Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-14
- TREAM pollution Is one Of the
= greatest evils that threatens the
healthfulness, usefulness and

greatest evils that threatens the
tx healthfulness, usefulness and
beauty Of our many rivers and
smaller streams. The evil has grown
to alarming proportions. Most of the
waters in the public streams are now
so overloaded with poisonous matter
that they have become destroyers OF
all forms of aquatic life.
And right here in the Nations
Capital the Potomac River is suffering
| from pollution. Last week our atten-
| ton was called to the many dead fish
! seen in the Anacostia River and along
| its shores. Their death was attributed
to the oil. Not only are hundreds of
dead fish to be seen floating in the
Eastern Branch, but boat owners are
compelled almost daily to remove dead
fish from the shores.
| The District code prohibits such
pollution. Rod and Stream took up
| the matter with Maj. Henry Pratt,
would take immediate action.
| R. S. Knapp, Washington attorney.
! visited the Bureau of Fisheries last
week, protesting against the oil and
! tar wastes being allowed to pour into
| the Eastern Branch. He said the pollu-
ton was so bad it has destroyed paint
on boats
Knapp has written to the Washington
| Gas Light Co., from whose plant, he
| claims, waste materials are allowed to
flow into the river, asking what 1t
intends to do to correct the evil.
Can the Potomac be cleared up? Can
it be transformed from q filthy, reeking,
! open sewer, which is now an offenSe to
sight and nostrils and q menace to
| health, into clear, clean water? It can
be done If the people Of the District
will 1t.
Z LEE LIE CoMPTE, State game
IL. warden of Maryland, writes that
persons training dogs must
have in possession a hunters license
ment between shoulders. Paragraph
F. of section 20 OF article 80 of
Maryland's hunting code provides an
owner of a dog or dogs between Sep
| TENDER 10 and November 8, inclusive,
may be permitted to run or train such
dog or dogs on woodcock, pheasant,
rufied grouse, rabbit and partridge
dob white), provided an attendant &C
companies it or them, but IN so doing
no person shall be allowed or permitted
to carry a gun or firearms OF any de-
scription.
LIE Compile said his deputy game
wardens have been notified to arrest
any person found hunting or training
dogs during the period provided by law
II he does not have a hunters license
in possession and tag displayed.
THE American Game Association says
i that the parrot may talk too much,
the goose may be high-flyer,
the raven a pessimist and the elder
duck q lover of downy comfort. but
their normal life is equally as long as
that of the poised. slow-moving, silent
hardy giant tortoise-and all live three
times as long as man. Their life
span Is between 200 and 300 years.
The falcon is a pirate of the air, but
lives to an age of 1872 while the ortho-
dox dromedary struggles to his limit of
years at So The swan Is the epitome
of speed but outliveS the slow and thor
ough yet old-at-40 hippo by more than
60 years.
The worker bee is a marvel of con-
slant application, but reaches the end
of his career in six weeks, while the
lazy salamander is only starting on his
dozen years of sleepineSs. And the fox
with all his willy cunning can escape
death no longer than the earth worm.
The ant reaches within years of
the tigers 20. The stern old owl lies
down at 10 with the sentimental dove,
and the lion, king Of beasts" abdi-
Gates his throne at 20-twice as soon
as the toad hops from his humble
nook.
The carp, that fish scorned for It's
abundance and bad habits, lives as long
as the mighty elephant, more than $50
years, and the vulture outStrips the
golden eagles century-mark by a dec
ade or two. And the canary lives
more than twice as long as the cat,
reaching 24-unless the cat takes un-
fair advantage in the race.
WITH ducks none too plentiful this
w year, according to official reports
from the north country, don't
overlook the mudhen or coot as
game bird for the table. In recent
years the lowly mudhen has usually
been passed up by the waterfowl hunt
er for mallards. pintails, canvasbacks,
red heads and other important men,
bers Of the waterfowl family.
Here is tested and toothsome rec