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there was any indication that they had died for 
the want of food or exposure and I do not think 
that we have any place in New York state where 
the pheasant would not survive, and I do not 
think that anything can be said too strong in their 
favor. I think that they are the most practical 
game bird that we have and will be practically 
the only one that will afford much shooting, as 
the northern section of the state is not adapted 
for quail, and the partridge cover, outside of the 
state lands, is diminishing. For that reason, I 
think no pains should be spared and no effort 
should be too great to help a pheasant proposi¬ 
tion along. Of course, if you would put out 
food, the chances are that the pheasants would 
eat it, while on the other hand if there is any 
bird in the state of New York that will live 
without feeding, it is this bird in question.” 
FOX HUNTING IN NORTH CAROLINA. 
Linville Falls, N. C., Feb. 17.—Editor Forest 
.and Stream: Any readers of Forest and Stream 
who may be interested in fox hunting can find 
plenty of it at the foot of Linville mountain, 
down in the settlements where the famous Lin¬ 
ville River gorge ends, about fifteen miles from 
here. I was down there a few days ago and the 
farmers were complaining about the raids the 
gray foxes make on their poultry. Unless 
•chickens are shut up tight every night, Reynard 
is sure t oget his share, and even then, he is so 
bold in that vicinity that he will make forays in 
the day-time. There is some hunting with indif¬ 
ferent dogs, but rarely is one captured unless by 
long lying in wait. The foxes have been so little 
interfered with that they are numerous, and a 
race is easily started. Anyone who is interested 
would do well to write to Charles Parks, Fonta 
Flora, Burke county, N. C. I think he would 
be glad to take part in a hunt, and he knows the 
country well, having been born and reared on 
Linville River, and being a young man who en¬ 
joys the sport. 
The largest black bear taken here in many 
years was captured, or rather, shot, by Bert 
Aldridge recently after a chase that lasted for 
•four days and kept all the dogs and bear hunters 
on the east side of Linville River busy. It 
weighed over 400 pounds after having been emp¬ 
tied of its entrails and carried some miles and 
weighed the day after being killed. The unusu¬ 
ally heavy mast of acorns and chestnuts last fall 
has lasted all winter, and as the season has been 
very mild most of the time, the bears have not 
gone into their long sleep for the usual time and 
will be in better condition in the spring. 
FRANK W. BICKNELL. 
SPRUCE THE BEST PULP WOOD. 
Spruce, abundant in the New England and 
Lake States in Canada, has heretofore been the 
standard wood for making news print paper, and 
as long as there was a supply sufficient to meet 
the needs of the paper industry there was no 
reason to seek substitutes. But heavy inroads 
have been made on the spruce forests of the west¬ 
ern part of the United States in this day of great 
circulations and large editions, especially of Sun¬ 
day papers with their many parts. On a rough 
estimate, a newspaper with an average circular 
tion of sixty thousand copies and an average edi¬ 
tion of twenty pages, uses each day the product 
of about four acres of forest. When this figure 
is multiplied by the great number of newspapers 
published in the United States, many of them 
with much larger editions, and when this is fur¬ 
ther multiplied by 365, because many papers are 
issued every day of the year, it can be seen that 
the drain upon the forests is enormous. Forest¬ 
ers say that even under the most approved meth¬ 
ods known to their profession, it could scarcely 
be expected that spruce would be able to hold its 
own, but would need supplementing by other 
material. 
It is but natural, therefore, that paper manu¬ 
facturers are looking for new sources of supply 
which will furnish an abundance of wood pulp, 
at a price which will not be prohibitive. Poplar 
and a few other woods are used, but they do not 
go very far. 
PROPOSES UNIFORM SYSTEM. 
Three state-wide game bills, designed to re¬ 
place confusing local legislation, were introduced 
recently in the Maryland legislature by request 
of State Game Warden James H. Curley. 
One of the bills provides for a uniform gun¬ 
ner’s license of $1 for all residents of the state, 
$5 for non-residents owning $500 worth of prop¬ 
erty in the state and $10 for all other non-resi¬ 
dents. Farmers and their children and tenants 
are exempted from this provision. The bill also 
provides for the appointment of paid deputy 
game wardens, increases the salary of the state 
game warden to $2,500 and requires that the re¬ 
mainder of any fund after payment of salaries 
and expenses shall be used for game propagation. 
The second bill provides for a uniform gunning 
season extending from November 10 to Decem¬ 
ber 24. The third bill provides for an original 
right to search, as the law at present does not 
permit a deputy game warden to make a search 
without a search warrant. 
All the bills are state-wide, with the exception 
that the license bill exempts Baltimore and Dor¬ 
chester counties, which now have local laws pro¬ 
viding for license. 
LEGISLATION IN MARYLAND. 
Non-residents of Maryland will have to pay 
$10 for the fun of hunting rabbits in that state if 
a bill recently introduced by Senator Milbourne 
becomes a law. The bill compels hunters to take 
out a license furnished by clerks of the courts. 
A non-resident is taxed $10; a non-resident land- 
owner, $1, and a resident of the state, $1. Own¬ 
ers of farm lands, their children and tenants may 
hunt on their own property without paying a 
license. The money received is to be credited to 
a fund known as the state game protection fund. 
Another bill provides that twenty-five hundred 
dollars is to be set apart to pay the salary of the 
game warden and the remainder to the payment 
of salaries of deputies and the enforcement of the 
game laws. 
A third bill changes the season for killing 
pheasants, rabbits, squirrels, woodcock and deer. 
The prohibition period is between December 24 
and November 10. For violations of the law a 
fine of no less than $20, nor more than $100, is 
imposed, one-half of which goes to the informer. 
CANNOT MAKE FEDERAL ARRESTS. 
“The traveling game wardens connected with 
the Federal game department do not make ar¬ 
rests,” said Don B. Lawhead, secretary of the 
Oklahoma game and fish wardens’ department, 
in a recent public statement. “They only report 
the law violations to the United States district 
attorney, who presents the evidence to a Federal 
grand jury. At a later date the United States 
marshal calls on such game law violators and 
escorts them to some court where they must 
make bond or go to jail. A trial will be had 
and if the hunter is found guilty he will be fined 
and jailed if the court thinks he deserves such 
punishment. The minimum fine is $100. 
“The Oklahoma state game and fish depart¬ 
ment has no authority to make arrests under the 
provisions of the Federal law, neither has it au¬ 
thority to enforce this law. Many convictions 
have been had in other states in the United 
States court for violations of the Federal game 
laws.” 
TO THE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 
By Paul Brandreth. 
Flora ’twas who loved thee, gentle bird; 
Bird of the poets, troubadour of dawn; 
And Flora who by thy rich music lured 
Stole from the maple-wood at earliest morn, 
Seeking, ere yet the rainbow skies were born 
And while the ancient forest slept unstirred, 
To pluck from garden close or dewy thorn 
The carmine bud that would thy breast adorn. 
Thou lyric-hearted roister of the glade! 
We wonder not that Flora loved thee so; 
Nor do we deem it bold and overwise 
To dream, that cloaked in misty morning shade 
Midst thickets where the cherry petals blow, 
Thy goddess hears thee still with happy eyes! 
WANT TO SAVE WILDERNESS. 
The park board of Evansville, Ind., was urged 
recently by the Audubon society of that city, to 
leave a part of Mesker Park, in its present state 
of wilderness, as a protection to game. The 
Audubon committee pointed out that in other 
cities great expense was being undergone to bring 
about a condition which exists naturally in the 
Mesker Park tract. They said they were not pro¬ 
posing any innovation, but merely objecting to 
any change from the present conditions. 
ILLINOIS HUNTERS ORGANIZE. 
The Hunters’ Association, made up of sports¬ 
men from the southern part of Illinois, was or¬ 
ganized recently at Carlysle, the main object of 
the organization being opposition to and attempt¬ 
ed revulsion of the Federal laws regarding mi¬ 
gratory game birds. 
LICENSES BRING $20,000 TO GEORGIA. 
The state game commissioner of Georgia has 
just turned into the state treasury $20,000, the 
accumulation resulting from the sale of hunting 
licenses for the last two years. The law provides 
that the profits of the game department go into 
the state’s school fund. 
WANT FISH PRESERVE IN CARROLL CO. 
Every town in Carroll county, Ill., is being cir¬ 
culated with petitions directed to the state game 
and fish conservation commission, praying that 
Spring lake, Bogue slough, Tomlinson run and 
Sand slough be set aside as the fish preserve for 
that county, under a recent legislative act. 
Canada has established a forest products labo¬ 
ratory in connection with McGill University at 
Montreal, on the lines of the United States in¬ 
stitution of the same sort at the University of 
Wisconsin. 
