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CHANGES EXPECTED IN CONNECTICUT. 
Hartford, Conn., Dec. ix, 1914- 
Connecticut readers of Forest and Stream will 
'be glad to know that very strenuous efforts are 
being made by Supt. Crampton to have the statute 
laws of Connecticut strictly obeyed. Meetings 
are being held by the superintendent and his as¬ 
sociates in every county in the sta'e and all 
dead wood belonging to the force will be asked 
to resign, and a new line of officers will be 
installed early in 1915. More arrests were made 
for game violations this year than any previous 
year in the history of game protection in this 
state. Mr. Crampton has the backing of the 
entire board and Connecticut hunters who, them¬ 
selves, adhere strictly to the law can look for 
some better results later. 
“KONGO.” 
The trial of Albert Hersfeldt, Edward Hers- 
feldt of Meriden and Fred C. Decker of Walling¬ 
ford was held before Justice of the Peace Nathan 
C. Dudley in the court room of the Town Hall 
on Monday afternoon resulting in a verdict of 
guilty against all the accused and the total 
payment of about $240 in fines and costs, all 
for the fun of killing deer against the state law. 
For some time State Superintendent John M. 
Crampton, and County Game Warden David M. 
Clark of New Haven have had suspicions that 
the law relating to shooting deer was being vio¬ 
lated in the vicinity of North Guilford and have 
had Deputy Warden Winifred Chittenden of 
North Guilford and Deputy Warden Wildman of 
New Haven watching the men from Meriden 
for some time. The men have occupied a cabin 
on Totoket mountain close to Lake Quannapang 
owned by Amos Dickerman of New Haven, and 
have done considerable hunting. 
Warden Chittenden had known of the shoot¬ 
ing of a deer since November 21 but did not- 
have sufficient evidence at once to make arrests. 
A week later he visited the cabin and found a 
barrel of venison pickled. Though the men 
claimed it was lamb the deputy made arrests on 
Monday. 
At the trial on Monday the town was repre¬ 
sented by Grand Juror Burton W. Bishop and 
Attorney George E. Beers. The accused were 
defended by Attorney C. A. Harrison of North 
Branford and Attorney P. T. O’Brien of Meri¬ 
den. County Warden David M. Clark was also 
present representing the county. 
Albert Hersfeldt, was accused of hunting and 
killing deer and was fined $100 and costs of 
$28.98. 
Edward Hersfeldt, his brother, was charged 
with having deer in his possession during closed 
season. Fined $25 and costs of $28.98. 
Fred P. Decker was also charged with having 
deer in his possession out of season and received 
a similar verdict of $25 and costs of $28.98. 
All paid and were released. 
REPORT OF CANADA COMMISSION. 
The report of the fifth annual meeting of the 
Commission of Conservation of Canada comes 
to Forest and Stream in the shape of a well- 
bound 300 page book full of pertinent matter and 
handsome illustrations. This paper has already 
published, in part at least, some of the papers 
read at the last meeting of the Commission, par¬ 
ticularly one or two dealing with fur farming, 
etc. Our Canadian friends certainly are alive 
to the necessity of conserving natural resources 
and the fauna of the Dominion as well, and the 
work being done in this direction deserves more 
popular recognition than heretofore has been ac¬ 
corded it. The chapters on the protection of for¬ 
ests from fire, the protection of migratory birds, 
and in fact on almost every subject touched are 
well worth reading, and more than that, of being 
observed as to conclusions offered. 
JUST AMONG US. 
To use idiomatic mother language you just 
naturally “gota give it to” that man Briggs, 
over at Remington Arms, U. M. C. Co., for 
putting out attractive and original stuff. Just 
got a booklet from his ink dropper, entitled 
“Four American Boys who are famous Rifle 
Shots,” and it’s some booklet. The only reason 
it is a booklet is because of its size. In real 
numbers it is a full edged, 8 vo. book. Ole Rush 
Razee, than whom no one is better fitted to hand 
out the dope on how to shoot a rifle, has a jim 
laloo chapter on “How to do fancy shooting.” 
Rush adheres to title of champion fancy shooter 
of the world—somewhat ungallant when one 
thinks back to Mrs. Ad. Top. but as some of 
the great ginks have said, “that is another story.” 
Anyhow Rush need not feel like the kitty in a 
penny ante game, at that. Old dog Tray leads 
the procession in the book with ranger number 
one attached to his collar. Four American boy 
top notchers tell how only a Remington made 
them real shooters—and honestly—having shot a 
Remington—I think the rifle had a lot to do 
with the making of these here shooters. Rem¬ 
ington news bulletin please copy. 
You with the trap shooting bug please send for 
a copy of “Trap Shooting,” emanating from Her¬ 
cules Powder Co., Wilmington, Del. Artistically, 
Hy. Watson has turned the trick. Editorially 
E. I. LaBeaume has had the last word, and you 
know what that means. And when he says it 
is as delicate as billiards, he knows—Alpha Delta 
Phi Club please copy. Anyhow, the book is full 
of the stuff that you all need. For instance, 
on page eleven we find George Lyon and the 
big noise in the Hercules Powder Co., eagerly 
watching the shooters at Eastern Handicap. Why 
do they watch? Because, it is a most interesting 
game to give a once over. The title says choos¬ 
ing the gun. They weren’t. They were watch¬ 
ing the gun. Of course, it is hard to say some¬ 
thing new under the sun to the dyed in the wool 
trappist but if this brochure does not tell you 
a few things lacking in your aerosaucer breaking 
education we miss our guess—and we insist we 
are some guessers. The book is handsomely 
done for the eye and intelligently done for the 
thinking department. Want it? Ask Hercules 
Powder Co. for it. No charge. In fact they 
will be glad to unload one on you. No postage 
and packing attached. 
Ever play Marbles? No. Well, it’s a great 
game to play when you have a thought for the 
smaller things in the outdoor game. Game get¬ 
ter guns, sights, camp equipment and the like- 
One glance at the Marble Monthly and you have 
discovered a lot of interesting material. The 
cover alone, usually is worth the price of ad¬ 
mission. All sporting goods dealers please apply. 
Down on the Brandywine the editorial depart¬ 
ment of DuPont Powder Co. gets out each month 
a booklet that will make every reader a DuPont 
buyer. It tells of trap shooting, stump pulling, 
such as no dentist ever has accomplished without 
gas, ploughing and harrowing by force and—well, 
it’s full of material that you should give a glance. 
The trap shooter often owns a wood, cut and 
ready, (barring a few hundred stumps) for agri¬ 
cultural purposes. This book tells you how to 
relieve your lots of those few hundred stumps. 
No charge, that is for the book, but you need 
a charge for the stumps. 
Do you know that after January first seventeen 
states will have changes in their game laws? 
Do you know that the Robin Hood Powder Com¬ 
pany, at Swanton, Vermont, besides making a 
great killing powder, puts out on medallions the 
game laws of every state in the Union. These 
pocket pieces contain the laws of each state care¬ 
fully arranged for your use, and all they ask 
you to do is to live somewhere and send for the 
laws covering the state in which you live. It 
looks like shooting Robin Hood not only would 
get you the game but keep you out of jail be¬ 
sides. If you have a gun you need a license, if 
you have a license you need the laws, if you 
haven’t the laws send to Robin Hood. Nuff Sed. 
Ever seen the Marlin Girl? Ever shot a Mar¬ 
lin twenty. No? Then get acquainted. We 
know that Marlin lady by sight, and we have 
shot a Marlin sixteen and killed broadbills with 
it, and coots, too, at thirty-five yards, not one 
but several. Every time we see that Marlin 
girl folder we feel like buying a twenty—-for that 
same lady can’t be more than twenty—then when 
we think of the slaughter we have done with 
the sixteen, we hate to give up a good thing— 
for we all are game getters at heart—and so we 
keep looking longingly at the lady with the 
twenty, and just naturally hope the other fellow 
will try it out and let us know how she—the 
gun—killed. Have you tried it? 
It wasn’t until we used Dixon graphite grease 
on a balky Waterman Marine motor, that we real¬ 
ized how worth while it was to read the month¬ 
ly bulletin issued by the Joseph Dixon Crucible 
Company of Jersey City. This booklet blows 
over every month—and with us it doesn’t blow 
very far over. It is the most unselfish house 
organ ever put out. Sometimes it ells how to 
know when someone is gesticulating Spanish at 
you—or how to tell the difference between a 
fight and a funny story in German. It is done 
with a great deal of finish (completion) and is 
educational to a degree. What you want to know 
may be incorporated in the last two pages, that 
is, what is best for your motor, but the same 
educational value applies throughout the book. 
Got a motor, get a book. 
LINVILLE FALLS, N. C. 
Jas. H. Carson. 
Linville Falls, with its thousands of acres of 
virgin forests, is situated in the very heart of 
the Southern Appalachian mountains in Western 
North Carolina and by special care, the region 
has been undisturbed, so that tourists will now 
find it in all its natural beauty and native 
wildness- 
The village, bearing the same name as the falls, 
