The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-06
NATIONS GAME
IS IN DANGER
OF EXTINCTION
Because of the Great Number
of Hunters and the Thor
oughness of Hunting.
tsrkelAL TO 1AE reLronAnl

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! WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.-witn the
beginning OF the hunting season, the
variety and plenty Of North Ameri-
can huntsman's domain is indicated
in a communication to the National
Geographic Society from Henry w.
(, Henshaw, chief of the United States
Biological Survey, which tells of
American Game Birds" Mr.. Hen
shaw enumerates more than 100
kinds Of game birds common to this
,country's preserves, among which are
tthirty-seven kinds OF ducks, eight
kinds of goose. eight kinds of quail,
land five kinds Of grouse. While
Americas preserves are distinguished
among the hunting fields OF the
world for their wealth of game, the
writer sots that they a1e hunted with
dangerous thoroughiess. He says:
| America has always been a para
disc for portsmen, but or late years
the number OF those whose chief re-
taxation is the pursuit of game has
greatly increased, and today there are
probably not far from five millions
who are interested in the purusit Of
game! What this army of five mil
|. libn- hunters means to the large and
small game Of AmeiSca can better be
imagined than described! Modern
guns and ammunition are OF the very
best, and they are sold at prices 80
low as to be within the reach OF all.
Added to these very efficient weapons
for killing small game, are innumer-
Iable devices for killing waterfowl, as
sneak boats. punt guns. swivel ttlns.
sail boats, steam Launches, nigas
floating. night lighting and Others"
American Game Duck.
The varieties Of American game
duck given by Mr.. Hensnaw are bald
pate, Barrow's golden-eye, blalk, Duf-
fieh ead, ming, Pacific, specialized and
Steller's elder, fulyous tree-ducn, mall
lard, merganser. red-head. pintail.
scaup, scooter, canvas-back, shoveiier,
and teal. OF canvas-back, he says:
THE canvas-back, perhaps the
most famous Of American waterfowl,
has purchased Its fame at price.
So highly is it priced by the epfcure
that today he who can AFFORD to dine
on canvas-back sets the mark Of lux
Iurious living. Not that the canvas
back differs ESSENTIALLY from other
ducks. but Its exceptional flavor Is
due to the fact that its favorite food
Is wild celery a. long ribbon-lfKe
grass which grows in shallow ponds
and estuaries. AS the plant roots
several feet under the surface, only
the diving duck can secure It and the
pletEan kinds have to be content with
such floating fragments as they pick
up or can steal from their more aris-
'tocratic relatives. In Oregon and
Washington, the canvas-back lives
much upon wapato, bulb-like root
formerly staple article of food
among many Indian tribes, and their
exceptional flavor is said to be little,
if any. inferior to that Of the celery
fed canvas-back Of the East. Priced
alike by sportsman and by epicure
the ranks of the canvas-pack have
been depleted by the relentless pur-
suit to which 1t has been subjected.
However, the great number OF these
ducks breed fur to the northwarG,
where they are safe. and under pres
ent laws their number should increase
to something like their former abund-
ance."
Relentless Pursuit.
! Despite this country's present vast
wealth in game birds. according to