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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec. 2, 1911. 
Game Bills Now Pending in Congress. 
Washington, D. C., Nov. 25. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: On Dec. 4 the Sixty-second Con¬ 
gress will convene for the first regular session. 
The extra session, which convened on March 4 
and adjourned Aug. 22, devoted its attention 
chiefly to four subjects—reciprocity, tariff re¬ 
vision, statehood, and investigations. Never¬ 
theless, committees were organized and a large 
number of bills introduced, so that a consider¬ 
able volume of legislation was prepared for con¬ 
sideration at the regular session. The total 
number of measures introduced was nearly 17,- 
000, of which about 14,000 were House bills, 
2,300 Senate bills, 460 House resolutions, and 
145 Senate resolutions. Of the total number 
less than one in a thousand, or fourteen in all, 
concerned game preservation. Four of these 
were introduced in the Senate, and ten in the 
House. 
On reference to the list of these measures it 
will be observed that they were practically con¬ 
fined to four subjects—National parks, game 
preserves, game protection in the District of 
Columbia, and Federal protection of migratory 
birds. The House bills included the measures 
introduced at the last session of Congress to 
establish a National park in Hawaii and a new 
park in Oregon, to amend the Crater Lake 
National Park act, and to accept the cession of 
jurisdiction from the State of Montana over 
the lands in the Glacier National Park. Senate 
bill 147 proposes to enlarge the Grand Canon 
Game Refuge in Arizona; and House bill 8393 
provides for the establishment of a game refuge 
in the Coronado National Forest in the same 
Territory. The two bills regulating game pro¬ 
tection in the District of Columbia are mod¬ 
eled after the Wisconsin game law. Legisla¬ 
tion affecting protection of migratory birds was 
the subject of three bills and one resolution. 
On April 4 Mr. Weeks introduced a bill to pro¬ 
tect migratory game birds, which was a modi¬ 
fication of a bill introduced during the last 
Congress; on April 12 Mr. Anthony, of Kansas, 
introduced a second bill to protect migratory 
wildfowl; on May 17 Senator McLean intro¬ 
duced a bill to protect migratory wildfowl and 
birds between Jan. 10 and Aug. 15; and on 
June 28 Senator McLean introduced a joint 
resolution proposing to amend the Constitution 
so that Congress shall have power to protect 
migratory birds. Two resolutions calling for 
information regarding the condition of the 
Alaska fur seal herd resulted in an extended 
investigation of the subject, and were the only 
measures that really received consideration at 
this session. None of the other bills mentioned 
were reported by committees, but all are ready 
for consideration at the coming session. 
The list of these bills follows, with the num¬ 
ber, title, date of introduction, and committee 
to which referred in each case: 
S. 417. A bill to enlarge the Grand Canon 
Game Refuge. Introduced by Senator Smoot, 
April 10. Committee on Forest Reservation. 
S. 1174. A bill to amend the act of May 22, 
1902, establishing Crater Lake National Park, 
and for other purposes. Introduced by Senator 
Bourne, April 17. Committee on Public Lands. 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant 
leases or privileges in the park for a period of 
not more than twenty years. 
S. 2367. A bill to protect migratory wildfowl 
in the United States. Introduced by Senator 
McLean, May 17. Committee on Forest Reser¬ 
vation. Unlawful to kill waterfowl, cranes, 
snipe, plover, woodcock and rail Jan. 10 to 
Aug. 15, inclusive. 
S. J. Res. 39. Joint resolution proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution providing that 
Congress shall have the power to protect migra¬ 
tory birds. Introduced by Mr. McLean, June 
28. Committee on the Judiciary. Proposed 
amendment “Article XVII.” “Section 1. Con¬ 
gress shall have power to protect migratory 
birds and prohibit and regulate the killing 
thereof. Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to 
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” 
H.R. 36. A bill to protect migratory game 
birds of the United States. Introduced by Mr. 
Weeks, April 4. Committee on Agriculture. 
H.R. 1679. A bill to accept the cession by 
the State of Montana of exclusive jurisdiction 
over the lands embraced within the Glacier 
National Park, and for other purposes. Intro¬ 
duced by Mr. Pray, April 5. Committee on 
Public Lands. 
H.R. 1705. A bill to provide for reserving 
from the public lands in the State of Oregon as 
a public park for the benefit of the people of the 
United States and for the protection and pre¬ 
servation of the game, fish, timber, and all other 
natural objects therein, a tract of land herein 
described, and so forth. Introduced by Mr. 
Hawley, April 5. Committee on Public Lands. 
H.R. 4428. A bill to protect migratory wild¬ 
fowl in the United States. Introduced by Mr. 
Anthony, April 12. Committee on Agriculture. 
H.R. 8393. A bill for the protection of wild 
animals in the Coronado National Forest. In¬ 
troduced by Mr. Cameron, May 2. Committee 
on Public Lands. Provides for the establish¬ 
ment of a game refuge in the Coronado 
National Forest, Arizona. 
H.R. 8771. A bill for the protection and pre¬ 
servation of game and for the prevention of its 
sale during certain closed seasons in the Dis¬ 
trict of Columbia. Introduced by Mr. Kopp, 
May 5. Committee on the District of Columbia. 
H.R. 11612. A bill to establish a National 
park [at a cost not to exceed $50,000, and to be 
known as the Kilauea National Park] in the 
Territory of Hawaii. Introduced by Mr. Kal- 
anianaole, June 14. Committee on Territories. 
H.R. 12532. A bill to establish Mount Olym¬ 
pus National Park in Olympic Mountains, in 
the State of Washington, and for other pur¬ 
poses. Introduced by Mr. Humphrey, July 15. 
Committee on Public Lands. 
H.Res. 73 - Calling for information and facts 
regarding the condition of the Alaskan fur seal 
herd, and the conduct of the agents of the Gov¬ 
ernment in charge thereof, lessees, etc. Intro¬ 
duced by Mr. Townsend. Committee on Ex¬ 
penditures, Department of Commerce and 
Labor. 
H.Res. 277. Resolution.—Whereas, the in¬ 
vestigation ordered by the House pursuant to 
H. Res. 73 has fully developed the fact that the 
fur seal herd of Alaska is in danger of com¬ 
plete destruction; therefore, be it resolved, [that 
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor is here¬ 
by directed to suspend all killing of fur seals 
on the seal islands of Alaska for fifteen years]. 
Submitted by Mr. Rothermel, Aug. 12. Com¬ 
mittee on Expenditures, Department of Com¬ 
merce and Labor. T. S. Palmer. 
The Game of Nova Scotia. 
Consul Alfred J. Fleming, of Yarmouth, 
Nova Scotia, Canada, has just written as fol¬ 
lows to the Bureau of Commerce and Labor: 
The conservative commissioner of the Lands 
and Fisheries Department of the Dominion Gov¬ 
ernment has just issued a handsome volume of 
its work for the year ended June 30, 1911. As 
a great many Americans come to Nova Scotia 
each year for hunting, some data therefrom may 
prove of interest to the sportsmen. 
In the first place, each alien hunting or fishing- 
in the Province must first secure a license from 
the game wardens of the county in which he 
hunts, but a license is good in any county in 
the Province, and this costs about $30. This 
entitles one to kill one bull moose each year, and 
limits are placed on other game to more or less 
extent. No calf or cow moose may be killed 
till 1912. During 1908, 638 moose were killed, 
or that many reported; in 1909, only 405 were 
reported, and in 1910, 464 were reported, but the 
commissioners believe that a great many are 
killed, more than 100 in each year not reported. 
For the past season, ended Nov. 15, the returns 
are not yet made up, but unofficial reports place 
them at about 600, with the average number not 
reported. The commission says that so long as 
the market demand for moose meat is so great, 
there will be illegal killing, and suggests for¬ 
bidding the sale of the meat. The figures for 
1908 include cows, calves and bulls, as the cows 
and calves were not protected until 1909. In 
some districts moose are decreasing in number 
and in others are increasing, but not rapidly in 
any district, and the opinion is given that they 
are about holding their own in the Province, 
as all reports do not indicate any material in¬ 
crease. 
The caribou have almost disappeared from the 
greater part of the Province, there still being 
a few west of the Straits of Canso, and these 
do not appear to increase to any marked or 
noticeable extent, notwithstanding that for eight 
or ten years past there has been a close season 
and every effort to afford protection. On the 
island of Cape Breton, in the northern portions 
of Inverness and Victoria counties, caribou are 
reported in considerable number, and if not on 
the increase are not decreasing. The caribou is 
protected until 1912, and the indications are that 
further protection will be given this winter of 
both moose and caribou. 
Up to about fifteen years ago there were no 
red deer in Nova Scotia, but at that time, and 
at several times since, they have been imported 
from other portions of the Dominion, and now 
they are found in very considerable numbers in 
some parts of the Province. They are also pro- 
