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Forest and Stream Letters 
Abe LaFave, the Veteran Guide 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
Vie of the sportsmen and anglers 
who visit the Manitowish Waters 
of northeastern Wisconsin will doubt- 
less recognize the grizzled countenance 
of Abe LaFave, the veteran guide and 
lodgekeeper of Island Lake, in the 
This interesting group of lakes is a 
little over 400 miles north (slightly 
west) of Chicago by auto, over splen- 
did roads. These roads are so good 
that we have driven it all in one day, 
though most autoists would prefer to 
make a one and one-half day or two 
day trip of it. With a good easy rid- 

Abe LaFave, the veteran guide, preparing a meal on Rest Lake, Wisconsin 
photos accompanying this sketch. They 
were made of Abe one glorious Sep- 
tember day in 1921, while he was pre- 
paring noonday lunch on the shore of 
Rest Lake. I have been told that Abe 
objects to being photographed. He 
was not aware that my Tessar-eyed 
Graphic was looking at him at the 
time, so if he sees these in FOREST AND 
STREAM, it will be the first that he 
knows of the matter. However, as it 
is over two years since they were made 
I hope that he will not be angry. 
Rest Lake is one of the most beauti- 
ful and picturesque of a group of 
about a dozen lakes which are con- 
nected by more or less narrow straits 
or streams, in Vilas County, Wis., just 
north of the Lac du Flambeau Indian 
Reservation. Most of these lakes are 
deep and the water in them cold, so 
that they furnish good trout, bass, pike, 
pickerel and musky fishing. It is need- 
less to-say that resorts and fishing 
camps are numerous, and most of them 
have ample accommodations for tourists. 
ing, long wheel-based car it is no great 
task to a real auto fan. After the 
first 300 miles north from Chicago— 
most of which is cement road—much 
of the way lies through fine timber 
and along the shores of beautiful tim- 
ber-clad lakes. 
There are something over 518,000 
acres of lakes and about 1,000 camps 
and resorts in this region. The fishing 
season is long and a great variety of 
good “reel sport” is to be had nearly 

all the time. With exception of north- 
ern Maine it is my favorite vacation 
land. 
I. S. TROSTLER, M.D., 
Chicago. 
The Buck Law 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
N your February number I came 
across a story by Henry A. Roberts, 
“Big Game Hunting in the North.” Mr. 
Roberts tells us that a few years ago 
some polliwog law-makers and men 
who knew nothing concerning conserva- 
tion of deer caused the laws to be 
placed on the statute book that de- 
creased rather than increased the deer. 
He calls the Buck Law the foolish law. 
Now Mr. Roberts, here are a few facts. 
Since the Buck Law came to Penn- 
sylvania, there has been a steady in- 
crease in deer, and there are less ac- 
cidents from shooting. When a man 
shoots now he must see what he is 
shooting at. During 1923 in a certain 
section of this state doe deer became 
very numerous and the state made out 
about 100 special female deer licenses 
at $5.00 each, and they had a hard 
time to get any one to take a female 
deer license. It is a disgrace to be 
called a doe killer in this state. In a 
few years we will have the best game 
state in the Union. Thanks to our 
game commission and our good sports- 
men. 
Yours for the Buck Law in every 
state. 
WALTER KELSHAW. 
Pennsylvania. 
No Puppies for Sale 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
ILL you please insert in your 
magazine a notice to the effect 
that the full blooded English beagle 
and her puppies, a photo of which was 
published in your February number,. 
are not for sale? I didn’t intend the. 
photo as an advertisement and I wish 
to say that I have no puppies for sale. 
I am getting so many inquiries from 
all over the country that I would ap- 
preciate your printing this. 
JETTA W. ERNEST, 
East Rye, N. H. 
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