April 20, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Game in the Province of Alberta. 
j\IoosE, elk, deer and caribovi appeared to be 
as plentiful as in former years in Alberta, in 
1910, according to the annual report of Chief 
Warden Benjamin Lawton. 
Mountain sheep and goat are apparently in¬ 
creasing in numbers, due no doubt to the pro¬ 
tection given them in the Rocky Mountain Park, 
and a more stringent enforcement of the pro¬ 
visions of the game act in the Pincher Creek 
district tributary to the mountains, in which dis¬ 
trict a salaried game guardian devotes his entire 
time to enforcing the provisions of the act. 
Antelope, however, are undoubtedly decreas¬ 
ing, not owing entirely to shooting, but princi¬ 
pally to the fact that their range is being grad¬ 
ually reduced by settlement. It is conceded that 
unless a section of country is held as a range 
for these beautiful animals, they must, like the 
buffalo, become extinct, or almost so, or be 
found in parks and game preserves only. 
Ducks were not so plentiful as during previous 
seasons. This may be owing to the fact that the 
past summer was one of the driest which has 
been known for some years, the result being 
that the water in many of the smaller sloughs 
and lakes dried up, thus driving the birds to 
large lakes; in fact, in the months of Septem¬ 
ber and October during the early morning and 
late evening, the birds in some localities fre¬ 
quented the stubble and grain fields in thou¬ 
sands in order, it is claimed, to obtain food. 
Prairie Chicken (Sharp-tailed Grouse)—It is 
a number of years since these birds have been 
so plentiful as they were in many sections during 
the past season. It is to be regretted, however, 
that there was more illegal shooting than has 
occurred for many years, owing, no doubt, to 
the fact that the birds were more plentiful than 
usual, and also owing to a newspaper outside 
the province giving an incorrect digest of the 
game laws of the province. The error was in 
connection with prairie chicken, and stated that 
the season therefor opened on the 15th day of 
September. Immediately on this being brought 
to my attention, notices were forwarded to the 
press of the province advising that the season 
did not open until the first day of October. If 
this had not been attended to, there is no telling 
how many persons would have commenced shoot¬ 
ing prairie chickens contrary to the act. 
Partridges were reported as being unusually 
plentiful, the result being that a very large num¬ 
ber were taken by farmers and sportsmen. 
Hungarian partridges are reported as doing 
nicely and spreading over new territory. The 
sportsmen who interested themselves in intro¬ 
ducing these birds are doing everything possible 
to prevent shooting on the land where the birds 
were placed. 
The amendments passed at the last session of 
the Legislature should result in the better pro¬ 
tection of game, as the hands of the game guar¬ 
dian have been materially strengthened by giving 
him the power to arrest any person found com¬ 
mitting any offense against the provisions of the 
act. The section requiring residents of cities, 
towns and villages to obtain licenses before hunt¬ 
ing game birds will no doubt add materially to 
the duties of game guardians, but with the antici¬ 
pated increase in revenue, it will be possible to 
place more guardians on salary. 
That portion of the open season of 1910, ex¬ 
tending from Nov. i to Dec. 15, was like that 
of 1909, very favorable for the big-game hunter 
who wished to obtain moose, deer or caribou, 
there being sufficient snow for tracking through¬ 
out the period referred to. 
The number of big-game animals secured by 
sportsmen, is in excess .of any previous year. 
The returns show that the following big game 
has been killed by residents of the province: 
Deer, 540; antelope, 126; moose, 184; caribou, 
8; mountain sheep, 54; mountain goat, 46; elk, 7. 
AN ALBERTA MOUNTAIN GOAT. 
This of course does not show the total game 
killed, as in the northern half of the province 
residents did not require a license to hunt. I 
am pleased, however, that the amendments of 
the last session now provide that every person 
must have a license before hunting or shooting 
any big game. 
Licenses and permits were issued as follows: 
Resident’s big game licenses, 1*997; general game 
licenses, 24; bird game licenses, 3; trappers' 
licenses, 10; guides’ licenses, 8; camp helpers’ 
licenses, 4; game dealers’ licenses, 30; permits 
to export, 35; permits to collect, 23. 
New Publications. 
The Sport of Shooting, by Owen Jones. Cloth, 
380 pages, illustrated, $3 net. New York, 
Longmans, Green & Co, 
It is of the shooting in England that Mr. 
Jones tells in this volume, and besides being as 
authentic as his earlier work, “Ten Years of 
Gamekeeping,” it is enlivened with the same 
pleasant humor as that book. 
1 HE CoMPLEAT Angler, by Izaak Walton. Large 
quarto in green and gilt, 167 pages, illus¬ 
trated in colors by James Thorpe. New 
York, Hodder & Stoughton. 
Of the many reprints of Walton’s first book, 
none is handsomer than this one. The print is 
large and the pictures, from watercolors, are 
pasted on inserted pages of dark green, with the 
inscriptions printed on the fly leaves. The intro¬ 
duction is by R. B. Marston. It is a very hand¬ 
some volume. 
The Great Lakes, by Clifton Johnson. Decor¬ 
ated cloth, 328 pages, illustrated, $2 net. New 
York, The Macmillan Company, 
This one of the series of American Highways 
and Byways relates to a region rich in tradition, 
romance and history, and it has been treated by 
Mr. Johnson with rare skill. It is of the people, 
homely stories of their doings and ways that he 
writes, and of places he has visited. 
The People of the Wild, by F. St. Mars. Deco¬ 
rated cloth, 261 pages, illustrated, $1.25 net. 
New York, The Outing Company. 
This is a series of stories of animals and birds, 
illustrated by C. L. Bull, Neal Truslow and A. 
E. Cedarquist, 
John’s Lament. 
[Written by a camp cook after his trip with a hunting 
party.—W m. H. Holden.] 
On las’ November I go to cook 
In camp for hunt de deer. 
I tole you dis—I don’t go dere 
For cook anoder year, 
For dose men dey eat like hurricane, 
Bimeby dey eat some more. 
An’ de camp he’s up, clean out of grub 
On Eescanaba’s shore. 
In de morning very early 
I go in, put on wood, 
An’ every man say, “Hornin’, John,’’ 
As quickly as he could; 
An’ den dey dress for breakfus. 
An’ when de cakes, he’s hot. 
Den every man is w’at you call 
De Johnny on de spot. 
Now reever man, an’ lumber jack 
Can eat de pork and bean. 
But Mist’ MaCauley, she de best 
Was ever yet been seen; 
De major, she de boss of de camp. 
He hole hees end up too, 
W’en he start in on venison 
I don’t know w’at to do. 
Den Mist’ Blake, he was so seek. 
Could hardly use his fork. 
He—w’at you call it—dieted 
On tea and fat salt pork; 
I ope’ de door and say “toot, toot,” 
De judge he grab hees spoon, 
He hit de bench immediament 
An’ holler for de prune. 
An’ Mister Boyer wit’ de jug, 
Dey call him “Curio,” 
De t’ings he pile up on hees plate 
I don’t know w’ere dey go; 
I cook me everyt’ing in camp. 
Also de shoepack pie. 
Of cooking for dose men I got 
My plenty satisfy. 
For dose men dey eat like hurricane, 
Bimeby dey eat some more. 
An’ de camp, he’s up, clean out of grub 
On Eescanaba shore 
