The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-16
NOTABLES ATTEND BANQUET
 BEDDING PROTECTIVE LEAGUE
Dan Beard Was Topics Which Were Discussed-Refer-
 ence to s4Garden of Eden"

ReQQ1nSs Jan. 1o.--4n- LlS- nome O1 the .Aldine Club. Fifth Avenue Build ing where the night before ex-Presi- dent Roosevelt was the guest of hon. or at a dinner which is still echoing through the newspapers the Bedding Protective League held a dinner last inent public men who had been in' vited only Clifford Pinchot and J. H. Hale failed to- attend Those around the tables numbered between 40 and 50 including the guests invited by members. Among the latter an even half dozen accompanied MT. and Mrs. Fred Driggs who introduced them as prospective purchasers of Bedding real estate. Dan Beard, president of the League. acted as toastmaster and was very felicitous in his presentation of the speakers. The upper part of the menu card was original with an orig ina1 design drawn by Artist B. w. Father drawing a bead on moose. This was the bill of fare:
 Oysters a Ia saugatuck.
 e-N Georgetown Olives
 Puree of tomato a Ia Sandfordtown. Creamed Baked Salmon from Swim
 ming Hole.
 Filet of Beef Ia Redding Ridge. Crowned Potatoes. Green Peas
 Chippondale Salad. Hometown Style
 Biscuit Tortoni a la Glen.
 Assorted Cakes.
 Deni tasse from the Literary Range.
 The talk by pr. Robert T. Morris, president. of the Northern Nut Crow ers' Association. while very interesting did not contrary to the expectation Of the profitable growing of nuts in this part of the country. In fact it was story of obstacles contended with and not always overcome instead of a rec> ord of successes. For 25 years Dr. Morris has been experimenting with the cultivation of trees bearing edible nuts. the list comprising many species and varieties. He used almost alto sether seedlings obtained from distant parts of the North American continent, Asia and other forefgn climes for the purpose. of testing their adaptability to the latitude of northern New York. The task was a discourRgtnR one ow- irg to the damage done by animal and other destructive agencies The worst of these were the white footed mouse and rats which in winter. devoured the roots of the trees. On account of the many adverse conditions he had nar- roVved his experiments down to a sin gle species of tree. the walnut. With these he was having fair degree of success. but he did not advise the pro. duction of walnuts as a commercial enterprise.
 The conservatism of our wild gane animals more especially birds. was the theme of Dr. William T. Hornahy. di- rector of the New York Zoolosical Gardens. who said that unless further preventive measures were promptly taken the wild game in this part of the country would soon be virtuslly extinct. The present closed season restrictions were wholly inadeouate te to arrest this tendency, and the situa tion called for a closed sea son of at least five years. New York state granted last year upwards of Is GOO hunters licenses so that it was no wonder the game was being wiped out. Wild pig cons once so plentiful. had practically disappeared, snipe and shore birds were pretty well gone and quail were fast going.
 William E. CoF7n. vice president of the Camp Fire Club of America also made brief address in which he en- dorsed and empha sized what Dr.. Hor- naby had said. regarding the threaten- d extinction of our game birds and declared that the only remedy was to stop the hunting of them altogether for a period of years.
 talk on the best ways of maintain ing our woodland resources bv s. N. Spring. Connecticut State Forester. md remarks by Sec~etary Plump 7Nout what the ProEressive Lea9ue had done and was trying ta do com prised the rest of the after dinner ora tory. T0astmaster Beard paid a. high