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FOREST AND STREAM 
March 2, 1912 
The Salmon Record. 
St. Johns, N. F., Feb. 13 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: Through tlie courtesy of Mr. Mercer, 
secretary of the Inland Fish and Game Com¬ 
mission, I have been furnished with copies of 
the advance sheets of the official returns from 
the salmon rivers last season, for the exclusive 
use of Forest and Stream. 
We had more visiting anglers last year than 
ever; ninety-five per cent, of them were from 
the United States. We had about eighty rivers 
wardened during the season, and have reports 
in from between forty and fifty of them. The 
fishing was much better, and the extra protec¬ 
tion is showing grand results even now, but it 
is hoped that after four or five years’ proper 
care of the rivers, the number and size of 
the increased catches will rank New Found- 
land easily as the chief salmon resort in the 
world for rod and fly fishermen. 
In 1910 the total weight of salmon caught by 
anglers amounted to nearly 12.000 pounds. 
Last year the official reports show that nearly 
6,000 fish were caught, weighing about 32,000 
pounds. Of course, these figures are only ap¬ 
proximate; there were many other fish caught 
that were never reported. 
One of the best catches reported is that of 
Dr. Norris, of Philadelphia, and friend. He is 
reported for 141 fish, weighing 660 pounds, while 
his friend caught fifty-three fish weighing 240 
pounds. These were caught during a three- 
weeks’ vacation at River of Ponds near Bonne 
Bay, a neighborhood not much resorted to by 
anglers. 
It was noticeable that a larger proportion 
than ever before, of the fish caught, went over 
twenty pounds. 
I have had numerous inquiries during the 
winter from readers of Forest and Stream in 
all parts of the United States as to the best 
place for intending visitors to go. The extracts 
from the official reports subjoined will show at 
a glance the rivers that gave best sport ' last 
season, as well as the name and residence of 
each fortunate fisherman. 
The. first list shows the number of fish over 
twenty pounds, and the second shows grand 
totals for each river. 
NUMBER OF SALVION TAKEN OVER TWENTY POUNDS. 
Little River. 
No. Weight 
. Salmon. Lbs. 
.F. E. Ketridge, Nashua, N. H., .July 19 . i 25 
S. S. Stevens, Kingston, N. S., July 19. 1 22 
J. E. Thompson, Lynn, Mass., July 30. 1 25 
J. E. Thompson, Lynn, Mass, Aug. 12. 1 23 
J. E. Thompson, Lynn, Mass, Aug. 12. 1 24 
T. R. Brown, New York, Aug. 3. 1 27 
T. B. Brown, New York, Aug. IS. 1 21 
H. C. Pickhardt, Connecticut, Aug. 8. 1 33 
Ceo. D. Bussey, Winthrop, Mass., Aug. 15. 1 21 
C. Strangman, Montreal, Sept. G. 1 21 
Grand River. 
M. E. Whitman, New York, July 7. 1 21 
Harry’s River. 
.T. L. Faunce, Philadelphia, June 30. 1 28 
Capt. J. O’N. Power, Log Cabin, Aug. 19.. 1 26 V 2 
Fox T.sland River. 
Dr. L. C. Sanford, New Haven, Ct., July 21. 1 2S^/i 
Humber River. 
Rev. Pettley, Curling, Aug. 24. 1 26 
Mr. Hunter, Grand Lake, Sept. 20. 1 28 
Serpentine River. 
C. C. Maxson, Rhode Island, July 4. 1 22 
Bonne Bay River. 
Henry Webb, Bonne Bay, June 30. 1 21 
Portland Creek. 
C Cains, Portland Creek, .\ug. 2. 1 34 
C. Cains, Portland Creek, Aug. 3. 1 24 
Hawke’s Bay. 
Mrs. J. L. Wilson, New York, Aug. 24. 1 21 
Grandy’s Brook. 
Geo. Henderson, Burgeo, July 23. 1 25 
Compressed abstract of the consolidation of 
wardens’ reports, showing the aggregate catch 
of salmon in each of the rivers reported upon; 
No. of Y'eight, 
Fish. Pounds. 
Little River, Codroy. 117 1234 
Grand River, Codroy. 213 1415 
Grand River (South Branch). 256 1835 
Grand River (North Branch). 175 983 
Robinsons and Barachoix Rivers. 446 2520 
Crabbes River . 69 436 
Fishel’s River . 82 368 
Flat Bay Brook . 69 348 
Bottom and S. W. Brooks. 7 44 
Harry’s River . 387 1714 
Fox Island River . 45 446 
Serpentine River . 49 225 
Humber River, Sandy River, Junction 
Brook and Willow Steady. 355 1391 
Bonne Bay River . 115 689 
M’est Brook . 7 33 
Portland Creek . 43 326 
River of Ponds . 272 1310 
Hawke’s Bay . 473 2710 
Exploits River, including Rattling Brook 134 693 
Northern Arm River. 16 80 
Indian Brook, Hall’s Bay. 141 618 
New Bay Rivers . 148 630 
Gander River . 245 Ho 
Gambo River and Travers Brook. 70 414 
Indian Bay River . 87 565 
Terra Nova River. 46 319 
Salmon River, Trinity Bay. 36 180 
Salmonier River . 818 3582 
Little Salmonier River . 7 53 
Colinet and N. Hr. Rivers. 8 28 
S. E. River, Placentia. 354 1785 
N. E. River, Placentia. 42 182 
N. Hr. River, P. B. 7 39 
Garnish Rivers . 109 606 
Long Hr. River, Fortune Bay. 32 192 
Conne River, Bay d’Espoir. 92 603 
White Bear River. 2 12 
Grey River . 169 922 
Grandy’s Brook . 141 731 
Burnt Island Brook. 5 33 
North Bay Brook, La Poile. 45 305 
Farmer’s Arm Brook. 15 82 
Total .5949 31,591 
American anglers and Imnters will be glad to 
hear that the new Bruce arrived in St. Johns 
on Feb. 12 to take up her regular work be¬ 
tween Port ati Basque and Sydney. She is a 
beautiful ship, and she has been dubbed by the 
British shipbuilders as the “Marvel of the 
Clyde.” Captain Spracklin, who brought her 
out, says that he never saw her equal as a sea 
boat. They had rough weather and she met the 
ice 200 miles off, and she came through it as 
if it were brown paper. W. J. Carroll. 
Everett Horton. 
Everett Horton died at his home in Bristol, 
Conn., on Feb. 21, after a long illness, aged 
seventy-six years. He invented, and for three 
years manufactured, the Bristol steel fishing rod. 
His recreation during a busy life was found in 
the woods with rod and gun, and it was while 
fishing that he conceived the idea of making a 
fishing rod from tempered steel tubes. 
Mr. Horton’s first work as an inventor was 
done in Dunbar, Conn., where he built looms for 
the manufacture of crinolines. Later on he was 
with Landers, Frary & Clark in New Britain, 
and S.. E. Root in Bristol. In 1870 he began to 
manufacture tools and fine machinery in a fac¬ 
tory of his own in Bristol, but ten years later 
he closed this factory and went into the cut 
pinion department of the New Haven Clock 
Company. While he was there he secured about 
twenty patents. In five years he reopened his 
Bristol shop, and in 1887 began to make steel 
rods under United States and Canadian patents 
secured by him, but in 1890 he sold all his rights 
in this invention to the Horton Manufacturing 
Company. 
Compliments for Dr. Bean. 
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 28. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, State fish cul- 
turist, is the subject of complimentary notice in 
Bulletin 79 of the State Conservation Commis¬ 
sion recently issued. It says: The Colonial 
Government of Bermuda has paid the Conser¬ 
vation Commission the compliment of asking its 
assistance in the scientific classification of the 
fishes of Bermudan waters. The State fish cul- 
turist. Dr. Tarleton Hoffman Bean, one of the 
most noted ichthyologists in the world, is now 
in Bermuda and will soon complete the work. 
Dr. Bean’s accomplishments in practical fish 
culture and scientific researches have been recog¬ 
nized by many foreign governments and scien¬ 
tific societies. By sportsmen he is known as a 
genial and delightful comrade, and by scien¬ 
tists as a man who imparts his knowledge to 
others with rare modesty and grace. 
Tarleton Hoffman Bean was born in Bain- 
bridge, Pa., in 1846, and after graduating from 
the Pennsylvania State Normal School, gradu¬ 
ated from the Columbian University, Washing¬ 
ton, in 1876. He became the- editor of the Pro¬ 
ceedings and Bulletins of the United States 
National Museum in 1878, and later won national 
recognition as editor of the bulletins of the 
United States Fish Commission. In 1892 he ac¬ 
cepted the post as assistant in charge of the 
division of fish culture. From 1880 to 1895 he 
was the curator of fishes of the United States 
Museum, and his improvements in practical fish 
culture attracted attention throughout Europe. 
Dr. Bean gained in prominence in 1897 when he 
became acting curator of fishes in the American 
Aluseum of Natural History in New York. 
Dr. Bean represented the United States Gov¬ 
ernment at the Federal fish e.xhibit at the Chi¬ 
cago exposition in 1892. The Japanese Govern¬ 
ment placed him in charge of its entire exhibit. 
As a mark of appreciation, the IMikado decor¬ 
ated the American ichthyologist with the Order 
of the Rising Sun. He had charge of the United 
States fish exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition. 
He was director of the United States Forestry 
and Fisheries at the Paris Exposition in 1900, 
and there was decorated with the medal of the 
Legion of Honor. He has been awarded medals 
by the German and British Governments. 
One of Dr. Bean’s most notable contributions 
to fisheries interests was the result of a year 
spent in Alaska for the fish commiskion, making 
researches into the natural history and fish of 
Alaska. Dr. Bean has been employed as the 
New York State fish culturist since 1906 and has 
been largely instrumental in placing, this State 
in the lead in the artificial propagation of food 
and game fishes. 
He was for years president of the American 
Fisheries Society; is a member of the Danish 
Fisheries Society and Finland Fisheries Society; 
treasurer of the National Association of Shell¬ 
fish Commissioners; a member of the Washing¬ 
ton Biological Society; a member of the Ameri¬ 
can Forestry Association. Dr. Bean is the au¬ 
thor of many important works on ichthyology, 
among them “The Fishes of New York,” “The 
Fishes of Pennsylvania,” “The Salmon and Sal¬ 
mon Fisheries,” “Oceanic Ichthyology,” “The 
Fishes of Long Island,” “The Basses, Fresh 
Water and ^Marine,” “The Fishes of Bermuda.” 
J. D. W. 
