The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-14

animals are confined to suitable
area by means of strong fence,
and, as the preserve is in the midst
of their former range, the success
of the experiment seems to be as
sured. Under what appears to be
ideal conditions the herd is in
creasing notably, so that in time it
will be possible, if so desired, to
stock other reserves from the
surplus.
BIRD RESERVATIONS
| Formerly our coast teemed with
bird life, which consisted not only
of migrants from the far north,
but of summer residents, which
found the rocky and sandy islets
of our shores very birds para
disc. The rage for hat birds
changed all this and converted
most of the former bird resorts in
to solitudes, so far as bird life is
concerned. By setting aside here
and there an island of no particu-
lar use for other purposes, the
Government has established nur-
series and winter resorts where sea
birds undisturbed may rear their
young and find shelter. The re-
suits attained are exceedingly sat-
isfactory, and thousands of gulls,
terms, pelicans, and other sea birds
are reared each year in these bird
resorts. Pelican Island is becom-
ing one of the sights of Florida,
and very many tourists seek per-
mission to visit it to view the I'M
calmly but interesting birds attend
ing to their domestic duties.
AS a final result of the establish
ment of bird refugees, there is ev-
cry reason to believe not only that
these island bird colonies will be
maintained intact, but that in time
the birds will so multiply as to re-
stock other islands not under the
control of specially appointed war
dens. Thus far thirteen reserva-
tons have been set apart by the
Government. Breton Island, La,
Pelican Island, Passage Key. and
Indian Key, Florida; Stump Lake,
N. D.; Huron Islands, off the south
shore of Lake Superior, Mich;
Siskiwit Islands, south of Isle
Royale, Lake Superior, and a series
of islands off the Oregon and
Washington coast.
PROTECTION OF GAME IN ALASKA
The big game of the world is
fast being killed off. Nowadays
no region is too wild or remote to
attract the sportsman and the
trophy hunter. Those who read
the accounts of the African ex-
plorers of scarcely more than a
generation ago never dreamed that
in a short time the vast herds of
wild game over the greater part of
that continent would be thing of
( the past. Alaska has now become
the Mecca toward which the eyes
of sportsmen are longingly turned,
and were all the restrictions on the
export of trophies from that terri
tory removed, very short period
would suffice to see the end of sew
eral notable game animals.
The Kenai Peninsula contains
the largest of the deer tribe in the
world, the big Kenai moose, and
horns of one of these animals,
which sometimes spread "a inches
or more, command fabulous prices.
Other Alaska game animals are
also greatly priced by sportsmen
for trophies.
In a territory 80 remote from
supplies as Alaska, game possesses
more than ordinary value to its in
habitants, and the primary purpose
of the Alaska game law was to
preserve the game to the use of
the people, both native and whites.
To provide for emergencies, a
special clause in the present law
allows Indians, Eskimos, miners,
and explorers, when in need of
food or clothing, to kill game for
their immediate use. Prior to the