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FEDERAL LAW BENEFICIAL. 
“One of the beneficial effects of the Federal 
law, which was not expected so soon,” said 0. 
E. Marshall, secretary of the Massachusetts state 
grange committee on protection of wild birds, re¬ 
cently, “has been the passage by Rhode Island of 
the best wild fowl law in New England. Rhode 
Island has been wide open, and no efforts of the 
Audubon association could accomplish any pro¬ 
tection for wild ducks and geese, but the state 
insisted on taking advantage of the ducks and 
geese which the laws of other states were con¬ 
serving. This winter the agent of the Audubon 
association was sent from his place in Boston 
to Rhode Island, and by the aid of the influence 
of the Federal law a state law was secured in 
harmony with the Federal law. Winthrop 
Packard and our state ornithologist, as well as 
all those who aided to secure the Federal law, 
should have credit for the redemption of Rhode 
Island. 
“The great news that the English House of 
Commons has passed a plumage law, inspired 
by the example of the United States, and that 
bird skins are selling at less than cost in Europe, 
because of the influence of our law on fashion, 
should inspire us to look out for the enforce¬ 
ment of the laws obtained here in 1914. 
“Despite the tremendous issues now in the 
balance on this continent, those who understand 
the issues of conservation know that the preser¬ 
vation of the avifauna for the ‘millions yet to 
be’ is a matter second to none in its im¬ 
portance to the future. 
San Francisco Fly Casting Club. 
CONTEST NO. 2. 
. Stow Lake, April 18, 1914. 
Owing to many of the members being out of town, 
there was a very small attendance today, and no records 
were broken. The best long casts today were 120 feet 
made by Stanley Forbes in 54 oz. lure, and 114 feet 
made by Paul W. Shattuck in Salmon Fly. 
Judges Stanley Forbes, T. C. Kierulff, E. A. Mocker. 
Referee C. H. Kewell. Clerk E. O. Ritter. 
Wind variable; weather fair. 
Saturday, April 18, 1914. 
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YARMOUTH 
NOVA SCOTIA 
NO HAY FEVER 
Summer temperature averages 70 degrees a-t noon. First- 
class hotels and boarding-houses. Boating, salt and 
fresh water fishing, shooting, golf. Excellent roads. 
Write for Booklet 
J. BOND GRAY, Sec’y Tourist Committee, 
238 Main Street. 
Amateur Championship of America 
New York Athletic Club—Travers Island,”N. Y., April 24th and 25th 
won by 
Mr. R. L. Spotts 
Shooting 
Hercules 
Hercules 
Score 188x200 
Mr. Spotts also won the Preliminary Event Score 
185x200 and 24x25 in shoot-off 
and 
High Average of the Tournament 
Score 373x400 
The above record confirms the reputation of Hercules 
Powders, E. C. and Infallible for reliability. You can be 
sure, always, that every load will give the same high veloc¬ 
ity, uniform patterns and light recoil as the one that went 
before it. 
Hercules Powder Co. 
Wilmington, Delaware 
TROUT IN CALIFORNIA. 
Within an hour’s ride by automobile from 
Pasadena is to be found the finest trout fishing 
in Southern California, it is claimed. The East 
and West Forks of the San Gabriel river this 
season are the Meccas of scores of disciples of 
Izaak Walton, the patron saint of the fishermen. 
Trout are plentiful and with more water than 
usual in the canyons, the sport is the best in 
years. In the West Fork, at Rincon, the best 
of fishing is to be had. 
The largest botanical gardens maintained by 
any institution in the United States will be estab¬ 
lished in the near future in connection with the 
University of Chicago campus. 
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