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Fur, Fin and Feather 
Nubbins of News From “ Forest and Stream’s ” Duffle Bag for the Information and Pleasure of Readers 
A STATE BOARD’S JUDICIAL ACT. 
The New Jersey State Fish and Game Com¬ 
mission has judicially scat upon the new fish and 
game license act and decided that it does not ap¬ 
ply to tidewaters or interstate rivers or to bodies 
of water that are not or may not hereafter be 
stocked by the commission. This greatly limits 
the application of the law and likewise limits the 
amount of revenue to be derived from it. 
But, says the Newark Star, it may be asked 
what authority the commission has to interpret 
an act for the commission to carry out by any 
ether than the plain terms of the act. How can 
legislature did not put there? A legislative act 
the commission write into the law that which the 
may be unwise, but it is a mandate for an admin¬ 
istration board for it to obey. 
LONG JOURNEY FOR ELK. 
South Dakota is the home of forty-three elk, 
which were brought to the state from the Jack- 
son Hole region of Wyoming. They were se¬ 
cured through an arrangement with the United 
States Government, and were brought to South 
Dakota by officials of the state game warden’s 
department. 
GAME FARM ON LONG ISLAND. 
The Conservation Commission of New York 
state is authorized to spend $15,000 on a game 
farm on Long Island under the terms of the Jones 
bill, signed by Governor Glynn recently. Early 
in the winter sportsmen of the state, led by 
Colonel Alfred Wagstaff, of Long Island, pleaded 
for a farm where duck, quail and partridge could 
be bred and turned into the covers. The Governor 
promised at that time that he would do all that 
was possible for them. A farm in Jefferson 
county has been provided for by a bill already 
signed by the Governor, and it is expected that 
two more farms will be allowed before the thirty 
day period for bills has expired. They will prob¬ 
ably be in the Hudson Valley and in the Western 
end of the Southern tier. 
ELK IN THEIR NEW HOME. 
State Forester W. T. Cox, of Minnesota, and 
his assistants recently transferred a carload of elk 
from the Red Lake Northern railroad to Douglas 
lodge and elk park, which has an area of 167 
acres fenced. The elk were transferred in crated 
wagons. As soon as they were released from the 
wagons they hurried to the tall timber. It is said 
the elk, of which there are fourteen, will cost 
the state less than $100 apiece delivered at Itasca 
park. 
Howard Eaton, an owner of the Eaton Ranch, 
in Wyoming, said that if he had received the 
order from Minnesota earlier, he might have sup¬ 
plied the entire fifty head desired. There was but 
little snow in the Jackson Hole country last win¬ 
ter, and on that account it was very difficult to 
catch any of the animals. 
CLUBS WANT BETTER LAWS. 
Stringent fish laws for Montana are being 
urged by sportsmen over the state, and they will 
appear before the next legislature asking for 
legislation that will serve their ends. 
The sportsmen are going before the legislators 
with a bill providing for the setting apart of 
Sioux Charley lake and a large lake just above 
it, for a stocking farm that will provide a breed¬ 
ing place. They will ask that all persons be pro¬ 
hibited from fishing in these two lakes and that 
a severe punishment be named for violation of 
that clause. 
They will also ask for a law prohibiting fishing 
in Montana between the months of November and 
May, and ask that a severe punishment be named 
for violation of that clause. 
ELK HERD INCREASING. 
The herd of elk which was introduced into the 
Wallowa Forest Reserve has increased consider¬ 
ably during the past season. There are eight 
yearlings at the present time. In 1912 a herd of 
fifteen elk was introduced, but five of these died 
during the winter on account of injuries received 
in capturing. Four of these were cows and one 
bull—all animals three years old, or over. In 
1913 a herd of fifteen was introduced, one of 
which escaped. The herd has also been increased 
by the addition of one or two wild elk ranging in 
that section. 
PLANTING IN PENNSYLVANIA. 
Planting of young trout is to be continued in 
the trout streams of Pennsylvania as long as con¬ 
ditions permit, and it was not believed by state 
fishery officials that the opening of the trout sea¬ 
son would interfere to any extent with this work. 
Thus far over 1, 000,000 yearling trout have been 
placed in streams and probably a quarter of a 
million more may be distributed. The fish are 
now being placed in northern counties. 
Shad propagation is to be undertaken in the 
Susquehanna River as soon as it is possible to 
obtain the eggs. There are now shad in the lower 
reaches of the Susquehanna, but the water in the 
river is so cold because of the melting snows that 
they will not come up for some time. Prepara¬ 
tions for active work in propagating shad are 
being made. The state successfully “planted” 
shad in the Delaware last year and the comple¬ 
tion of the shad hatchery at Torresdale, for which 
bids were opened recently, will enable more ex¬ 
tensive work in this direction. 
FISH AND GAME LEGISLATION. 
New York, March 31, 1914. 
Mr. John B. Burnham, president of the Ameri¬ 
can Game Protective Association, issued to-day 
the following statement: 
“The sportsmen of the state are interested in 
having Governor Glynn call an early special ses¬ 
sion of the legislature. Of recent years, the 
sportsmen have given much greater attention to 
fish and game legislation than ever before. They 
now realize that unless early action is taken on 
the appropriation bills, the work of fish and game 
protection and propagation will suffer seriously 
and that desirable legislation passed at the recent 
session will be indefinitely postponed in taking 
effect for lack of funds. 
“Dr. T. H. Bean, the state fish culturist, is au¬ 
thority for the statement that delay in passing the 
regular appropriation will seriously handicap the 
fish cultural interests of the state. He says that 
unless funds are soon available, some of the fish 
hatcheries will have to be closed. New York 
raises over a billion fish a year for the benefit oi 
the commercial fishermen and anglers. Droughts 
of recent years have destroyed the breeding stock 
in many streams, and it is most important that 
there be no loss of time in restocking such 
streams, and also in furnishing the regular sup¬ 
ply for stocking the waters of the state. There 
are two new fish hatcheries which should be put 
in operation a't once. There is only $40,000 avaib 
able this year for all hatcheries as against an 
average appropriation of $64,000 for the past ten 
years. 
“Similarly, the funds for traveling expenses ot 
game protectors are altogether inadequate, and 
unless speedy action is taken for a new appropria¬ 
tion, the protectors will have to stay at home and 
leave the game of the state without protection. 
“There is no money available for a suitable fire 
patrol, and a few weeks will bring us to the most 
dangerous period of the year for forest fires with 
the snow gone and the trees not yet leaved out 
to shade the inflammable floor covering of the 
forest from the parching sun. Under such condi¬ 
tions, the forest debris becomes as dry as timber 
and fires start easily and are very difficult to 
check. Every sportsman knows that without for¬ 
ests, we cannot have fish and game. 
“Moreover, the sportsmen are interested in get¬ 
ting the new game farms and increased protective 
service provided for by the bills which have just 
passed the legislature, and they know that with¬ 
out appropriations, this is impossible. They are 
chiefly interested, of course, in seeing that the 
work of the Conservation Commission is not 
crippled, because in this way more damage can 
be done in a short time than can be repaired in 
years. 
“It is for these reasons that thousands of or¬ 
ganized sportsmen in the state are insistent that 
the Governor call the special session of the legis¬ 
lature at once.” 
NEW HATCHERY IN UTAH. 
A Federal fish hatchery will be located at 
Springville, Utah, according to a dispatch. The 
hatchery will be on Spring creek and will almost 
adjoin the State hatchery. Six thousand gallons 
of water a minute are available there, and the 
climate is said to be all that can be desired for 
the hatchery. 
