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bert and Buller, for turning over to the Com¬ 
monwealth of Pennsylvania the patent rights of 
this apparatus without any cost, when it is taken 
into consideration that the cost of securing the 
patent was paid by the patentees personally out 
of their own funds and of the value of the ap¬ 
paratus in saving the waste product from the 
manufacturing plants. The cost of construction 
is very small and maintenance is practically noth¬ 
ing, the filter taking care of itself to great extent. 
The streams of Pennsylvania are being sur¬ 
veyed by the wardens of the Department of 
Fisheries and reports sent to the office whicti 
give a complete description of the nature of the 
refuse being discharged into the streams; names 
of officers, owners, etc., estimated quantity of 
waste going into the stream daily and all other 
valuable information relating to the pollution. 
After the reports are received at the office prints 
of the apparatus are made out, giving all neces¬ 
sary dimensions, and sent to the polluter of the 
streams. If the party receiving the print does 
not fully understand it a man is sent from the 
Department to explain it and give all necessary 
help. It is the intention of the authorities to as¬ 
sist the manufacturer and mine owner rather 
than harass them, which seems to be the prevail¬ 
ing idea. Since this stream survey work was 
taken up December I, 1915, the Department has 
sent out over two hundred prints and in a ma¬ 
jority of the cases replies have been received in¬ 
dicating that the manufacturers and mine own¬ 
ers are taking kindly to the proposition and will 
have the apparatus installed as soon as weather 
conditions permit. This is a great and important 
work and should receive all the publicity possible 
so that the sportsmen of the country will be fa¬ 
miliar with the work being accomplished along ■ 
this line. _ Robert R. Featenby, 
Chief Clerk, Pennsylvania Department 
of Fisheries. 
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large marsh. It had frozen ice quite a distance 
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mostly out of gun range over the open water. 
However, I succeeded in bringing down three 
ducks. I was at a loss how to recover my 
game from out on the ice, it not being thick 
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called to one of the ducks, a large full feathered 
drake mallard, that was slowly moving towards 
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let go of the duck and stood upon its haunches 
in a listening attitude. While in that position 
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