The Sunday Oregonian., March 13, 1904, PART FOUR, Page 37, Image 37

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Sportsmen Tell How Game Should
- Be Protected
The sportsmen of Oregon are slowly
awakening to the fact that unless better
protection is given the game and fish of
the state, In a few years what Is left will
not need protection. At each session of
the legislature measures are Introduced
and passed protecting the game and fish,
yet in spite of this the wanton slaughter
is kept up and all because of the small ap
propriation which is allotted to the Game
Warden. Good sportsmen realize this and,
while many of them, have thrown up their
hands in despair, a small body of indefa
tigable workers keep not only prodding up
the Game "Warden Into activity, but keep
the matter before the Legislature.
Only those who have undertaken the
colossal task of obtaining game-protection
legislation know what great difficul
ties must be "met and -over come. When a
"bill for the protection of- game and fish
is introduced It is a signal Tor long-winded
discussions before the committee, and,
while each member of the committee and
the iriends of the bill are all In for af
fording better protection, there-has never
yet been a time" when they could all agree
upon" dates of opening and closing the sea
son. Each' member of the Legislature
must look out for his constituency. Take,
for Instance, a deer season. What the j
member from "Wasco County would con
sider would be the proper dates for the
open and closed season for deer In his dis
trict -would not suit the member from
Multnomah County, and as a result the
whole committee is In a mess, each mem
ber scrambling for the dates to suit his
' constituency.
The Oregon Fish arid Game Association
has met this blocking process In all Its
efforts for better game protection, yet its
members keep plugging away. They are
getting results, but the progress is slow.
The Oregonlan, knowing well the great
difference In opinion among the sports
men regarding game protection wrote to
s. dozen or more asking them to express
their views on the subject. All are In
favor of a hunter's license. Some are in
favor of closing the market to the sale
of Chinese pheasants, while others think
that a month Is too long and that the
sale of these game birds on the market
should be restricted to two weeks. All
agree that something must be done to af
lord better game protection. Here Is what
the members of the Oregon Fish and
Game Association have to say on the
matter:
Dr. A. C. Panton.
A. C. Panton, M. D., president of the
Oregon Fish and Game Association I be
lieve In open market for one week only
for Chinese pheasants; open season for
same two weeks, October 1 to 15, as many
birds are too young and helpless earlier;
dally limit, 15 birds In any one day per
hunter; would limit number of ducks to
25 for any one day per man; would pro
hibit "feeding" lakes for ducks; favor
open season of one week for elk, and two
weeks for deer; limit two deer and one
elk per hunter per season; shooting of
cows, calves, does and fawns at all times
prohibited: would Impose license of U
for each hunter of large or small game
per season, and. In addition, a license of
$25 for killing an elk. Infractions of laws
to be heavily punished, half of all fines
to go to Informant, whether Game "War
den or other citizen.
A. E. Gebhardt.
A. B. Gebhardt, secretary Oregon Fish
nnd Game Association You ask, "What
should be done to secure better fish and
game protection In the State of Oregon?"
Briefly stated my answer is:
There should be a more general and
widespread interest In fish and game pro-.i
tectlon and propagation, ana everytmng
possible should be done to encourage
such n interest throughout the state.
This U a matter In which not only the
sportsmen, but all good citizens, should
take a deep interest, and it seems to me
it Is high time for the people of Oregon
to recognize the fact that, with our un
equaled natural facilities, and with good
laws rigidly enforced, this stCte can be
made one of the most attractive regions
in the Union for the lover of true sport,
and that, not only from the standpoint
at sentiment, but also from a financial
point of view, it pays well to protect and
propagate fish and game.
"We need better fish and game laws laws
prepared with care and thoroughness
laws that will come as near as possible to
meeting with the approval of the people
generally, as well as of sportsmen; for it
Is, after all, only such laws as are sus
tained by public sentiment that can be
rigidly enforced and that will endure the
test of time. Our fish and gamo laws will
be most generally and willingly obeyed
at that time when the people of our state
have learned to look upon a violation of
these laws with the same disapproval
they now manlfeset toward stealing, rob
bery and other crimes and misdemeanors.
This, to my mind. Is the keynote of suc
cessful game protection, and until tBat
sentiment is thoroughly diffused among
our population our efforts In the line of
game protection will be only partially
successful.
By better fish and game laws I do not
necessarily mean entirely new laws, but,
rather, such an adjustment of the present
laws as will properly meet the needs of
the different sections of the state. I be
lieve a great mistake was made when the
Legislature created a different open sa
son for upland birds for nearly every
county of the state. Such a law only
leads to confusion, and Is generally very
difficult to enforce. In my opinion, it
would have been better to have divided
the state Into flveor six large game dis
tricts, grouping the counties belonging to
each district with reference to climatic
conditions, and to have made the law uni
form for all .counties within such district.
Such a law, if properly prepared, would
leave the question of the dates of the
open and closed seasons (which has al
ways been the bone of contention) to the
people of the various districts, who, from
observation and experience, would soon
learn to regulate them correctly, and who
would then take a deeper Interest In the'
subject because they would reallzo that
other sections of the state were not en
deavoring to legislate for them. There has
been more dissatisfaction with our game
laws on this account than Is generally
known. Uniformity in the open and
closed seasons throughout as large an ex
tent of territory as possible Is an Im
portant feature of a good game law. In
Oregon the law concerning mammals
might bo made uniform throughout the
state, but the law concerning water
fowls and upland, birds will, sooner or
later, have to be changed to meet the re
quirements which nature has ordained
for different sections of the state.
Most stringent laws .should beenacted
and enforced for the protection of our
waterfowls and other native birds In the
great natural feeding grounds in the
southern portion of the state, particu
larly in Klamath, Lake and Harney Coun
ties. Such laws, rigidly enforced, would
be of incalculable value not only to this,
but also to adjoining states. Few persons
have any conception of tile thousands ot
birds that are annually destroyed there
almost on the very nests In which they
were reared. Nature has there provided
the state with one of the greatest in
cubators in the world where, without the
aid of man, thousands upon thousands of
wild ducks, geese, snipe and other game
birds are annually brought to life. Yet
I am credibly Informed that the gVmo
laws in that section of the state are al
most an unknown quantity. It Is true
that some attempt has been made to en
force them, but only with very meager
success. No more productive and paying
preserve could be created on this Coast
than right there, and It seems to me that
steps should be promptly taken in that
direction.
A gun license of say H lor each hunter.
and a rod license of 50 cents for each
angler, and a nonresident gun license of
say 510, and a nonresident rod license of
say H. should be created, the-money to go
Into the fish and game protection fund of
the state, and to be used only for that
purpose. Perhaps the amounts here sug
gested may seem excessive, but they could
bo easily adjusted to meet the popular
views, but some licenses of this sort would
have a- wholesome effect aside from the
money they would bring Into the treasury.
There should be a sufficient appropria
tion by the state for the proper enforce
ment of the fish and game laws, which,
with a system of rod and gun licenses as
above suggested, should not be less than
515,000 per year, and without such licenses
not less than 520,000 or 525,000.
In this connection, I may add that I be
lieve that our present theory of depend
ing largely upon the Deputy Sheriffs and
Constables throughout the state to en
force the fish and game laws is imprac
ticable. These men owe their appoint
ments, Indirectly at least, to the voters
In the communities in which they are ex
pected to enforce these laws, and experi
ence has shown that they can seldom bp
relied upon to perform their full duty
promptly and fearlessly In regard -to vio
lations of game laws. The successful
game protector must,- under present con
ditions, work as a detective rather than
as a labeled officer of the peace. I be
lieve that a State Game "Warden, with
from 13- to 15 regularly salaried deputies,
none of whom should be residents of the
districts In which they work, and to be
frequently changed and shifted from one
district to another, would do more toward
effective game protection than an entlie
army of local Constables and Depuy
Sheriffs.
YY. F. Burrell.
W. F. Burrell, Portland The state
should license hunters on the following
basis: ,
For upland birds, 53 per season.
For wild fowl, 55 per calendar year.
For deer, $5 per season, and a limit of
two bucks.
For elk, 525 per season, and a limit of
tyro bucks.
These licenses should be evidence of the
right to hunt the game designated in any
part of the state, and not, as Is the case
In the State of "Washington, be restricted
to the county where they are-issued.
The season for shooting Chinese pheas
ants should be open on either September
10, or September 15, the former date pre
ferred, and close 30 days later, also it
should be lawful to sell the birds only
during the laBt week of the open season.
There are always some late broods of
these birds, but most of them arc well
grown and alert by September 1, and
when the time for hunting them does not
open until October 1, many people deem
the date to be later In the Fall of the
year than lsjust and fair, and begin to
hunt the birds several weeks before the
closed season ends, but If reasonable re
strictions were made In regard toAuntlng
them the law would be obeyed better.
which would enable the birds t Increase
In numbers.
Ducks and other wild fowl do not need
any better protection by law than they
now have, except to prohibit the use of
magazine and automatic shotguns.
Many of the stories told about "killing
the limit" are hunters' yarns and should
be taken with a grain of salt.
The amateur sportsman is Indeed fortu
nate if his ducks or his pheasants cost
him less than from 51 to 55 apiece, and
how seldom It is that he proclaims what
many know to be true, 1. e., that trips
are made often when no game Is secured.
John GUI.
John Gill, Portland That the greatest
newspaper of the Far "West Is taking an
active interest in the ' preservation of
game is a hopeful sign, and Its powerful
aid will be welcomed by the Oregon Fish
& Game Association and every friend of
our wild creatures. The press of the
state could not be better emDloyed than
HEINRICH CONRIED, A BOY WHO
HEINRICH CONRIED, as a boy,
dreamed of being a great actor; to
day he is America's leading Im
presario, known to two continents by rea
son of his production of "Parsifal." And,
furthermore, he Is an actor of no mean
ability.
One day, away back In 1S53, when Mr.
Conried was 5 years old, he was taken
by his parents on a visit to an aunt, who
lived in the same town, Blelitz, In Silesia,
where Mr. Conried was born and raised.
With the aunt lived the frau directorin
of the Blelitz Theater. Somehow, as chil
dren will get such Ideas, young Helnrlch
had had it in his head for some time to
be an actor In the local playhouse. He
had become so determined on this point
that soon after he was brought forward
and introduced to the frau directorin he
confided to herthat he wanted her to
engage him -on the spot to act in hor
theater.
The frau directorin looked down at the
boy, smiled, then said, as she patted him
on the head:
"Not now, little man, but you como
back In 20 years 20 then, maybe, we'll
see."
Helnrlch Conried came back at the end
xf 20 years, almost to a day, in 1873. He
came as an insignificant member of a
German traveling company, but he was
welcomed like a prince. The town turned
out to greet him, the factory in which he
had worked as a weaver was gaily dec
orated in his honor, all Blelitz suspended
business to offer congratulations: to him
and his parents, and all Blelitz went to
the theater and thunderously applauded
their fellow townsman whenever his ex
tremely minor part brought him onto the
stage.
Helnrlch Conried had become a great
actor in the eyes of the people of his
boyhood, but Helnrlch Conried's dream
had always been more ambitious he
longed to be a great actor belore the
world at large; and so, his day of tri
umph over, he again took up the strug
gle; for to be-'able to tread the boards
of the theater of his native town young
Conried had worked hard as well as
dreamed for 20 years.
As a schoolboy he spent hours reading
plays, and other hours at the theater,
studying. In his boyish way, the actors
on" the stage. His school days over, his
father, who took no stock In his Bon's
histrionic ambitions, apprenticed him to
a weaver. The son struck a bargain with
the father. "I will work hard if you
will let me go where I please and do
what I please when my apprenticeship la
over, he said, and the father agreed.
Helnrlch stuck to his part of the agree
ment for two years; then, one day he
was able to report to his father that he
had become a "meister"; his "melster
schaff' had been accepted his original
design in 15 colors of "Faust and Mar
guerite" had been declared perfect In
every thread. His apprenticeship had not
caused him to be weaned from his am
bition. Not long afterwards the father fulfilled
his part of the bargain, and young Con
ried started from Blelitz for Vienna.
He went to the capital to become an
aotor; he became Instead a mere clerk
In a commission house; he had to, or
starve. Then, when he had proved his
mettle, his brothers, who were well-to-do,
got him a position in a bank.
Perhaps they thought the clink of gold
would win the lad from his heart's de
sire but the new work simply .gave him
time to dream more ana -money enough
to enabl? him to get his breakfasts at a
restaurant where an actor was in the
habit of taking his meals.
Mr. Conried. confesses that ho ate at
In inculcating the spirit of numanlty and
mercy to the harried birds and animals of
our mountains and forests. The wanton
destruction of these beautiful and Inter
esting- creatures Is attributable to a- pop
ular depravity or Ignorance, which would
vanish In a year If a vigorous and unlr
versal campaign against it were waged
Dy newspapers.
There Js no apparent profit, pleasure or
honor In slaying a doe with young a deed
wnicn, by-your own columns, is common
enough at this season of the year, when
the snow compels" the deer to descend to
the lowlands. ; There Is small credit to
the- farmer's boy who exterminates the
hali-nedged brood of quail -or pheasants.
and the town sportsman is only the worse
If he opens the season a few days In ad
vance or kills beyond the limit
These . beautiful creatures are mora
charming to me As I see them strutting In
tne sunny nels than hunsr by hundreds
in markets.1 I have yet to kill my first
Mongolian pheasant, and never shot above
nair a dozen birds of any kind In a day.
It would evidently be small privation for
me if all upland birds were completely
protected! The -Mongolian pheasant must
either be protected entirely for a few
years or bo destroyed In the very near
future. The prospect of Its Imminent
destruction seems to whet the general
fury to aid In the-death and. Bhare In the
extinction.
There ought to be no time for -open or
covert sale of any upland birds. The sale
of wild ducks should also be barred, and
the "kill ' out to be reduced at least one
half.
The laws, for the protection 6f our game
would have accomplished their purpose if
there were a decent respect for such
laws. - A proper public sentiment being
lacking, there was no remedy except by
apprehension and puni3ument, and our
niggardly policy in appropriating next to
nothing for game wardens to enforce the
laws has made the laws Inoperative.
I approve the plan of a "gun license,'
which obtains in most states, the fund
resulting to be expended In the proper
enforcement of such laws as. we have
now, and better ones which I hope In the
near future, for the rescue of our wild
game from remorseless destruction.
Even if our market-hunters were put
out of business by the law, we should be
ultimately much better off. The revenue
to this class of men as guides. In the
State of Maine Is Infinitely greater an
nually, than the total value of all wild
game slaughtered In Oregon, whether for
the tables of our epicures or forthe tan
ner, to whom we have sold all our elk
and almost the last of our deer.
Edwin Stone.
Edwin Stone, Albany, Or. "Whatever
questions you may ask. or whatever
answers you may receive concerning the
present game laws or recommendations
for the future will serve no purpose and be
of no value unless politics are entirely
eliminated from the making of all laws.by
the Legislature that refer to the protection
of game and flsh.NA. sufficient appropria
tion must be made to enable theQame
"Warden to enforce the provisions of the
existing laws.
The present laws If they could be en
forced would not be so bad but owing to
the lack of ah appropriation the Game
Warden Is helpless and the laws inopera
tive. Answering your questions:
"Do you favor the sale of Chinese
pheasants In open market?"
Chinese pheasants should not be' sold In
open market, first, for the reason that
they are rapidly diminishing in numbers,
owing1 to the fact that hundreds of them
are killed several days before they are al
lowed to be sent to Portland for sale. For
proof of this go to your markets the morn
ing ot the first day and note that there
are as many displayed for sale as could be
legally killed by all the legitimate hunt
ers in Oregon In a week, allowing eaSlr
to have secured the daily limit; second, it
is unsportsmanlike and is a bid for all
kinds pf pot hunting, trapping or any
that restaurant with the .sole purpose of
being near the actor: but in the course
of time he and the Thespian became ac
quainted, and the latter found out his
new acquaintance's hopes, The result
was a meeting with the great Foerster of
the Burg Theatre.
Foerster took to young Conried at once.
Conried had no time to attend Foersters
classes he had to earn a livelihood by
day in the bank so Foerster instructed
him in the early morning while taking
his recreation and the waters.
The new pupils proved apt; in a few
weeks he was told to attend a test re
hearsal at the theater. He did so with
fear and trembling; he wa3 chosen for an
engagement out of a possible two score of
contestants. -He was at last a member of
the Burg Theater, the goal of all Austrian
actors, and straightway he gave up his
position in the bank.
But his trbubles were not yet over. He
had left his clerical position; ho was pen
niless; on tho third day of his engage
metn he appeared hungry and weak at
the theater.
Foerster noticed his pupil's paleness and
inquired as to Its cause. Young Conried
protested that he was all right, but half
an hour later, as he sat at thiSk breakfast
table as the guest of Foerster, the latter
found out what was the matter with tho
new member of his company, and ad
vanced him money so that he would not
have to go hungry again.
After that Conried's affairs ran more
smoothly. He applied himself diligently,
and what time he did not put In study on
his own parts he spent In acquainting
himself with Foerster's methods as actor
and as manager, as he revealed them at
thq Burg Theater. Thus, he early be
came an opponent of the star system and
an unwavering believer In Foerster's sys
temall around excellence and the sup
pression of even the greatest actor when
ever necessary for the general result.
Arid, among many other lessons taught
him by his. benefactor, he learned how
complicated plays could, be staged with
facility, if the problem Is approached in
the right way and the plans clearly
thought but beforehand.
Such, In brief, were Mr. Conried's strug
gles from the day ho left Blelitz until his
triumphal return. And after that, too,
there came more hard work, for he was
determined to lead In his profession and
show his family, who detested the Idea
of having a member an actor, that be wag
right when ha entered it. So, while play
ing with traveling companies in Austria
and Germany, he studied as well and
seized every opportunity to appear In trag
edy and comedy and to supplement fur
ther his knowledge of the managerial end
of the business.
Gradually his application told.- He was
given better and better parts; e was per
mitted Irj Berlin to creatp the role of "Dr.
Klaus." which he still plays whenever the
.spirit moves him at the IrvIng-PJace The
ater, New York; and then, his ability at
last proven, he "was given tbe leading
parts in the classic comedies of Schiller
and Goethp, thereby gaining considerable
fame throughout Germany as a comedian.
Thus Heir Conried's affairs progressed
until 1S78, when Dr. Adolph Neuendorf f, of
tho Germanla Thearte, In New York,
found him In Dresden as stage manager
of a theater there. Dr. Neuendofff was
In Germany looking for a stage manager:
he studied Kerr Conrjed's. way of doing
things for a while, then went to him and
offered him a similar position at the Ger
manla. Mr. Conried at first was averse to leav
ing Dresden- But Dr. Neuendorff pressed
htm so hard that eventually he said:
"WelU If you can get my father's per
mission to my going to America, all
right; Til take the; position.
T did not think the doctor could .get
method otdestructipn, or papture that caji j
be devised.-
'lShijuld":thpiopen season bp. abolished.
If so, .how long?"
Owing io the fact, that the annual
slaughter has reduced their numbers so
that there Is barely enough left to restock
the valley,, it seems to be the general opin
ion that Jthe open season should be abol
ished for at least two "years, perhaps
Jonger. The annual Increase of these
birds depends Jargely ..on the weather In
the Spring- months, when they are hatch
ing, A continued cojd rain often kills
thousands of young birds, and the hens
abandon their nests and eggs. As these
climatic conditions cannot be foreseen or
regulated, unless it be by. the. Oregon
Legislature, It Is problematical how many
years it would take to restock. the Val
ley. ,.
"Should there be a hunters' license?"
I. do. not app.rove .of, a hunters' license
unless it can .be graded for resident sports
men. It would ho proper also for hunters
from other states coming here for the pur
pose i shooting. On the other hand,
should you. have a. guest from another
state and wish to give him a day's spqrt
you could not consistently ask him to pay
a license of probably 510 and you would
hardly' care to pay it yourself. . A gun li
cense would probably bring in as much
revenue a tax of, say, 51 each-as the
former, which would' soon be Inoperative.
Regarding protection of ducks and large
game, ducks- are not. plentiful In the Val
ley, and thl3 matter should be left to
Portland portsmeti. Elk and deer are
proteoted -by present laws and their en
forcement is all that Is needed.
H. J. Stillman.
H J. Stillman, Pendletqn Taking your
first: question, relative to the sale of
Chinese pheasants In opeh market, I most
emphatically do" not favor It, nor any other
kind of game selling. I believe that one
of the very best protective measures Is
the absolute prohibition of the sale of any
and all kinds of game and trout at all
times.
As .to closing or shortening the- open
season for Chinese pheasants, I think that
should be left entirely to those. living In
those portions of the state where those
birds abound, but in the Interest of both
the spoYtsmen and the game there should
be .a limit "of not to exceed teh birds to
the mart 'per day, during the open sea-
As to a hunters llcenso law, I think one
should be enacted only' as a retaliatory
measure where adjoining states are con
cerned. Relative to general game protection In
-the different sections of- thp state, the
conaiuons yary so mucn inai it is impos
sible to enact one general law designat
ing open season, etc., that would be per
fectly equitable. The character of game Is
so much different In the various parts that
the open season suitable for one part
would not do for some other parts. In
this particular section the open season for
deer is not just what It ought to be, but
that we will endeavor to remedy at the
next session. In the past the Indians
have not paid much respect to the game
laws,and there has been some question
whether they can be made - to. If they
can and are, then It will be easier to en
force the laws with the whites.
It should bo made a personal, matter
with all sportsmen of the state td see that
the protective Jaws were enforced, and to
aid In the propagating of the game spe
cies, in conjunction with the Qregon Fish
and, Game Association,
In conclusion. I would again say prohibit
the sale of game at any and all times.
A. V. Andrews.
A. V. Andrews, La Grande I am op
posed to the sale of all game at any time.
and any game fish at any time in open
market. In .our mountain streams, where
a few yeare ago we could make a good
catch, we cannot get enough for one man
to eat now.
"We should have a license law, the same
as Idaho. The sportsmen of that state
are more than pleased with the results -of
their llcenso laws. Every one that fished
pays toward protecting game" and birds. A
resident pays 51 per year and a Nonresi
dent pays 53 for fish license, and for hunt
ing, 55 and 525, and all money goes to
employ wardens. Thl3 money Is. divided
equally in different counties, trot as we
have done here In Orego.n, using all the
HAS WON OUT
such a permission," says Mr. Conried, in
telling the Incident, "because my father
was old and I felt that he would not want
me to be so far away from him. So I
thought It a good way to turn Dr. Neuen
dorff aside. But imagine my surprise
some days later when he stood before me
and said:
" 'Herr Conried, I have been to Blelitz.
I have talked with your father. I have
told him of the splendid opportunities that
await you In America; arid he gives you
his permission to go with me and his
blessing." t
There was nothing else for Mr. Conried
to do except to come to America, and his
new employer came with him. He re
mained at the Germanla for a year, then,
In 1879, he played star engagements
throughout the country, In towns with a
big German, population, such as Cincin
nati, Peoria, St. Louis, Milwaukee; and
the next year returned to New York as
the chief stago manager of the Thalia, to
become its manager during: the ensuing
12 months.
Hero Mr. Conried. by aDDlvlntr tha
methods taught him by Foerster, brought
the .Thalia from a state of decadence into
ono of prosperity. He also opened the
eyes-or the theatrical -world by his actins,
for his lova of tho stage frequently drew
nim onto it wnenever his managerial
auues permiuea.
jut. conried remained -at the Thalia
until "William S. Steinway sought him out
and asked him to take' charge of' tho
irving-jfiace Tfteater. Mr. Steinwav ad
mitted that It bad run down, and aq"ded
that he felt Mr. Conried was the only man
he knew who could bring It up to a high
standard. Mr, Conried looked over the
neia, tnougnt ne saw a good ODDOrtunitv.
and accepted Mr. Stelriway's proposition.
Now Irving-Place Theater Is New Yorkfs
leading German playhouse made
Mr. Conried, who. from the- moment -he.
took control, applied the lessons taught
mm oy nis Deneiactor, iroerster.
Mr. Conried was now recognized as one
of the leading managers of the metropolis
and one of Jts prominent German actors.
His boyhood's dream had been realized
in large part, but now he dreamed another
ambitious dream. It was nothing more or
less tnan una: He knew that Wagner's
iaiuuuB opera oi rarsiiai ' naa "never
Deen proaucea outsiae or Bayreuth; Jje
tuou iuibw ikul ii was common property
under law, of the world at- large; he
wpuia produce "Parsifal" in America
sooner or later. Immediately he set about
to prepare nis. plans for such a nrodue-
tion In order to have them ready against
the day- Of the opportunity that he felt
would one day present Itself. To that
eno, montn alter month, year after Tear.
he kept track of the grand-opera stars of
r.urupe, ana evoivea nis plans for the
opera now he would secure a copy Of
the carefully-guarded score; how he
would produce the scenic effects: how he
would form his company; and a thousand
and one things that occur to the mind" of
a manager. ,
x or sea years ne piannea and rear
ranged his pans; then Maurice Grau" ab
dicated as- America's grand-opera Im
presario. Mr. Conried was ready for just
sucn an opportunity m sporting' oarlance.
he was "trained to the minute?' Training
told, and he was chosen to fljl the position
vacated By -Mr. urau.
what followed Is pretty well known
throughout Europe and America. But It
Is not bo well known, that Mr. Conried
attributes much of his success to his ap
plication of Foerster's methods to grand
opera les that were taught him by
Conried was dreaming, pf becoming some
day "8. gnat actor and . not America's j
leading ijripfrio, Copyrjf bt, Guy I
T. Yiskntekkl.) ' I
money In the -northern part of the stale,
and leaving 209 squarS miles In "EasterhT
Oregon . without a deputy. Our 'streams
are b!oked with "sawdust and oar. rivers,
as we call them; have dams every fey
miles, and no flshways. Mr. Van Dusenj;
our nresentvflsh warden's, attention lias
been called" to the matter, but as yet there
has been very Jlttle Improvement.
John F. HaU.
John F. HalL Marshfield I do not favor
the sale of Chinese pheasants or any other
game birds In the open market.
The onen season should n6t be abolished.
but shotid. not cover more than 60 days In
one season.
I am opposed to hunters' licenses; every
American citizen should be permitted to
hunt, as long as he does not trespass on
private property, without any license, but
there should be a limit to the number of
birds or animals killed by. any hunter in
any day, and also a limit for the season,
with a severe penalty attached in case
tho limit Is exceeded.
In my opinion. If the sale of ducks in
the open market was prevented and the
number of birds which any one person Is
allowed to kill in one day was limited
to ten birds, our present law Is sufficient
for their protection. "
We have a statute preventing the kill
ing of elk. I think the time should be ex
tended at least ten years longer; would
also'Simlt the killing of deer to not mora
than two to any one person during one
year.
Alsey L. Fox.
Alsey L. Fox, Astoria I am not In favor
of the entire abolishment of the open sea
son for Mongolian pheasants. I would be
In favor of a law making every alternate
season a closed one for pheasants and all
upland birds, the open season to extend
from September 15 to October 15, the birds
to be sold in open market for 15 days.
Protecting game for only two or three
jtears and then opening the doors for
wholesale slaughter does no permanent'
good. I think some such law as suggested
above would find favor with game dealers
as well as sportsmen.
The state should by all means prohibit,
ducks and pheasants being hunted with
automatic and pump guns. There la in
this and other states a law against the
use of swivel guns in hunting ducks and
other T?ater fowl which seems to stand.
A similar measure aimed against the mag
azine guns would be a great protection to
our birds.
I- am also Jn favor of market hunters
and those who shoot In preserves being
licensed, tho proceeds to be applied to
tho protection of game. Elk and deer
are the hardest game to protect that we
have. One elk a season should be enough
for any one. The deer would be amply
protected If our laws could be more thor
oughly enforced. I would like very much
to see a- heavy scalp bounty placed on
cougars.
L. S. Fritz.
L S. Fritz, The Dalles I am opposed to
the salp-ef Chinese pheasants or any other
game Dlrd, game or trout In tne markets
of this state, also the transportation out of
this state of any game or trout. This Is
the best game protection.
I am In favor of an open season, except
for elk. I am in favor of a bunters
license.
I am opposed to Spring shooting, also
think 25 ducks enough for one person's
hunting lru one day. As to deer, I would
favor an open season frpm August 15 to
December 15 for the following reasons: It
would give the camper a chance to kill
deer and the farmer a chance after his
Fall work is done. The farmers In East
ern Oregon violate the deer law all the
time. They claim they don't get a show,
as the season closes too early, etc, and
I think three deer 13 enough for any man.
I am In favor of the bide tag, think it is
good deer protection.
I want to say right here that something
must be done with the "Warm Spring In
dians when they leave their reservation to
kill deer. They kill deer and elk at all
; times off the reservation, and are very
saucy to the whites when called down
They sell the buckskins In gloves," etc., so
don t need the skins. I receive com
plaints from that district quite often. A
man from the Sisters district told me he
saw an Indian with six fresh deer hides
on his horse, and no meat In sight, so you
see they kill them just for profit. This
was last month In the close season. A
she'epherder told me last week that he
and his partner saw a large elk last Sum
mer that had been shot by Indians stand
Ing on three legs ready to drop. It had
been shot through' the shoulder and the
files bad got In their work, so they shot
Jt to put the poor brute out of Its misery,
I am now waiting for an opinion from the
Attorney-General, and if I can arrest those
Indians I will see they get what is com
Ing to them.
I also think what few mountain sheep
and antelope are left should be protected
along with the elk for 20 years.
T. W. Ayere.
T. W. Ayers, Jr., Pendleton I am nos
Jtively opposed to the sale of Chinese
pheasants, or any other game, in open
market, but do not think It advisable to
entirely abolish the open season.
Relative to hunter's license. If the
states adjoining us have the license sys.
tem. we should, as a matter of protection,
haye a similar system. The law should
afford better protection for ducks. Tho
maximum should bo ten per day during
the open season. Still the conditions are
so different in different parts of the state
that these restrictions can. be ascertained
by consulting members of the association
In different parts of the state.
I think the law relative to killing elk
and deer would be much better observed
were it not for the fact that in many
parts oi tne state Indians are permitted
to slaughter suPh game without restric
tion. If the present laws do not apply to
the Indian as to the white man, they
should be amended in order to afford bet
ter protection to such game from the In
dlan, and at the same time cause the
white man to have more rcspectfor the
law. " "
A true sportsman wll not offer game
tor saie.
May Margaret. ,
Theophlla Marzials.
If you be that May Margaret ' " . (
That lived on Kendal Green,
Then where's that sunny hair of yours
That crowned you like & queen?
That' sunny hair la dim, lad, .'
Tfcay said was like a crown
The red sold turned to gray, lad,
The night a - ship went down. "
If you be yet May Margaret,-
May Margaret now as then.
Then where'B that bonny smlje of yours
That broke the hearts or. men?
The bonny smile Is wan, lad,
That once was glad as day -.And
oh! 'tis weary smiling
To keep the tears away.-
l you be yet May Margaret,
As yet you swear to- me,
Then where's that proud, cold heart ot yours
That seat your love to sea? ' "
Ah. iriel that heart "If broken.
The proud, cold heart has bled
5or ono light word outspoken.
For all the love unsaid. - -
Then Margaret, ray Margaret, '
If all you say be true, - " -
Tour hair la yet the sunaUct gold,
Tour eyes the sweetest b'ju?. .
And dearer ye.t and fairer yet -
For all the coming years'
The fairer for the waltlag, '
The dearer for the tears!
Gane Were but h Winter Caufd.
Allan CuuBlBghasu
Gane were but the "plater caald,
And gane were bt the imaw, "
I could, sleep .in tlie wild woods,
Where primroses Bjiw,
Cauld's the ssaw at my bead.
And.cauld at ar Htf,
And tho flag r o' ief th's at mf. ,
Closing them to aleejk. ' . -
Let nana ti say father,
Or ipy mlther se" iaUr;
ril aaeet tnm hUk :
At the PprlBft- " ttta y
ES THIS MAN
, POSSESS DIVINE
The uDead Brought Back to Life
s tsut Little (More Miraculous
Cqres He Performs Without the Aid of Drastic Drugs,
Medicines or the Healing Agents Commonly
Employed by the Medical Fraternity.
. : . ;
DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS UNABLE TO
CURES THOSE A THOUSAND MILES AWAY
"
Takes No Money for His Services,
and Teach Mankind a Secret Law ef Nature Whlch -Has Been
OvcrlookedJjy Doctors and Scientists T. .
' for Centuries Past; . $ '
rom the Buffalo Courier.
Rochester. Prof. Thomas P. Adkln, a
wealthy resident of this city, has truly
created a sensation among the inedlcal
fraternity. By some mysterious law of
nature he has done practically every
thing- but bring the -dead to life, and
doctors an'd scientists who have wit
nessed his work are looking for iilm to
do -this next. In fact, they have been
so taken back that they would not now
be surprised at anything. They admit-
that all their remedies and treatment
are but toys and tinsel as compared
with the wonderful discovery of this re
markable man. People say he possesses
divine power. Many of those who have
been cured by his mysterious power
look on him as a god. But Prof. Adkln
says: "No, I have no divine power.
There is nothing supernatural about
me. I have simply discovered a secret
law of nature which has been over
looked by doctors and scientists for
centuries past ! believe that any
man's life can be saved so long as he Is
not actually dead and the vital organs
of the body have not been destroyed,
and I further believe that when I per
fect my discovery a little more I shall
-be able to restore life to any one from
dying, drowning or other causes which
do not destroy the vital organs, provid
ed decomposition has not set in. I
know these are strong statements, but
look at some of the people I have cured.
They were all but dead; doctors said
there was no hope: yet In many cases
I rid them of actual disease in less time
than It takes to tell you about It. There
was Mrs. L. A. Phillips, of Trawlck,
Tex., who was the next thing to dead
when I took hold of her case. Here is
her letter. Read what she says. "I
never saw her, but I cured her just the
same as If she had been In my office."
The interviewer was handed several
letters from patients, among them that
of Mrs. Phillips. The following ex
tracts are taken, word for word, from
some of the letters. Mrs. Phillips
writes: "When I first began your
treatment I had no faith In It at all;
had tried so many different kinds of
medicines with no benefit. I had been
under the treatment of twelve different
hospitals with no relief, and then I em
ployed two home doctors, but they soon
got so they did me no good, and told me
they could do nothing for me, and that
If I could find anything that could do
me any good for me to get it, for they
had done everything they could. I suf
fered from; evecy disease that nesh Is
heir to. I had been bedfast for Ave
years, unable to stand up longer than
ten minutes at a time, irever-ta woman
suffered I did. I could rot lie but on
one side. I had two large bedsores
that gave me a great deal of trouble,
and I suffered so much In other ways.
had kidney trouble, catarrh of the
bladder, and also gravel. I used to suf
fer at times until I had. spasms. I also
suffered from woman's trouble, ulcers
and chronic indigestion, and, of course,
all of these diseases left my nerves In
a terrible condition, when I finally
wrote to you. Tou have done for me
what no one else ever did. But my
friends all say that I have been raised
from the dead. I was nothing but skin
and bones, now I am feeling splendid.
I say to every one that If they would
place their case in your hands you will
do the same for them. All they need to
do Is to give you a trial'
Mrs. Hattle li. Kelly, Seal Cove, Me.r
writes: "Words can hardly express the
gratitude I feel for what your treat
ment has done for me. When I began
taking It I had given up hopes of ever
being well. The doctors said I had con-
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Irj Silent Tribute.
Sir Henry Mortimer Xrarand, British
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Says His Mission Is .td Heal Dlseas
sumptlon and couldn't live long. Now,
after taking one month's treatment, I
am almost well, and. I know that an
other month's treatment- will entirely,
cure me. I have gained In flesh, won
derfully, and think there is no treat
ment on earth which can compare with
it Tou may use this letter In any way
you choose, an'd hope It will be tho
means of bringing' others to you."
13. A. Wall en, Finey, Mo.: "I was af
flicted with paralysis for over four
years and was treated by different
magnetic healers and other doctors and
got no relief. I think your treatment
is more than you claim. They all say.
it was, like bringing the dead to life
to be restored to health. In such a- short
time. J cannot praise you enough."
Doctors havo sought Out and brought
the very worst cases in the country to
Prof. Adkln, thinking they might baffle,
him, but they have gone away con
vinced that he uses some 'invisible
power or force unknown to them. They
cannot explain the phenomena. Prof.
Adkln Is quite wealthy. He lives in a
fine home In an aristocratic section of
the city. He has a number of busnesa
interests, but devotes most of his time
to healing the sick. He offers a certain
amount of help to any one without
money or price. All you need to do is
to call on' him or write him. If you
write, state the leading symptom ofi
your trouble, your age and sex, and ha
will write you fully In regard to the
nature of your disease, the length of,
time required to effect a. cure, -etc., ands
tell you the exact treatment for youn
particular complaint Prof. Adkln takes
an intense delight in curing cases the
doctors have given up to die.
He disdains the use of Christian Sci
ence, osteopathy, faith healing or drugsv
He claims his method Is scientific in
the highest degree, although, scientists
so far have been utterly unable to com
prehend It. One thing is sure, and that
Is he has some mysterious knowledge,
agent or process by which he restores
health to people in the very last stages
of usually fatal diseases. Over twenty
doctors have taken up the study of his
methods. Some are staying right with,
him and daily witness the remarkable
cures he performs. Nearly every train
brings invalids to be healed by his
power. He gets an enormous mail from
persons In nearly all parts ot the globe.
The most mysterious thing about his
whole work is his ability to heal at a
distance, but there Is no lack of proof
that he does "heal those thousands of
miles away the same as those who call
personally. This would seem to prove
beyond doubjt that thought will power
or Borne- mysterious, intansiblo- forco
can be sent through space the same as
we are now able to telegraph without
wires; but how this force takes hold
and quickly rids the body of material
disease is totally inexplicable. In
some cases Prof. Adkln sends a pecul
iar magnetized food product, in con
centrated form, which, he claims, im
mediately revitalizes the whole system.
What his food product Is, how he
makes It, or charges it with magnetic
fluid, Is his secret Doctors and scien
tists are vainly puzzling their brains
trying to discoVer it Those who -axe
sick and would like to be healed may
communicate with Prof. Adkln by ad
dressing him as follows. Thomas F.
Adkln, Box 1024A, Rochester, N. Y.
Rich and poor alike receive the same
courtesy. He has an extremely affable
manner, but Is Intensely earnest In
everything he does. Leading business
men and bankers speak very highly of
him, and some say that he has done
more for the upbuildlng of the city than
any other man In Rochester
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C. GEE WO
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TheGreat Chinese Doctor
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by him and has installed, a number of private consultation
rooms. H$ makes remarkable cures ot patients given up
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practitioners. (
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ments stood ' paying silent tribute to
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of half Mr (leaes eeuntry tousfctc iron
Indiana.