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FOREST AND STREAM 
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AN EFFORT TO RENEW LIVE PIGEON 
SHOOTING. 
An effort to renew live pigeon shooting was 
made at the last session of the New Jersey legis¬ 
lature. 
This bill sought to repeal the act of April, 
12, 1904. known as the “Pigeon Shooting Bill,” 
and to force the passage of which Governor 
Franklin J. Murphy at that time, backed by the 
humane societies, the newspapers, the clergy and 
an aroused public sentiment, called into meeting 
a special session of the Legislature of New 
Jersey. The repealer of this year had a care¬ 
fully diguised title which made it appear that it 
was introduced only to permit the killing of 
crows and sparrows. This bill, if made into law, 
would have permitted the same tortures on 
crows and sparrows as was permitted on pigeons 
under the old law. It was not the shooting of 
the pigeon that caused the great “Pigeon Bill” 
crusade of ten years ago, it was what happened 
to the pigeon before and after shooting, and if 
it is cruel and unlawful to shoot pigeons it cer¬ 
tainly should not be made lawful to shoot other 
feathered animals. This year’s attempt to re¬ 
peal the pigeon protection law failed of success, 
the bill not being reported by committee. Last 
year’s similar attack also failed, having been 
doomed in a Senate committee. 
DECLARE WAR ON STRAY CATS. 
Ten thousand trap shooters each promising to 
bag one stray cat this season, would do much 
toward co-operating with the American Game 
Protection and Propagation Association and the 
State commissions. Present State legislatures 
seem afraid to pass anti-cat legislation, possibly 
they fear the old maid vote when women’s suf¬ 
frage comes to pass. New Jersey recently had 
a bill pass Assembly and die in Senate that would 
have been a step in the right direction. Assembly 
Bill 79 called for a yearly tax of one dollar on 
female cats, exempting male cats. Incidentally 
in the matter of bird killing the female of the 
species is no more deadly than the male, so 
gentle trap shooters direct your number eights 
at male and female alike. There are some good 
cats, well cared for and kept at home. The feline 
that roams at will is a public nuisance and it is 
pretty safe to allow that the only good cat 
is a dead cat. 
True they kill also rats and mice, but these 
do not begin to offset the killing of the game 
and insectivorous birds that they annually de¬ 
stroy. It is time something was done and the 
best way to do it is to license the animals and 
then to get rid of everyone of them that does 
not carry a license tag. 
Undesirable insects find easy concealment in 
the fur of the cat; and how many cat owners 
take the trouble to eradicate them? The cat is 
also a germ carrier, and the scratch of even the 
playful kitten may cause blood-poisoning in the 
child of the home. 
With the actual costs and risks better under¬ 
stood, many a cat owner would bury the cat and 
buy a good singing canary as a more economical 
pet and household companion. 
The cat fancier will naturally boast of the 
absence of mice and rats due to the presence and 
ability of the cat in his home. This may be 
true; but in the tidy and sanitary home, where 
crumbs, cooked food and vegetable matter are 
not left in reach of the rodents, these pests find 
hard times, and voluntarily leave for better hunt¬ 
ing grounds, or may be easily taken in the trap 
because of hunger. The rat is the more crafty 
and will select a place where food and shelter 
are easy, and there breed and increase despite 
all the cats of the neighborhood. 
ALWAYS KILL THE STRAY CAT! 
DEATH OF BAYARD DOMINICK. 
Bayard Dominick, keen sportsman, good citizen, 
and successful business man, died at his home at 
Monmouth Beach, June 22d. He was 64 years 
old. 
Mr. Dominick was born in Chicago, but with 
his parents moved to New York when he was 
three years of age. His whole life and early 
training was in New York, and it was in New 
York that he went into business and acheived 
the notable success which attended his career. 
Mr. Dominick was an ardent angler and a keen 
and successful wild fowl shooter. He was a 
member of many sportsmen’s clubs, of which one 
of the most notable was the Narrows Island 
Club of Currituck County. He was one of the 
very early members of that organization. 
Mr. Dominick possessed a singular charm of 
manner, to which his great stature, powerful 
frame and handsome face lent added attractions 
He was greatly loved by all who knew him well, 
and his death leaves a gap in the ranks of the 
old-time sportsmen of this city which cannot be 
filled. - 
IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. 
The attractions of the newest of the people’s 
pleasure grounds—Glacier National Park—are 
set forth in detail in a circular just issued by 
direction of Secretary Lane. This park is in 
northern Montana and is bounded on the 
north by the Canadian line, on the east by the 
Blackfeet Indian Reservation, and on the south 
and west by Flathead River. It has an area of 
about 915,000 acres, and derives its name from 
many glaciers which are scattered throughout 
its area. There are about 80 glaciers between 
5 square miles and a few acres in area. The 
park is a rugged mountainous region, and con¬ 
tains over 250 lakes, which are surrounded by 
steep and beautifully wooded mountains or preci¬ 
pitous rock walls. The methods of transportation 
in the park are by automobile, horse stage, 
launches on the lakes, and saddle and pack horses. 
There are no fixed, definite tours which must 
be conformed to or made in a special number 
of days, but a large variety of tours can be 
made ranging from one-day auto tours to thirty- 
day horseback tours. Attention is particularly 
directed to the fact that walking tours offer an 
inexpensive way to see the park. Permanent 
camps are located within a day’s walk of each 
other, ranging from 8 to 16 miles apart, and walk¬ 
ing tours can be made at a cost of $3.25 to $3.50. 
per day by using the chalet camps, or if a small 
party takes its outfit and dispenses with guides 
and horses, the trip can be made for $1 per per¬ 
son per day, provisions being purchased as need¬ 
ed from the camps and hotels. This circular 
contains detailed descriptions of the accommoda¬ 
tions at the camps and of the side trips that can 
be made from each one. It includes also infor¬ 
mation regarding the cost of tours by automo¬ 
bile, on horseback, or on foot. In addition to 
the rules and regulations, there are given lists 
of books and magazine articles for the benefit 
of those desiring additional information. 
GUIDE TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 
The principal roads and trails in the Yosemite 
National Park are described in detail in a cir¬ 
cular just issued by direction of Secretary Lane. 
The most frequently visited places are the Yose¬ 
mite Valley, the Hetch Hetchy Valley, and the 
Mariposa Grove of Big Trees. Yosemite Val¬ 
ley, in the southern part of the park, is a great 
gorge about 7 miles long and three-fourths of 
a mile wide, with a level park-like meadow in 
its center. The great cliffs which form the wall 
of the valley rise almost vertically to a height 
of about 3,000 feet, and in many places are 
beautiful waterfalls which have a vertical drop 
of from 600 to 900 feet. There are three groves 
of Big Trees in the Yosemite Park, the Merced 
and Tuolumne Groves northwest of Yosemite 
Valley, and the Mariposa Grove on the southern 
edge of the park. These trees (Sequoia gigantea), 
which are the oldest living things in the world, 
grow to a height of 300 feet, with a circum¬ 
ference of nearly 100 feet at the base, the bark 
sometimes exceeding 40 inches in thickness. 
Many of the trees are over 2,000 years old. 
There are several transportation lines operated 
under concessions from the Department of the 
Interior, but every person is at liberty to pro¬ 
vide his own means of transportation, subject 
to the rules and regulations. The circular just 
issued contains the rates authorized at the hotels 
and camps, a sketch map of the park, the rules 
and regulations, and a list of books and maga¬ 
zine articles. 
LIFE SAVING DEMONSTRATION. 
The American Volunteer Life Saving Corps 
is giving demonstrations along the Delaware 
and Schuylkill rivers near Philadelphia. 
On Sunday, June 14th, a very interesting ex¬ 
hibition of how to resuscitate drowned persons 
and to handle them in the water was given at 
The Red Dragon Canoe Club on the Delaware. 
