Forest and Stream 
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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY n, 1908 
VOL. LXX.—No. 2. 
No. 346 Broadway. New York, 
A WEEKLY JOURNAL. 
Copyright. 1908, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
George Bird Grinnell, President, 
Charles B. Reynolds, Secretary. 
Louis Dean Speir, Treasurer. 
346 Broadway, New York. 
THE OBJECT OF THIS JOURNAL 
will be to studiously promote a healthful interest 
in outdoor recreation, and to cultivate a refined 
taste for natural objects. 
—Forest and Stream, Aug. 14, 1873. 
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GOVERNOR HUGHES’ MESSAGE. 
In his message to the Legislature of New 
York, Governor Hughes makes several recom¬ 
mendations that are of very great importance. 
The Governor’s forest, fish and game recom¬ 
mendations are as follows: 
During the past year 43,156 acres of forest land have 
been purchased and contracted for by the Land Pur- 
i chasing Board, making the total land held by the State 
I 1,518,450 acres, of which 1,454,383 acres are in the Adir- 
ondacks and the remainder are in the Catskills. It would 
■ be difficult to name any matter of greater importance to 
i the people than the conservation of our forests. To this 
end the State should largely extend its purchases, and 
so far as possible avoid the increased cost which will be 
I entailed by delay. Any effort on behalf of private in¬ 
terests to invade the common right in these lands and 
their maintenance for the public benefit should be de- 
| feated. 
, Not only should the State extend its holdings, but 
; there should be suitable replanting to repair the exten¬ 
sive ravages which have taken place in our forest domain. 
The work should be conducted upon a much larger scale. 
The State can produce these trees (pine and spruce) for 
about $2.50 a thousand. It may be well that in view of 
the State’s facilities, the Forest, Fish and Game Com¬ 
missioner should be authorized to furnish from the 
nurseries pine and spruce trees to be planted under the 
supervision of the Department, at a sum equivalent to 
the cost to the State; and I submit this question for 
your consideration. 
I recommend that the forest, fish and game law' be 
carefully revised. It should be possible in the light of 
experience and with accurate knowledge of the needs 
of the various localities, to provide a code which will be 
fairly permanent. 
I recommend the enactment of a license law providing 
reasonable license fees for hunting, with a suitable scale 
for residents, nonresidents, and aliens. 
No grant should be made of water power privileges 
without compensation and under restrictions which will 
properly protect the rights of the public from whom the 
privileges are derived. 
Governor says, it should be possible to provide 
a fairly permanent code. 
Governor Hughes favors a resident, nonresi¬ 
dent and alien license law, although he does not 
explain his reasons. The passage of such a 
measure has been urged time and again by Forest 
and Stream, and the Forest, Fish and Game 
Commission is working toward that end. As 
pointed out by us frequently, it is almost im¬ 
possible, under the present law, to prevent aliens 
from hunting in season and out. 
If a law were passed requiring nonresidents 
and aliens only to procure licenses to hunt, it 
would still be difficult for the protectors to en¬ 
force the law, but make it mandatory for every 
person who hunts to carry a license with him, 
and the work of the protectors would be more 
effective, for it is not likely that many of the 
large number of aliens employed in lumber camps 
and on public works would succeed in obtaining 
resident licenses. 
The proposed resident law will affect only 
those who hunt, and as the increased revenue 
would be used in better protection, it seems im¬ 
probable that resident objection will be strong 
if the matter is presented in the proper light. 
HONEST ANGLERS. 
It seems that the proposed North American 
Association of Honest Anglers is to result in 
nothing but a cash outlay to be shouldered by 
two or three of its promoters. At the confer¬ 
ence held in the late autumn a committee of 
twenty was appointed to meet in December, the 
date to be set by the chairman of the conference. 
No committee meeting was called. 
Forest and Stream is not alone in the opinion 
it recently expressed, that the proposed title 
seemed unfortunate. Mr. Marston, editor of the 
Fishing Gazette, in commenting on the proposed 
association, after wishing it success, adds: 
I do not quite cotton to the use of the adjective in the 
title—it reminds one somehow of Napoleon putting the 
crown on his own head. My wife was reading at my 
elbow as I wrote this note, and I told her that the 
anglers of America were forming a body to be called 
the “Association of Honest Anglers,” and asked her 
what she thought of the title. She said, “Are there any 
dishonest anglers, then? I should think it would be 
better to let the honesty be understood.” I think so, too. 
which they are confined has already been fully 
described. 
Since the buffalo were taken south, two calves 
have been born to the herd. 
Plans are being made for another organized 
wolf hunt in Canada in mid January, and every 
success for the undertaking, so far as comfort 
for the participants goes, is assured. The pro¬ 
moters are arranging details to the end that frost 
bites and empty stomachs shall not interfere 
with the sport. Rounding up wolves for the 
hunters to shoot at is a different proposition, but 
the guides are confident of succeeding in this, 
too. Nothing that can be thought of in the way 
of winter amusement can surpass a day of ac¬ 
tivity in the deep snow of the North country, 
provided one is assured of a warm bed and rest 
at night. The novelty of surf bathing in the 
South in wid-winter is pleasing while it lasts, 
but the charm of the Northern woods never 
palls. 
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The Sportsmen’s Show, held in the Grand 
Central Palace, in this city during the past fort¬ 
night, pleased all those who were fortunate 
enough to attend it. It will be repeated next 
winter, and we predict that the next one will 
be more of a success than the first. The Forest, 
Fish and Game Society of America has demon¬ 
strated the possibility of holding a show worthy 
of the name adopted, and its next effort will 
enjoy the confidence of all exhibitors and patrons 
who are interested in shows of this kind. 
Washington county, Maryland, proposes to 
give every owner, tenant or other person in pos¬ 
session of land, the power to arrest any one who 
violates the county game and fish laws. 
It is also proposed to compel each of these 
wardens to take the person arrested before a 
justice of the peace within four hours’ time or 
be himself amenable to a heavy penalty. The 
proposed new law is not without its vein of 
humor, for it provides that the four-hour limit 
may be ignored by the justice of the peace if 
it can be shown that “the delay is caused by the 
person placed under arrest.” 
At the present time a book of 146 pages is 
necessary to contain the general and special laws 
! relating to forest, fish and game in this State, 
inclusive of Long Island, and we are not sur- 
• prised that the Governor has recommended a re¬ 
vision of these laws, which seem unnecessarily 
1 voluminous. No person who does not actually 
make a study of the matter can at present hope 
1 to be well versed in the forest, fish and game 
; laws, and just about the time that sportsmen be- 
j come fairly familiar with the provisions of a set 
of laws, changes are made and they must famil¬ 
iarize themselves with the new ones. As the 
7 HE WICHITA BUFFALO HERD. 
The fifteen buffalo, which were presented to 
the United States Government by the New York 
Zoological Society, and were subsequently trans¬ 
ported to Oklahoma and turned loose in the 
pasture prepared for them in the Wichita Forest 
Reserve, are reported to be doing well. The 
fenced park includes 8,000 acres, or more than 
fourteen square miles, and is diversified with 
timber and open prairie, hill and valley. During 
the winter the buffalo will be fed alfalfa hay 
and will be sheltered in sheds. The park in 
The friends of Dr. Hamilton Rice, of Harvard 
University, are anxiously awaiting tidings as to 
his fate. He started from Bogota last May to 
explore the headwaters of the Amazon River and 
planned to arrive at Manaos, on tidewater, Nov. 
20. He was last heard from early in Septem¬ 
ber, when he wrote from San Martin, in Colom¬ 
bia, w'here he w r as delayed in making a start in 
the most difficult stage of his journey. 
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Philadelphia, w r e understand, is to have a 
Sportsmen’s Show during the present winter. 
