Forest 
A Weekly Journal. 
and Stream 
Copyright, 1907, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
Terms, $3 a Year, 10 Cts. a Copy. I 
Six Months, $1.50. ’ 
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1907. 
t VOL. LXVIII—No. 15. 
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 ot 
Forest and Stream, Aug. 14, 1873. 
OREGON’S NEED. 
The anglers of Oregon have been roughly 
handled by the Legislature, but while they are 
disappointed they are not discouraged, and will 
i begin a campaign of education which we thrust 
will result favorably in 1909. 
The Oregon Fish and Game Association tried 
to persuade the Legislature to pass two bills: 
One of these provided for the establishment of 
an angler’s license law, by which every person 
over the age of sixteen years must pay one 
dollar for* a license to catch game fish during 
the open season. The sum of all licenses was 
to go into the State treasury, there to be held 
as a game fish hatchery fund, and to be used 
in the establishment and operation of State fish 
hatcheries, the payment of salaries to opera¬ 
tives, etc. Fines also were to go into this fund. 
J Another bill was intended to create a State game 
fish commission, consisting of three members, 
whose duties should be to establish and maintain 
fish hatcheries, and propagate and distribute game 
fish in the waters of the State. But this com¬ 
mission was not to interfere in any way with the 
existing fish commission, the master fish warden, 
nor the propagation of salmon. 
Perhaps it would have been wiser to have . 
j.sought some other way to secure the end de¬ 
sired. There would be room for misunder¬ 
standings between the existing and t^ie proposed 
commissions; but any plan by which the streams 
could be restocked and the fish cared for would 
fbe better than the present situation, and this, in 
itself was sufficient ground for the friends of 
1 fish propagation and protection to go to great 
lengths in their attempts to bring about reforms 
j in a condition so grave. 
No State can to-day afford to be without fresh 
water game fish hatcheries, and although Oregon 
J is rich in game fish streams, and game fish in 
| some, if not all of them, the anglers of that 
State must make a concerted effort to remedy 
(faults so apparent. 
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WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD GO. 
In Pennsylvania it is proposed to pass a law 
providing for a resident license fee of one dollar 
[ and a nonresident license fee of ten dollars for 
those who hunt game. The income from these 
fees is to be used in the better protection of 
1 game. But we are astonished to learn that a 
([great deal of objection has been raised against 
'/the proposition to tax resident sportsmen, on 
j the ground that so many of them cannot afford 
the outlay. 
This seems to be the thinnest excuse offered 
in recent years, and there are those who mis¬ 
takenly declare that the proposed law is a 
measure to benefit the rich sportsman at the 
expense of the poor one. 
Every person who hunts game, large or small, 
lays out a certain sum for firearms and ammu¬ 
nition, and the addition of a dollar for a license 
seems to be and surely is no hardship, when it 
is to be remembered that this money will be 
used to propagate and protect game and to em¬ 
ploy more wardens at living wages. 
There is one thing in the license laws of 
several of the States, however, which is radically 
wrong, and this is the turning over of the fees 
to the State treasurer. The sportsmen pay this 
tax willingly when it goes into the game com¬ 
mission’s fund, for they that know their money 
is applied directly to the protection of the game; 
but if the fees go into the general fund, the 
game interests are only indirectly benefited, if 
at all, and the only real good done by the license 
scheme is that it compels nonresidents to pay 
for their pleasure. 
The time is not far distant when every State 
game commission will be compelled to install 
and maintain game propagating farms, and to 
this end our sportsmen and legislators should 
endeavor to provide the commissions with more 
working capital than is generally appropriated 
to their use by the legislatures. Already fish 
propagation is carried on intelligently in nearly 
every State, and the propagation of game birds, 
at least, will eventually become an important 
part of the work of every game commission. 
It is already under way in several States, has 
proved successful, and seems to be the only 
expedient for restocking depleted covers. 
OUR PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION. 
Forest and Stream will give cash prizes for 
the best photographs submitted by friends dur¬ 
ing the month of April. There will be few re¬ 
strictions, and the contest will be open to every¬ 
body. 
1. Pictures, to be available, must be of the 
class used in Forest and Stream every week. 
Each must tell a story, and therefore pictures 
showing landscapes, lakes, rivers, etc., with¬ 
out signs of human or animal life, will not be 
considered. Shooting pictures, fishing pictures, 
camp scenes, canoeing pictures, photographs of 
live game, fish, natural history specimens, are 
all available, provided the picture means some¬ 
thing; in other words, possesses enough merit 
to be self-explanatory without a long descrip¬ 
tive caption. Camp scenes, with deer or.fish 
hanging up on racks or strings, will not be con¬ 
sidered. 
2. While a story is not necessary, descriptive 
matter which adds to the effectiveness of a good 
picture will be considered in awarding the prizes, 
and in every case there should be sufficient de¬ 
scription with each picture to make its title clear 
to those who will judge the contest. 
3. Glossy printing-out-paper prints will be 
given the preference over black-and-white prints. 
4. Size of prints is immaterial, but 4*5 or 
larger are preferred. 
5. Prints need not be mounted, but must be 
mailed 'in a tube or else fiat between sheets of 
pasteboard and properly protected from injury 
in the mail. 
6. Negatives will not be considered. 
7. Every print submitted must bear on its 
back the full name and address of its owner, 
together with its title and a description of where 
made, etc. If a story accompanies it, this can 
be separate, but must also be plainly marked 
for identification. 
8. No picture that has previously been pub¬ 
lished will be accepted in competition, and those 
that are accepted and awarded prizes will be¬ 
come the property of Forest and Stream. 
9. Prints will be received up to 5 o’clock P. 
M. on April 30, 1907. The awards will be made 
by competent judges, and the result announced 
as soon thereafter as possible, in these columns, 
and checks sent the winners at once. 
10. Address all prints to “The Forest and 
Stream Pub. Co., 346 Broadway, New York 
c ity—Photo. Competition,” and inclose postage 
for return of prints if not available. 
Prizes will be given as follows: 
First—$10. 
Second—$7.50. 
Third—$5. 
Fourth-—$3. 
Fifth—$2. 
And for every other print that does not win 
a cash prize, but possesses sufficient merit to 
deserve honorable mention, a Forest and 
Stream bear will be given. These bears are 
about 5x4x2 inches in size, and suitable for 
mantel or den ornaments. They were cast 
from the original modeled by E. W. Derning, 
and depict perfectly a little bear playing with a 
tortoise. 
The anglers who took advantage of the early 
opening of the trout season on Long Island were 
successful, as a rule, but it is noticeable that 
those who went out on opening day are content to 
await the arrival of warmer weather before try¬ 
ing the streams again. The general opening day 
in New York State, April 16, may find the con¬ 
ditions a little more agreeable, but the streams 
will most likely be high. Still, little discom¬ 
forts like rain and chilly breezes cannot keep 
enthusiasts at home on opening day if their 
duties will permit their absence from their places 
of business. 
X 
It is pleasing to note that the management of 
the Sportsmen’s Show now being held in 
Mechanics’ Hall. Boston, has substituted for the 
athletic “stunts,” so often seen in sportsmen's 
shows of late years, bona fide attractions for the 
sportsmen and for their families. 
