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Morrison' s Drug Store ape Ontario ERVE TO PLEASE Try our Bread, Buns, an ' Confectionery, and Jou ; will be pleased. E. H. GERROW & SONS Bakers and 4 Confectionery, a Port Perry. | The Peoples Meat Market We sell everything. you want in choice, dléan. palatable, nutritious and satisfying meats. . Fd 1f you want it geod . 5 BERT MacGREGOR Wi 4 tothe rest. Ring up Phone 72. 2 y CLOVER SEED to pay highest market price for Red this season. I, you have any to offer = We are. pre Clover Seed Sie in in a sample. © We have: have a who have used it are greath bag. FOL ASSINE ME "DISHES IN SETS If you need a set of dishes we: VR some nice "designs to offer in finest English semi-porcelean. 'All-open st tock. of EMAL Meal left. Those ° Pleased with the results. Try. v. tho: rocoat Simveltin sallid Bg Fede Sl Ror Ontario to consider ah depletion in main causes were discussed. 2. Pollution in the north country. Fs 3. Shall the bass and lunge in the Kawartha | The genéral opinion was that it should remain at July I the season is continued. 5. The indiscriminate use line. This feature was frowned 6. Game vision of the fish supply. Ts the lines suggested. Sanuel Farmer, Fs, * Editor' of the Port Perry Star. Dear Sir: 1 have just read over the article which you handed me in reference to Lake Scugog, ete. 1 see by item No. 1, there is no fish slide in the dam at Lindsay. Iam not sure but what that is a good thing for Lake Scugog, as fish ladder, or runs, are very apt to allow coarse fish, such as Carp, Suckers, Pike, Gae, Ling, ete. to go up as well as Lunge or Bass. "What the people of this locality really want, more than anything else, is that the water in the Lake be kept at a certain level and if the stop-logs at Lindsay are properly looked after, there would be no trouble, but they are not. This may be seen at almost anytime during the summer, Without rains you will see the water rise-and, within a few days, go away down again. So that there are times when no attention whatever is being paid to stop-logs and there should be, in order to protect the spawn deposits in the shallow places in the marsh. If the water is allowed to diminish the spawn is destroyed. .In Professor Harkness', report, he claims that at the time of he freshets, the fish 'go up to spawn. We are "aware of that, but the Professor must | remembér that these fish which take advantage of freshéts don't return the same way. They are apt _to be on the spawning "groufid for days, weeks and sometimes fHonths, before they deposit their ova anid hy that time the water has been allowed to rise' and fall a great many times. I think if the Department had the handling of these dams, there would be no trouble. There is one thing that is. being over- looked, "Mr. Editor, which is vemy important, and that is, conditions on the Nonquon River. Everybody knows throughout this * district; that this river his always been one of the best breeding grounds for Lake Scugog, 'and I am sorry to say, there is a lot 'of spearing "going on there every Spring and Lunge of large size are koh if the Lunge "and Bass Bo + up pd to spawn, how does it come that SL brivate Bur Borg are #0. Dace 4 Heres: acrons § Lakes district where be earlier. than in the northern lakes. 4, Spearing. All agreed that this: practice should be dis- the ed when the water should be replenish i ; of streams and rivers avd by i ms ; --sulphite, sawdust and other refuse. 4 season Jue 16th or July 17 t, except is considered to of the motor boat 'and grolling upon by the ardent anglers, al though no strong action was taken in the Wardens--The general. complaint was that there rae not enough Game Wardens to conserve the fish and game. The contention was that the tourist traffic warranted better super- ; ermits. The claim was made that if proper care was exercised to see that tourists paid for permits, the-revenue would help pay the expense of extra game wardens. It must be remembered that this: was merely a conference regarding game fish in Ontario and no action was taken or pro- mised by the Government. The action to conserve the game fish of resumption is, however, that the Province will be taken along vestigate these conditions. The Nonguon River is navigable and I would-undertake to prove this by running an outboard motor boat from Lake Scugog all the way up to the Seventh Line of Reach. The river is also fed by gopd spring water. I would like to suggest that, to make a success of the fish proposition, a proper place be secured where dams could be built and proper fish runs made, and where thorough control of the waters be obtained--then there would be fish, I have had nearly fifty years of ex- perience in fish culture, and have built most of the hatcheries in Ontario and am only too willing to give any in- formation which lays in my power. Yours truly, J. C. COCKBURN. rene Breer Recommendations of the Ontario Fed- eration of Anglers In the opinion of the Ontario Fed- eration of Anglers the matter which should receive the most serious con- sideration by the Government Game Fish Committee is the organization of the Department of Fish and Game and its relation to other Departments of the Government and to the Federal Government, This was one of the purposes for 'Which the Federation re- quested the Government to appoint a committee of enquiry as set forth at the time the Federation was formed. The consideration which we have given to the matter since that time has only served fo impress us more strongly with the importance of this phase of the work of the Game Fish Committee. Unless the Committee can 'do something or suggest some | means of allaying™ the serious pro- vinice-wide dissatisfaction with the administration of the Department of Game and Fisheries, it will not have met the wishes of the Federati it admisable to continue to have the Department of Game and Fish- 'eries associated with the Department of Mines, or would it be better to have it more eclosel iated with the Department of Lands and For- | ests? We wish to emphasize, how- int in' suggesting this we do a wa +] BRITAIN'S NEW UNDER- SECRETARY The Farl of Plymouth, who has been appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Do- minion 'Affairs in succession to Lord Lovat, ¥ I -------- Ee ---- ES Ee -------- "| changes in the bass season whereby the season was made to open on July Ast and close at the end of September, were made without any studies hav- ing been carried out to determine when bass spawn in different parts of the province and in view of the ser- ious opposition to these changes especially in the Kawartha Lakes district, we believe that studies should be undertaken this coming season to determine when bass normaly spawn in the Kawartha Lakes. In view of the great size of the province and the diversity of condi- tions obtaining in different districts, we suggest that consideration be given to the advisability of having different seasons for bass and possibly for other game fish for different dis- tricts. This principle has been adopt- ed by the Department in the case of the deer seasons. We think too that the fish which are considered as game species might profitably be varied from place to place in the province. We urge. for instance that the pike be considered as a game fish in certain waters of 'south western Ontario. We also be- lieve that there are waters in which the pickerel and lake trout should be considered as game species. In this connection we urge that steps be im- mediately taken to determine by proper scientfic studies, in which, if any of the inland 'waters of the pro- vince commercial fishing may be per- mitted without injury to game species. We urge that the game laws be changed to prohibit absolutely at all times the taking of fish by spearing 'and that after the lapse of a certain time the advertising and sale of spears be prohibited in Ontario, We urge that it be made illegal for any dealer to sell nets of any de- scription to anyone not in possession of a legal permit to use same and that all persons and firms selling pound, drag and gill-netting be required to have a provincial license. We also suggest that the laws and regulations relating to game fish should be consolidated and published separately in a convenient and intel- ligible form. No doubt the investigation of the Government Committee have made it aware that there is an almost uni- versal dissatisfaction with the --en- forcement or lack of enforcement of the fishing regulations. We think the ittee should try to determine to hii extent the employment of more and better qualified game wardens is advisable, and what can be dome to- wards eliminating inefficient and un- rtsmanlike "We. believe that the conservation of our game fish depends as much on the spread of accurate information in regard to their life histories and of lan appreciation of their economic value agit does on law enforcement and we are strongly of the opinion ; | that some means should be devised for edheating our people, including the general ¥ public, anglers, tourists, guides and wardéfis on matters effect- 'the. conservation of our fish. should like in this connection to essay contests that have should be made of the educational of the Universities, the Department of ay text books | and otherwise) in educating the public in conservation matters. i We are convinced that a detailed and thorough survey of the waters of the province should be made to. discover what game fish may be propagated in different waters and what measures should be taken to increase the pro- ductivity of the waters. The neces- sity of such a survey was one of the first matters that the Toronto Asso- ciation brought to the attention of the Department, and it was also one of the lines of work which the Federation indicated to the Government as de- sirable for.the Committee to under= take. In this connection it is urged that the situation with reference to the control of water levels be cleared up either by showing that everything possible is already being done or by devising means for more satisfactory control. We also ask that the whole question with respect to fish ladders be re- viewed to determine: (a) Where fish ladders should be constructed. (b) What is the best type of fish ladder for different conditions ? (¢) If the present laws with re- spect to the construction of fish lad- ders are satisfactory, and if not, what changes are necessary to make them satisfactory ? While we realize that the depletion of game fish is due to many causes, some of which cannot be 'overcome immediately, such as the changed characters of the water incident to the destruction of the forests, the cultiva- tion of the land; and pollution "by wastes from industrial plants, we are strongly of the opinion that much could be done towards i improving fish- ing in unspoiled waters by a more vigorous policy of fish propagation in hatcheries. We believe that in some parts of the United States con- siderable success has been attained in stocking waters with hatchery raised fish and there is a very general feel- ing that the hatcheries of Ontario have fallen far short of what might have been attained in this direction. In the first report of the Ontario Game and Fish Commissioners for the year 1899 appears the following state- ment: "Your Commissioners regret that although the Province has now full control of its waters little or nothing is being done to re-stock them with valuable food fish, and especially those waters which are fre- quented so much by summer visitors and reported to be nearly barren of fish life. We think that those visitors (having spent so much money in our province) have a right to expect a reasonable amount of sport in angling, and we respectfully suggest that something be done toward re-stocking those waters so as to make them more attractive to summer tourists and visitors. A policy of merely issuing licenses to fishermen to fish in the waters of the province until they are exhausted without any attempt to re- plenish' the stock by intelligent and modern plans of fish culture is in the opinion of your commissioners a wasteful and shortsighted policy. We trust that at an early date some steps will be taken to study scientifically the conditions of the fish life in the great waters of the Province, and be- fore it be too late, scientific methods adopted to re-stock some at least of those waters which are well known to be nearly depleted of the fish life which in former times was so abun- dant." We expect the Committee to present very strongly to the government the necessity for providing very much more liberal appropriations for the rehabitation of our game fisheries than have apparently been thought necessary in the past. Our study of the situation has impressed us with the magnitude of the work to be 'undertaken, but we believe that the 'increased expenditures necessary to 'put our game fish on a more satisfac- tory basis will be repaid many times over, directly or indirectly through the attraction of tourists. We believe, for instance, that were the regulations in]in respect to non-resident licenses | efficiently enforced, the revenue from this source alone would go a long | way, towards meeting the cost of an improved game warden system, oh if Ore "HIGH SCHOOL NOTES The boys on the hockey team have and now all we need is a team. The boys on the team are youd Royal Museum of Zoology, and the faithfully, and we hope that this year , with Bowmanville, Oshawa and Whit- by, but we hope to play several inter- school games. What we want now the support of the townspeople, have them come to our games, "root" with us. We feel sure our boys will play so much better if | they know that they have the whole- hearted support of the town. A debate will be held under the . auspices of the Literary Society at their meeting on January 25th. Just what the subject will be has not yet been decided upon, but will be men- tioned later. Thursday, the 17th. To commemorate the birthday of Bobby Burns, a Scotch program will be given along with the debate on the 25th. A splendid picture, "The Aurora" has been given to the school in mem- ory of Mr. McBride, who was prinei- pal for many years, by his daughters, This hangs in the upper hall,.and is greatly appreciated by the students. anni) pea MANCHESTER Mr, and Mrs. McGaffey and Lorna, of Lindsay, spent several days re- cently at the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. McKee. Mr. John X. Johnson has returned to his home in Port Credit. Miss Winnie Way was a recent visitor at the home of Miss Annie Rees Mr. Gordon Bruce, of Alberta, with his daughter Vera and mother, Mrs. Albert Bruce, spent a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Dobson They have now rented a house in Port Perry for the winter. Mrs. Bruce is a sister of Mrs, Dobson, Mrs. Harvey Dobson, who was oper- ated on, on Sunday, Jan, 6th, at her home here by Drs. Jeffrey and Mathers, of Port Perry, assisted by Dr. D. Archer, of Oshawa, was re- ported as progressing favorably at last report. Mrs. Fred Littleproud is nursing her. The operation, which proved successful, was the only hope held out for her recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Mole, High Point, were recent visitors at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Harvey Dobson. Mrs. Mole is remaining with her daughter. Mr. Robert Walker, of Prospect, was a recent visitor at the home of his son Wilmot Walker. Mrs Thos. Smith, of Blackstock, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Lamb. The Ladies' Aid met at the home of Mrs E. Spencer, on Wednesday, Jan. Oth, THere were quite a number of visitors. The election of officers for the ensuing year was to have taken place, but owing to the small attend- ance of members, it was postponed until the next meeting, hoping that the attendance would be larger. It was decided to give $5.00 to the eir- cuit parsonage fund and $4 for im- provements. We very interested in the hockey games this year in which the Port Perry team plays. They have a good team and are jolly good sports, taking defeat well, but would prefer victory. We wish them success in the next game, Mrs. Leslie Lamb is recovering _ nitely from an attack of the flu, also a bad fall on the ice. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lamb and Mr. Chas. Fincham left last week to spend the winter with Mrs. J. Car- negle, of Port Perry, a sister of Mrs. Lamb and Mr. Fincham Mr. Fincham has had very poor health for some time and is not improving as we would like to see him. Manchester lost one of its oldest and most respectedf citizens in the person of Eliza Jane Moore, who passed away at the Oshawa hospital, January 9ch, after an illness of a month, Miss Moore came here from , Ireland about seventy years ago. She lost her stepfather, Mr, Thos. Moore about twenty-five years ago, her having died quite a lon She promised her mother Co] died that she would always stay and care for her stepfather. his death she lived a cheerful By de] mdent life S alone. . one brother, a Cano of the English Church, and FN of: a : Jounge: ger generation in the United funeral which ot held in the on h of the oF the Auconsion, at Port Perry, gud + She Se oyna Jaid 1 to rest at Pine Grove are