The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-11

Mr.. Rufus A. Hoyt. in his talk be-
Pore the Commercial club on Mime
sofa as a Home for Bird, Game and
Fish" said:
Charles s Thomas. present governor of COL
orado, while riding over the ST. Paul & Du-
luth railway with some years since said
as he caught a glimpse Of White Bear lake
lf'f We had lakes like that near Denver, we,
with our gold, silver, coal. lead oil. mar
bic, cattle. would wish nothing more. for
federate army. said: 7'1ir. Hoyt, # we at
Riehnlond IsI had that lake Speaking Of Green
wire fence around it, and just do nothins
but live and be happy"
Henry. Ward Beecher once said when asked
about the climate OF Minnesota: The cll-
mate-why. It Is beefsteak ITSELF
When boy Of FIVE years. in my cd home
IN; IN New @ York York ny my good old aunt used 70 fit
! tow. cap. shot and powder, the latter two In
cows horns and out across field, up the
stream, into the wood, where sweet flowers
and watercress grew and where nature and
! held communion, listened TO the following
sweet names and ring in your mind the
. change OF natures bell Minnesota Mime
waska, osakis, Pokegama. Minnetonka.
Oshawa, Mendoza, Minuehaha-is there any
thing in the musical Spanish language more
pleasant. with its Colorado, Sierra Nevada,
Muche Coloro or Muche Granda-
Minnesota, land Of waters, bright skies,
babbfng brooks. beautiful lakes, noble for
big game, game birds, brook trout bass and
pike. fur-bearing animals. of which latter the
beaver, mink, muskrat, raccoon and otter are
or should be; plenty as long as time shall
last. As in Texas, Colorado Wyoming Mon
tana and the Dakotas, SO here along with
the domestic animal. should live and thirty.
the buffalo, moose and caribou, deer gray
and black squirrel and rabbit, beaver mar
tin, otter and mink, the prairie chicken goose
and partridge Yahonk). duck and that little
brown fellow Bob White-the quail; but to
have them we must protect and cultivate
them. What source Of health, wealth and
pleasure! Money in game for food and fur.
Food much. Fur; 8 oooO0o per year; fur
Minnesota planted 1,212, 800 trout 40 Der cent
of these should weigh one-third of a pound
the second year, or 161,e61 pounds; worth 80
cents a pound. amounting to s4S 500 yearly
Wall-eyed pike, 81 6G0. coo, SO Is per cent OF
which in two years should weigh one pound
each. or 1O5SS, ,334 pounds, at cents pound.
amounts to $500, $50. .65-a very considerable in
to the state.
Minnesota is well supplied with timber. and
q large portion OF 1t is covered with forests:
100000. Let US make common sense forest.
game and fish laws, uniform as to climate. not
state or territory division. Do no spring
shooting; for what true Sportsman will xii
game fish when it is asleep or busy in the
nursery? Money value, large; pleasure. much :
health. good. Where to go for game and fish.
All roads lead to Rome, out on any or all of
our highways and railways.
Bass Fishing-In the coves and seQuestered
spots. where lake weeds grow and lilly pad
he strikes the hook and away he goes. where
and how none but nimrods know. Now n1
? and off. stop a STARTS any sport more
dear to heart. He leaps above wave and
shakes the rigging. then among lilly roots
he's digging; ne comes to you, YOU have him
now to cook him. when and how The fire.
place or campfire Is the place TO do it; come
with me, I'll take you through II.
Fireplace or Campfre-The gathering OF
the wood, the smell of bacon and coffee good
have You ever done it; we'll you should