Forest and stream . in the matter; it can only legis*late with reference to the game of the Territories. The stujpid and bungling fashion in which Congress handled thebuffalo question a few years ago, showed that little intelli-gent game conservancy is to be expected from that body,even where it has jurisdiction. The abolition of springshooting must be secured by State legislation. Chicago has a Quail Net Factory. Quail nets aremore familiar institutions in the South and Southwest thanin other parts of the country. Their use ought to be for-bidden everywhere. The only mitigating feature of the
Forest and stream . in the matter; it can only legis*late with reference to the game of the Territories. The stujpid and bungling fashion in which Congress handled thebuffalo question a few years ago, showed that little intelli-gent game conservancy is to be expected from that body,even where it has jurisdiction. The abolition of springshooting must be secured by State legislation. Chicago has a Quail Net Factory. Quail nets aremore familiar institutions in the South and Southwest thanin other parts of the country. Their use ought to be for-bidden everywhere. The only mitigating feature of thenetting business is that some of the live birds are boughtby sportsmen to restock depleted game grounds. The Yachting Season of 1886 promises to be more activethan that of 1885. The canoeing season will be madenotable by the international races. The Hodnder8 Motto.—A deer in the water is worthtwo in the woods. The Milliners Motto.—A bird in the hat is worthtwo in the bush. 242 POTEST AND STREAM. [April 22, RAILROAD ROUTES TO THE CLARKS FORK MINES. A BOOM FOR COOKE are great days for Cooke. That inconsiderableand almost wholly undeveloped mining camp is broughttinto undeserved prominence by the project to build a raS-ioad to it from Cinnabar, the end of the Northern PatiufePark line, up the Yellowstone River to the East Fork., andup that and Soda Butte Creek almost to the divide. Whatthe mines at tne head of Clarks Fork may contain m>livingman knows to day. We have seen specimens of ore; be from this region, that were enormously inch, buiEwhether they came from these mines or not we-are unable tosay. Ore specimens are not difficult to obtain* in the West-ern country, and there never was a prospec&or yet who lackedspecimens to show that his mine was Gee of tke most valu-able ever discovered. Cooke City has been fortunate in thata number of prominent men are interested in the mines onthe head of Clarks Fork, and they have brought to bear onCongres
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