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FISHING AND HUNTING NOTES Licenses for the killing of 400 bull elk on the west slope of the Olympic National Forest have been recommended to the AVashingtoti State legisla ¬ ture by the forest service and galnc wardens wardensGeorge George H Colder a trapper of Montauk Point Long Island captured during the open season 27U skunks In addition he trapped several foxvs mink muskrats and two fishers the latter yielding big prices pricesBuffalo Buffalo Bill won his name by contracting to supply the railroad builders of the Kansas Pacific with buffalo meat lu one year he killed 4250 buffaloes and from first to last it is estimated that more than 40000 fell before his rifle rifleLawrence Lawrence Mott of New York fishing from his launch the Great Eastern at Santa Catalina Island California a few days ago brought to gaff the largest white sea bass taken so far this season It weighed thirtythree pounds and fought thirtyone minutes minutesThe The bureau of fish and game in Ohio it is said expects to raise not fewer than 8000 ringneck pheasants on the new AVellington Farm near Lorain this year and if successful to place at least 100 matured birds in every county in the state for restocking and seed purposes purposesThe The University of the State of AVashington has established a College of Fisheries and has thus be ¬ come the pioneer in this important educational field The director of the new college Is John N Cobb who was for seventeen years in the service of the United States Bureau of Fisheries The Miami Florida Anglers Club has started to build fifteen firstclass modern fishing cruisers Each cruiser will be thirtyfive feet long capable of developing a speed of fifteen miles per hour and have sleeping accommodations for three men The boats are expected to be ready for use by next fall They will be for the use of the members of the Anglers Club only A Western Canada larmer was trouuieu by beav ¬ ers damming streams and flooding his low lands In order to frighten the animals away when they started building a dam he erected a scarecrow The first night the fanner says the beavers did not work but the second night they cut down the scarecrow and used it in the dam a truly upto date conservation of both effort and material materialThe The averagesized Alaska walrus is as big as an ox and often weighs more than a ton A walrus was recently killed by some whalers near Point Barrow says the Indianapolis News whose head weighed eighty pounds and skin including flippers 500 pounds The animal had a girth of fourteen feet the skin was from a half an inch to three inches in thickness and the blubber weighed 500 pounds
