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NORTHWESTERN GAME AND FISH LAWS.

Revised to Oct. 1, 1907.

NOTE-The laws as given below are necessarily very much condensed and many of the restrictions as to modes of hunting and fishing and as to the transportation, export and sale of game are omitted. Copies of the state laws may usually be obtained by writing to the commissioners and wardens. The dates are for the open season except where it is otherwise specified.

ILLINOIS.

GAME-Deer protected until 1917; quail, Nov. 10 to Dec. 20; prairie chicken and partridges protected until 1911; woodcock or mourning doves, Aug. 1 to Dec. 1; snipe and plover, Sept. 1 to May 1; squirrels, July 1 to Nov. 16; pheasants cannot be killed until after July 1, 1913; wild geese, ducks, brant or other waterfowl, Sept. 1 to April 15. person is limited to thirty-five ducks and other game birds in one day. The killing of wild birds other than sparrows, hawks and crows is forbidden.

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FISH-Fishing with nets, June 1 to April 15; with seines, July 1 to April 15; fishing with hook and line, all the year. Black bass, pike and pickerel may be taken only with hook and line. The meshes of seines must be at least 11⁄2 inches square. Minimum length or weight of fishes allowed to be sold: Black bass, 11 inches; white or striped bass, 8; rock bass, &; river croppie, 8; white croppie, 8; yellow perch, 6; wall-eyed pike, 15; pike or pickerel, 18; buffalo, 15; German carp, 15; sunfish, 6; red-eyed perch, 6; white perch, 10; common whitefish, 11⁄2 pounds; lake trout, 11⁄2 pounds.

LICENSES-Issued by the secretary of state; hunting license for nonresidents, $15.50; residents, $1. State Game Commissioner-A. J. Lovejoy, Springfield, Ill.

WISCONSIN.

GAME ANIMALS-Beaver protected at all times; deer, Nov. 10 to Nov. 30 (protected in certain counties); kill limit, two deer in one season; fawn, in spotted or red coat, protected; fisher, marten, mink, Nov. 1 to March 1; moose, protected at all times; muskrat, Nov. 1 to May 1; otter, Nov. 1 to Feb. 15; rabbit and squirrel, Sept. 1 to March 1; raccoon, Oct. 1 to Jan. 1.

GAME BIRDS-Grouse, special in localities; partridge, plover, snipe and woodcock, Sept. 1 to Dec. 1; prairie chicken and hen, Oct. 1 to Oct. 15; pheasants protected until 1915; duck of all varieties, goose (wild or brant) and rail or rice hen, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1; swan protected at all times.

GAME FISH-Catfish, May 25 to March 1; black bass, March 1 to June 10 (special in certain waters and as to size); brook trout, April 15 to Sept. 1; bass (green, silver, rock and white), fiddler, catfish, pickerel, pike and muskellunge, May 25 to March 1 succeeding.

LICENSES-Nonresidents, for all kinds of game, $25 for all kinds except deer, $10; license for residents, $1.

State Fish and Game Warden-J. W. Stone, Barron, Wis.

MICHIGAN.

GAME ANIMALS-Moose, elk and caribou protected until 1913; elk, unlawful to kill until 1918 on Bois Blanc island; deer, open season from Nov. 10 to Nov. 30 inclusive; unlawful for any person to kill more than two or to use dogs or artificial lights in hunting; unlawful to kill deer in water; unlawful to kill until 1910 in Kalkaska county, until 1912 in Arenac, Bay, Benzie, Cheboygan, Emmet and Leelanau counties and until 1918 on Bois Blanc island; rabbits, unlawful to use ferrets in certain counties; squirrel, open season from Oct. 15 to Nov. 30; beaver, unlawful to kill until 1910; otter, fisher and marten, unlawful to kill from May 1 to Nov. 30; mink, raccoon, skunk and muskrat, unlawful to kill during September and October; bounties paid for killing wolf, lynx and wildcat. GAME BIRDS-Unlawful to kill prairie chicken, Mongolian or English pheasants, wild turkey, hazel grouse and wild pigeon until 1910; quail, open season Oct. 15 to Nov. 30 inclusive; partridge and spruce hen, open season on lower peninsula Oct.

15 to Nov. 30; on upper peninsula Oct. 1 to Nov. 30: Europe n partridge, unlawful to kill until 1912; homing pigeons and mourning doves, unlawful to kill or capture at any time; duck, plover, snipe and woodcock and any kind of waterfowl, open season from Sept. 1 to Jan. 1; snipe, geese, brant, bluebill, canvasback, widgeon, pintail, whistler, spoonbill, redhead, butterball and sawbill duck may also be killed between March 2 and April 25; geese and brant in Chippewa county, open season all the year.

FISH-Landlocked salmon, grayling and speckled, California, Loch Leven and steelhead trout, open season from April 15 to Aug. 15; sturgeon or black, strawberry, green or white bass, unlawful to take from inland waters except with hook and line; black bass, unlawful to take in any manner from April 1 to May, 20.

$1.50.

LICENSES-Nonresidents (for deer), $25; residents, State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden-Charles S. Pierce, Lansing, Mich.

MINNESOTA.

GAME-Deer, male moose and male caribou, Nov. 10 to 30; kill limit for moose one and for deer two; doves, snipe, prairie chicken, grouse, woodcock and plover, Sept. 1 to Nov. 1; quail, ruffed grouse or partridge and pheasant, Oct. 1 to Dec. 1; wild ducks, geese, brant and other aquatic fowls, Sept. 1 to Dec. 1; kill limit, fifteen birds a day; mink, muskrat, otter and beaver, Nov. 1 to May 1.

FISH-Trout, April 15 to Sept. 1; black, gray or Oswego bass, May 29 to March 1; pike, muskellunge, whitefish, croppie, perch, sunfish, sturgeon, lake trout and catfish, May 1 to March 1; pickerel, suckers, bullheads, red horse and carp may be taken at any time in any manner.

LICENSES-Nonresidents, $25 for all game animals and $10 for game birds; licenses obtained from state commissioners; resident's license, obtained from county auditors, $1.

Executive Agent of Game and Fish Commissioners-Charles Avery, St. Paul, Minn.; superintendent of fisheries, S. F. Fullerton, St. Paul.

IOWA.

GAME-Pinnated grouse and prairie chicken, Sept. 1 to Dec. 1; woodcock, July 10 to Jan. 1; ruffed grouse, pheasants, wild turkey and quail, Nov. 1 to Dec. 15; wild duck, geese and brant, Sept. 1 to April 15; squirrel, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1; beaver, mink, otter, muskrat, Nov. 1 to April 1; Mongolian, ring neck or Chinese pheasant protected until Oct. 1,

1915.

FISH-Trout and salmon, March 1 to Nov. 1; bass, pike, croppies and other game fish, May 15 to Nov. 15. LICENSES-Nonresidents, $10.50 for each county. Warden-George A. Lincoln, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. INDIANA.

GAME-Quail, ruffed and pinnated grouse, prairie chicken, Nov. 10 to Jan. 1; squirrels, July 1 to Oct. 1; wild geese, ducks, brant and other wild waterfowl, Sept. 1 to April 1; wild deer, turkeys and pheasants protected; woodcock, July 1 to Oct. 1 and Nov. 10 to Jan. 1. There is an entirely closed season on all hunting except of wild duck and other waterfowl from Oct. 1 to Nov. 10 of each year.

FISH-Fishing with hook and line lawful during whole year except in Bass lake, where it is unlawful to fish through ice.

LICENSES-Residents, $1; issued by clerks of county Circuit courts; nonresidents, $15.50. Game Commissioner-Z. T. Sweeney, Columbus, Ind.

NEBRASKA.

GAME-Deer, antelope and beaver protected; prairie chicken and grouse, Sept. 15 to Nov. 30; quail, Nov. 15 to Nov. 30; wild ducks and geese, Sept. 15 to April 10; snipe, yellow legs and plover, Sept. 15 to April 10; squirrels protected.

FISH-Trout, April 1 to Sept. 30; all other fish, April 1 to Nov. 15.

LICENSES-For residents, $1; nonresidents, $10; issued by county clerks.

Chief Deputy Game and Fish CommissionerGeorge L. Carter, Lincoln, Neb.

COLORADO.

GAME-Deer, Oct. 1 to Oct. 20; mountain sheep, antelope and elk protected; prairie chickens and grouse, Aug. 20 to Oct. 1; sage chickens, Aug. 1 to Oct. 1; wild turkey protected; wild waterfowl, Sept. 10 to April 15, except in altitudes above 7,000 feet, where season opens Sept. 15 and closes May 1; doves, Aug. 15 to Sept. 5; quail protected.

FISH-Trout not less than seven inches long and other fish, June 1 to Nov. 30.

LICENSES-General hunting license for nonresidents, $25; bird-hunting license in each county, $2 first day and $1 for each additional day; general state license, $1.

Commissioner-John M. Woodward, Denver, Col. NORTH DAKOTA.

GAME-Prairie chicken, pinnated grouse, sharptailed grouse, ruffed grouse, woodcock, Sept. 1 to Oct. 15; quail and pheasant protected; wild duck, Sept. 1 to May 1; wild geese, cranes and brant, Sept. 1 to May 1; buffalo, moose, elk, caribou, mountain sheep, permanently protected; deer, Nov. 10 to Dec. 1; beaver and otter protected; antelope protected until 1911.

FISH-Pike, pickerel, perch, croppie, trout, buffalo, bass and muskellunge, May 1 to Jan. 1; fishing with hook and line alone allowed.

LICENSES-Nonresidents, $25; residents, 75 cents. SOUTH DAKOTA.

GAME-Buffalo, elk, deer, mountain sheep, Nov. 1 to Dec. 1; prairie chicken, grouse, woodcock and quail, Sept. 1 to Jan. 1; wild duck, geese and brant, Sept. 1 to May 1; plover and curlew, Sept. 1 to May 15; beaver and otter protected until 1911.

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GAME-Deer, elk, mountain sheep and goat, Sept. 15 to Jan. 1; moose, caribou, antelope, buffalo, protected; quail, Nov. 1 to Dec. 1; grouse, Aug. 15 to Dec. 1; partridge, pheasant, turtle dove, prairie chicken, Sept. 1 to Dec. 1; sage hen, Aug. 1 to Dec. 1; Mongolian pheasant, Canada grouse or fool hen, protected to March 14, 1911; snipe, plover, duck and goose. Sept. 15 to Jan. 1.

FISH-Fishing with hook and line only permitted all the year.

Warden-W. N. Stephens, Boise, Idaho.

WYOMING.

GAME-Deer, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, Sept. 15 to Nov. 15; moose and marten protected until 1912; ducks and geese, Sept. 1 to May 1; partridges, pheasant, prairie chicken, grouse, Aug. 1 to Sept. 15.

FISH-Fishing open year round.

LICENSES-For nonresidents, $50; guides must be employed. Warden-D. C. Nowlin, Lander, Wyo.

THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Vacant lands in the United States at the close of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907. [From the report of the commissioner of the general land office.]

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*The unreserved lands in Alaska are mostly unsurveyed and unappropriated.

236,892,100 537,546,320

774,438,420

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Jan. 9-Great eruption of Mauna Loa in Hawaiian islands.

Jan. 10-Earthquake shocks felt in Pennsylvania, Sweden, Norway and Russia.

Jan. 14-Kingston, Jamaica, destroyed by earthquake. (Details will be found elsewhere in this volume.)

Jan. 18-Severe shock at Tolmezzo, Italy; quakes also felt in Russia and Scotland.

Jan. 20-Severe earthquake shocks in Siberia. Jan. 20-Volcano of Asama-Yama, Japan, in eruption.

Jan. 22-Simalu island, Dutch East Indies, reported engulfed by tidal wave.

Jan. 24-Shocks felt in eastern United States and in Spain.

Jan. 25-Earthquake in canton of Grisona, Switzerland.

Jan. 29-Earthquake in Tasmania.

Jan. 31-Earthquake shocks in southern Illinois and Indiana.

Feb. 11-Quake is felt in Virginia.

Feb. 12-Severe earthquake shock in province of Murcia, Spain.

Feb. 18-Mount Etna shows signs of activity. March 29-Severe earthquake at Bitlis in Turkish Armenia; eight persons killed and 300 houses destroyed.

April 2-Azores shaken by earthquake shocks. April 15-Heavy earthquake shock in City of Mex

Total receipts from the disposal of InIdian lands..

Total receipts from depredations on public lands..

Total receipts from depredations on Indian lands...

Total receipts from furnishing copies of records and plats..

Grand total..

ERUPTIONS IN 1907.

78,118.05

ico and vicinity; Ayutla destroyed; more than 100 persons killed.

April 15-Andean volcanoes active.

April 17-Shocks felt in Constantinople and various places in Spain.

April 19-Volcano of Puyehue, Chile, in active eruption.

April 19-Slight shock felt at Charleston, S. C. April 19-Earth shock felt in Algeria.

April 20-Earthquakes in Portugal and Turkey reported.

April 26-Sharp earthquake shock in northern Italy. May 10-Several earthquake shocks felt in AustriaHungary and Siberia.

May 11-Mounts Etna and Stromboli in active eruption.

June 30-Earthquake felt at Portsmouth, N. H. July 1-Seismograph at Cheltenham, Md., records severe quake.

Sept. 2-Seismographs in Washington and Isle of Wight record heavy earthquake.

Oct. 16-Seismograph in Washington records great

earthquake.

Oct. 21-Little town of Karatagh, Bokhara, destroyed by landslide caused by earthquake; 3,400 lives lost.

Oct. 23-Several hundred people killed by earthquake in Calabria, Italy.

Nov. 7-Violent earthquake in province of Huesca, Spain.

VESSELS IN FOREIGN CARRYING TRADE.

Values of imports and exports of the United States carried in American and foreign vessels, with the percentage carried in American vessels.

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INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.

Comparative statement showing the receipts from the several objects of internal taxation in the United States during the fiscal years ended June 30, 1906 and 1907.

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*Includes $142,148.22 from legacies on which the tax had accrued prior to the repeal of the act.

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Alabama-Joseph O. Thompson. Arkansas-Frank W. Tucker. 1st California-John C. Lynch. 4th California-Henry C. Bell.. Colorado-Frank W. Howbert.. Connecticut-W. Frank Kinney Florida-Joseph E. Lee... Georgia-Henry A. Rucker. Hawaii-Roy H. Chamberlain.. 1st Illinois-Henry L. Hertz.. 5th Illinois-Percival G. Rennick. 8th Illinois-Frank L. Smith.... 13th Illinois-Walter S. Louden.. 6th Indiana-Elam H. Neal... 7th Indiana-John R. Bonnell.. 3d Iowa-Archibald C. Smith. 3d Iowa-Michael Tobin.. 4th Iowa-Harry O. Weaver... Kansas-James M. Simpson.. 2d Kentucky-Edward T. Franks.. 5th Kentucky-Joseph A. Craft.. 6th Kentucky-George W. Lieberth.. 7th Kentucky-Samuel J. Roberts.. 8th Kentucky-J. Sherman Cooper. Louisiana-William E. Howell... Louisiana-Edward I. Seyburn. Maryland-Phillips Lee Goldsborough.. 3d Massachusetts-James D. Gill... 1st Michigan-David Meginnity. 4th Michigan-Samuel M. Lemon... Minnesota-Frederick von Baumbaugh.. 1st Missouri-Edmund B. Allen..... 6th Missouri-Charles W. Roberts... 6th Missouri-Charles G. Burton.. Montana-Edward H. Callister... Nebraska-Elmer B. Stephenson.. New Hampshire-Edgar O. Crossman.. 1st New Jersey-Isaac Moffett.. 5th New Jersey-H. C. H. Herold.. New Mexico-Henry P. Bardshar.. 1st New York-Edward B. Jordan.. 2d New York-Charles W. Anderson. 3d New York-Ferdinand Eidman.. 14th New York-John G. Ward.. 21st New York-Peter E. Garlick... 28th New York-Archie D. Sanders.... 4th North Carolina-Edward C. Duncan. 5th N. Carolina-Herschel S. Harkins.. 5th N. Carolina-George H. Brown... N. and S. Dakota-Herman Ellerman.. 1st Ohio-Herman F. Cellarius... 10th Ohio-George P. Waldorf.. 11th Ohio-David H. Moore.

18th Ohio-Frank McCord.:

Oregon-David M. Dunne.

$456,783.24 122,080.65 4,915,980.66 620,815.75 732,637.63 1,801,359.00 1,192,550.91 632,440.98 48,273.96 7,839,209.03 35,577,448.10 10,940,619.88 498,864.96 11,304,990.15 18,370,191.95

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2,569,921.44 15,654,191.22 3,760,657.67 3,599,779.93 Georgia 2,859,888.12 Hawaii 3,953,828.18 Illinois 1,078,860.81 Indiana Iowa

7,550,479.48

818,183.51

156,490.21

Aggregate collections...

.269,664,022.85

324,454.98

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102,029.50

Alabama

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122,080.65

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Colorado and Wyoming..

732,637.63

Connecticut and Rhode Island..

1,801,359.00

Florida

1,192,550.91

632,440.98

48,273.96

54,856,141.97

29,675,182.10

977,506.23

342,375.31

28,444,438.38

5,032,688.99

7.273.136.83

3,917,187.98

5,334,808.52

1,716,549.81

9,227,623.08

616,074.76

2,698,063.99

495,591.16 6,876,160.35

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106,469.12

32,353,647.70

4,880,061.18

170,566.60 21,834,068.60

378,428.45 22,727,998.26

256,107.69 2,436,040.24

790,493.45

4,756,283.94

1,046,238.29

1,396,013.89

8,525,153.20

269,664,022.85

*Including Delaware. District of Columbia and two counties of Virginia.

ATTEMPT TO KILL PRESIDENT FALLIERES.

Leon Marie Maille, a sailor, fired two revolver shots at President Fallieres of France July 14, 1907, but the bullets flew wide and did no injury. The executive had just returned to Paris from a

military review at Longchamps in honor of the French day of liberty and was driving through the Avenue Marigny when the attempt to assassinate him was made. Maille was immediately arrested.

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