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FOREST AND STREAM November, 1917 
For end of season BASS FISHING you cannot get live or dead bait so 
effective as LOUIS RHEAD’S 
HAND-MADE NATURE LURES 
A New Black Cricket—exactly like nature, 50c. Improved new Helgramite, 75c. 
Improved new Grass Hoppers—large, 75c.—medium, 50c.—small, 35c. 
Improved new Crawfish—small hook, 75c.—large or small—sent on receipt of price.— 
If not satisfied money promptly returned when sent as received. 
LOUIS RHEAD, 217 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn,N.Y. 
ASHAWAY LINES 
are record lines because records are being made on them. 
For Tournament Casting the Surfman’s Line has proven 
Light weight silk and linen lines are made to meet 
Tournament Bait Casting requirements. 
its' merit. 
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ASHAWAY, R. I.. U. S. A. 
93 Years of Continuous Service. 
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CHALLENGE 
CLEANABLE COLLARS 
Fine for hunters, motorists and sports¬ 
men. Just like ’ linen" only waterproof 
stiffened instead of starched. Ever white 
—dull finish— and instantly cleanable 
with soaD and water. 
Positively no-wilt 
A $5 to $ 10 ant lual saving—and real com¬ 
fort. All accepted styles, half-sizes. At 
your dealers or samples by mail 25c each 
Style booklet on request. 
The Arlington Co. / ^rrrnrjTj^. 
725 Broadway, New York TyJ I Urj_U 
2c 
Mu ^ M° R i 
game 
fish are hooked on 
Dowagiac” Minnows 
than on any three other 
makes of lure. In fact the 
standard recipe for good 
fishing is “A ‘Dowagiac’ 
Rod, a ‘Dowagiac’ Reel 
and a pinch of 
‘Dowagiac’ Min¬ 
nows; use freely 
on any lake or ffl/fW Send 
stream. Catalog 
The new Heddoo book Is a dandy. Write fol 
copy—free. Remember the Baby Crab. 
James Heddon’s Sons 
Dowagiac, Mich. 
Electric Row Boat Motor 
Make your Row Boat an 
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Jewel Detachable Row Boat 
Motor run by elec¬ 
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dangerous gasoline. 
Simple, noiseless and 
powerful. Attaches to any 
Boat and runs on two 
six volt Batteries. This 
is our 5th successful season. 
Open Window Battery 
Look inside your storage battery through the pat¬ 
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height of electrolite. If you need a new automo¬ 
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6-60 Special $8.50. 
Motorcycle Electric Lighting System 
Tlie Jewel Generator Motorcycle Storage Battery and 
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Agents wanted. Write for prices and Catalog MB. 
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THOMAS-- 
The Thomas hand made split bamboo 
fishing rod has been perfected to meet 
both the all around and the various special 
requirements of the modern angling sport. 
Made of the finest bamboo, light, resilient, 
perfectly jointed and balanced. In the 
Thomas rod the acme of perfection has 
been obtained. Send for our interesting 
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THOMAS HOD COMPANY, 
117 Exchange St., Bangor, Me. 
_ m WT'*-.T- Minnows, Eels, Mink, 
Muskrats etc., in large 
A numbers, with the new 
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them Tike a fly-trap catches flies. Made in all 
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best bait ever discovered for attracting all kinds 
offish. J. F. GREGORY. K-245, St. Louis, Mo. 
AMERICA’S BIRD LIFE 
(continued from page 533) 
observed by us resting here safely. 
“. . . We have questioned mail}' old 
settlers and others as to the abundance of 
water-fowl, and we find them plentiful yet. 
They count duck, geese and swans by 
acres here, not by numbers, during the 
migratory period, but it is the unanimous 
opinion that the numbers do not compare 
with even six or eight years ago. The 
birds are going, and there is no doubt 
about it. We must have a good big re¬ 
serve down here. It will make the most 
important reserve in the West, and, with 
Klamath reserve, will equip Oregon and 
the Pacific coast to preserve water-fowl.” 
T HE Pacific coast has many other pro¬ 
tected areas from Alaska to southern 
California. The delta of the Yukon 
River is the largest, covering an area 
greater than the state of Connecticut. This 
region sends out myriads of ducks and 
geese every year and is interesting also as 
being the last stand of that rare bird, the 
emperor goose. A reservation has been 
established in Porto Rico. The birds of 
many of the western islands of the 
Hawaiian group are protected under 
United States regulations. The largest of 
these, Laysan Island, has become well 
known through a famous raid on its alba¬ 
tross colony in 1909. The revenue cutter 
Thetis visited the island and captured 
twenty-three Japanese poachers. The rev¬ 
enue officers seized two hundred and fifty- 
nine thousand pairs of wings, two and one- 
half tons of haled feathers, and several 
large cases and boxes of stuffed birds. 
Had the poachers escaped with their booty 
they would have realized over one hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars for their plunder. 
The rapid progress made by the govern¬ 
ment in this work is told in “The Bird 
Study Book,” by T. Gilbert Pearson. This 
book contains a very interesting chapter 
on bird reservations and another on mak¬ 
ing private sanctuaries. It is noticeable 
that all this work of protection has been 
accomplished within comparatively few 
years. Wardens have been posted in al¬ 
most all these refuges to guard against 
raids by poachers. In regions where 
travel is difficult they have been furnished 
row-boats, launches, motor-cycles, etc., to 
enable them to patrol their districts more 
efficiently. For six years these men were 
paid by the National Association of Audu¬ 
bon Societies. The government has been 
taking over the expense gradually although 
several Federal Wardens are still on the 
Audubon payroll. 
T HE work is not yet finished. The 
friends of the birds must continue 
their support and must fight for 
proper and efficient legislation. Educa¬ 
tional work must go on to spread the 
knowledge of existing conditions and the 
great need of unceasing conservation. The 
greatest care and vigilance is necessary to 
prevent the reservations from being raided. 
The wardens must continue to patrol their 
ground, facing fevers, poisonous snakes 
and insects, and—not the least of dangers 
—the poacher who is determined to get 
the silky white plumes at the price of blood 
and suffering and misery. 
