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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. io, 1908. 
The A. H. FOX GUN 
The A. H. Fox Gun is unquestionably the “quality gun” of this country. No gun ever 
made compares with it in the superior quality of its workmanship and materials, or the great 
strength and simplicity of its mechanical construction. 
Beautiful in model, perfect in balance, and unequaled in those things which make a strictly 
high grade gun, the “ Fox” has fairly earned its title— 
"THE FINEST GUN IN THE WORLD’ 
As evidence of this, we submit the fact that our business has more than doubled again this year—an 
increase owing solely to the merit of the Fox Gun. Made and guaranteed by 
THE A. H. FOX GUN CO.,4670 North 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
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Send for List. Also Book of Fine Guns. 
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302-304 Broadway 
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Supervisor Thom. P. McKenzie, at Portland, 
Oregon. 
The Rainier forest includes the northern part 
of the old Rainier and a small part of the Wash¬ 
ington. It will be under G. F. Allen, at Orting, 
Wash. 
Snoqualmie includes about a million acres of 
the old Washington forest and will be under 
Supervisor Burt P. Kirkland, at Seattle, Wash. 
The Colville forest and the Olympic forests 
are practically unchanged. 
The Washington forest will include the north¬ 
ern portion of what was formerly called the 
Washington, and will be in charge of Supervisor 
Chas. H. Flory, with headquarters at Belling¬ 
ham, Wash. 
The Wenaha forest is unchanged, and the 
Wenatchee forest includes the south part of the 
former Washington forest. Supervisor A. H. 
Sylvester is in charge, with headquarters at 
Leavenworth, Wash. 
ONE VALUE OF FORESTS. 
Last fall an important conference of repre¬ 
sentatives of Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin and 
Minnesota, constituting what was known as the 
Northern white pine belt, met in Saginaw, 
Mich., to consider the problem of reforesta¬ 
tion of denuded areas. The meeting was one 
of great interest and was largely attended by 
able men. A brief record of its proceedings, has 
just appeared, published by the Michigan 
Forestry Commission. On one phase of the 
value of forests Mr. W. B. Mershon, of the 
Michigan commission, spoke as follows: 
“I think the time will come, however, when a 
more general and effective system of fire pro¬ 
tection can be inaugurated, and I think private 
owners would be willing to join some such plan 
as suggested by Mr. Griffith. I think you are 
on the right road here when you speak of com¬ 
bining the game and fish warden department 
with that of forestry. The district where the 
fire is to be feared is the district where the 
game is found. 
“Mr. Griffith spoke about the lakes in Wis¬ 
consin and the rivers. They are known the 
world over. They are advertised by all the rail¬ 
roads. The tourist comes from the Southern 
States in the summer to get the muscallonge. 
He knows how many dollars per pound he 
pays for the fish that he catches in the Wis¬ 
consin lakes. Michigan, too, is most singularly 
and advantageously situated as a summer resort on 
account of its lakes, its tremendous shore expanse 
along the great lakes and its numerous trout 
streams. Just at this time, when there i§ a tre¬ 
mendous influx of visitors, loaded with all sorts 
of paraphernalia to shoot deer, the railroads de¬ 
rive a tremendous benefit. If our nonresidents 
do not dodge the game warden and pay their 
nonresident tax there is going to be a great 
big fund for game protection from that source. 
I think the county of Saginaw has already 
furnished licenses for 140 residents, who have 
gone to hunt deer, the resident license being 
nominal only. 
“But, in the summer time, in May, when the 
birds are first beginning to come from the 
South, and when the arbutus has blossomed, 
throwing its sweetness through the air,, then , 
is the time when you notice the big influx. 
Everyone who is capable of telling a fish story 
has been for weeks preparing his tackle, getting 
out his flies, knocking the moths out of his. fly- 
box, getting ready for the fray. And there isn’t 
a stream in Michigan on which from the ioth.to 
the 15th of May a man can fish without being 
passed by anywhere from fifteen to twenty fish¬ 
ermen; and we have streams without number. 
It is not the pounds of fish that they come 
after, it is the fun of outdoor enjoyment.. 
“The knowledge that there are trout in these 
streams, and the idea that there is one just a 
little bigger than they ever took before is bring¬ 
ing all these people here to enjoy the fishing. 
We couldn’t have trout streams, or any par¬ 
ticular trout stream, running through a barren 
sand plain, which never is shaded. The trout 
wouldn’t stay in such a stream. So it is that 
we do not want the lands timbered simply from 
