Show I I c TOI rn i proposed to ent 8 SurL uri ns to Co Thrive and CENTURY ago the waters and lands now in the possession possession possession pos pos- r session of the United States Government nt were th the c habitat of the worlds world's biggest fi fish h animals and reptiles The buffalo was monarch of oi animals animals animals ani ani- mals that roamed the this plains the seal was worth more money than any denizen of the deep and the fero fero- ferocious I cious dous alligator ruled without contradiction contradiction contra contra- diction in the swamps of the this South f The day of their native native- su supremacy p r curacy is gone pone and now they would actually suffer final extermination but for the p protecting hand of Uncle Sam The United States Government has made protection of its seal fisheries an international policy Y it has established established lishe a national park for the remnant remnant remnant rem rem- nant of the herds of buffaloes and it will soon move to prevent the last saurian saurian to in the swamps of the South ONE ONI ON FOE TO NATIVES It is only in late in-late late years years that sentiment sentiment senti- senti j m ment nt has gro grown gron n up in favor of the theall all alligator gato That unwieldy ugly crea- crea I was once regarded as a foe to order and his complete the public extermination at a stroke would have seemed the best thing that could happen hap hap- t r pen but the commercial uses to which r s I the tough alligator hide can be put alas fias made a new sentiment and soon national legislation will be invoked to restrict indiscriminate killing lulling of the sw mp kings v S Not mere Inere sentiment alone argues protection of the last survivors Jor r. j Sams Sam's lower giants The Uncle 1 of f A 4 from the plains in i buffalo had to go order to make way for man but he sh should uld be driven into herds and preserved preserved pre pre- served in iii nu numbers The killing of the seal to get the skins is is a laudable an and proper use of the animal provided J l the falling is done is-done with such system be not exter exter- of seals that the race nu eater So with the alligator Take needed forthe forthe for forthe the lives of as many as are arc the of commerce but do it according purpose g to sighted far-sighted wisdom The alligator is nearly wiped out multiplies quickly quick quick- the big bib r saurian but that with number so in great and ly only reasonable protection he would soon fi flourish again rivers the swamps long ago N Not t so other and of Florida K and bayous bayouS' fairly abounded with 1 Southern States Formerly they got as asfar asfar asfar the creatures they far North t as Georgia but now Southern coast coastline the found on arc only Southern States the extreme line of in the Everglades Ever- Ever r at att still ill numerous in They arc e that it is hard reason J for the re y glades there to get t at them found alIi allu he explorer says s Anca An early Florida that at in plentiful rl gators so 1 R Rt River is IS b the S St. St t. t J Johns John's S 1 where e point ed a packed so soV y were pac wide they half a mile kept ept still l he e closely that had they V the river on Oil their crossed r f co could ld have seal scaly backs back amusement Y AtY for the At first it was the alligator fel fell that of the hunter esteemed great sport to to topsail sail It w was as and shoot tl the down a rig river ter bodies where they fell p leaving their attempt to secure the tine and id making no p 1 bides Florida began to settle 2 I Later as r q V R Rhe 1 1 the he alligators were killed off oft for the protection of of the people They had 11 taken on preying ten tendencies that made lade it them a cot constant nuisance nUIsance Ordinarily h ily they subsist t on fish fisl but when J if hungry the they did not hesitate to come l h J inland and steal whatever came within with with- r in rea reach h of of their h huge 1 t g e tails tail s a blow i from which would mean the death of J t lambs Iambs pigs and even small lI calves and Kt i t colts J Every oJ time titre the gator g ator at attempted tempted i 1 inroads a posse would be formed and anda rr a trail of all alligator gator carcasses would lie liethe f r the outcome of hunt i ten a days' days r i- i It was not however until the saurian c 4 ian developed commercial possibilities p ties that the real deg devastation de began i Y Trunks traveling bag purses and al all r 1 v. v kinds of leather novelties could be made from alligator hide The traffic COPYRIGHT BY JAMES JA lIS k pk S t 7 S r rS hii U r ill S S it 4 y S 'S j tir rt r r J n 4 1 J S N I l 1 AI r l' l le e si l l l r 1 r r J I IA r A r L rt I S. 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J J I t l f 1 t l t i 4 4 yA Y 1 p 11 N OLD of L he P or 1 O 0 Othe the f e nS n'S clef OU clefa a F jp rP r H iH took such sudden bounds that in a short time Florida was sending North about skins annually The favorite method of hunting was to go out at night and blind the reptile with a strong light from a lantern lantern lantern lan lan- tern strapped to the head of the hun the hun him ter Thus equipped he could get within with with- in a few feet and use his heavy re revolver revolver revolver re- re volver or short gun with deadly ef ef- ef At the present time despite the decimation there are still enough alligators alligators alligators alli alli- gators to make the business of hunting hunting hunting hunt hunt- ing them a profitable one to hundreds of Indians and whites In addition to the sale of skins there is a demand for baby gators which arc are stuffed and sold Although the alligator is a great swimmer he gets around on land but slowly Yet they have been found fount fifteen miles inland They can live out of water for an indefinite period as long as they get plenty to drink The alligator is a long lived old customer and frequently reaches an anage anage anage age of one hundred and fifty years PLANS FOR ALLIGATOR PRES PRES- ERV According to present plans Uncle Sam proposes to have a certain dis dis- dis- dis 1 set apart where it shall be illegal to kill kin the big except at certain certain certain tain tunes and in regulated numbers In this this' way it iti it hoped they will ill be preserved indefinitely r The buffaloes buffaloes' fiat remain ter in the in-the the United States States' are section ani Only such action action prevented the grand monsters of the plains from being wiped out altogether It has been estimated b by a a. foremost authority that in 1800 there were in America not less that forty million buffaloes In the first fifty years years of the century the total was cut down one-half one but there were still h huge ge herds left herds so large that they could pass one point for twenty- twenty four hours and still be coming But from 1850 on wasa was' a period in which ad adv adventurers starting with Fremont Fremont Fremont Fre Fre- mont were opening up wonderful lands of the West Vest and their advance was marked by a terrible slaughter of the bison By 1871 in the short of the number num num- period twenty one years ber has been cut down to four and a ah h half lf million At this time the Indians were slaughtering ering them off at at- ata a rate of about a year but in in 1870 1876 av a v Of t M meal worse enemy to the buffalo appeared for the United States army drove out and conquer conquered d the hostile redskins leaving the way the way clear for r r the white skin hunters In 1880 the Southern Pacific Railroad d opened a way into the southern part of the West Vest and the thc butchery was completed in the 1 final nal refuge of the persecuted buffalo The rule work was done so completely that by 1889 there were- were only a few more than a thousand By 1895 thc they had dropped to a minimum of but the successful fostering at the Yellowstone Yellowstone Yellowstone Yellow Yellow- stone Park has set the number ing The increase has been slow but consistent until at the present time there are about 1700 known to exist all of are in partial captivity under the or r more proper properly speaking watchful eye o of of Uncle Sam as- as they as they are allowed to roam at will over overt a fairly wide territory The area originally occupied by bythe bythe the buffalo was square miles This lordly domain has shrunk till it itis is only a few hundred miles But ut wherever the buffalo is now Snow he has theP of the National Government This country country has d dealt alt somewhat har hardly ly with the primeval owner of its great Western V estern plains but what small atonement is possible will wiil willbe be made now snow James G. G Blaine Elaine predicted that one day the se seal l fisheries of the United U States would lead this country into a war which shows how strong is is' the feeling to protect the remains of the once countless seal herds aft incident K Not ot long ago there that might have made trouble with Japan had not the American rights 3 evi evi- in the matter been so clearly in dence A crew of Japanese poachers ers pur pur- pursuing pursuing suing seals in United States territory r was fired upon und under r orders from Special Agent Lempke of the De De- Department Department of Commerce Five Japs from were killed but no protest came Tokio Not more than a quarter r of a million seals survive in the Island 4 Meru which contained not less than five million The damage has been done to a great extent by Canadian Canadian Canadian Cana Cana- dian poachers guilty of what is known as pelagic sealing or killing seals on the high seas It is said that one-half one of the seals killed at sea sink and arc are not recovered so that the wanton killing begets only small returns returns returns' for the guilty Moreover l poachers do not hesitate to kill the cows I In the North Atlantic and Arctic Arctic- waters a million baby seals less than tItan five eve weeks old are killed every spring N Nearly early all the oil and leather come seals Newfoundland Newfound Newfound- from rom the younger land and sealers Russians Danes Esqui- Esqui mos nos and Norwegians l lead ad in the slaughter laughter The babies when born have a pure white skin which conceals them on onlie the lie ice from their enemies and enables them to fish for themselves A seal grows with phenomenal speed weighing weighing weigh weigh- ing ing perhaps six pounds at at birth it it- it tak takes akes s down the scales to sixty four pounds b by the tIlt t time me it is four our weeks old This is when the hunter gets in his his' fine fide work His killing is accomplished accomplished and and is not P gaff unattended with danger for often the theold theold old Did dogs show show- fight The seal breeds very fast and moderate moderate moderate mod mod- erate protection will prevent exter exter- If the seals are to be preserved it itis itis itis is evident that Great Britain and Japan Japan Japan Ja- Ja pan must join with the United States in the effort Whether even concerted action can keep these valuable fur f r- r bearing creatures from destruction I IThe may be open to question The desolate wastes of the northwestern northwestern northwestern north north- western seas seas are wide and seldom traversed traversed traversed tra tra- versed by craft other than the s sealers aleIs and the revenue cutters on the lookout for them It is one thing to provide by international agreement for their make and quite another to d defense that compact effectual The scheme schem may mar be worth trying however If preserved from irom indiscriminate indis indis- indiscriminate criminate slaughter the seals scats would doubtless m multiply until thc they again of wealth became an important source i I O OOK how cloudy it is s Ii It t must trust be he going ong torain 1 t LOOK Y You O hear this remark l constantly here there there- gild and everywhere I Clouds lu s d do not necessarily r ry y can i ean rau rain rai Some indeed indeed- portend fine fu w wrath r T- T 1 depends on the quarter quarter- they th y conic from their shap shape color color coor and and half I lt other things i t q You arc arc arct t going oin Y holiday J ay making tomorrow to morrow you are 1 C streusels streusels' ItH Y 4 anxious to to- know what the weather r will will-bap There scores of signs if you only only know kno them next net Birds tell yott youa a deal days day's weather This i is one one of of the thc surest weather sign Sig sin e existence VEAT WEATHER 1 VIS IER WISE BIRDS Swallows w-s w flying low 10 in the IC CV evening ill illi i foretell bad weather rain weather rain an and win wind On n the Other hand han if ii bats bats' are arc are f flying lying late ate tomorrow v will be be fine Peacocks scream before rain tain a and aid HI 1 Ya ha woodpeckers woodpecker's tIle lie green greed is S uttered tittered in a more liquid tone when wet vet weather is near Cattle tell you much mach about ithe the thc weather When they climb a high ground I round and graze grate there rain is coming comI com com- om- om ing ing- ng Recently the first thing the writ writer r saw aw front his window a score core of bullocks on Ot the foot ridge opposite Hard showers fell all day ay 1 N Next ext day they were on the low lowground turned fromI from ground round The weather eather I 1 I fin fine dull ull to t o OLD LD r YIN ds I S. S Most of the time theold old weather saws saws savis arc are st true trite th e. e unreliable few afew a few arc are One ne is J Evening r red d ning gra Two sure one fine d da day rY y And And another I iA I A itAm A mackerel sk I INot Not twenty four h hours urs dry t Mind though t the c couplet f. f says mackerel The ma mackerel rel j i scales must Host be b clearly defined defused That similar form orm of cirrus known as s mares mases tails taits ail s does docs oes not necessarily imply rai rain A sun stun red at rising is a bad omen for the whole of o the next four twenty I Ifor four hours tours So is a watery moon or ith a halo round it But ut pray do not believe any ot the ancient fables fables' about the weather r changing hanging nging with the moon against the wind CI Clouds lo ds flying ag means rain within twenty-four twenty hours and nd one one of the worst v of all signs is-a is is a backing lacking wind These are only a few a few a very very few of of the scores of similar signs which foretell the weather for the forthcoming forthcoming ing ng day Use your your eyes ourey eyes s and ears and you Ott will soon be as expert as any In many districts people have firm faith with in iii the pig ig as a prophet Does she he carry carry the straw about the sty st sty Rain lain is on n its its way If she persistently persistent roots rootS' about in the fields the same thing lung may be e expected t |