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FOREST AND STREAM 
Aug. 30, 1913. 
town, in humble houses on islands in the river. 
Many of them make canoes, paddles, baskets, 
etc. In the summer months they are scattered 
throughout the resorts of Maine, guiding camp¬ 
ers and anglers, and selling articles of their 
handiwork. Joe Francis said that he hates the 
life of the settlements. ‘‘Get all clogged up 
down there,” he complained, although he was as 
civilized as anyone could wish. One late autumn 
day he left Oldtown for two weeks’ hunting and 
trapping. At the end of that time he sent word 
to his family that he guessed he would stay a 
little longer, and spring came before he was 
seen at home again. His grandson, our young 
apprentice guide, was a quiet, likeable, apparently 
thoroughly civilized lad, but was more than re¬ 
luctant to take advantage of a proffered oppor¬ 
tunity to attend the Carlisle Indian school. Like 
his grandfather and all of his race, he was not 
in his element except among the wild places. But 
where his ancestors once donned the eagle's 
feather and danced the war dance, the Penob¬ 
scot of to-day adorns himself if at all with the 
plumage of an humbler bird, and sells toy bows 
and arrows. 
Canoeing down the West Branch toward 
bathtubs and starched linen, we watched 
for a long time a bald eagle soaring overhead. 
For some moments a kingbird fretted him. 
Then a sea gull took up the chase, barking at 
the heels of the unheeding king. His majesty 
soared calmly on in the strong wind and was 
soon alone again. As we watched him, a strange 
notion came into our minds, and we remarked 
how like a real monoplane he looked. 
A little later and we were within stuffy, 
walled-in spaces reading in newspapers of graft 
and politics, and of such other matters as are 
called news, and said to be fit to print. Our 
savage life, which was never savage, was ended. 
No longer could we see our old red god Katah- 
din, but it will be long before certain of his 
willing subjects pass from under his kindly 
sway. 
[the end.] 
St. Louis Fly- and Bait-Casting Club. 
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 10. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: To-day the St. Louis Fly- and Bait- 
Casting Club held its regular tournament in 
Forest Park, the weather being fair with a light 
breeze blowing from the southeast. The follow¬ 
ing events were cast off: Quarter-ounce accu¬ 
racy, quarter-ounce distance, half-ounce fishing 
tackle accuracy, half-ounce fishing tackle dis¬ 
tance, fly accuracy and fly distance, with the fol¬ 
lowing scores: 
Accuracy, jounce, scores per cent.; won by Fred 
Werner: 
Cyran . 96.6 Brennan . 83.7 
Fred Werner .. 
. 98.5 
Steinmesch . 
. 94.9 
Ed Schloeman . 
. 97.1 
Fleming . 
. 94.6 
Distance, J 4- 
■ounce, avera 
ge five casts, scores in 
feet; 
won by Fred Werner: 
Cyran . 
. 65.1 
Steinmesch . 
. 79.1 
Fred Werner .. 
.112.4 
Fleming . 
. 56.4 
dE Schloeman 
. 91.4 
Accuracy, jounce, scores • per cent.; won by 
Solo- 
mon: 
Fleming . 
. 95.7 
Solomon . 
. 97.2 
Cyran . 
. 96.2 
Steinmesch . 
. 95.4 
Fred Werner .. 
. 95.4 
Brennan . 
. 93.5 
Schloeman .... 
. 93.9 
Distance, V 2 
■ounce, average five casts, scores in 
feet; 
won by Cvran: 
Fleming . 
. 65.3 
Schloeman . 
. 82.3 
Cyran . 
.124.2 
Solomon . 
. 91.1 
Fred Werner .. 
.108.0 
Steinmesch . 
.163.2 
Accuracy fly 
, scores per 
cent; won by Brennan: 
Heilman . 
. 97.9 
Cyran . 
. 98.0 
Fleming . 
. 96.9 
Plebard . 
. 93.9 
Brennan . 
. 98.1 
Steinmesch . 
. 98.8 
Distance flv. 
scores in feet; won by Heilman: 
Heilman . 
.108 
Cvran . 
. 79 
Fleming . 
. 90 
Steinmesch . 
. 78 
Brennan . 
. 94 
FT. J. Steinmesch, Sec’y. 
Newark Bait- and Fly-Casting Club. 
Newark, N. J., Aug. 15 .— Editor Forest and 
Stream: On Sept. 7, 1913, the sixth interstate 
tournament will be held at Weequahic Park 
Lake, this city, under the auspices of the Newark 
Bait- and Fly-Casting Club. 
It is our aim to make this the biggest tour¬ 
nament ever held in the Eastern States. We 
expect to have a large attendance of members 
from the Orange (N. J.) Rod Club, New York 
Anglers’ Club, Camp-Fire Club of America and 
the Boston Fly-Casting Club. 
All events will be open to amateurs and pro¬ 
fessionals alike. Besides trophy cups we are 
arranging to distribute a number of merchandise 
prizes to the successful contestants. 
The events will be as follows: Half-ounce 
distance bait, 9 a. m. ; distance fly, unlimited rod, 
10 a. m. ; distance fly, five-ounce rod, 11 a. m.; 
accuracy bait, half-ounce, 1 p. M. ; accuracy trout 
fly, 2:30 p. m.; accuracy dry-fly, five-ounce rod, 
4 P. M. 
If you feel disposed to lend your encourage¬ 
ment and moral support to this event by con¬ 
tributing something suitable for above prizes, 
same will be duly appreciated, and we will be 
pleased to acknowledge the source in our official 
program. There will be space for sale in pro¬ 
gram for those not desiring to contribute mer¬ 
chandise prizes. 
Your response is urgently requested not 
later than Aug. 23 in order to get same in the 
hands of our printer in time for program. 
Please send all communications and contri¬ 
butions to Louis Darling, Secretary, Arlington, 
N. J. Louis Darling, Sec’y. 
Size of Mesh in Fish Nets. 
Goldsboro, Md., Aug. 6. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: We would like to know down here in 
the country something about the rules, laws, etc., 
governing the size of the meshes of fish nets. 
On Friday, Aug. 1, one of our Maryland 
citizens was fishing for carp with a haul seine 
in a pond near Henderson, Md., which same 
pond lies partly in Maryland and part in Dela¬ 
ware. He had a Delaware license and a letter 
from John P. Lefevre, chief game warden, ad¬ 
vising him he could catch the carp in this par¬ 
ticular pond during July and August with a 
seine of not less than a five-inch mesh. This 
party was arrested by Warden Murphy and 
taken to Dover, where punitive measures could 
be applied. Twenty-seven large carp were found 
in possession, and turned loose by the warden. 
The fisherman had a iH-inch square mesh and 
contended that this gave a space inside the mesh 
of six inches — one more inch than the law, as 
stated in Section 5, page 20 required. The war¬ 
den said the mesh was only three-inch stretched. 
I had been called to Dover by phone and I found 
the party, net and all, in Magistrate Wood's office. 
The squire said he would not hear the case 
that evening, unless he heard it at once. I 
offered cash bail for a further hearing, which 
was declined. 1 suggested the propriety of se¬ 
curing an attorney for the defendant. Warden 
Murphy said if I got a lawyer in it he would 
prosecute on twenty-seven different counts, but 
if the defendant would plead guilty and throw 
himself on the mercy of the court, they would 
be reasonable. 
I told them to go ahead along these lines, 
and they fined the prisoner $20 and costs, which 
was paid promptly. 
The magistrate as he wrote the receipt said 
he thought he was doing the fair thing, as he 
could just as readily impose a fine of $135. 
I had a talk with Chief Warden Lefevre 
who came in at the close of the trial and he 
said he did not know how the meshes of a net 
should be measured, but he would be glad to 
make a test case of it if the defendant cared to 
appeal. The fishing for carp in the pond before 
mentioned was done with the consent of the 
owner who lives in Delaware, and there was no 
misunderstanding from this source. 
J. Spencer Lapham, 
Justice of the Peace in and for Caroline 
County, Maryland. 
Fishing in Newfoundland. 
BY W. J. CARROLL. 
A large number of American anglers are 
now on the various rivers, and the reports show 
that they are doing good work. 
A wire from Torrent River, Hawke’s Bay, 
has been received to the effect that Air. Russell, 
a New York angler, has broken the record for 
that locality by landing, after a strenuous fight, 
a salmon weighing thirty-eight pounds. 
The wardens report that fish of a larger size 
are running in greater numbers this season than 
ever before, proving that the protection, given 
the rivers the last four years, is now showing re¬ 
sults. 
Reports from Salmonier credit one party 
with eighty salmon and another party with 
twenty-five. 
