Jan. 21 , 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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WATER POWERS. 
Concluded from page 98. 
vasion of the Forest Preserve for water storage 
by these private interests, and so long as they 
maintain this attitude the monopoly cannot be 
made complete. The State may itself prevent 
or destroy a monopoly by developing the water 
powers which it already fully controls. If the 
State shall go further and acquire control of 
all water powers which are naturally a part of 
the system of waters which it already controls, 
the people will forever be made free from the 
menace of a monopoly which, like the coal in¬ 
terests of the present day, could use its powers 
to extort from the people excessive charges for 
all future generations. 
With very great earnestness, therefore, we 
urge the enactment of the bills and the adop¬ 
tion of the constitutional amendment, which 
were recommended to the Legislature in 1910 
by the State Water Supply Commission with 
the approval of Governor Hughes and of the 
several associations and citizens hereinbefore 
referred to. 
With equal earnestness we urge the defeat in 
the Legislature of 1911 of the amendment to 
Article VII., Section 7 of thq Constitution 
which was proposed by Mr. Merritt and ap¬ 
proved by the vote of the Legislature of 1910 
without a public hearing thereon and without 
discussion upon the floor of either the Senate 
or Assembly. 
FISHERIES AND FORESTS OF JAPAN. 
The herring catch of Hokkaido is gradually 
decreasing, and as 40,000 families in the island 
are engaged, directly or indirectly, in the 
fisheries one-half of whom are engaged in the 
lerring fishery, this decrease is a matter of 
much concern, says Consul-General Sammons, 
ot Yokohama. 
t u°u e the re , as ? ns &‘ ve n for the decline of 
tie herring catch is the denudation of forests: 
the removal of trees from large areas results 
t? cha £f n ? , the currents of the rivers, and 
us interfering with the propagation of 
herring Another reason for the decline is said 
in b fu C i lan p s in the ocean currents, thus carry- 
wi f fi *l h a u ay from the coast of Hokkaido. 
While the above reasons are put forward by 
government officials, there are others con¬ 
cerned in the fishing trade who believe arti- 
rnalt P nf :P XT ga Vu n, A as P racticed on the Pacific 
Coast of North America, will have to be re- 
to f "3 ord , er to retain Hokkaido’s per- 
entage of Japan s extensive fisheries business. 
OSTRICH FEATHER SHOW IN AFRICA. 
The first ostrich feather show at Middleburg 
Lape Province, on Oct. 19, proved a success.’ 
the exhibits were magnificent and the entries 
numerous The show drew together a large 
number of feather experts and owners, and it 
£ tnonght that it will become an annual feature 
Professor Duerden delivered a scientific lecture 
before a large audience on ostrich ' rearing, 
[“, ra t ted by lantern slides showing ostriches 
n all stages of development, with kindred birds 
-Consul-General Guenther, Cape Town. 
CANADIAN LYNX IN MAINE. 
• Cm^cfian lynx has for years been be- 
ieved to have wholly deserted this section of 
lorthern Maine, yet E. H. Kenniston and 
Everett Hewey, both of Phillips, who have been 
rapping on Redington Mountain, have recently 
ad experiences with two. 
One was caught in a trap and the other at- 
icked Kenniston, and was shot after it had 
iven the trapper a hard fight. Both lynx were 
ery ferocious and both were splendid fighters 
-Lewiston Journal. 
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