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such a condition again. The porpoises came 
alongside and raced with the ship, playing 
about the bow. As they came to the surface 
and leaped as they do, I leaned over the bow 
and with my camera inverted “ snapped ” them. 
You can see the cutwater of the ship throwing 
the water aside, one porpoise in the water sub¬ 
merged and the other just falling back after a 
leap, with the white foam partly hiding his tail. 
I was a little surprised that I got anything, 
considering the situation. F. F. Frisbie. 
California Deer Dying. 
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 3.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: The California Fish and Game 
Commission has investigated the reported epi¬ 
demic among deer. Frank C. Clark, of the Uni¬ 
versity of California, was sent to Trinity county 
and spent considerable time in the district where 
dead deer had been found. The disease had 
evidently run its course before he commenced 
his investigations. He traveled over a territory 
of three square miles in order to ascertain the 
fore Jan. 1. A number of sites have been con¬ 
sidered, and an offer has been made of State 
land at Folsom. Efforts are being made, how¬ 
ever, to keep the farm in Alameda county, where 
it can be easily reached by the commissioners and 
by the general public, and with this idea in view 
a delegation .of business men recently conferred 
with the commissioners. Those present were: 
F. G. Sanborn, F. M. Newberg and M. J. Con¬ 
nell, Commissioners; John P. Babcock, Secre¬ 
tary; A. A. Denison, Secretary of the Oakland 
Chamber of Commerce; E. K. Strowbridge, F. 
W. Browing, R. Reed and Otto Emerson, of 
Flayward. From the Alameda Fish and Game 
Association, C. L. Crellin, Lee Wells, Luther 
Rood, A. S. Schweer, all of Pleasanton, and 
George Beck, of Livermore. C. L. Crellin an¬ 
nounced that it was probable that a site could 
be secured on the grounds of the Spring Valley 
Wafer Company, near Sunol, and if arrange¬ 
ments can be made for the use of this, it is be¬ 
lieved that the farm will be located there, as 
conditions are satisfactory. Before the removal 
is commenced all surplus birds will be disposed 
Indiana Sportsmen to Organize. 
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 7.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: For a number of years there has been 
a general feeling among hunters and fishermen 
of the State that our laws concerning the fish and 
game, their propagation and conservation, have 
been inadequate for the purposes for which they 
were intended. At times and in various locali¬ 
ties the enforcement of such laws as we have 
has been carried on in a manner not calculated 
to inspire confidence either in the laws or in 
those charged with their enforcement. 
As a result of these conditions there has been 
a demand from all parts of the State for a 
closer union of those who are interested in the 
conservation of our fish and game and in the 
enactment of laws favorable to the lover of the 
rod and gun. 
The Marion County Fish and Game Protective 
Association, realizing that someone must make 
the first move, has decided to take the initiative. 
To that end, at the last meeting of the associa¬ 
tion, the undersigned committee was authorized 
ON A POINT. 
PORPOISES. 
BUZZARDS AT PORT LIMON. 
extent of the deaths among the deer and in a 
superficial search found thirty dead ones. Sev¬ 
eral others were killed and carefully examined. 
All of the deer found dead were greatly emaci¬ 
ated and boils or ulcers were located on the 
liver, kidneys and even on the heart. Bladder 
worms were also found, but it is doubted if 
these were in sufficient numbers to have caused 
death. The disease appears to have been re¬ 
stricted to a limited area and to have disap¬ 
peared as suddenly as it made its appearance, as 
but few diseased deer are now to be found. 
The open season for deer ended on Sept. 1 
in game districts 2, 4 and 5, and on Sept. 15 in 
district 6. In districts 1 and 3, in the northern 
part of the State, the season will not close until 
the last of October. In South California, dis¬ 
trict 6, the open season is but one month, while 
in the northern section it lasts two and a half 
months. No venison can now be brought to this 
city in any form, and but few sportsmen from 
here are now visiting the districts where hunt¬ 
ing is still permitted. 
The matter of removing the State Game Farm 
from Alameda county to the interior has been 
receiving considerable attention, but no decision 
has been reached by the commission. A suit 
over the title to the land now being used is in 
progress, and it will be necessary to move be- 
of, and only those needed for breeding purposes 
kept. Pheasants and wild turkeys will be dis¬ 
posed of to private parties. 
The experiments being made by several large 
concerns in the Sacramento Valley this year in 
raising rice promise to be unsuccessful, owing 
to the damage done by wild ducks. The season 
does not open until Oct. 15, and in the mean¬ 
time the rice growers are compelled to hire 
herders to scare the waterfowl away in order 
that the crop may be allowed to mature. 
Several pairs of ring-neck pheasants are to 
be liberated on the tide lands at Mare Island 
next spring, the Government having agreed to 
make the island a preserve for these birds. 
Hunters who kill mountain lions for the bounty 
paid by the State are being informed that the 
regulations have been changed slightly, and that 
in presenting claims it is now necessary to send 
the entire skin to the fish and game commis¬ 
sioners. These skins are later either returned 
or destroyed at the option of the sender. Regu¬ 
lar blanks are provided by the commission upon 
which the claims must be made, and these must 
be attested by a notary public or justice of the 
peace and also signed by the clerk of the county 
from which the claim is made. During the last 
fiscal year $5,260 was paid for lion bounties, $20 
being paid for each lion killed. Golden Gate. 
to issue a call for a State convention, to be com¬ 
posed of representatives of the various clubs and 
organizations throughout the State. It is pro¬ 
posed that each organization be entitled to one 
vote in such a convention, and that a delegate 
be sent from each organization. The date for 
the meeting has been fixed for Thursday, Oct. 
26, at 2 o’clock p. m., at the Denison Hotel, in 
this city. It will be the purpose of this conven¬ 
tion to formulate and perfect the plans for the 
proposed State-wide organization, which shall 
eventually include every one in the State who is 
interested in the objects and purposes of the 
organization. 
Sportsmen are requested to take this matter 
up with the organizations of which they are mem¬ 
bers and urge upon their members the import¬ 
ance of this move, and have a representative 
selected who will attend the convention. 
Address all communications to H. A. Com¬ 
stock, 44 North Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis, 
Ind. 
FT. A. Comstock, 
M. D. Butler, 
J. D. Maris, 
Geo. N. Mannfeld, 
H. C. Hendrickson, 
Gust J. T. Meyer. 
Committee. 
