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Establishing a Hatchery. 
New Orleans, La., Aug. 25.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: A large delegation of citizens 
called during the week on Game Commissioner 
Miller and asked that the black bass hatchery 
be located in Washington parish near Bogalusa 
or Franklington. The citizens are willing to 
donate the site for a big hatchery if it is located 
in Washington parish, which is twenty-five or 
thirty miles northeast of New Orleans. Mr. 
Miller, Mr. Ponder and Mr. Tullian, of the 
commission, had about decided to locate the fish 
hatchery in Tangipahoa parish near Roseland, 
but with the advent of Washington parish ask¬ 
ing for the hatchery, it is probable the subject 
will be held up until a thorough investigation 
is made. It is proposed to stock the hatchery 
with the finest black bass and to make it a 
model of its kind. 
Fishing conditions have been rather bad dur- 
the Chess, Checkers and Whist Club, the Boston 
Club and the Pickwick Club of this city. He 
was also a financier and connected with the cot¬ 
ton industry. He was well known to many of 
the prominent hunters and fishermen in the 
North and East and was a man of the highest 
standing. 
President Milner, of the Louisiana Motor 
League, has written to Mayor Behrman, of New 
Orleans, announcing the completion of the fine 
roadway from this city to Chef Menteur. The 
league has renovated the present club house, and 
plans are being perfected for the erection of a 
spacious club house to cost about $75,000, and 
he expresses the opinion that hunters, fishermen, 
tourists and others will find the club house a 
great attraction. Arrangements are being made 
to lay out many acres for various game, and the 
old Fort McComb property has been leased from 
the Government. The roadway is about twenty- 
two miles long and is especially popular with 
The club’s chief object is the protection of the 
waters of Buzzard’s Bay from the so-called 
porgy pirates. Its membership includes the lead¬ 
ing citizens of the towns bordering on the bay, 
and many summer residents who desire to pro¬ 
mote hook and line fishing. During the last 
session of the Legislature the officers of the 
club were successful in defeating all bills that 
they deemed inimical to the interests of the 
club. 
At the business meeting officers were elected 
as follows: President, Hon. C. S. Hamlin; Sec¬ 
retary, Walter Rapp; Treasurer, Eben S. S. 
Keith; Vice-Presidents, Dr. M. H. Richardson, 
Thomas Jefferson, John I. Bryant; Executive 
Committee, W. A. Nye, Horace S. Crowell, G. 
W. Fish, N. PI. Emmons, Geo. W. Jones, Col. 
Harry Converse, E. L. Hamlin, Theophilus Par¬ 
sons, C. H. Taylor, Jr., B. H. Anthony, L. 
Minot, A. G. Weeks, F. B. Cutler, T. C. Thacher. 
This club is affiliated with the Massachusetts 
WINFIELD SCOTT. 
Scenes at the Asbury Park Surf-casting Tournament. 
SAM METZGER. 
ing the-past ten days on account of the heavy 
and frequent rains and squalls. A number of 
fishermen went over to Lake Catherine, the Rigo- 
lets, Chef Menteur, Dunbar, Lookout, Wave- 
land, Bay St. Louis and other places on the 
Gulf coast Saturday afternoon and Sunday, but 
they returned early Monday morning and re¬ 
ported poor success, the rain and rough waters 
having spoiled their chances. 
Mr. Meyer, bridge tender for the Lyon Cypress 
Company at Garyville, reports a tarpon weigh¬ 
ing 130 pounds and measuring six feet and 
three inches in Blind River near Lake Maurepas. 
It took over three hours to land the big tarpon 
and Mr. Meyer had the assistance of several 
workers in the lumber mills. A number of tar¬ 
pon have been hooked in Blind River this season, 
but this is the first one to be landed. The fish 
was placed on exhibition in Garyville and scores 
of people looked at the tarpon with interest. It 
is the largest fish of its kind caught in that river 
or vicinity, and Mr. Meyer is quite proud of 
his achievement. 
The funeral of Henry Kopman took place in 
New Orleans from his residence on Aug. 23 and 
was largely attended. Mr. Kopman was a prom- 
nent fisherman and Kopman’s Bayou is named 
for him. It is said that he discovered this body 
of water or at least established its reputation 
as the best place in Louisiana for catching black 
bass. Mr. Kopman was a leading member of 
autoists. The city of New Orleans is asked to 
maintain the roadway. The Chef can now be 
reached easily by the fishermen and hunters. 
F. G. G. 
Old Colony Shore Dinner. 
Boston, Mass., Aug. 26.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Old Colony Club held its annual 
meeting at Monomet Beach, on Aug. 25, with 
an attendance of 150 members. An elaborate 
shore dinner was greatly enjoyed by all and 
was followed by an unusual array of speakers. 
President Charles S. Hamlin, of Boston, intro¬ 
duced as the first speaker August Belmont, presi¬ 
dent of the Cape Cod Canal Company, who re¬ 
viewed the history of the work of constructing 
the canal. 
Capt. J. W. Miller, vice-president of the com¬ 
pany, and a naval officer, said the Government 
could well afford to deepen the canal with the 
money allotted for deepening Pollock Rip and 
allow the shoals of the rip to dry up and cover 
the graves of the ships and the seamen who 
had gone to their doom on the dreaded waters. 
Gen. Charles H. Taylor, who has not missed 
an Old Colony Club c'ambake in eighteen years, 
told of the objection to the building of the canal 
by Dr. Bourne, of Sandwich,' 175 years ago, and 
paid a tribute to the Keith family at present 
represented by Senator E. S. S. Keith. 
Fish and Game Protective Association in which 
it is represented by President Hamlin and 
Horace P. Tobey. Henry H. Kimball. 
Not Yet. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Sometime, somehow, ere the snow flies and 
the sea freezes over, the scores of the Asbury 
Park Fishing Club’s surf-casting tournament of 
Aug. 5 may reach you. If so perhaps you will 
find use for the inclosed photographs taken there¬ 
at. Switch Reel. 
A New Deal. 
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: After three years of continuous labor 
we have at last succeeded in enacting a proper 
fish and game law for this State. The chief 
credit for its passage is due to Charles L. Davis, 
of Warm Springs, Ga. The bill is a substantial 
copy of the Alabama law. 
I am delighted at the intelligent, independent 
stand which the Milwaukee club took in refer¬ 
ence to the construction of the professional rule 
by the president of the N. A. S. A. C. It is 
high time that the National Association was 
taken out of the hands of Perce. His narrow¬ 
minded intolerance and utter inability to appre¬ 
ciate the necessity for a fair and generous rule 
upon this subject will destroy the association 
