The sun., 1918-08-26
ROD AND GUN NEWS
HIGH WATER FOR LOCAL ANGLERS

been 30 feet longest cast. average IS feet
also held by Mr.. Hammers.
The Ave casts made on this occasion
were 30. 81, 90. IS and 80 feet.
On September 81 and 20 the club VIII
hold its open fall tournament.
Pratts Pollution Plan.
Albany. Aug. 26-The presen, c-n.
servation law provides that mo dyestuns
coal tar. refuse from gas house, cheese
factory. creamery, condensery or canning
factory. sawdust, shavings. tanbark. lime
shall be thrown or allowed to run into any
waters. either private or public. in quaint.
ties Injurious to fish life inhab!tng tn.
same or Injurious to the propagation OF
The Conservation Commission has found
that one Of the practical difficulties stand.
this statute is that no adequate biological
study of the effects of various kinds Of po..
luton upon FISH life has ever been made.
1t has thus been possible to improve
stream conditions only In cases OF the most
Migrant violation of the statute, where fish
were vlsibly killed below the point Of pol.
luton.
Between this extreme condition and tina,
OF purity OF the waters are many grada.
diately AFFECT the hsh but which are u;tl.
mately fatal to them. Some pollution NAV
even be innocuous to the Ash themselves
but may kin on the minute plant and ami.
mai life upon which the food supply Of the
fsh depends and thus transform a produc-
tive stream into a biological desert
OF the tremendous value of the States fish
assets and the futilitv Of annually stocking
waters with fish that may later he
poisoned. realizes also the vast importanc.
OF the many industries upon the banks Of
the streams.
In securing the services Of Or. Henri
Ward. head OF the department OF zoology
In the University OF Illinois. Mr.. Pratt he.
iieves that the biological groundwork for
effective action can be started and that
cooperative plan of action can be developed
which eventually will both preserve fish
life and also accrue to the beneht OF man.
ufacturers themselves.
Value Of wild Life Told by Poster.
ALBANY. Aug. 20 Wild life is doing
's rs s,t 10 nsrp win the var aceordns TO
walton Commission which is being dig.
tributed throuEhout the State by the
The poster Is decorated With ,'t the figure
OF an insectivorous bird in the at ~
devouring caterpillar and OF brook
, signed to open the eyes Of many who nav.
nfher'o riven little thought to conserve.
ton to the tremendous war value OF III.
states wild lie resources.
Birds make agriculture possible. s'a,s,
| me poster by killing insect and rodent
pes pss's s rhey save crops enough to feed
Fish and game furnish food to the *.
teht or thousands of tons annually. az
out that conservation laws are designed
to make FISH game and birds more abnn.
can't and are therefore vitality necessary
for national welfare
The new poster makes plain to every
one who reads Il that THE man Who
l!egally takes game or fish or kills bids
decreases food resources and detrauis his
country"
Putting Anglers on Right Path.
The writer is in a position which pia es
him In contact with hundreds Of anglers
and those just starting who know ahso.
fishing.
These people literally throw away
money by getting all sorts Of ina9propr.
ave tackle for the new kind of fishing
winch they are taking up unless some ore
more experienced gives them good advice.
Many day have ! placed hundreds ~
tyros on the right path and have later
oeen gladdened upon hearing that tackle
sold them was just as proper as the
veterans TO whom next they wer" fishing
After getting the right outft not or"
TWO or three years will scquant hem
with the majority OF good spots, and they
VIII throw away many dollars each year
until they get properly "wIsed up
A certain wind is good on Jersey coast
another on Long Island. Staten Island g."
New York. Aug. 90, IRISH LINEN