from 
the regular brock trout eggs in March, 1902, which 
makes them about one and one-half years old. There 
were about fifty of them, some being of a silver bluish- 
gray appearance, but the mos| of them pure yellowish- 
white. They were placed in a separate compartment and 
given the best possible care and attention, but all have 
died except two of the pure albinos and two of the 
bluish-grays. The albinos have the crimson spots and 
pink eyes, but the grays show no spots." 
Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, the well-known expert, when 
informed of the exhibit, stated that "The albino form of 
brook trout is by no means common, but has appeared 
sporadically in several localities Avithin the last ten 
years." These "freaks" are apparently none the worse 
for being exhibited at the State Fair, and the hatchery 
foreman intends to experiment with breeding from them 
this fall. Should the fish die they will be mounted for 
the exhibit which the Commission is to make at St. Louis. 
John D. Whish, Secretary. 
[The Minnesota Commission used to have a stock of 
albino brook trout at the St. Paul hatchery.] 
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All communications intended for Forest and Stream should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co,> 
New York, and not to any individual connected with the paper- 
Telegfony. 
The following is the London Field's reply to a cor- 
respondent, whose spaniel bitch had whelped a litter 
to a mongrel dog, and who asked whether a future litter 
would be affected thereby, even if by pure blood sire: 
The opinion that is expressed by our correspondent's 
friends is exceedingly general. We have known numer- 
ous instances of valuable dogs being destroyed under 
similar circumstances, they being regarded as practi- 
cally spoiled for breeding purposes. From the same 
cause we have known valuable short-horned cows re- 
garded as useless for breeding stock. It is singular 
that so general a belief in the doctrine of the influence 
of a first sire should prevail, when it is so easily con- 
futed by practical experiment. The valuable long-con- 
tinued experiments of Professor Cossar Ewart have 
removed all scientific belief in this doctrine. He bred 
seventeen hybrid Burchell's zebras from various mares 
of very different breeds. Some of these produced first 
foals to the zebra, and others had been mated previ- 
ously. In every case these mares, after producing 
zebra hybrids, were mated with horses, and in not one 
single instance was the slightest trace of the previous 
zebra sire manifested. Anatomically_ and physiologi- 
cally considered, there is no foundation for the belief 
in what may be termed telegony or breeding back to a 
former sire. The blood of the mother and that of the 
offspring do not mingle. So to speak, there is no pos- 
sibility of the contamination of the mother by the blood 
of the hybrid. These experiments of Professor Ewart 
are regarded by scientists as settling the question, but 
they are not accepted by the uninformed public. One 
of the strangest things possible is that this doctrine, 
although believed by the majority of people, is never 
acted upon. by themselves as regards the human species. 
A m'art - who marries a widow does not expect that 
children born subsequently to his marriage will appear 
in the likeness of her first husband, and where different 
races of mankind interbred, such a thing is not ob- 
served br even suspected. We do not give this reply 
■ with "tbe idea that our opinion will generally be ac- 
"cepted. The prejudices of the uninformed public are 
not to be overcome by facts. 
Boston Terrier Show* 
Preparations for the much-heralded Boston Terrier 
Show, at- Boston, Nov. 17, 18, 19, are progressing very 
favorably, and everything points to a most successful 
affair. The premium lists are now ready for mailing. 
This show is given under' the auspices- of . The Boston 
"Terrier Club. The' Bench "Show Coijqmittee, chosen 
from its members, are.tnen who have :very much at 
heart the best interests of the breed. There will be 
twenty classes, $600 in cash prizes, nearly 100 specials 
already received, and others expected; also, this will 
be a four-point show. Entry fee $3. Mr. Dwight Bald- 
win is the judge. Cash prizes and trophies will be 
offered in every conceivable manner, so that there 
should be no dog entered but what will be eligible to 
compete for some one or various specials. Horticul- 
tural Hall is where the show will be held. Entries close 
on Monday, Nov. 2. Write Mr. Arthur Mulvey, Room 
408, 74 Boylston Street, Boston, for premium lists and 
entry blanks. 
The National Beagfle Cltib of America. 
The fourteenth annual field trials of the National 
Beagle Club of America, will commence on Nov. 9, at 
Howardsville, Albemarle county, Va., at the invitation 
of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Dickson Bruns and General 
and Mrs. T. M. Logan, on their plantations known as 
Duncannon and Algoma, where all members of the 
club and all those making entries will be their guests 
during the trials. 
It is the desire of the club that all members of the 
club and all persons making entries who expect to at- 
tend the trials, will so notify the secretary as soon as 
possible, and also state the number of dogs which they 
expect to enter, so that ample accommodations may 
be arranged. Charles R. Stevenson, Sec'y. 
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For Cruising Yachtsmen. 
With the purpose of stimulating the interest in cruis- 
ing, and the keeping of a detailed log by cruising 
yachtsmen during the season of 1903, the publishers of 
Forest and Stream offer prizes for the best stories of 
cruises submitted to be published in Forest and 
Stream. It is believed that these will form not only 
entertaining records of pleasant summer days spent 
afloat along our coasts and waterways, but will furnish 
information of practical value to other yachtsmen mak- 
ing subsequent cruises on the same waters. 
Prizes will be awarded to the three best stories as fol- 
lows: 
First prize, $75.00. . ^ 
Second prize, $50.00. 
Third prize, $25.00. 
Contributions are invited under the following condi- 
tions: 
1. The cruise must be made in waters of the United 
States or Canada in the season of 1903. 
2. The cruise must be made in a sailing yacht, fowcr 
to be used only as an auxiliary, if at all. 
X The story must be prefaced bv a description of the 
boat. Cruises should be treated in as interesting and 
readable a way as possible, but should be practical and 
contain all possible information and data that would be 
of value to men going over the same route. A descrip- 
tion of the handling of the ship in all weathers will be 
regarded very favorably in making awards, and it is 
suggested to writers that an accurate account be kept 
of all incidents happening while under way. 
4. Photographs of the boat and of the country passed 
through, not smaller than 4x5, should, if possible, ac- 
company each story, and they will be considered in 
making the awards. 
5. An outline chart of the trip drawn on white paper 
in black ink (no coloring pigment to be used) should 
also be sent in. 
6. Competitors should avoid the use of slang or in- 
correct nautical expressions in their stories, as it will 
count against them in awarding the prizes. 
7. The story should contain about seven thousand 
words, written on one side of the paper only, and must 
be received at the office of the Forest and Stream Pub- 
lishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York City, on 
or before Nov. 15, 1903. 
Sir Thomas Lipton has shown a disposition to revive 
trans-Atlantic yacht races by oft'ering a twenty-five hun- 
dred dollar cup for that purpose, the trophy to be a per- 
petual challenge cup and the races to be sailed from 
Sandy Hook to the Needles. The contest will be open 
to sloops, yawls and schooners, and the races to be sailed 
without time allowance. Sir Thomas suggested that a 
second prize valued at one thousand dollars be offered 
by the club accepting his, offer. The Atlantic Y. C. will 
m.ore than likely become the custodian of the cup, as 
Commodore Tod is very enthusiastic on the subject of 
ocean races, and has done much to encourage them the 
past two years. 
The German Emperor will soon present to the New 
York Y. C. a handsome cup, and although the conditions 
governing the trophy are not known, it is more than 
likely that it will be offered for ocean races. 
Boston Letter. 
Boston, Oct. 11. — Nearly everything pertaining to 
yachting in Massachusetts Bay has, at the present time, 
become a question of rules governing the present re- 
stricted classes or those to govern proposed new classes 
which may, or may not, be adopted at the fall meeting 
of the Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts, to be 
held next Thursday evening. The rules governing the 
proposed new classes have been published and sent broad- 
cast among the yachtsmen so that any weakness may be 
discovered and changes recommended before the classes 
may be actually formed and yachts built for them. 
The need of new classes, or some radical changes in the 
rules governing the rules of the present restricted classes, 
has been apparent for some time, and particularly so dur- 
ing the past season. At the annual meeting of the As- 
sociation it waV resolved to instruct the Executive Com- 
mittee to look into the matter of new rules and to report 
