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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Aug. 27, 1910. 
"Resort* +or Sportsmen 
"Resorts for Sportsmen. 
A GUARANTEE 
OF SERVICE 
We ran the Roosevelt expedition—let us 
run yours. 
Every Sportsman should visit East Africa, 
the home of the Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, 
Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus and countless 
species of Antelope. 
<][ No other firm in theworld has our experience in 
African Sport, or our facilities for handling an 
expedition into the heart of Darkest Africa. 
CJ We were the sole agents for the outfitting 
and organization of the Roosevelt Expedition. 
€J A letter or wire to us will bring you all 
the information you require. 
CJ If you use us as your agents you will be re¬ 
lieved of all hurry and worry. Delightful 
sport and complete satisfaction assured. 
CJ Estimates given covering everything from New 
York and home again . Our illustrated booklet is 
a work of art. Free on application or direct to 
Forest and Stream Pub. Co. Brought right up 
to date with latest game law changes. 
NEWLAND TARLTON & CO. Ltd. 
166 Piccadilly, London W., ENGLAND 
Cable Addresses: 
WAPAGAZI, London and SAFARI, Nairob 
American Agent 
DAVID T. ABERCROMBIE 
311 Broadway New York City 
ItWiaB M1—■■ ^ 
KONRAD SCHAUER 
Mombosa, British East Africa 
The well-known firm of specialists 
for organizing and fitting out 
Hunting and Scientific Expeditions 
as well as planning trips for 
TOURISTS 
Practical preserving, packing and shipping 
of trophies — many years’ experience. 
“KIJABE HILL.” 
A splendid health resort in the African 
Highlands—“A Sportsman’s Home.” 
The largest dealers in live animals and African 
curios. :: Literature sent free on application. 
HUNT IN MONTANA. 
Take a big-game hunting trip through the grand and 
scenic mountains surrounding the Yellowstone Park. 
ELK, DEER. SMALL GAME. BEAR. SHEEP. 
We have well-known bear dogs, experienced guides, 
old-time hunters, complete pack outfit and gentle saddle 
horses. Special accommodation for ladies. Private phy¬ 
sician furnished if desired. 
WILL B. SHORE. Gardiner, Mont. 
I can arrange for sportsmen for hunting trips to the 
Sierra Madre Mountains, where game is abundant and 
sport guaranteed. Last party killed 5 lions and 3 bears in 
12 days’ trip. Everything provided excepting rifles and 
liquors, including good dogs, which are a necessity for 
success with lions. Terms moderate. Apply MEXICO, 
care Forest and Stream. tf 
NEWFOUNDLAND 
Excellent Salmon and Trout Fishing; also Caribou 
Shooting. Tents, guides, boats provided. Write 
BUNGALOW, Grand Lake, Newfoundland. 
When writing say you saw the ad. in “Forest 
and Stream.” 
CAMP R0SS1GN0L 
Caledonia P. O. 
Queens County, Nova Scotia 
THE BEST WOODCOCK 
COVER IN CANADA 
The best TROUT and Salmon fishing, the best 
MOOSE, bear and small game hunting, and the 
most picturesque scenery in Canada! Comfort¬ 
able log cabins, canoes, motor boats, tents, 
livery and guides furnished. 
Terms, $2.00 per day. Fare, $15.00 round trip 
from Boston. JOE PATTERSON, Head Guide, 
Caledonia, Queens County, N. S. 
MY SIXTY YEARS ON 
THE PLAINS 
True Pictures of a Vanished Life 
“BILL" HAMILTON 
Appropriately enough W. T, Hamilton, the 
last survivor of the old race of free trappers, 
became the author of one of the best pen pic¬ 
tures of the old life of the plains and moun¬ 
tains ever written. 
No work of fiction offers more adventure, 
more thrills of desperate bravery, heroic en¬ 
durance and hair breadth escape than this un¬ 
adorned narrative of the life of the old trap¬ 
per and plainsman, the companion of Bill 
Williams, Jim Baker, Carson, Bridges and the 
rest whose names are household words. 
“Sixty Years on the Plains” is all that the 
name signifies and more. It depicts every phase 
of frontier life, hunting, trapping, Indian fight¬ 
ing, the beginnings of Empire building. From 
the store house of sixty years of wonderfully 
full experience, Mr. Hamilton drew the material 
for a book of splendid interest and real value. 
Cloth, Illlustrated. 
Postpaid, $1.50 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
PROTECTION OF FORESTS FROM FIRE 
The problem of protecting the forests of the 
country from fires is receiving considerable at¬ 
tention from associations of private owners, as¬ 
sociations of lumber companies, State forest 
wardens and the National Government, and the 
United States Department of Agriculture has 
just issued Bulletin 82, Forest Service, relat¬ 
ing to the subject. In spite of all that has been 
done, however, probably 60 per cent, of the pri¬ 
vate forests have no adequate system of protec¬ 
tion. 
There are three classes of forest fires: Sur¬ 
face fires, which burn the surface layer of 
leaves, dry grass, brush and small trees; ground 
fires, burning the deep accumulation of vege¬ 
table mold, and crown fires, which accompany 
surface fires and burn the crowns of the trees. 
Surface fires are the most common and may 
start under ordinarily dry conditions. The se¬ 
verity of the fire, of course, depends largely on 
the amount of accumulated leaves and brush 
and the strength of the wind. Surface fires kill 
seedlings and young trees, but in many cases 
do not kill the larger trees. Under some con¬ 
ditions they may kill everything in the area 
which they cover. 
Ground fires occur only when the vegetable 
mold has become thoroughly dry. They burn 
slowly, but with intense heat, and are exceed¬ 
ingly difficult to extinguish. They have been 
known to burn all winter, creeping along un¬ 
der a deep layer of snow. Ground fires usually 
destroy all trees, killing the tissues of the roots, 
and the trees die and are blown down. 
Crown fires almost invariably accompany sur¬ 
face fires and occur only when the woods are 
very dry and there is a high wind. Usually all 
trees are killed. Sometimes, however, where 
there are a great many hardwoods in mixture 
with coniferous trees, single trees or groups of 
trees may escape injury. 
As the value of lumber and of the forests in¬ 
creases and the necessity of protecting them 
from fires as far as possible becomes appreci¬ 
ated, the owners and the different organizations 
controlling the forests are using every means 
of securing them against destruction by a thor¬ 
ough patrol system, organized fire fighting 
squads with tools and equipment for extinguish¬ 
ing fires located at accessible points, by con¬ 
stantly warning the public against the careless 
use of fire, and by every available means. The 
number of forest guards on the National for¬ 
ests is inadequate for the work, in some cases 
a single man having the responsibility of pro¬ 
tecting ioo.coo acres, whereas in most places 
there should be at least orie guar# for every 
10,000 acres. Prussia has a guard for every 
1,700 acres. 
GAME CONSERVATION PAYS. 
Objection to the rigid enforcement of fish 
and game laws is often based, among land own¬ 
ers, upon the ground that the only beneficiaries 
are “city sports” who are fond of hunting. But 
the experience of the State of Maine, where 
hunting and fishing are good, is that a good 
deal of money is spent by the sportsmen, and 
that the conservation of game pays cash divi¬ 
dends. 
The early angler and the fall hunter left $20,- 
000,000 in Maine in 1909, according to the chair¬ 
man of the Fish and Game Commission. Within 
twenty years, he thinks, Maine will get a rev¬ 
enue of $100,000,000 annually from the annual 
influx of hunters and fishermen. And the money 
spent is distributed pretty widely and where it 
is needed. The value of the forests, lakes and 
streams of Maine, and the tenants of the water 
and the woodlands, is, according to Mr. Brack¬ 
ett, beyond estimate. The conservation of nat¬ 
ural resources and of fish and game is a matter 
of great importance. 
Moose hunters have been passing Maine by 
recently because of the greater number of big 
heads in New Brunswick or Quebec. Old bulls 
are not as plentiful in Maine as they once were. 
But proper protection is being afforded the 
young cows and bulls, and there will be plenty 
of fine specimens of the matured bull in the 
future. Smaller game is to be found, and is 
being taken care of. And fish hatcheries and 
feeding stations are being employed to keep 
the streams and lakes well stocked. 
There are numerous hunters in every State 
who cannot afford to make long journeys, but 
who would gladly spend a few weeks every 
year and a fair sum of money in fishing 
or hunting nearer home. When the public be¬ 
comes better informed as to the economic value 
of preserving fish and game it may be easier to 
secure convictions of game hogs who shoot out 
of season and persons who dynamite streams 
in order to help themselves to fish.—Louisville 
Courier-Journal. 
STOCKING THE STREAMS. 
The old question of stocking the lakes and 
streams of Washington, says the Spokane Her¬ 
ald, is one that appeals to the majority of citi¬ 
zens, for fishing is one of the main attractions 
of nearly all summer resorts. No place on the 
continent has offered better advantages for the 
enjoyment of'this sport than the lake and river 
resorts of Spokane. 
Heretofore the Government has attended to 
this and all the lakes and streams have been 
well stocked, but for some reason, best known 
to the powers that be, Washington has failed to 
arrange for this work this season, although the 
Spokane Chamber of Commerce offered to bear 
all the expense. 
The committee of the Chamber of Commerce 
in charge of stocking the lakes and streams, 
realizing that no help would be given by the 
Government, with their usual energy and with 
a full realization of the importance of the work, 
decided to attend to it themselves. S. S. Drew, 
superintendent of the Little Spokane Hatchery, 
and A 1 Weismann, secretary of the Spokane 
Fish Protective Association, compose the com¬ 
mittee. 
