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Forest and Stream 
A Weekly Journal. Copyright, 1906, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1907. 
( VOL. LXVIII.—No. I- 
) No. 346 Broadway, New York. 
The object of this journal will be to studiously 
promote a healthful interest in outdoor recre¬ 
ation, and to cultivate a refined taste for natural 
Objects. Announcement in first number of 
Forest and Stream, Aug. 14, 1873. 
foundland will take up the question of protect¬ 
ing and turning into a permanent valuable asset 
the great game and fish resources which it pos¬ 
sesses. The time to do it is now, not ten years 
hence. 
r^ T ^oD/ozp'rrtArT'TV In every land are to De iounu me 
NEWFOUNDLAND S OPPORTUNITY. themselves 
In every land are to be found men who are 
the one founded by Mr. Carnegie should interest 
itself in.the return to our covers of those natural 
things that have been exterminated through man s 
selfishness, and it is still more gratifying when 
the person chosen to carry on these experiments 
is one whose eminence in his particular field is 
unchallenged, as is that of Dr. Hodge. 
Within the past few years, the island of New¬ 
foundland, once so far away, has been made so 
accessible that it is coming to be a famous re¬ 
sort for anglers and big game hunters from the 
' United States. For hundreds of years the game 
' and fish supply of the island has kept up merely 
because man’s destruction hardly more than 
equalled the annual increase of the inhabitants of 
its forests, its barrens and its rivers. 
; Now, matters have changed. Newfoundland 
was not too far away to be reached by the march 
of improvement, and railroads now offer easy 
access to regions that once were reached only 
i by long days of weary foot travel. There can be 
but one result of this greater accessibility. Un¬ 
less protective measures are taken, the game and 
fish will be more and more rapidly destroyed, 
until a time will come when these great resources 
j of the island will be so diminished as no longer 
I to attract the visiting sportsman. 
Yet if the people of Newfoundland are wise in 
time, this diminution may be so long postponed 
I that the present generation will never suffer from 
it. The island still possesses vast quantities of 
f game and fish, and it is necessary only that these 
supplies should be adequately conserved to enable 
1! them to last for generations. Many years ago in 
the State of Maine, conditions differed not greatly 
from those which prevail in Newfoundland to- 
J day. There was a great supply of game which 
\ was rapidly being killed off, but the people of 
i Maine, by wise legislation, by the appointment of 
a commission of good men, and by giving into 
the hands of these men plenty of power, were 
enabled to check the destruction, and to-day 
Maine has a great and valuable supply of fish 
■ and game, which each year bring large sums of 
money into the State. 
The fish and game of any country are among 
its most valuable resources; and this is especially 
true of a sparsely settled country. If abundant, 
the game and fish attract into the country a class 
of men who have money to spend, and who 
usually are free in spending it. They offer em¬ 
ployment to guides, boatmen and others, at a 
season when such men might otherwise be idle, 
and what is more important, they pay their em¬ 
ployees in cash upon the spot. In such coun¬ 
tries it is certainly for the advantage of every 
* man who desires employment in the woods or 
on the streams that the game and the fish should 
be preserved; and it is much more easy to pre- 
serve game that already exists than to let such 
game be destroyed and then try to replace it by 
that brought from other quarters. 
It is greatly to be hoped that before long New¬ 
momentary pleasure and nothing of other men 
or of the future. Such men are found in New¬ 
foundland as wanton butchers of the deer, and 
they are reported to come there from other lands, 
from Europe and from the United States, and to 
slaughter deer and fish without reason and in 
violation of statutes and good morals alike. Re¬ 
ports of such happenings have frequently been 
spread abroad since sportsmen began to go into 
Newfoundland, and while there may be exagger¬ 
ation in the reports, there is probably some foun¬ 
dation for them. It is human nature to regard 
offenses against the law by foreigners as. much 
more serious than if committed by the natives of 
any place, and if excessive slaughter is attributed 
to Englishman or to American, it tends to make 
such foreigners unpopular with the residents of 
Newfoundland, and, in the eyes of many people 
there, justifies special legislation against nonresi¬ 
dent sportsmen. This is an especial reason if one s 
desire to retain his own self resnect were not rea¬ 
son enough—why visiting sportsmen should ob¬ 
serve the laws affecting game and fish. 
TO PROPAGATE QUAIL AND GROUSE. 
Interest in the propagation and increase of 
those wild species which once filled the whole 
land and have now in many places become so 
scarce is growing far more rapidly than most 
people believe. Scattered over the United States 
are experiment stations or game farms wheie 
State officials are conducting experiments in the 
domestication and acclimatization of various birds 
and animals, and not a few private individuals 
are at work in the same field. Their success is 
varying, for as yet all this work is experimental. 
Who would have believed a few years ago 
that an institution founded for the promotion of 
pure science would be willing to expend its funds 
for the purpose of increasing the game supply, 
and yet this is just what has been done. Two 
or three days ago Dr. Clifton F. Hodge, of 
Clark’s University, received $500 from the Car¬ 
negie Institution “to be expended in the domesti¬ 
cation and study of the native grouse and quail. 
The extraordinary success attained by Dr. 
Hodge in the domestication of the ruffed grouse 
is very well known. He has had experience in 
this matter greater probably than any other man, 
and his interest in it is most active. In addition 
to this grant by the Carnegie Institution, Dr. 
Hodge has recently had voted for the same pur¬ 
pose a grant of $200 by the Massachsuetts Fish 
and Game Association.' 
It is very gratifying that a vast institution like 
THE WARDENS. 
There are many truths in Warden Harry 
Chase’s communication, in another column. War¬ 
dens we must have, but no man can be expected 
to do his full duty unless he is supported by his 
superiors and encouraged by the sportsmen, who 
are directly benefited. Game protection is not 
so old in some States that the warden’s status is 
clearly understood. Too often his authority is 
an uncertain quantity, depending on politics. 
Frequently he fails to secure convictions be¬ 
cause of the high social or political - standing of 
the chief offenders, whose influence renders them 
immune from punishment, while offenders who 
are little - known must pay the full penalty of 
their acts. 
In a large measure the warden must look to 
the game protective associations for moral—and 
too often financial—support. There are not 
enough of these. Associations are needed in 
every county, with a central State body to in- 
.sure at least one general yearly meeting. The 
sportsmen who complain of lack of protection 
should exert themselves toward the formation of 
local associations. 
We are glad to publish, in another column, a 
short communication from Mr. L. H. Johnson, 
secretary of the Protective League of Salt Water 
Anglers, and the application blank, of this na¬ 
tional body of sea anglers. The objects of this 
worthy organization are “to obtain legislation 
looking to the enactment of beneficial laws for 
the protection of salt water fish; the co-operation 
of anglers at large in conforming to and enforc¬ 
ing the same, and generally in furthering and 
aiding all lawful methods looking to prompt 
action in all violations of the law.” More power 
to the League and its officers, ihere is need 
for all the good work it can do. 
We agree with Mr. W. J. Carroll and the 
sportsmen of Newfoundland that personally con¬ 
ducted” big game shooting parties are not “m 
accordance with the traditions of true sport. 
They remind us too much of the old-time side 
hunt. Expeditions made up to invade the game 
fields are not likely to be favored by citizens of 
regions they visit. The well known hunting re¬ 
sorts are too much frequented now, and any 
additions are likely to be attended by a corres¬ 
ponding decrease of game, and perhaps, hunters 
as well. Accidents are of frequent occurrence 
when too many shooters are abroad. , 
