The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21

at Alameda Point. The Llncolns will try
their speed and nerve on live birds on
Sunday, the 29th.
An angler who returned from Boca re-
Gently stated that he had seen lndl ans IN
the vicinity OF that town with grouse In
their possession, but when ne ATTEMPTED
to converse with them they shook their
heads and grunted "Ughl
The Ind lans pretended not to unoer-
stand English, but if the angler had Of
fered them few dollars tor some oirds
they would quickly state In plain English
that the grouse were for sale to the nigh
est bidder. The grouse-shooting season
will not open until September l, ana it Is
safe TO say that some of the native sons"
will be cinched before that time, as G
deputy fish and game commissioner has
been dispatched to the place in que ton
, with orders to arrest any and all persons
found with quail or grouse IN their pos
session.
A snortsman who has enjoyed many
pleasant days duck-shooting in the vi
cinity of Antioch sends the following
self-explanatory communication to 1HE
CALL:
To the Sporting Editor Of The Calt-DAR SIR:
As THE CALL is the only City paper that takes
any interest in the protection of the fish and
game of our State, l thought l would write
you few lines to let you know OF the slaugh-
pecially on Sherman Island, by the fishermen n
and market hunters Ducks are shipped from
Jersey Landing IN egg-ooxes every day on the
Stockton steamers to the City markets. De-
lieye that Sherman Island is in sacramento
County and that county has Game Warden,
but that gentleman has never been seen in
that end OF his county. II he wants TO dis TIN
guish himself and swell his record all he has
TO do is to come down into 1hree-mtle Slough,
on the upper end of Sherman Island, and he
can find plenty of poachers.
A Bower and party of friends returned
recently from a very pleasant vacation
which was spent IN the vicinity OF John
Days ranch, which is at the headwaters
OF Eel River. The sportsmen report hay
ing had only fair fishing, but with the rifle
they had most excellent success. Mr..
Bower killed five large BUCKS, and his
friends, although not as successful, en-
joyed the sport of pumping lead alter the
f1eeting game.
Charley Dietz ("Bill Nye") is at present
rusticating at the beautiful Ferndaie ranch
in Santa Paula. He has written of the
good sport he is now enjoying, but he
longs for few davs' deer-shooting with
his Indian friend Eaton in Lake County.
John Gallagher, the crack angler OF
Oakland, has just returned, sun burned
and healthy, from three weeks on the
Russian River. He enjoyed excellent
black bass fishing.
Samuel F. Hughes, Herman Oelrichs
and w. Hilligas will leave this evening
for few days fishing on the Truckee
River. They expect 10 return with we'll
filled baskets.
The following article, which recently
appeared in Portland (Or.) paper, will
interest the Fish Commissioners of this
State:
There appears to be misapprehension in
the minds OF some persons concerning the
proposed Introduction Of striped bass iG the
waters OF Oregon. There are some who evil
IDENTIFY think there is no distinction between
the black or big-mouthed bass and the striped
variety. S. S. Gordon of Astoria. writing to
Fish Protect or Mcclure on the subject, says:
81 haven't heard anything lately about i'm
porting black bass for the Columbia, and hope
the matter has been dropped for good. have
often thought OF telling you that l have
caught black bass in swift-running water in
Michigan, in the pineries, up to certain
point below which l caught no trout and
above there caught plenty and the largest l
ever saw.
81 mention-that because saw in print that
bass would not leave slack water, and would
be useful to kill carp. say let that mistake
go-that is, the cNrp-but don't try any more
experiments. Why is t people are always un-
easy unless they are trying something new,
and then wishing they had let well enough
alone? / believe some people wou d import
Canadian thistles if we had none rather than
do nothing"
Mr.. MCGUIRE has never entertained the
thouSn vi H4FiuS pIhck oasS imported 10 TINS
country. Experience has shown that it is not
safe to put these fish in stream with other
fish, If IL is expected that the others shall live.
The Life OF salmon or trout is not worth
much when pitted against the large e-mouthed
black bass.
For several months Mr.. MCGUIRE has been
investigating the habits of the striped bass,
with view to having them introduced into
the waters of Oregon. Before doing so, how
ever. he will visit California in the fall
months and make special investigation of
the striped bass and definitely discover
whether or not the fish destroy young salmon
or other fish, If convinced that they are
harmless and no damage would be sustained
by their introduction it is probable that Mr.
MCGUIRE will arrange 10 have striped bass in
Oregon waters and the people in few years
furnished with one of the best food fishes in
existence at moderate cost.