The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-25

THIN the next three
weeks the new fish and game
81 car, which the state of Kan
NV sas has ordered, will be
completed and then the state
for the first time in its his
tory viii have adequate facilities for the
proper stocking of the streams of the
state with fish and the distribution of
game birds in those sections Of the
commonwealth where they have been
annihilated. This car has been built by
the Hicks Car company of Chicago,
and will be delivered at the state fish
week IN September. 1t has every late
improvement and facility for the
handling of fish and game. In size, it
Is that of standard passenger coach,
and is equipped with tanks which will
hold fifteen thousand fish at a time.
There are also crates for several hun
dred pairs of birds, a kitchen and liv
ing accOmmo dations for eight persons
And no sooner will this new piece of
state property be delivered than it will
be put to use by Del W. Travis, the
state fish and game warden. MT.
Travis was in the city today and about
the state house for a short time. He
told of the completion of the car and
the plans he has for using it. TT Will
prove to be as fine a fish and game
distribution car as there is in the
country" said Mr.. Travis, land with
it we will be able to do much work in
restocking the streams of Kansas with
fish, and distributing game birds
throughout the state. It is something
that the state has long needed"
Mr.. Travis plans to start out on a
trip with the car on September 25 and
during the succeeding weeks of the late
fall he hopes to take 1t filled with fish
and game birds to those parts of the
state which need restocking with game
badly.
From the hatchery there will be
several million fish, bass, croppie,
channel cat, and other varieties which
thrive in Kansas waters. available for
Mr.. Travis to restock the streams and
ponds and lakes in the state.
Mr.. Travis is also making arrange
ments to turn thousands of game birds
loose IN the state this fall in such
places where there are few il any
game birds at present. He is going to
try an experiment this fall with some
Hungarian Dheasants and has made
arrangements to import fifty pairs of
them, which Will be turned loose in
three or four parts of the state where
they can be watched easily by the
state game wardens. These Hun
garian pheasants are birds which fire.
quent and thrive in timber lands. Mr..
Travis has already imported many
Chinese pheasants- These are prairie
birds and. seem to be thriving we'll
Arrangements are also being made
by Mr.. Travis to distribute many
state this fall. He expects to get be-
tween four and five thousand blue
quail from Mexico and several thou
sand of the common quail which are
Familiarity known as bob white" All
of these birds will be placed in local
tiles where the quail have been killed
off or driven away.
Mr. Travis has just returned from a
trip through western Kansas, where
he has been investigating the reports
of the killing of prairie chickens in
violation of the law. He found that
these reports were true in the main
and succeeded in securing the convic-
ton of o. c. Blackburn, of Atwood,
for shooting prairie chickens. Mr..
Blackburn was caught with two Of the
chickens in his possession. He was
fined ten dollars and has appealed
from his conviction to the district
court Mr.. Travis has made arrange
ments to cover the prairie chicken
belt with game wardens to see that
the law against killing them is not
violated. He has planned to place
wardens every two or three miles
throughout the belt and in this way
believes that it will be impossible for
anyone to kill the chickens without
being caught. The open season for
prairie chickens begins September 10