Evening star., 1932-12-17
ROD AND STREAM
BY PERRY MILLER

over the chlorine demand Of the water
but that a recent development may be
used to remove tastes and OdorS, which
is an activated carbon.
Stanton said if you see some insects
such as caddiS worms, the nymphs OF
the dragon fly. May fly, Demseldy and
certain other insects and plants you can
be reasonably certain the water Is safe
for fish On the other hand, insects in
dicating sewage pollution are blood
worms, the rattail maggot and sewage
worms.
What we need in the District of Co.
lumbia is a sewage disposal plant so
that the city'S raw sewage will not be
allowed to flow into the Potomac River.
Stanton said a plant could be erected
at nominal cost. Washington certainly
should have it.
A HALF-MILLION fewer hunting
- licenses were issued in the United
States. including Canada, last year
than in the previous year, which set a
record. Some States, however, issued
more licenses. reports the Bureau of
Biological Survey. Authorities on con-
ditionS in the various localities, the bu-
reau suggests, may perhaps explain the
variations from previous years as due
to the depression. to the drought OF
1880 and to change in license fees.
A large number Of hunting fatalities
and accidents have occurred this sea-
son. The United States may well fol-
low the example set by Canada. The
| imposed a maximum penalty, as pro-
vided by the game act, in all cases
against any person who has caused in
jury to any other person by the dis
charge of firearms while hunting game
The department ordered immediate
cancellation of the hunting license of
any person who has caused death or in
jury to another by reason of the dis
charge of firearms while hunting" said
the minister of lands and mines. Fur
ther, the section of the game act pro-
vides that the negligent parties shall
not be issued hunting license for a
than five years has been rigidly enforced
to the extent that such licenses have
been cancelled for the maximum period
Of five years"
CONGRESSIONAL hearings are to be
~ held shortly to determine what
kind of department is necessary to
coordinate all wild life conservation
activities of the United States Govern
ment. according to announcement of
Senator Harry B. Hawes of Missouri.
"Shall the new department of con-
Servation be placed under one of the
present cabinet ohicers?" Senator Hawes
asked, ''or shall it be placed in charge
of an undersecretary reporting direct to
the President? Or shall it be in the
form of an independent commission, re-
porting to the President and to the
Congress?"
The new department, the Senator
said. will reduce Government expendi-
lures; coordinate and consolidate under
one head all related Federal conserva-
ton activities: provide new source of
revenue, contributed by sportsmen who
hunt migratory waterfowl; eliminate
duplication Of effort; unity and make
administration more effective; extend
and make more certain additional con-
facts with colleges, universities and fish
and game administration generally.
Now, Senator Hawes pointed out, the
wild life conservation activities are
scattered throughout the Department of
Agriculture, the Department of the Inte-
rior and the Department of Commerce
and that it is necessary for them to
receive the cooperation of the other
departments Of the Government, in
cluding the Departments of Justice.
State, the Treasury, Post Off1ce, Labor
and the Reclamation Bureau and the
Federal Power Commission.