The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-01-01

OF netuEu bAno Sotv99 ~ ov'vvo
acres.
FAs refuge when established win
be the capshsai for the work Of
propasating and preserving protected
game in this state. : work now be-
Ing undertaken 1t the Hansen mill
tary reservation ct Grayling and at
the Houghton lake forest reservation.
The Luce county refuge would give
game chance to thrive on much
larger scale than 10 possible At either
Of the artificial preserves In the south
ern peninsula. No attempt win BE-
made to propagate In Luce county.
but the game win be protected from
hunters.
One-deer laws and buck laws serve
their purposes, but eventually the deer
would be routed not only from the
few counties in the southern penin-
sula in which they are still found.
but also from the entire upper PENN
sula.
So Game Warden Oates reported to
the public domain commission that
something should be done to prepare
natural refuge where the young
could be reared as nearly back to
nature" as possible.
The result was the inspection of
nearly all pieces OF wild state lands
in the state by Deputy Warden David
r.. Jones of Petoskey, and Chief Fire
Warden williams J. Pearson Of
Boyne Falls. They have reported
that the Luce county forest reserve
10 the ideal place OF refuge and that
with but . small outlay for posting
notices. It could readily be trans
formed into refuge such 10 II need
ed. Fire lines already made will
serve as forest IRE preventive.
The state has in its Luce county
reserve $4,000 acres. It is not all in
one block. but mostly in small pieces.
separated by property of either pri-
vate individuals-here and there q
40 or an 80-or the holdings Of the
Cleveland ellis Iron company. The
| plan is to consolidate the whole block
Of 10000 acres and abolish all hunt
ing.
The property 10 as near the "for'
est primeval' as one can find in the
entire state OF Michigan. Thirty
years ago. when numbering was al
its height, the land was populated by
hundreds. Today 1t 10 forgotten and
forsaken: never visited except by q
few trout fishermen In the summer
and by fewer deer hunters in the fall
Nearly fifty miles to the south runi
the Duluth. South Shore q Atlantic
/ railroad.
Almost every wild animal known Il
the biologist AZ living in Michigan
and almost every breed u fly. beetle
bug or mosquito known TO the en-
tomologist, seem to have their habita
on the reserve. Even moose hav,
often been seen there; while in win
ter the trackD Of timber wolves cross
ing the plains between hardwood
swamps are numerous. Deer ar,
plentiful. although the openness of tn,
country makes the hunting Of then
extremely difficult. For this reason
II for no other. the bucks. does and
fawns on the state reserve have q
far escaped the slaughter which usual
ly extends throughout the northern
peninsula each November.
Fur-bearing animals, too, seem Il
thrive in the widest of the state re
serve, from the lowly and much
despised skunk to the fashionable
beaver. Two lakes seems to be de
voted ALMOST entirely to beaver
while beaver houses and beaver dams
some old and some new, are the rul,
and not the exception. Fox are II
abundance and trappers from New
berry and other nearby points do al
that they can to catch the denisen
Of the forest reserve on the stat,
lands. All trapping on state lands ha
to be done with the consent of tn
state officials and as result Their,
is no trapping at all on the reserve.
Ferris to Rename Person.
There will be a vacancy on tn
Michigan supreme bench December 3
and It will be filled by appointment b
Governor Ferris, but nobody need Or
ply-it will be filled by the renomins
tion OF Justice Rollin H. Person Q
Lansing.
i When Justice Aaron v. McAlva
died he was serving the last year q
regular term which would have q
pired December 81. 1915. A shol
time before his death he had been E,
elected for full eight-year term b,
ginning January I. 1915.
Governor Ferris appointed Mr.. Pei
son for the unexpired portion Of Jul
tice McAlvay's term. Governor Ferri
will now reappoint Justice Person 70
the unexpired portion Of until nez
December. whom the state returnin
q = = 49,.