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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 20, 1912. 
U. S. R. A. Indoor League. 
Match No. 4: J. E. Gorman, San Francisco, Cal. 
Match No. 5: P. J. Dolfen, Springfield; and VV. E. 
Oiiicksall, Philadelphia. 
Match No. 7: VV. H. Hubbard, Portland, Ore; and 
Geo. Armstrong, Portland, Ore. 
Match No. 6 : P. Hanford, New York. 
Match No. 8 ; F. A. Wakefield, Springfield; W. A. 
Morrall, Columbus, O. 
Match No. 6 : F. A. VV'akefield, Springfield (2) 
Match No. 10: Dr. W. A. Smith, Springfield. 
Match No. 8 : A. P. Lane, New York. 
Match No. 10: M. B. Atkinson, and Capt. Sheridan 
Ferree, both of Washington D. C. 
The unofficial scores of Matches 11 and 12 follow: 
Match 11: 
Spokane . 
Osborn . 
. 966 
Columbus .... 
Pittsburgh ... 
. 1084 
. 1046 
Los Angeles .... 
.1046 
Chicago . 
. i()43 
Myles Standish .. 
. 1046 
!St Louis . 
.1108 
Baltimore . 
. 1035 
Federal . 
. 1070 
.1070 
National Capital 
.1078 
Bay Cities .... 
. 1103 
Springfield . 
.1111 
Philadelphia .. 
. 1103 
Citizens . 
. 907 
Manhattan ... 
.1120 
Portland . 
Match 12: 
.1111 
Boston . 
Osborn . 
. 982 
Spokane . 
Seattle . 
Columbus .... 
. 1086 
Los Angeles .... 
.1081 
Pittsburgh ... 
. 1019 
Myles Standish .. 
.1039 
Youngstown . 
Baltimore . 
.1002 
Chicago . 
.1050 
Shell Mound .... 
St Louis . 
. 1084 
Oakland . 
.1065 
Federal . 
. 1094 
National Capital 
.1085 
Belleville . 
Springfield . 
.1137 
Providence ... 
Citizens . 
. 957 
Bay Cities .... 
. 1106 
Portland . 
Philadelphia .. 
.1097 
Boston . 
Manhattan 
. 1120 
J. 
B. Crabtree, Sec’y-Treas., 
U.S.R.A. 
Zettler Rifle Club. 
The following scores were made by the Zettler Rifle 
Club, at their range, 159 West Twenty-third street, on 
Jan. 9: 
A Begerow . 225 234 227 233 222—1141 
F M Bund. 238 243 242 243 245—1211 
F Kecking . 228 237 243 227 232—1167 
J Kaufmann . 244 244 247 243 245—1223 
A B Leavitt. 242 235 241 240 234—1192 
H M Pope. 244 246 246 246 243—1225 
O Smith . 243 243 245 245 248—1224 
B Zettler . 232 227 243 237 228—1167 
C Zettler . 243 244 242 242 241—1212 
Natianal Rifle Association. 
American riflemen are to compete abroad this year 
With marksmen of the world. At the annual meeting of 
the National Rifle Association of America, Jan. 10, it 
was decided to send teams to Buenos Ayres, Argentina; 
Ottawa, Canada, and to the Olympic games in Sweden 
next summer. The executive committee of the organi¬ 
zation was intrusted with the mapping out of the details. 
Officers elected for the coming year were: Lieut.-Gen. 
John C. Bates, Lf. S. A. (retired). President; Gen. C. R. 
Boardman, Wisconsin; Col. C. D. Gaither, Maryland, 
and Brig.-Gen. Elliott C. Dill, of Maine, Vice-Presidents; 
Col. H. C. Catrow, of Ohio, Treasurer, and Lieut. Al¬ 
bert S. Jones, Secretary. 
Aim Rifle Without Range. 
Edinburgh, Jan. 14. —Volunteer Sergeant Ommundsen, 
the winner of the King’s prize for shooting at Bisley, 
has invented a rifle sighting device which eliminates the 
necessity of finding the range. 
Experts are enthusiastic over the invention, and mil¬ 
itary and naval authorities are testing it with a view of 
having it adopted in these arms of the service. It is 
based on the geometrical theory of angles, but is very 
simple in operation. 
Ommundsen says that tests under skirmishing con¬ 
ditions have shown a percentage of hits of 95 as com¬ 
pared with 19 by ordinary sights. 
CONSERVATION COMMISSION REPORT. 
Continued from page 79. 
the Catskill park; also that the Legislature ap¬ 
propriate a sum sufficient to complete the sales 
so contracted for by the forest purchasing board 
estimated to be approximately $25,000. We fur¬ 
ther recommend that they appropriate a like sum 
so that this commission may at all times have 
money available to take advantage of any offers 
that might be made for the sale of land to the 
State where it appears that the price is just and 
reasonable.” 
The commission will submit a complete revis¬ 
ion and codification of all the laws relating to 
the powers and duties of the land purchasing 
board and forest, fish and game commission, and 
recommend: 
“i. A permanent and more extensive fire 
patrol system in the forest preserve counties, 
with additional patrolmen and observation sta¬ 
tions, and State-wide fire supervision of wood¬ 
lands and railroad rights of way. 
‘‘2. More stringent regulations in regard to 
protection against fires, and greater powers to 
the commission in making such regulations and 
enforcing penalties for violations thereof. 
‘‘3. More extended powers to the commission 
of acquiring land for the protection and conser¬ 
vation of the forests and waters of the State. 
“4. Power of supervision over parks and 
reservations receiving and disbursing State 
moneys, and not now under the supervision of 
any other State officer. 
“5. Power to establish rules whereby lum¬ 
bering on lands within the Adirondack and Cats¬ 
kill parks shall be carried on in a scientific man¬ 
ner so as to perpetuate the forest cover, preserve 
the parks and protect the water supply of the 
State. 
“6. The promotion of reforestation by the 
adoption of measures whereby the burden of 
taxation may be lessened upon those lands with¬ 
in the forest preserve counties which shall be 
replanted with trees or allowed to remain as 
wild forest lands. 
“ 7 - Extend the powers of the commission in 
regard to establishing and maintaining nurseries 
and reforesting both State and private lands.” 
The commission says that throughout the State 
there has been apparent during the year a more 
general desire on the part of the public to assist 
the department in the enforcement of the fish 
and game laws, indicating an aroused popular 
sentiment in favor of the objects of these laws. 
During the year the regular and special protec¬ 
tors brought actions for violations which resulted 
in the recovery of $37,173.74 in fines at an ex¬ 
pense of $4,735.79, cost of prosecutions. The 
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