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Adirondack Cottage Sites. 
From the Jamestown (N. Y.) Morning Post, Feb. 5. 
THE second annual banquet of the Campfire 
Club of Big Game Hunters was held Saturday 
afternoon and evening in G. A. R. Hall, and it 
was an exceptionally enjoyable and_ pleasing 
affair to the members and invited guests present. 
The club consists of forty-two members, all of 
whom have hunted and killed big game, many of 
the members having valuable trophies in the 
shape of heads and skins of wild animals of 
North America. The club was fortunate in hay- 
ing as its guest Hon. James Spencer Whipple, 
State Forest, Game and Fish Commissioner. Mr. 
Whipple has taken a deep interest in matters per- 
taining to the sportsmen’s life since he became a 
member of the State Commission, and his visit 
to Jamestown at this time was much enjoyed. 
After the banquet was over the meeting was 
called to order by Judge Woodbury, after which 
the report of the last banquet was given by W. 
A. Bradshaw. His report was humorously writ- 
ten and created much laughter. The old officers 
were then re-elected as follows: President, Hon. 
E. E. Woodbury; Vice-President, Martin L. Fen- 
ton; Secretary, W. A. Bradshaw; Treasurer, Ed- 
ward J. Green. 
President Woodbury then congratulated the 
club upon having Mr. Whipple as a guest. Mr. 
Whipple was introduced and for half an hour he 
spoke very entertainingly about his work. He 
said the position sought him, for he was reluctant 
to leave his work as Clerk of the State Senate, 
which he very much enjoyed. “Nevertheless I 
enjoy my new duties,” he said, ‘and I want the 
co-operation of such men as you, who love to fish 
and hunt and who believe in a fair enforcement 
of the laws of the State. The State’s preserves 
in the Adirondack and Catskill mountains are 
beautiful and the sport of hunting and fishing 
there is something which I wish every man in the 
State could enjoy, instead of a few. The pre- 
serving of the hunting and fishing is a mere 
bagatelle as compared with the preserving of the 
forests themselves, which the State has under- 
taken. If they are not preserved we soon will be 
without any hunting or fishing. The State is 
very large and the people very many. The 
streams, “ponds and lakes in New York are nu- 
merous and there are only fifty men to enforce 
the laws governing these lakes, ponds and 
streams. In order to do it, we must have your 
co-operation, and without your aid it will be a 
hopeless task, 
“The importance of this work is not exceeded 
in any department of the State. It is more than 
merely a question of commercial value to the 
State. It means the health and pleasure of the 
people and the protection of the fish and game, 
as well as the watershed of the State. I do not 
think I am wrong in stating that the State pre- 
serves in the Adirondacks and Catskills exceed 
in beauty and health-giving properties any in 
the world. The high altitude, the beautiful lakes 
and streams in close proximity to the center of 
population, and the curative properties of the air 
bears me out in this assertion.” 
Mr. Whipple said that during the year pre- 
ceding his appointment to the office of Commis- 
sioner I11,000,000 fish fry had been placed in the 
waters of the State, while during his administra- 
tion, since May 1, 1905, there had been 171,000,000 
placed. Since he took the office there have been 
706 cases commenced against people who have 
violated the game law. He spoke of the shellfish 
industry in New York Harbor and said it was a 
very good thing. In speaking of the forestry ex- 
hibits - made at the St. Louis Exposition Mr. 
Whipple said that the one made by Colonel Fox, 
of this State, exceeded all others and was prac- 
tically the only one which was a success. 
“The places in the Adirondacks equal in beauty : 
Venice in her palmiest days,’ continued Mr. 
Whipple, and he mentioned St. Regis Lake as 
an example of the beauty to be found in the 
mountains. He referred to the recommendation 
made to the Legislature in his annual report re- 
garding an amendment to the game laws, allow- 
ing the State Commission to lease camping sites 
in the State preserves, so the man with limited 
means might take advantage of the beauties of 
that region. He said that under the law as it 
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now is, a greater part of the Adirondacks is 
fenced in to the general public, the high prices 
charged by the hotels and summer _ boarding 
houses, practically prohibiting the poor man from 
enjoying his vacation in the mountains of the 
State, 
“T believe in standing a little for the common 
people,” said Mr. Whipple, “for these mountains 
are a common heritage. I believe the State 
should appropriate more money than it does for 
the purchase of additional timber land in the 
Adirondack region, and if need be, I would advo- 
cate the issuance of bonds to the extent of $50,- 
000,000, so that the entire timber land of that 
region might be preserved by the State. I do 
not believe it pays to buy in little dabs. The land 
purchased this way costs too much. If Governor 
Black never did anything else to entitle him to 
credit when he was Governor, what he did to- 
ward preserving the State forests entitles him to 
everlasting commendation. If he had remained 
Governor we would have more land than at 
present.” 
Mr. Whipple said that during the last year 
there was 800,000,000 board feet of timber taken 
from the Adirondack Mountains, more than was 
imported from Canada. In his opinion it would 
be better for the State to get as much of the tim- 
ber land as possible as quickly as possible. After 
the timber is off the little soil left on the rocks 
soon washes away and it is practically impos- 
sible to grow trees again. 
At the conclusion of Mr. Whipple’s talk 
Eleazer Green moved that the club extend a vote 
of thanks and Mr. Bradshaw moved that it be 
the sense of the club that resolutions be adopted 
in favor of the amendment to the law, regarding 
the granting of leases in the Adirondacks so that 
the poorer people might take advantage of the 
pleasures offered. Both motions were carried 
unanimously. 
Fire-Lighting Convictions in North 
Carolina. 
GREENSBORO, N. C., Feb. 6.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: As many of your readers annually shoot 
in the waters of eastern North Carolina, it may 
be of interest to them to know something of the 
efforts which are being made to enforce the game 
laws in that region. 
Here, where the territory is very extensive and 
game abundant, the matter of enforcing game 
laws is a difficult one. For example, in Currituck 
Sound almost any man may easily violate the 
law of firing a gun at night, as it is impossible 
for the force of five wardens, or fifty for that 
matter, to be in every creek and on every marsh 
of the Sound at all hours of the night. 
The general game laws in that county seem 
to be well observed, with the exception of shoot- 
ing at night, which it is claimed by many people 
makes far more noise than it does harm, the 
shooting sometimes being done apparently with 
no other object than to annoy the club men. 
The local wardens have this year been in 
charge of an exceedingly courageous and capable 
man from Raleigh, Mr. John Upchurch. He has 
had at his disposal a launch with which to move 
from place to place, but which he would leave 
and advance in a small rowboat when in the 
neighborhood of night shooters. 
Several cases have been tried in the courts 
during the past year, one man being convicted 
and fined for shooting on lay day. In Core 
Sound, where fire-lighting has been frequently 
reported, wardens, after many unsuccessful at- 
tempts, have recently indicted four men. N. L. 
Fulcher and Iredell Rose, both of Harker’s Isl- 
and, were each fined $20 and costs; T. M. Guth- 
rie, of Harker’s Island, was fined $10 and costs, 
and took an appeal. 
The Audubon Society of North Carolina, 
which acts as the legal State Game Commission 
in this State, is sometimes criticised by well 
meaning but partially informed people coming 
from the north, for not stopping illegal night 
shooting. 
There are ninety-seven counties in this State, 
all of which have just claims to have something 
done for the protection of their game. The en- 
tire income at the disposal of the Audubon So- 
ciety is less than $10,000, which is less than one- 
tenth the amount of some of the States in the 
Union. The income is derived from the fees of 
the members and the money collected from the 
sale of licenses to non-resident hunters. 
Owing to the fact that many northern men who 
come here annually to shoot persistently evade 
the hunters’ license, a large amount of the war- 
den’s time is necessarily consumed in collecting 
these licenses. While many of the gentlemen 
belonging to the eastern clubs cheerfully comply 
with the law and procure their license promptly 
in proper form, it 1s a fact that some of the peo- 
ple of the north who cry out most loudly against 
the natives of North Carolina for violating the 
laws, do not themselves obey the law by taking 
out their license, unless forced to do so by the 
game warden who may be so fortunate as to find 
them before they succeed in slipping back to the 
north, after having enjoyed their days of shoot- 
ing among the wealth of game in North.Carolina. 
T. Gr_pertT PEARSON, 
Secretary State Audubon Society. 
‘ 
Make Refuges for Game Birds. 
IN my opinion there is no one thing that pro- 
tects our game birds from extinction so much as 
the preserves of wealthy people. There no 
poacher or pot-hunter has any right; and there, 
owing to the vigilance of employes and fear of 
the law governing the trespassing on such prop- 
erty, they hardly ever disturb game. 
The owners themselves, hunting only in the 
season prescribed by State laws, the birds are not 
disturbed in their nesting season by dogs and 
law-breakers. They are allowed to nest, hatch 
their young and increase. vs 
From these preserves they scatter over the sur- 
rounding country seeking food. If hunted they 
may lose some of their number, but the rest es- 
cape to their home, the preserve. They are safe. 
If they had no such home they would be followed 
by hunter and hounded until possibly annihilated. 
Why not make State preserves for the birds in 
every county, choosing suitable places for cover 
and protection; the State Legislature enacting 
laws so binding that State’s prison or heavy fine, 
or both, will be the penalty for trespassing on 
such properties. Let parties in such localities be 
appointed to see to such preserves. Inclose them 
with woven wire so that no dogs can enter, and 
post the surrounding territory forbidding tres- 
passing; thus making a double safeguard. 
There the birds would nest in peace and rear 
their young, and if hunted where any would nat- 
urally return home where they knew they would 
not be molested. The hunter would get a shot 
at them, possibly have success in securing some, 
but he would not be able to follow up and. pos- 
sibly clean out the whole flock. I believe such 
preserves would do more to protect game birds 
than anything else. Joun G,. Roperts. 
Feeding Quail. 
PINEHURST, N..C., Feb. 11.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: I note the article by Mr. William J. 
Long in regard to providing gravel for quail for 
winter feeding and consider it as important. I 
am glad that he has called particular attention . 
to this detail. In the work that we have we have 
made it a point to place grit in the feeding boxes 
as well as grain. The grit we use is what the 
poultry dealers call “pigeon” size, and it seems 
to be taken readily by the birds. Our quail in 
Massachusetts are doing finely so far this winter. 
We expect excellent results from this season’s 
planting, Cyrus A. Tart. 
St. BEernarp, O., Feb. 3.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: Although a little slow about it, I must 
heartily congratulate you on the new style of the 
paper. It is certainly “a beauty bright.” I wish 
you all the success you are entitled to, and that 
is a great deal. ARTHUR GAMBELL. 
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