THE BARBLESS HOOK GRAPHICALLY 
DEMONSTRATED 
R. W. J. JAMISON (known among the an- 
M gling fraternity as “Smiling Bill’) advises 
us that his company has just completed a 
series of wild life films which besides their unique- 
ness, are intended as a graphic means of preaching 
the gospel of conservation through the use of the 
_barbless hook. 
The pictures are clear and convincing and demon- 
strate the hook’s effectiveness in a manner calcu- 
lated to dispel all doubt. No landing nets, gaffs or 
other devices to aid in landing the fish are used, 
clearly showing that the quarry is as easily procur- 
able as though a barbed hook were used. 
Briefly, the advantages of the barbless hook are 
these: It does not tear the fish’s mouth to the 
extent of the old style book: it holds equally well, 
and what is most important, it enables the angler 
to release under-sized fish, or those he does not 
wish to take, unharmed. 
Many clubs have legislated against the use of 
barbed hooks and we believe it is but a matter 
of time when all anglers will follow their example. 
There are 2,000 feet of the Jamison films show- 
ing rainbow trout, small mouth black bass and 
mascalonge in action. The entire story, from the 
strike to the end of the fight, is told with unusual 
clearness. There are no cut outs and no faking; 
the strikes are regular smashes; the boil of the 
water and leap of the fish recall pleasant hours on 
brawling stream and placid lake. 
One has an opportunity, too, of seeing a close-up 
of a trout actually striking the floating fly. The 
picture was taken at a distance of ten feet after 
much labor and perseverance. 
The principal character in the films is Mr. Ed- 
ward G. Taylor, an accomplished preley of wide 
reputation. 
Mr. Jamison advises us that the films are avail- 
able for sportsmen’s dinners, club meetings and. 
other places where outdoor people gather, free of 
charge. All that is expected is a guarantee of safe 
return and express charges. 
FREE DISTRIBUTION OF GOVERNMENT 
BUFFALO 
HIPMENT of 53 buffaloes from the Govern- 
ment’s herd in the Yellowstone National Park 
has resulted from the recent offer of the In- 
terior Department to distribute these animals free 
to the public. As soon as they can be captured and 
properly crated for shipment 26 additional buffalo 
will also be disposed of. 
Most of the buffalo were given to individual and 
private game preserves, the number’ distributed 
to these sources being 33, while 20 were’ sent to 
various municipalities for zoological parks. The 
herd in the Yellowstone National Park as a result 
of this public disposition has been reduced from 
approximately 730 to 651 head, a decrease equal 
to three-quarters of the number of calves born this 
year. A large motion-picture company obtained 
16 of these buffalo to be used in connection with 
re filming of plays dealing with western frontier 
ays. 
Many additional requests for buffalo were re- 
ceived, but the Department of the Interior has 
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given favorable consideration only to those in 
which it was shown that proper facilities for car- 
ing for the buffalo were available. Among the ap- 
plicants was a little boy who announced he had 
built a pen for his buffalo in his back yard before 
sending in his request. Such a request: could not 
be granted, of course. 
NEW JERSEY TO REAR QUAIL 
N its own game farm, next Spring, the New 
() Jersey Fish and Game Commission. will 
inaugurate a project to raise quail for the 
restocking of hunting grounds of the state. Previ- 
ous efforts to import Bob Whites from southern 
and western states have not met with any great 
success and where such birds have been brought 
in and liberated, it is the opinion of many sports- 
men that they soon migrated southward or per- 
ished before they became acclimatized. 
Commissioners believe that quail can be reared 
in semi-captivity as are ringneck pheasants, many 
thousands of which are now grown on the game 
farms and turned out annually in‘all parts of the 
state for restocking. The game farm: at Forked 
River, in the centre of a natural habitat for the 
birds, has been selected for the quail-raising ex- 
periment. Superintendent Malcolm Dunn, who has 
successfully raised numerous covies in recent years, 
is planning for the wholesale project. 
The quail will be reared from native stock, which 
is strong and vigorous and will not migrate. Pro- 
tectory laws and a short open season have resulted 
in an increase of quail, sportsmen report, in most 
southern counties. The birds reared at the game 
farm will be sent to those sections where inten- 
sive hunting has depleted the wild stock. 
THE LURE OF THE MOUNTAINS 
OUNTAIN climbing is by no means a new 
M or novel form of recreation. Switzerland 
and other mountainous areas have annually 
attracted thousands of visitors and certain local- 
ities of our own country, have been visited each 
year by those whose love of the outdoor life leads 
them into the unfrequented places. 
The number of people who choose this form of 
pleasure is increasing each year, and there seems 
to be little doubt that it will and should increase 
as our mountain areas become more easily acces- 
sible to those of moderate means and those who 
have only a limited time to spare from other ac- 
tivities. 
A climb in the mountains builds up one’s 
strength and adds new thoughts, new interests, 
and new information. It gives one a feeling of 
accomplishment in the very fact of having over- 
come the difficulties that intervened between the 
foot of the mountain. and its summit, and it affords 
many pleasant recollections for the afterdays. 
In the open, one learns the character of his ‘com- 
panions with more rapidity and certainty than in 
the more conventional life of cities. A friend is 
defined as one with whom you would like to go 
camping again. Strong and. weak characteristics 
rapidly develop. Selfishness can not be hidden. 
True and lasting friendship is often built up in a 
short time. 
