The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-17
AS Shown by His Third Bien.
NAL Report Which is Now
Ready for Distribution.

1 The third biennial report of ]. A.
Viquesney, state forest, game and fish
warden, has been printed and is being
distributed among the sDortsmen,
officers and other interested persons
of the state The volume OF over 100
pages is nicely Illuminated with pic
tnresque plates Of scenery in West
Virginia and other Interesting sub
jects.
The statistical part OF the report
gives In detail all prosecutions, fines
collected, forest fires, nonresident
hunters licenses sold, fish planted in
West Virginia waters by the United
States government ana complete re-
ceipts and disbursements Of the ONCE.
The following brief summary OF these
items may be Of interest to Telegram
readers:
Total number of cases tried for vic,
lations of the forest, game and fish
laws during the eighteen months COW
cred by the report, 46S; convictions,
1872: acquitted, Sc; pending, 10; ap-
pealed, 9; jailed, 16; sent to peniten-
ltiary, 2; fines assessed, $,225. 90; fines
collected, S5,S47.9S total number OF
forest fires, 21s; acres burned over,
1908; damage to timber and other
property (estimated), $132,641.25;
amount expended in extinguishing
fires, s4,55s.4S; nonresident licenses
sold, 45; proceeds OF same, $675.O0;
Ash planted in 1913, T44,613; 1914,
1896; total for the two years, 1884,
4SS.
Many subjects relating to the de-
partment Of forestry. game and fish
are discussed, some OF which are as
follows: Need of Forest, Game and
Fish Laws; Deputy System; Educa-
ton vs.. Force; Bulletins Distributed;
Fines and Convictions: Resident
Hunters License; Importation of
Game and Birds; Insectivorous Birds;
Bird Clubs and Organizations; In
crease Of Game; Bird and Game
Sanctuaries: Protection to fur-bear
ing Animals; Mounties on Animals
and Birds; Good Roads and their Re-
ianon to Forests, Game and Fish;
Pollution OF Streams; Raising Fish
on the Farm; Need OF Fish hatcher
les In West Virginia; Boy Scouts: and
Forestry and Forest Fires.
Some amendments which should bn
made at the next session of the leg
islature are suggested In this report
as follows: The enactment Of a res
ident hunters license for thes purpose
OF raising revenue for the protection
OF forests from lre, and for the pur-
pose Of better protecting and prop
agating game and fish, and for the
purpose OF better protecting the land
owners and farmers by providing
means of Identification by which the
destruction OF property and other acts
OF vandalism by hunters may be
traced and the perpetrators punished.
A state fish hatchery should be pro-
vided SO that the streams Of our state
may be stocked with fish. Our laws
relating to forest fires should be
amended so as to conform with the
rules and regulations OF the United
States government, in order to receive
cooperation from the government In
this work, and to AFFORD better pro-
lection to our forests. Authority
should be granted the forest, game
and fish warden to close certain de-
pleted streams for fishing, so that
fish planted may be given time to
multiply. The open season on both
trout and bass should be shortened.
A limit on the number of trout taken
per day should be fixed at twenty
i've, and the minimum length to be
taken raised from Ave to six inches.
Section "A OF the acts Of 1909 should
be amended SO as to make the mean.
ing clear as to the catching Of fish
of the sucker variety in any way at
any time, which is very conflicting
and which Is not plain even to the
legal profession. It is suggested that
1t be made unlawful to catch fish In
any Of the streams of the state ex-
cept with hook and line. Open and
CLOSED seasons on all migratory birds
should Be made to conform with the
Federal law. There should be bag
limit on gray squirrels Of not more
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