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FOREST AND STREAM 
Ocx. 12, 1912 
Published Weekly by the 
Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 
Charles Otis, President. 
W. G. Beecroft, Secretary. S. J. Gibson, Treasurer. 
127 Franklin Street, New York. 
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THE OBJECT OF THIS JOURNAL 
will be to studiously promote a healthful in¬ 
terest in outdoor recreation, and to cultivate 
a refined taste for natural objects, 
—Forest and Stream, Aug. 14, 1873. 
MRS. SAGE’S GREAT GIFT. 
By her generous purchase of Marsh Island, 
Mrs. Russell Sage has performed a great public 
service. Here is an area of more than a hun¬ 
dred square miles, on which each winter collect 
many thousands of wildfowl—among them the 
blue goose, now growing scarce and threatened 
with extinction. Not only do wildfowl gather 
here in great numbers, but also rails, herons, 
shore birds and many of the smaller migrants— 
song birds and warblers. Under Mrs. Sage’s 
gift all these birds will henceforth be protected 
on this great tract of land. 
Edward A. Mcllhenny is understood to have 
originated the idea of establishing at different 
points in the Mississippi Valley, from the Gulf 
of Mexico north to Canada, a series of bird 
refuges of which Marsh Island and the Louis¬ 
iana State Game Preserve was to form the first. 
Mrs. Sage’s purchase of Marsh Island com¬ 
pletes the initial step toward establishing this 
north and south line of wildfowl refuges, and 
Messrs. Mcllhenny and Ward will now continue 
with renewed zeal their efforts to have the other 
refuges set apart. 
Mrs. Sage’s love for birds, and interest in 
their protection, has many times been demon¬ 
strated in material ways, but this, her greatest 
contribution to the work, is of peculiar interest 
because the number of men interested in wild¬ 
fowl protection is so great. American sportsmen, 
naturalists and game protectors may take fresh 
courage, and with renewed energy work for 
the cause of game protection so dear to their 
hearts. They have found a powerful ally—one 
who in a slightly different way has done for 
their cause what David W. Wilcox did when he 
made his generous bequest to the Audubon So¬ 
ciety. 
THE SULLIVAN LAW. 
It has been pretty conclusively proven that 
crooks cannot buy revolvers in New York city. 
They go across into New Jersey to “’get a gun” 
with which to commit murder. The Sullivan 
law has made it practically impossible to secure 
arms illicitly in New York, thereby proving that 
although it is a law in which are many faults, it 
still drives the crook into another State before he 
can commit a felony in his own State. It now 
is up to New Jersey as well as all other States 
to enact a law prohibiting the purchase of re¬ 
volvers by those not entitled to the privilege of 
possessing such weapons. New York State legis¬ 
lators owe to their State and to themselves an 
effort to encourage reciprocal action on the part 
of other States in order that the good work 
started in this State may be consummated and 
a drastic anti-revolver law passed in every State 
in the Union. Such unanimous action would 
discourage gang fighting, thugism and burglary. 
The Sullivan law should be amended so that any 
citizen of the United States, or any well recom¬ 
mended foreigner, could, upon presentation of 
proper credentials, secure a license to purchase 
a revolver for home protection or sportsmen’s 
use. j 
ADIRONDACK DEER SEASON OPEN. 
The deer season opened in the Adirondacks 
on Oct. 1 and will close on Nov. 15. The Adi¬ 
rondack region comprises the counties of Clin¬ 
ton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton. Hamilton, Herki¬ 
mer, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren and Wash¬ 
ington and that part of Jefferson, Lewis and 
Oneida counties lying east of the Utica and 
Black River Railroad from Utica to Ogdens- 
burg. 
The rest of the Empire State is closed for 
sportsmen, with this exception: In Ulster county 
and towns of Neversink, Cochecton, Tusten, 
Highland, Ltimberland, Forestburg, Bethel and 
all of towns of Namakating and Thompson south 
of Newburgh and Cochecton turnpike in Sulli¬ 
van county and Deer Park in Orange county, 
Nov. 1 to Nov. 15. 
All deer must have horns not less than three 
inches long. Each sportsman is limited to two 
deer. In order to hunt deer in this State a non¬ 
resident or alien must pay a fee of $20.50. A 
non-resident taxpayer is assessed $10.50. The 
fee the resident pays is $1.10. A hunting license 
may be obtained from any county, city or town 
clerk. 
WORK OF A. G. P. P. A. 
A desperate violator of the game laws of 
Massachusetts has just been brought to justice 
by agents of the American Game Protective 
and Propagation Association. At the request 
of the Massachusetts authorities, D. C. Speen- 
burgh. of the association, has been at work on 
the case of Chauncy A. Burdick, of North 
Adams, for nearly a year and has succeeded in 
getting evidence which resulted in convictions 
on nineteen counts for violations of the game 
and excise laws. A prison sentence of three 
months and fines amounting to $290 were im¬ 
posed. 
The association stands ready to send its 
experts to the aid of game officials in any part 
of the United States, whether to assist in legal 
work or in securing evidence in baffling cases. 
It has been found in many instance that a man 
from outside is successful where the local 
warden fails on account of being too well 
known. Through its special agents the asso¬ 
ciation is accomplishing much in this line. 
SHOOTING NUMBER. 
We have gathered together a remarkably in¬ 
teresting and varied amount of material for our 
shooting number to be issued Oct. 26. First of 
all there will be a cover in colors from an origi¬ 
nal painting made for us by that famous animal 
depictor, Carl Rungius. A special feature never 
before produced in any other magazine will be 
a report from the game warden in each State, 
telling briefly the game conditions there this 
year. This will give sportsmen a chance to plan 
their shooting trip for a section where they 
know game will be found. As these reports will 
come in after the season opens, they will give 
existing conditions, not prospects. Other articles 
will include: “Out in the Chicken Country,” a 
story of pinnated grouse shooting in the Dako¬ 
tas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Michigan, told 
in the “written from experience” style of 
Amos Burhans; "Reminiscences of Ragged 
Island,” a duck shooting story; “Cooting on Cape 
Cod,” by George Almy; “Caribou Hunting, New¬ 
foundland vs. New Brunswick,” by that well- 
known big-game hunter, George B. Clark, and 
other special features. The issue will be pro¬ 
fusely illustrated and will, we hope, be the best 
number we ever have issued. Of course the 
regular departments will appear as usual. If 
you are not a regular subscriber, order early 
from your newsdealer. The Oct. 26 issue will 
be in great demand and we do not want you to 
miss it. 
EVERY SPORTSMAN SHOULD READ 
YOUR MAGAZINE. 
Springfield, Mass., Sept. 26. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: I hope that you will be able to 
secure a good picture of Col. Acklen, that your 
readers may see the man who was made presi¬ 
dent of the National Association of Game and 
Fish Commissioners. 
I believe there is a great future for this as¬ 
sociation, and that it will be the means of 
uniting all parts of our country to work in 
harmony for better game protection and in¬ 
creased propagation. 
You, as editor of Forest and Stream, can 
have a great influence in bringing about the 
results that are needed. Every sportsman 
should read your magazine. 
Here in Massachusetts we have nearly 
50,000 licensed gunners besides three times as 
many persons who go fishing, and this army 
is rapidly increasing. Conditions are changing 
rapidly and the sportsmen must be educated to 
meet present conditions. 
The next time I am in New York, I will 
try and see you and talk over this matter with 
you. I am very much interested in it. 
Geo. H. Graham, 
Commissioner of Fisheries and Game 
of Massachusetts. 
October: The sunshine of July without 
its oppressiveness: the clearness of December 
without its piercing cold. 
