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supervision of George Morcher, producing double the 
amount of fish in 1903 that were raised in 1902. The car 
Buckeye has been used so long and in such a condition 
that we believe it can not be used another year with any 
degree of safety. We had much trouble with it last fall, 
and it was a source of uneasiness at all times." 
Mr. Starbnck closed his address with a few remarks 
regarding the new home of the club, which he feels confi- 
dent will be built before the end of 1905, if the members 
will all work unceasingly for that end. 
Brown's Tract Guides. 
The annual meeting of the Brown's Tract Guides' Asso- 
ciation at Old Fnrge, in the Adirondacks, on Thursday. 
January 14, attracted a goodly assemblage of men who are 
mteresled in the protection of fish and game and the, 
preservation of the forests, about 150 being in attendance. 
The association has about 500 members, of whom 100 
are active. The following officers were elected for the 
ensuing year: President, Richard Crego, Boonville; First 
Vice-President, William Slell, White Lake; Second Vice- 
President, Peter Rivette, Old Forge; Secretary and Treas- 
urer, A. M. Church, Boonville. 
Resolutions were adui)ted favoring the black bear bill 
now in the Legislature, condemning the sale of venison, 
brook and lake trout, opposing anchor and buoy fishin.'?, 
advocating the further purchase of land by the State for 
the Adirondack Park, and condemning the cutting of tim- 
ber on State lands. The report of the Secretary and 
Treasurer, A. J\I. Church, said : " 
Six years ago thirteen guides met in the boat shop of H. D. 
Grant, in Boonville, and formed this Association. The circum- 
stances leading to this step and the necessity for such action 
is familiar to all. Willi the completion of the railroad came the 
summer tourist, and after them came incompetent and irrespon- 
sible men who posed as guides. To protect ourselves and the 
sportsmen and tourist from this class, and to furnish the con- 
stantly increasing army of hunters, sportsmen and tourists with 
good, competent guides, to patrol the section through which we 
worked and prevent violations of the game law, and to assist in 
the making of needed amendments to the game laws, has been the 
work of this Association. 
At the time of the completion of the Mohawk & Malone Rail- 
road, there were comparatively few sportsmen and hunters who 
visited this region. A few buckboard loads of hunters came during 
the open season. A few— it seemed like many in those days- 
came and fished. Now, every day of the season has its train loads, 
and for many days the train service has to be doubled to accom- 
modate the constantly increasing throng. 
These hunters and sportsmen are scattered far and w'de. and 
there is no hill cr valley but has its quota. The Game and Forest 
Commission report that nearly two thousand deer were shipped 
from the Adirondacks during the open season of 1903 by express, 
and they also eslimate,, that for . every one .shipped there are four 
killed and disposed of in the woods. This would bring tile total 
slaughter to nearly ten thousand, and this estimate is belieyed by 
many who are in a position to know, to be much too low. 
For fou"- years this Association has advocated the shortening of 
the hunting season by cutting off the two weeks in November, 
now allowed as open season, and it is very gratifying to know 
that this year we have nearly every sporting association through- 
out the State with us on this question. The New York State Fislt, 
Game and Forest League, which is made up principally of dele- 
gates from other organizations, passed resolutions declaring it to 
be the sentiment of the League, that such November liunting 
should be stopped, and there is a bill before the Senate now tliat 
will close the season of 1904 on Oct. 3L During the session of the 
last Legislature bills were passed abolishing the shooting of wi'd- 
fowl, ducks, etc., in the spring, and prohibiting the sale of wood- 
cock, quail anu partridge killed or taken in the State. 
Deer seemed fairly plenty during the past season, but it is a 
question of doubt as to there being any increase in their numbers. 
The present winter bids fair to be one of the greatest severity, 
and as they are already feeding on the cedars about the lake 
shore and in many places are confined to the balsam swamps, in- 
dications are that there will be great mortality among them be- 
fore spring. There were no grouse or partridge in our section this 
year. 
Our herd of five elk, which we wintered at William Datrs. were 
turned loose in April and were a great attraction. But late in 
August one v a^ run over bv a train on the Mohawk & Malone 
Railroad and killed, arm Sunday, Sept. 6, the remaining four were 
found shot and killed near the outlet and not far from Morse 
Lake. All were killed in the open and but a few feet apart. 
The shooting was without doubt intentional, and from pure 
malice. The case has been investigated under the direct care of 
Chief Game Protector Pond, but we have no report of progress. 
The Association, together with William H. Staake, of Philadel- 
phia, and William Dart, of Second Lake, offer a reward of $500 
for the arrest and conviction of the person or party who did the 
shooting. 
The fishing season was in some respects satisfactory, but the 
fact cannot be denied that brook trout are growing scarcer each 
year. The Fulton Chain hplchery turns out many trout which 
were planted mostly in the vie nity of the Fulton Chain, and a full 
carload of lake trout, fingerlings, were liberated in the four lower 
lakes of the chain. 
1 here has, of course, been the usual violations of the game law, 
but the fact is plain that there is a largely increasing sentiment 
in favor of a more rigid enforcement of the game arid forest laws. 
There were a few valuable hounds turned loose in the woods, but 
for some reason the climat-e in this vicinity does not seem to agree 
with them. 
There is another subject that has received much attention at the 
hands of the press throughout the State, and the comments 
thereon have not always been as favorable to the guide as they 
should, and that is the relation between the private preserve own- 
ers and the Adirondack guides. These comments seem to carry 
the idea that the owners of the preserves and the guides have 
nothing in common. The very reverse is the case, and the most 
cordial feeling exists between, the members of the Brown's Tract 
Guides' Association, and the owners of all private preserves with 
whom they have come in contact. 
W. E. WOLCOTT. 
Dogs for Wounded Game. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
1 have noticed that deer hunting with dogs is not al- 
lowed in this country, and find this to be a very wise 
precatition. But why is it not allowed to use a dog for 
tracking wounded aniinals? 
Lots of deer, elk, and moose must now be lost because 
even the best and most reliable trackers may fail to find 
them, and they are left to die in misery and rot, while 
the hunter bangs away at a new one. It would be very 
interesting to get an approximate estiinate of the per- 
centage of animals wounded and secured. A good woods- 
man, aided by a well trained dog, will lose very few ani- 
mals, and the real amount of killed ought to be con- 
siderably diminished. 
Many will say that to allow this will be to revive deer 
houndins-; btit this is not at all sure, and can easily be 
avoided by using the right kind of a dog. The German 
dachshund is specially well adapted to this, is an excellent 
tracker, and is often in Europe used for this purpose. It 
is true that this dog, when allowed to do so, will hunt 
deer, but his lack of speed and his -inability to make any 
headway in rough country, makes him practically useless 
for hounding deer. The rough haired variety is a hardy 
dog and very cheap to keep. Europ^us. 
Quebec Game Shtpments in J 903. 
Aylmer, Que., Jan. id. — Editor Forest and Stream: In- 
closed is a statement of deer, moose, and caribou shipped 
from a few points in the Province of Quebec by the 
Dominion Express Coinpany. which speaks for itself. I 
would be nleased if you would notice that there were 55 
moose shipped from Kippewa, Temiskaming, and sur- 
roundings, notwithstanding the misrepresentations made 
by one of the magazines. As soon as I receive other re- 
ports of the same nature I shall only be too pleased to 
send same to you. 
Deer--Arundel 46, Masson 50. Calumet 3. Campbells 33. 
Conception 14, Coulonge 50, Gracefield i68, Kazab^/^ua 
167, Labelle 197. IMegantic 374, Montebello 35, N. N. Mills 
16, North Wakefield 24, Pariueauville 317. Point an Chene 
25, Scotstown loR. Shawville ^2, St. Jovito to, Thurso 
24, Vonosta i, Wakefield 8. St. Faustin i, Kippewa 8, 
Temisgaming 7. Total, 1,736. 
Moose— Megantic 2, Kippewa 23, Temiskaming 33; 
total, 57. 
Caribou — Temiskaming i. N. E. Cormier, 
Prov. G. Warden and F. Overseer. 
Tessie*s Cov gzt. 
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 12.— A mountain lion or cougar 
measuring 11 feet was killed yesterday by a little girl in 
the Cabinet Gorge country, Idaiio. She accomplished the 
task, which required the steady aim and cool nerve of an 
old hunte-r, with that calm assurance born of freedom 
from knowledge of the word "fear." 
Tessie Edwards is the little heroine of this startling 
adventure. She is only fourteen years old, but an expert 
with the rifle. Her father is a great hunter, and has 
made a chum of her in his rambles through the woods 
and over the hills. Yesterday they were hunting rabbits, 
which are numerous in Cabinet Gorge. Tessie became 
separated from her father, and was walking along a path 
when she unexpectedly came face to face with a crouch- 
ing cougar. Without a moment's hesitation she fired, in- 
flicting only a flesh wound. Made angry by the wound, 
the monster cat gathered itself and shot through the air 
at the little girl. 
Just as the yellow fury left the ground, Tessie fired 
again; the bullet went true to its mark, and the monarch 
of the moutains fell helpless and expiring almost at the 
feet of its_ slayer. The bullet had broken its back. 
Not until the trying ordeal was over did the girl realize 
what she had passed through. Portus Baxter. 
The Albany Committees. 
Albany, Jan. 16. — The standing committees on Forest, 
Fish, and Game have now been announced in both 
branches of the Legislature, and they will begin work at 
once. The Senate committee, which is a hold-over body 
from last session, is made up as follows: 
Senators Elon R. Brown, of JelYerson ; Armstrong, of 
Monroe; Allds, of Chenango; Lefevre, of Ulster; W. L. 
Brown, of Otsego; Townsend, of Oneida, and Keenan, of 
Queens 
The Assembly committee on Forest. Fish, and Game is 
an entirely new body, and will meet this coming week for 
organization. It comprises the following: Messrs. 
Reeves, of Suffolk; Merritt, of St. Lawrence; Rridgeman, 
of Orelans; Knapp, of Clinton; Simpson, of Sullivan, A. 
P. Smith, of Wayne; Matthews, of Franklin; Stevens, of 
Rensselaer; Pratt, of Oneida ; Wood, of Fulton-Hainil- 
ton; Wolf, of Kings; Rosenstein, of New York, and 
Chanler, of Dutchess. 
No bills on fish and game have inade their appearance 
thus far_ in the Assembly. The Senate bills introduced 
already in that branch of the Legislature were reported 
last week. 
Aditondack Guides* Associat'on. 
Utica, N._Y., Jan. 15.— The Adirondack Guides' Asso- 
ciation held its annual meeting in the town hall at Saranac 
Lake, Wednesday afternoon, January 13, and in the even- 
ing enjoyed a banquet and dance. About fifty guides 
were in attendance. The following officers were elected: 
President, Peter A. Solomon; Scretarv, Frank Vosburgh; 
Treasurer, B. R. Moody. Dr. F. E. Kendall, of Saranac 
Lake, was elected honorary president. 
Resolutions were adopted favoring the prohibition of 
the sale of venison, trout and bass at all times, and in- 
dorsing the measure now in the Legislature providing for 
the protection of black bears during the suminer months. 
W. E. WoLCOTT. 
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Lake Champlain Waters and Fish. 
Plattsbueg, N. Y— Editor Forest and Stream: Re- 
plying to your inquiry regarding the pollution of the 
waters of Lake Champlain by pulp mills, I beg to say 
that I have never observed any evidence of such pollu- 
tion. It is true that there are no sulphite mills that 
would' be likely to affect the portion of the lake op- 
posite Plattsburg, unless it be the mill at Ausable 
Forks. As that is located, however, some seventeen 
miles distant froin the lake on the Ausable River — which 
is a rapid runm'ng stream— I doubt if any effect would be 
perceptible at its mouth. 
_ I have observed with interest the newspaper discus- 
sion regarding the mill at Willsboro. ' I am very 
rnuch inclined to believe that the evidence of pollu- 
tion from that source has been exaggerated; in fact, 
in coiTsidering the question of the pollution of these 
waters, it should be borne in mind that Lake Chatn- 
plain is a large body of water, one hundred and twenty 
miles long, by some twelve or fifteen miles wide, 
with a considerable current toward its outlet, the 
Richelieu River, if it be a fact that there is no evi- 
dence of pollutioii from the drainage of the city of 
Plattsburg, w.rLh • its ten thousand- population, or the 
city of Burlington, with its twenty thousand people, I . 
laardly see how the waters of tlie lak^ wWld b^r 
affected to any great extent by the deposit of such 
chemicals as would result from the operation of an 
ordinary pulp mill. I have never seen or heard that 
fish have been injuriously affected from that source. 
I haye never explored the shores of the lake in the 
vicinity of Willsboro, and only know of the situation 
there as described in the newspapers. I am informed 
by residents of the vicinity, however, that the evi- 
dences of pollution discovered by Mr. Hatch were not 
caused by the refuse from the Willsboro pulp mill. 
As a resident of this locality, and as the chairman 
of the executive committee of the Catholic Summer 
School of America, not only am I deeply interested 
in preserving the purity of the waters of Lake Cham- 
plain, but I regard the preservation of the food and 
game fish of the lake as a most important matter. It 
is generally thought that the supply of fish has been 
depleted during recent years. I attribute this, how- 
ever, more to the fact that during the early spring 
the pike, following the Vermont shore of the lake 
north to their spawning beds in Missisquoi Bay, in 
Canada, are caugh|and shipped to the New York mar- 
ket in carload lots. This seining is licensed by both 
the Vermont and DQininion authorities. The particu- 
lar law of New York which does hot permit seining 
in Lake Champlain at all is, in my opinion, unwise. 
Probably the most valuable food fish in'Xake Chara- 
plaia j§ the freshr-wat^ sliad, whicj^ ot>t52fe tji- Jsrg^ 
numbers, but which can only be caught by seining. 
Except for the shad, seining at any time other than 
during the spawning season, would be unprofitable. 
The number of pike, bass and pickerel, for instance, 
that could be caught by seining at this season of 
the year, would be of little consequence. If the 
Forest and Stream can arouse a sentitnent which 
will bring about uniformity of law covering the sein- 
ing question, within the three separate jurisdictions 
to which the waters of the lake are subject, it will 
have accoiiiplished a most valuable service. I do not 
wish to be'understood as in any way justifying pol- 
lution of the vi^aters of the lake from any source; but 
I confess that I do not believe that such an extensive 
body 6f water can be perceptibly affected by the 
discharge af the refuse of any one or ten pulp mills 
6f the size'of the Willsboro plant. If this were possi- 
ble, then in my opinion the waters of New York Bay 
wbuld be unfit to even navigate. John B. RiLEYt. 
Old-Time Rhymes. 
A Fox is kiird by Twenty Men; 
That Fox, perlin])s. had kill'tl a Hen; 
A gallant Act no doubl is here! * 
All wicked Foxes ought to fear, jj 
"When Twenty Dogs and Twenty ' \ 
a Fox that kiil'4 a Hen| _J 
