The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02
RS FOR THE WEEK END.

moose or wolff can now rcam from Win
sted or Norfolk, Conn, clear across Mssse-
Mountains without coming in closer contact
with civilization than to cross a few ROADS
and the Boston and Albany tracks.
''The creature could, for example. pass
to-day right through the centre OF one
village in Massachusetts, which seventy
churches and four stores, and nnd just one
inhabited house in the community.
I'm the barn Of the gamekeeper VINO
pelts, for it is an Important part Of his
Job to keep down the beasts and BIRDS
Of prey and help maintain the reservation
His skins included moro than thirty
skunks, an otter. several coons, four or
two Of them white. and a number Of mink:
He also had two great horned owls ana .1
score Of hawks. which he shoots by
This deeoy Is big staffed owl worked BY
two strings. one turning the head, the
other nsppins the wings He mounts =. i
blind with tho end OF the strings in his
hand. When a hawk strikes at the
He lie delighted that peace has come
for now he can get new dummy when
needed. as It will be soon. because the
terrific blow in his lightning like descent
before the man In the blind can fire. The
skins In this one barn. alone probably
represented, at present prices. several hum
| dred dollars, and this wasn't the barn
Of man who makes trapping his sole
business, as some OF our hill billies' do.
Proposed Tri-state Road.
IF the proposed scheme ever goes
through las IL surely ought) to make a
,tri-state' park of the Taeonic range, from
New York. north 10 Egremont in Massa-
ehusetts and Hillsdale In New York, taxi
ing in that wild mountain region between
Valley. with It's beautiful Bash Bish Fails
and it's lofty lakes (duiider Pond, on Mount
Everett; is 1000 feet above sea level). one
| of the finest natural game preserves south
OF the Adirondacks will be established
and we may look to see still further In
"East of the Housatonic Valley, both In
northwestern Connecticut and stu more In
| once covered with farms. but now In places
practically abandoned. There are old COM
munities In Massachusetts. seventeen miles
completely isolated for long periods.
For more than two months In the win
OF tes Ehsrs S In New
three farms 1.-THE houses are still halt
stsndingl, couldn't use his horse and when s
| could touch the telephone wires in two OF
''Uniess the rising generation is radically
different from the present such farms al
these will remain abandoned. They will &c
still further back to wilderness The moose
down again from the Green Mountains
Men will 60 up to Lenox for big game
| hunttngl
Incidentally. with our vast problems OF
| reconstruction and unemployment oul
| hands there was never better time fol
iandEsii they can lay hold ofWand put
| thousands of men to work refgoresting Il
scientifically. bringing 1t back to valuable
woods Instead OF as at present too otter
| worthless scrub.
AFTER all. timber is as necessary 81
corn ana oats. but only the State can afford
to seed on so large a scale and wait over
| so long period for profitable maturity
The cities have drained our hills. and nov
II IL UP TO them to put something bach
beside wildcats and timber wolves"
New York, July rs. q. T. D.
Obstacles to an International Match.
Some of our friends who are raising OBJ
Jections to the simple little proposal to &c