FOREST AND STREAM 
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Every specie of fish from the spunky little snapper to the fighting “blue” 
Excellent surf fishing along the south shore 
Brush up your tackle and come down and spend your vacation ’mid some 
of the best sport you ever enjoyed 
Every other amusement to entertain the summer sojourner 
Delightful summer breezes from off the sea 
Twenty degrees cooler than New York City 
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or privilege granted by the sovereign represen¬ 
tative of the state—the legislature.” 
As our state grows, so will our hunting and 
fishing population grow and our fish and game 
commission will have to keep step with new con¬ 
ditions that crop out each year. The law that 
seemed good this year will be found obsolete 
next year; for new people, new game-taking 
methods, increased agricultural areas and the 
settling up of what now are wild lands create 
changes that cannot be foreseen by the best ex¬ 
perts in the world. Any law that is placed di¬ 
rectly upon the statutes of a state through the 
Initiative cannot be amended or altered in any 
manner, except by and through the direct vote 
of the people of that state. An amendment has to 
be submitted directly to the people in the form of 
a petition, sufficient names have to be obtained to 
insure it a place upon the ballot, and then it has 
to be voted upon at the next general elec¬ 
tion. This method is excellent in some matters, 
but it is not when it means the entire remodeling 
•of our fish and game laws. By one act of the 
people at the election we propose to change the 
entire meaning, intent and legality of all former 
acts of the legislature and set at variance every 
court decision promulgated in the United States. 
If the person to whom is entrusted the stupen¬ 
dous task of analyzing and revamping the poli¬ 
tical and penal codes of the state in every matter 
that has to do with fish and game should commit 
one error, we would have a chaotic state of af¬ 
fairs in our game laws. Dozens of codes inter¬ 
lock each with the other, and the enforcement of 
one depends largely upon the language of the other. 
Thus it is readily understood that this is not a 
matter of changing one particular law; it means 
an attempted change in hundreds of laws with 
one stroke of the pen. To say that it is a dan¬ 
gerous procedure is putting it mildly; it is sui¬ 
cidal in scope. 
And all this is being done to accomplish what? 
The indiscriminate sale of all wild game. And 
if we do accomplish that feat, can California, 
with more than 158,000 square miles of territory 
to patrol, successfully cope with the new situa¬ 
tion and handle the vast army of market 
hunters with one-quarter the funds she now 
has? The Initiative provides for a reduction in 
income to about that plane. If California can 
emerge a winner under the proposed regime she 
will have accomplished what every other state 
in the Union tried and failed. It is up to Cali¬ 
fornia’s voters to decide whether we shall try 
the experiment. May they use their best judg- 
ment CHAS. L. GILMORE. 
Pittsburgh Archery. 
The last ten days of most delightful weather have 
given ample opportunity for satisfactory practice, as 
the following scores will show: 
York Round. 
W. J. Holmes . 
W. J. Holmes . 94—396 
Milton Sorber . 88—444 
O. S. Hertig . 103—471 
O. S. Hertig . 102—460 
O. S. Hertig . 95—421 
James S. Jiles . 84—370 
W. Douthitt . 78—296 
Team Round. 
W. Douthitt . 90—448 
This score shows fine form for one so new in the 
sport. 
On May 24 a team round match was shot on the 
Beechwood range, with Holmes, Hertig and Postgate 
on one side and Sorber, Jiles and Douthitt on the other. 
Scores: 
W. J. Holmes . 98—472 
O. S. Hertig . 90— 424 
G. W. Postgate . 62— 262 
246—1224 
Mill. Sorber . 85— 449 
James Jiles . 81— 385 
Walter Douthitt . 79— 35 * 
245—1185 
The average of the six men shooting this match was 
approximately 82—400. 
G. W. Postgate has acquired the stock of bows, some 
finished and some unfinished, owned by the late Capt. 
Barnes. Ten years from now a Barnes bow in good 
condition will be worth its weight in gold, almost, for 
the foreign bows do not come up to the standard set 
by our lamented friend. 
O. S. HERTIG. 
Come to the best trout and bass 
fishing in the state. Ross & 
Monroe,Traverse City, Mich. 
Forest and Stream Trophy Here 
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