The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-11-01


ton of the Fish and Game Commits
sion. About forty acres of the new
property consist Of timber land and
the remainder is under cultivation.
Two brooks run through it, as does
the Morris Canal also, and there are
several springs The price involved
in the deal was $1,000
Duncan Dunn, superintendent Of
the State Game Farm at Forked Riv-
er, will be in charge of the new farm,
while his son, Malcolm, will remain
at the Ocean county establishment.
The initial breeding stock of pleas
ants for the Hackettstown plant will
be picked from 1900 birds purchased
by the commission from commercial
pheasant farms.
Coon Hunting Popular
Protection given raccoons under
state game laws a few years ago,
which prohibit hunting Of these ami
mails except between October / and
December Is, has resulted in an in
crease in the numbers of Davy
Crockett's traditional quarry, which
at one time were facing extermina-
ton in New Jersey, and coon hunting
is winning renewed popularity as
fall sport among men who seek va
riety in their outdoor recreations.
Like many other animals of the
woods, the raccoon Of the present day
has learned from generations of eau
tious ancestors, the habit of hiding
during the day time and venturing
forth only at night to stalk his din
ner. Coon hunters must hunt the
game when the animal itself is hunting
and the frosty evenings of late autumn
have therefore come to have an i'm
portant place in the sportsmen's
diary
Ferocious when cornered, the rae
coon is worthy antagonist for any
dog. Hounds are specially trained for
this sport. The increasing popularity
of coon hunting has made an active
market in New Jersey for well-train-
ed coon hounds and several fine packs
have been organized for the sport,
this fall in those sections of the state
a protective environment
Sportsmen Back Antl-PoIIutionists
Any proposed state legislation
growing out of national conferences
recently held to consider methods of
checking stream pollution is promised
the backing of an array of New Jer-
sey sportsmen as allies to the health
and civic authorities of those commu-
mites which find it necessary to de-
fend their portable water supply.
Thousands of sportsmen are interest
ed in the campaign to preserve the
streams from what they decry as
criminal carelessness that poisons
the waters and destroys fish life that
otherwise would provide a great food
asset to the public
New Jersey has been hard hit by
the water despoilers, both along the
coast and in upland streams. Oil
wastes from ocean steamers and gar
bage from New York, dumped at sea,
have created conditions along the
bathing beaches that menace the
pleasure of millions of vacationists,
at the same time endangering fish
and shellfish industries representing
millions of dollars of investment and
the seafood supply of many states.
Legislation Affecting Children's
Health
Legislation to improve conditions
affecting children will be proposed by
the League of Women Voters at the
next session of the legislature. Mrs.
Ignatia Rittenhouse, chairman of the
child welfare committee of the league,
in outlining her legislative program,
declared: New Jersey laws on the
subject are pretty good, as far as
they co.
principally" she added, 1--WE want
to see that no little children under
fourteen are selling things on the
streets-not even papers at night.
My program takes the form of sug-
gestions to the local leagues for work.
The league is interested in higher
standard of citizenship, and we shall
work for the following:
"Clinics for feeding children and
medical care where needed.
Adequate institutional provision
for the mentally deficient.
Judges to be asked to hear juye-
nile cases privately to avoid unnec-
essary humiliation Of children.
Cooperation with organizations
supplying milk to the undernourish-
ed school child, also hot lunches, es-
pecially in the rural districts.
'The appointment or election of at
least one woman to boards of educa-
ton and health.
Child Labor Law
"All local leagues to have child
welfare committee to be responsible
for the enforcement of the child la
Dor law and to report children doing
work in the home and selling on the
streets that our laws do not reach.
Local leagues to make a careful