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cause at the continual diminution of the catch of codfish 
in their waters. The two principal causes which are be- 
lieved to have contributed to this result are the destructive 
use of trap nets, and steam trawling for cod and heru-ing, 
And also the growing scarcity of bait for cod due to the 
habit so long practiced of seining herring, capelin, and 
other small fish by wholesale, in the spring of the year, 
for the purpose of using them as fertilizers for the 
ground. In this manner it is claimed that millions of 
tons of the most desirable food have been wantonly 
wasted. The consequent difficulty at times of securing "a 
proper supply of bait, and the steady decrease in the 
quantity of codfish visiting the coasts have now alarmed 
some of the fishermen to such an extent that some of 
them have petitioned the Government Department of 
Fisheries at Ottawa to prohibit both the steam trawling 
for cod and herring, and also the use of fish as manure. 
No action has yet been taken on the petitions, but it is 
understood that the matter is now engaging the serious 
attention of the Government. On the other hand, it is 
claimed that the petition is being opposed at Ottawa by 
the representatives of an American syndicate which has 
been formed for the purpose of operating steam trawlers 
on a very large scale off the shores of the gulf and the 
Baie des Chaleurs. E. T. D. Chambers. 
Massachusetts Game Interests. 
Boston, Nov. 21. — Editor Forest and Stream: Shore 
gunners have been getting good bags the past week at 
Monomo}'- (Chatham) and Eastman. At Assawamsett 
and Long Pond man geese, duck, teel and whistlers have 
been secured b}- owners of "hides." 
Deer are reported numerous about New Bedford, being 
often seen from passing trains ; one, a fawn, has been 
killed by a locomotive; also a fine buck which was found 
dead beside the track near Myrick's junction. It is sup- 
posed the presence of deer in this section is due to their 
being driven from their haunts in the Sandwich and Ply- 
mouth woods by forest fires or possibly by being chased 
by dogs. It is a well-known fact that some of the natives 
' have been accustomed to hunt deer for years past in these 
towns. No outsider is allowed to kill them unless he in 
some way gets under the protecting wing of a resident. 
The method of doing this is well understood by the know- 
ing ones. 
No section of the State furnishes a better breeding 
, ground than the Sandwich woods, and if the illegal kill- 
ing of them could be stopped the animal would become 
very plentiful in a few years. 
For Sunday gunning in Medfield, A. L. Boyden and 
F. J. Mahoney, of Norwood, were fined on Monday $10 
each. 
Three Massachusetts gunners were arrested last Satur- 
day on board a train returning from New Hampshire with 
partridges which they were taking out of the State ille- 
gally. They were taken by A. J. Cardwell, a warden in 
the employ of the New Hampshire Commissioners, who 
was attired in hunting outfit and carried a gun to com- 
plete his disguise. Having learned from them the result 
of their trip, and that the birds were in the baggage 
' car, he took them ot¥ the train and Justice Greenough, of 
Atkinson, fined two of them $10 each. The case of the 
third man, who had ten birds, was brought before Justice 
Hills, of Plaiston, and resulted in his imposing a fine of 
$90. The first two gave fictitious names, but it is under- 
stood they are members of the Maiden police force. The 
third man is a resident of Lynn. 
One of the active clubs which has done much to advance 
the work of protection in Massachusetts during the past 
f*^w years is the S. Acton Fish and Game Association. 
It was represented in the convention of a year ago by its 
president, Mr. N. J. Cole, and others. The club held its 
annual meeting and banquet with a large attendance on' 
Thursday evening, November 19. Several pleasant hours 
after the dinner were occupied by a smoke talk and social. 
The officers of last year were re-elected, Mr. Cole as presi- 
dent, Mr. Warren Jones as vice-president, and Mr. C. M. 
Kimball, secretary-treasurer. 
At a recent meeting of the directors of the Megantic 
,CIub, suitable resolutions were adopted on the death of 
Mr. Clarence A. Barney, who had served several years on 
the board and was a faithful officer as well as a sports- 
man of the highest type. The club has recently purchased 
425 acres of land covering Indian River and the shore of 
Spider Lake to the Paxton place, and thus, with present 
holdings, securing to the club desirable rights in Spider 
Lake. Mr. Howard Plowman has presented the club as 
a gift 100 acres north of the Boyle farm, covered with 
a young growth. Mr. Arthur W. Robinson, a former 
president of the club, and Mrs. Robinson have been stop- 
ping with Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Pierce at their private 
camp at Chain of Ponds. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson each 
shot a buck, and Mr. and Mrs. Pierce got two each. Mr. 
Pierce says big bucks with good antlers are more plentiful 
than he has ever before seen them, and foxes and bears 
are abundant. Mr. Robinson's brother, Henry W., was 
with the party a portion of the time. 
I am informed that several members are planning to 
build camps before another season ; also in order to better 
commode member.^ who live in New York, Hartford, 
Philadelphia, and other places outside of Massachusetts, 
it is proposed to hold the annual banquet the coming 
winter in New York city. It is thought the date will be 
Jan. 30, and that it will be at Delmonico's. Members 
who have visited the club during the year are enthusiastic 
over the sport they have had and the treatment accorded 
(hem at the cub house and the various camps. The club 
certainly offers great attractions and deserves the fullest 
sitccess. 
Deer Killed in Vefmott. 
Through the courtesj- of Hon. H. G. Thomas, Fish and 
Game Commissioner, I am able to give the readers of 
Forest and STREAJt the official report of the number of 
deer killed in the Green Mountain State the last ten day^ 
of October, which is 754, as compared with 382 in the 
same period of 1902. This is in addition to the number of 
does illegally killed, of which reports liave been received 
(;f 87, which the commissioner says, in his opinion, is not 
more than one-half the number actually killed. The in- 
creased killing is especially prominent in Windsor, Wind • 
hattt, Orleans, and Addison counties, these footing up 
178, 43, 64, and 70 respectively. This is accounted for by 
the large number of non-resident sportsmen who have 
made their camping grounds in those counties. The small 
mcrease over 1902 in Essex county is accounted for 
by the fact, if reports are to be credited, "that open 
season continues throughout the year." Four hunters 
from New York State, six from New Hampshire, two 
from Rhode Island, one from Canada, and twelve from 
Massachusetts have been successful in killing deer and 
taking them out of the State. The number from out the 
State reported as "not successful" is 68. 
The commissioner says "no doubt some of these parties 
captured deer." Also that "everj^ day reports come to 
my office that wounded deer are discovered, which means 
a large addition to the number slaughtered alreadv 
reported." 
From these facts Commissioner Thomas draws a con- 
cliision in these emphatic words: "It is very evident that 
this increase in slaughter of deer, or even the same ratio 
kept up, will soon deplete the stock." 
_ Ver)' pertinent comments are made upon "the disposi- 
tion of a great majority of our would-be good and law- 
abiding citizens and many wardens to shield one's fellow 
nian who persistently violates the fish and game laws." 
This is a condition which is not confined to any State, 
but which prevails quite generally, I believe, in every 
community, It is in keeping with the observations of your 
correspondent, who has received numerous complaints 
from persons who would not on any account go into 
court and give testimony against an offender. 
People who want the game laws enforced do not seem 
to realize that cases of this sort cannot be successfully 
prosecuted Avithout evidence, which must be definite and 
specific. I have heard it stated, for instance, that from 
a certain town partridges are furnished some dealer in 
Boston — no information either as to the name of the 
hunter or of the dealer, and yet the person making the 
complaint, and who would not give any vital information, 
wonders why every offense against the laws is not 
punished. 
It is a great gain for the cause to have no open sale in 
the markets. But persons who desire to aid in the en- 
forcement of the game laws should show less reluctance 
to give definite and specific information. Central. 
PoUutioi of Lake Chatnplain. 
Details of the movement against the pulp mills, al- 
leged to have been polluting the waters of Lake ChaniT 
plam, were printed in Forest and Stream last July, 
and the leading New York City dailies took the 
matter up and have since given to it wide publicity. 
Prof. Olin Landreth's report was awaited with keen in- 
terest, as it was reported that it would surely be con- 
demnation, and that as a result the mill owners would 
have to find some other method of getting rid of their 
refuse than by dumping it into the waters of the lake. 
Such a report would affect not only the owners of the 
pulp mills, but scores of mill owners all over the State, 
who, on the authority of Dr. Daniel Lewis, president 
of the State Board of Health, have for years been 
violating the law in this particular. For some reason 
Prof. Landreth's report was not turned in, and then 
followed the unexpected descent on the pulp mills by 
Dr. . Lewis, Prof. Landreth and other officials of the 
health department. Fresh specimens of the mill refus< 
were taken, and of the waters of the lake and of the 
rivers on which the mills are situated. 
To a representative of Forest and Stream Dr. Lewis 
stated that the object of the visit was to secure addi- 
tional evidence, and that no stone would be left un- 
turned to compel the mill owners to live up to the law. 
From what he observed, Dr. Lewis said that there was 
little doubt in his mind that the mills were polluting 
the waters, but before he made an}'- positive statement 
to that effect would await the completion of the chem- 
ical examination of the specimens taken. Dr. Lewis 
said, furthermore, that like the long continued Barren 
Island nuisance, which he had stamped out, he intended 
to end the pollution of the waters of the State by in- 
dustrial concerns and would direct his first efforts along 
these lines to abate the much discussed pulp mill nuis- 
ance along the borders of Lake Champlain. 
A petition signed by leading property holders along 
the Vermont side of the lake, will soon be laid before 
the Governor of that State, and as a result it is ex- 
pected that Gov. McCullough will order an investigation 
similar to the one made by the New York State Board 
of Health. 
New Yorkers with summer homes about the shores 
of Lake Champlain, engaged in the warfare against the 
pulp mills, are congratulating themselves that leading 
fire insurance companies have allied themselves with 
the movement. The interest and co-operation of the 
fire insurance companies in the matter was hastened 
by the almost complete destruction by fire recently of 
.the newly erected $40,000 French Catholic church in 
the village of Keesville, located on the An .Sable 
River, near where it empties into Lake Champlain. It 
is declared that the water mains were so clogged with 
the refuse from the mills that much of the force of the 
water was lost, and the efforts of the fire department 
seriously hampered. 
The citizens of Keesville. it is said, are indignant 
against the mill owners, who promised to secure tor the 
village a new source of water supply. The attention 
of the insurance companies has been called to the case, 
and if the reports are substantiated, they will either 
cancel policies or raise rates. They have promised to 
aid the movement of the citizens and property holders 
in their fight. 
In touch with the movements to stop the continued 
and further pollution of the waters of Lake Champlain 
by mill owners, is the probable establishment of a 
bureau of water inspection and drainage in the State 
Health Department at the coming session of the Legis- 
lature. 
In conjunction with this it is proposed to establish 
a bureau in the department where all data may be 
filed, and where the public may at any time secure in- 
formation as to the sanitary condition of any health re- 
sort or summer boarding "house of any locality in the 
State.- ^-"^ ■ •* - ■ • 
For instance, .suppose a New York man intends to 
spend the summer in the Adirondacks, and has de- 
cided to go to Lake Champlain. He wishes to know 
the conditions as to sanitation of some particular hotel 
there. If the proposed bureau were established he 
could be informed at once of the condition of the hotel. 
Should the record on file in this department be un- 
favorable to this particular hotel, it is quite possible 
that the New York man would not go there. 
This measure is not only directed against offending ^ 
pulp mill owners, but against all persons engaged in, 
unlawfully polluting the waters of the State. The' 
work will be undertaken at once if the Legislature will 
make the necessary appropriation. The businesslike 
methods of Dr. Lewis in his investigation of the offend- 
ing mills are' receiving high praise, and strong hopes 
are entertained that he will speedily bring the matter 
to a positive decision. 
"The matter of the pollution of the waters of the 
State by mills, factories and so on," said Dr. Lewis 
yesterday to a Fore.st .\nd Stream representative, "is 
a very broad one, and there are many conflicting in- 
terests. However, the law on the subject is quite ex- 
plicit and 1 intend to bring into play all the power of 
the Health Department against all sucsh offenders. As 
a result of the meastires which I intend to take, I be- 
lieve that in a few years time mills all ov.,er the State, 
instead of dumping their chemical refuse into the rivers, 
streams, lakes, etc., will all have adopted disposal 
plants of one kind or another, and thus eiad the evil." 
_ Mr, Hatch stated recently that he had been ad- 
vised by legal counsel that the polluting of the waters 
of the State was a criminal offense, and that steps 
would be taken to call the attention of the local grand 
jury to the matter, and that an indictment of the mill 
owners may follow. 
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FIELD TRIALS. 
Nov. 30.— Chase, City, Va.— Virginia Field Trial Association 
trials. Charles B. Cooke, Sec'y. Richmond. Va. 
Dec. 1.— Clay City, Ind.— Indiana Field Trial Club trials. C. F.- 
Young, Sec'y. 
Dec. 5.— Thomasville, Ga.— Continental Field Trial Club trials. ' 
John White, Sec'y, Hempstead, N. Y. 
Pointer Club Trials. 
The Pointer Club of America's trials fixed to be field 
at Holmdel, N.,J., commencing November 16, were aban- 
doned after two attempts to run on- Monday and Tues- 
day, on some grounds beautiful to gaze upon, but barren 
of birds, Whoever selected the grounds had a perfect 
eye for the higher agriculture, but a wretchedly poor eye 
for the requirements of the pointer club's trials. A large 
part of the grounds was devoted to stock farms, and 
fully 90 per cent, of the grounds was so short of cover 
that a quail could not hide nor obtain a square meal in 
it. The small part which had cover was so dense or unfit 
that no competition could be held. 
There was a good attendance of spectators, among 
whom were the president of the club, Mr. R. A. Fair- 
bairn, of Westfield, N, J.; C, B. Seeley, Bridgeport, 
Conn. ; Dr. James S. Howe, Boston ; C. F. Lewis, New 
York; C. Roger Smith; Middletown, N. Y. ; John J. 
Young, F. Reih', De Luther J. Tuny, Philadelphia; Al- 
fred Cox, Hawthorne, N. Y. ; Jos. D, Green, Syracuse, 
N. Y. ; R. K. Armstrong, Harrington Park, N. J. ; Messrs. 
E. E. and W. P. Taybor, Long Branch ; Howard B. 
Rathbone, New York; E. W. Throckmorton, Red Bank, 
N.. J.; W. P. Austin, Mansfield, Pa.; J. M. Taylor, 
Rutherford, N. J.; Dr. A. G. Terrell, New York; Henry 
T. Rogers, Water Mill, L. 1. ; Walter D. Steele, Rocking- 
ham, N. C. ; J. C. Schuyler, Salisbury, N. Y. ; F. E. and 
G. S. Raynor, Riverhead, N. Y. Mr. T. Forman Taylor, 
seventy-one years old, one of the pioneers in the world of 
the hunting dog, was present. 
The . j udges were Messrs. G. Muss-Arnolt and B. 
Waters. 
Bad rainy weather prevailed on Monday morning, and 
in consequence the start was delayed till after lunch. The 
competition began with the Derby, which had three 
starters. Two guides, not wholly inanimate, yet almost 
wholly ignorant of the grounds, were supposed to do the 
guiding. They were simply incumbrances, and the party 
would have done inuch better without them. There were 
three starters in the Dcrb}^ They were cast off on a 
beautifullj' smooth, closely-grazed field where at a glance 
ir was apparent there were no quails. The first brace 
was W. P. Austin's Lady Lou and H. Ball's Top Notch 
Cordovan, the former handled by owner, the latter by 
H. Rogers. Commencing at i :26 they ran to i :59. 
Geo. S. Raynor's Saddleback ran with Cordovan from 
2 ;0-[ to 2 :39. They were ordered to be in readiness if 
some birds were found during the running of the Mem- 
bers' Stake, which was forthwith begun. Two braces 
were run, namely, Geo, Raynor's Champ with W. P. Aus- 
tin's Tioga Sam. and Dr. Daniel's Woolton Game II. with 
W: P. Austin's Blackstone, They ran from 2:42 to 3 154, 
when the competition for the day ended without finding a 
bird. 
Tuesday morning was cloudy and rainy. An early lunch 
was eaten, and a start was made. The dogs were cast off 
at II :so, and the competition ended at 2:40. Four braces 
were run, namely. Dr. Daniel's Joe Gray against Geo. 
Raynor's Brownie; Dr. Daniel's Woolson Dick against 
Dr, Terrell's Hero; R. E. Westlake's Satn's Mars against 
Dr. Daniel's Cornish Chief; Dr. J, S. Howe's Baby Keish 
against Alfred Cox's Fair Acre Ben* 
No birds were found. In one heat the "guides" landed 
the party back in town. They disliked, apparently, too 
long a distance from the hotel. 
The judges decided that it was an impossiltility to de- 
cide anything. Not a bird had been found, consequently 
there was not a dog which had done any bird work. To 
have selected dogs on speed alone would have been arbi- 
trary and in contravention of the purposes of the com- 
petition. The competition was declared to be on quail. 
