The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-05-02
.HUNT WITH CAMERA
GEORGE sHIRAs, aRD, URGES IT
AS A MOST SATISFACTORY
FORM OF SPORT.
NOVEL NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
BY Using the Devices Of the Trapper,
One May Get Pictures OF Many
Nisht-Loving Animals Close
to Homes.


3rd, who has Just arrived In Panama
to assist Colonel Goethals In making
the canal zone large and safe haven
for birds and animals. Is the originator
of night photography of wild animals
and the pioneer hunter with the cam
era. When in congress he was the
author of the original bills putting MI
gratory FISH and birds under federal
control. the bill pertaining to birds
becoming a law last year under the
name of the Weeks-McLean bill. He
has also suggested series of interna-
tional agreements to protect birds MI
grating between nations, in BRIEF
flied with the senate.
Mr.. Shiras' most recent contribution
on the subject OF the newest form or
sport, camera hunting, is in the shape
of communication to the National
Geographic society. He opens up
wide range Of possibilities for the
sportsman and throws new light on
the proper way to teach the young
Idea how to shoot"
Uses Methods Of Trapper.
"A camera and accessories can be
90 arranged that any animal or bird,
and many a reptile. however large or
small, agile or cunning. may have its
picture faithfully recorded during day
light or darkness, without the immedi-
ate presence OF a human assistant"
writes Mr.. Shiras. 'To meet the diff
culties, have developed methods
suitable to the habits OF each animal.
In the main, have used many OF the
devices Of the trapper rather than
the hunter, substituting the automatic
camera for the trap and using the
same bats and scents in favorable To-
calities and during the season OF the
year when success is likely. Some
who take up camera-hunting become
discouraged by early failures and are
unable to see how such an instrument
can ever be satisfactory substitute
for the sportsman's gun. Others con-
tinue on until won over by the attract
iveness of a contest where success
cost no life or an awkwardly handled
camera leaves no wounded animal to
die lingering death"
Mr.. Shiras sets his camera and fash
light before darkness. A string across
the runway, along which the animal is
expected to come. or bait connected
by cord with the shutter and flash
apparatus are all the mechanical con-
trivances necessary. He lets the ami,
NAL do the rest.
Plenty Of Animals Near Homes.
Il think very few persons suspect
the abundance OF night-loving ami
mails in the vicinity Of country homes,
where there is a dense thicket, a
swamp or a rocky ravine," he con-
tinues. Il have set out every winter
for several years past camera and
flashlight In the town of Ormond
Beach, Fla, within one hundred yards
of dozen cottages and great win
ter hotel harboring a thousand guests
and employees. Nearly every night
came the burst of brilliant light be.
twixt an orange grove and thicket
During 33 nights in 1913 the negatives
showed IL skunks, nine of which we're
OF different markings; four coons
three possums, one cat, one pointer
| dog, two rabbits and four wood-rats;
yet neither the visitors, natives nor
caretakers in this vicinity ever en-
countered any of these animals.
The feeling so strongly express
for the camera as the better medium
for testing ones skill IN the pursuit
OF wild animals and birds, in acquiring
a knowledge OF their habits. and final
ly in getting a sufficiently satisfac
tory and enduring trophy, may create
the impression that / look with con
siderable disfavor upon those who
hunt with a deadlier weapon. Very
much to the contrary is the case when
ever the sportsman shoots in modera
ton and Is willing to cooperate In
the efforts to conserve the game sup
ply by shorter seasons, by the estab
lishment OF game refugees and In the
elimination OF the market hunter. The
sentimentalist who decrles the kill
Ing OF oil game birds and animals IL
not infrequently one who grumblet
when a joint is tough because the
lamb was not killed earlier in IL
gambols."
Quarantine Against Pests.
Anyone who attempts after May I,
bring into the United States certain
Hawaiian fruits. nuts and vegetables
will face penalty OF $500 fine or I'm
prisonmcnt for year or both. A new
order Issued by tho department OF agri
culture provides this punishment 10
attempts to violate the quarantine dc
clared In 1912. undor the plants quar-
antine act, against Hawaiian products
which might introduce into the Unite,
States two dangerous pests. tho melol
fly and tho Mediterranean fruit ny.
Under the new regulations Impor
tatlons OF bananas and pineapplca mr.
permitted under stringent condition
OF inspection and certifcation. prae
tlcally all other fruits and such vep
etables as tomatoes. squashcs. grocI
peppers and string beans are absc
lutely excluded. Circulars arc TO b
distributed on all incoming steamship
warning passengers OF tho quarantin