Nov. 17, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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stone lake has been improved. Mr. D. C. Bruce, 
superintendent of the fisheries at Spear Fish, 
S. D., who had charge of the work in the park 
during the summer, reported the collection of 
2,500,000 of eggs of the black spotted trout which 
were shipped to various points in the United 
States for planting. A hundred thousand brook 
trout fry were planted in four streams; Willow 
creek, Indian creek, and Gibbon river, above the 
Virginia cascades, 10,000 rainbow trout in the 
Gibbon river, below the Virginia cascades, and 
215,000 black spotted trout in Fisheries creek and 
Duck lake. 
The total number of visitors to the park in 
1906 was 17,182; of these more than 10,400 passed 
through by the Yellowstone National Park Trans¬ 
portation Co. and Monida Co., 2,900 by various 
camping companies, and about 3,800 were indi¬ 
vidual parties traveling through the park with 
private transportation. 
Various improvements have been made in 
is obliged to go to the Sierra Forest Reserve, 
where there is more or less hunting all the time. 
Besides this, people visiting the Yosemite Park 
do not seem to realize that the animals are pro¬ 
tected, for there is as yet no law for the punish¬ 
ment of offenses. Maj. Benson gives an example 
of a party of four who asked permission to 
carry arms through the park, and seemed greatly 
surprised and indignant because they could not 
kill a few deer for their own use. 
The fish hatchery at Wawona has hatched 
300,000 fry which were distributed in the park. 
Better telephone lines and better trails are 
greatly needed to assist in the proper protection 
of the reservation. 
The visitors to the park numbered about 5,500, 
of which 3.000 were tourists and the remainder 
campers. 
The superintendent recommends that all 
patented lands lying within the present limits of 
the park be condemned and purchased by the 
experiment is one which might well be tried. 
The number of tourists during the short season 
of two months and a half last year was only 
about 1,600. 
The Osthaus Exhibit. 
On Nov. 6 and 7, the reception room of the 
Waldorf-Astoria, New York, was the rallying 
point for numbers of cultivated ladies and gentle¬ 
men, lovers of the beautiful in art, the pleasing 
attraction being an exhibition of magnificent 
paintings by the renowned artist, Mr. Edmund 
PI. Osthaus, and by his sister, Mrs. Marie Osthaus 
Griffith. The paintings of the latter were devoted 
to landscape and still life. Those of Mr. Osthaus, 
fifteen in number, portrayed hunting and shoot¬ 
ing scenes, whose themes are dear to the heart 
of the sportsman. 
No. 1, entitled “Ruffed Grouse,” portrayed a 
retrieve of a ruffed grouse from a stream in 
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 
Looking north over alfalfa field toward town of Gardiner, Mont. Showing antelope feeding and sleeping in sight of town and traveled roads. This field was plowed up 
and sown with alfalfa under Major Pitcher s directions. Four hundred antelope have been counted at one time on this field. 
roads, bridges and in certain springs. The sprink¬ 
ling of the roads was somewhat delayed owing 
to the lateness of the appropriation. 
Major Pitcher recommends the enlargement of 
Ft. Yellowstone to a four troop post. At present 
only, two troops are situated there and the pro¬ 
portion of old soldiers and men familiar with the 
ways of the mountains is small. The enlarge¬ 
ment of the post has been more than once 
recommended by the department commander, but 
a special appropriation bill by Congress is needed 
to accomplish it. The amount required will be 
about $75,000. 
Yosemite National Park. 
The report to the Secretary of the Interior of 
Maj. H. C. Benson, 14th Cavalry, Acting Super¬ 
intendent of the Yosemite National Park, con¬ 
tains much interesting matter. Within the past 
year the western and southern boundaries have 
been established by the Geological Survey, and 
marked with monuments at roads and trails, as 
well as at all section corners. There has been 
little trespassing. No sheep, and only a few 
cattle have crossed the boundaries of the park, 
and the cattle have promptly been removed. 
There have been no fires, though several have 
started just without the park, but were ex¬ 
tinguished by the troops before reaching its 
boundary. 
Game seems to be on the decrease. As origi¬ 
nally constituted, the reservation included on 
the extreme southwest some low country which 
served as a winter range for the game, but in 
J905 and 1906 all lands lying lower than 5,000 ft., 
except the Yosemite valley itself, were excluded 
from the park limits. There is therefore no 
winter range for game within the park, but it 
government; that the western boundary be 
fenced, and that Congress enact a law defining 
what is prohibited in national parks and fixing 
a penalty for the same. Congress could not do 
better than to enact for the Yosemite such a 
law as it did years ago for the Yellowstone. 
Sequoia and General Grant National Parks. 
Capt. Kirby Walker, 14th Cavalry, has a diffi¬ 
cult task in superintending these parks. The 
country is rough, and places that are close to¬ 
gether can often be reached only by roundabout 
trails. A distance of less than four miles be¬ 
tween two points can sometimes only be covered 
by going around from 30 to 50 miles. Fortu¬ 
nately, there have been no fires this year. More 
trails and better telephone communication are 
needed. 
There are patented or private lands in both 
these parks which should be purchased by the 
government. 
The waters here are well stocked with trout, 
and during June, 1906, 17,000 fish, donated by 
the California Fish Commission, were turned 
into streams. 
Deer are plentiful and reasonably tame. There 
are some bears and a few mountain lions and 
wildcats, together with the usual small birds 
and animals. Orders are given for the killing 
of mountain lions and wildcats where possible. 
In the Sequoia Park there are eighteen of the 
Tule elk, which, it will be remembered, were 
donated to the government by Messrs. Miller 
& Lux. In the fall of 1904 an effort was made 
to capture these, but it resulted in failure. The 
following year twenty of the elk were landed in 
the park, of which five died later. Capt. Kirby 
urges the introduction of buffalo here, and the 
which it had fallen. The beautiful colors of the 
dog and bird were observed with wonderful 
fidelity. No. 2, entitled “The Sandman’s Realm,” 
had for a subject an orange and white setter, re¬ 
posing contentedly while her numerous progeny, 
in all the guilelessness of puppyhood, diverted 
themselves, each according to his fancy. No. 3, 
"What is That?” had a like subject, differently 
treated; the puppies had discovered a frog, and 
each in different attitude, was gazing in ineffable 
wonderment at the unknown monster. No 6, 
“The Cold Trail,” portrayed a pack of foxhounds 
in the early morning puzzling out a trail, the 
faint soft glow of the early morning, the light 
of early dawn, pervading the woods, giving 
promise of a delightful day. No. 15, in size about 
2x3 feet, portrayed the famous setters, Jessie, 
Rodfield’s Count Gladstone and Prince Rodney 
on point in a section of quail country whose vege¬ 
tation was beautiful in its wealth of autumn 
colors. In short every picture is a gem in itself. 
Such keen interest was manifested in respect to 
this exhibition that Mr. Osthaus has decided to 
continue it during two more weeks, beginning 
at a date to be announced later, and in a con¬ 
venient place where the public may view these 
beautiful pictures freely. 
A Landseer Deerhound. 
The portrait of a deerhound by Landseer is 
specially interesting from many points of view. 
If it represents a true type of the deerhound of 
that period (1836), then each dog should have 
his tongue protruding in an imbecile manner, be¬ 
sides having his fangs shown constantly. If it 
was not a typical specimen, then Landseer was 
much overrated as a dog fancier, however much 
he may have excelled as an artist. 
