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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1950 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE FIVE [3 FOR OUTDOOR Conservation CORNER | SPORTSMEN Farm Woodlots Stressed Toronto -- Management of the farm woodlot will be stressed at the exhibit of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests during the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair November 14-22, and trained per- sonnel will be in attendance to in- struct Ontario farmers in the best methods of preserving and increas- ing their supplies of fire-wood and lumber from the farm lots. In addi- tion, staff members of the Depart- ment will also gladly tell farmer- hunters just how they can increase their stocks of wildlife on the farm acres. Other features of the exhibit will stress the necessity of fire preven- tion and forest protection and, of course, for the children there will be small live raccoons, foxes, deer and bears. It is expected that, as usual, more than 50,000 persons at- tending the big winter fair will again visit the Lands and Forests exhibit, long one of the outstand- ing features of the show. Favorites With Poachers Toronto -- Muskrat and beaver pelts are still the favorite furs of poachers in Ontario--but none of the illegal trappers have managed to get rich through evasion of the Jaw, according to a breakdown of furs seized by conservation officers of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. In a year, 1,926 pelts were seized from poachers or others attempting to break through the regulations, and of this number 660 were lowly muskrat and 483 the more expensive beaver skins. In the same year, 184 mink hides were seized, as were 43 red fox skins and 102 weasel hides, Persons convicted of poaching not only lost the pelts, but also all the equip- ment they had with them at the time. This ranged from fire-arms to outboard motors. And of course, substantial fines or jail sentences were meted out by the courts at the same time, Seize Dynamite Toronto--Six sticks of dynamite were among the miscellaneous ar- ticles seized by Ontario's conserva- tion officers, according to a table released today by the Ontario De- partment of Lands and Forests. H- e are some of the miscellaneous ..cms picked up by the officers or rangers during a single twelve- month period: packsacks, haver- sacks, axes, cameras, hunting knives, tackle boxes, creels, sleep- ing bags, ice boxes, minnow pails, anchors, tents, duck decoys, suit cases, ice chisels, ferrets and sho- vels. Owners paid substantial fines or other penalties. Work in Winter Toronto-- To the uninitiated it might appear that when winter comes there is little left for the con- servation officer to do but sit be- side a roaring fire in a snug cabin somewhere with a good book, a pipe- ful of aromatic tobacco and let the winter winds howl and the thermo- meter drop as far as it may. That nothing could be farther from the truth is clearly revealed by a province-wide survey of Win- ter activities of conservation offi- cers recently made by the Depart- ment of Lands and Forests, Divi- sion of Fish and Wildlife. Actually, tthe survey shows that the conservation officer no sooner gets summer's arduous round of duties off his shoulders than he is saddled with a new load of prob- lems and responsibilities. For instance, in the northern dis- tricts, occupying the bulk of the Province's forested area, north of the French and Mattawa Rivers, wintertime finds the conservation officer on constant patrol by plane or on snow shoes over the frozen expanses of innumerable lakes and lonely reaches of forest. The end of the legal deer season to him means only that he must Dow be continually on guard against the deer poacher. This includes the examination of licenses of winter hunters--usually out after wolves or rabbits--the checking of lumber and mining camps, patrolling of areas where deer have yarded up in herds and the continual reconnaissance of game preserves, winter months also, trap- ping activities are at their peak. The protecting of this industry and the rights and welfare of the trap- per mean long trips into isolated snow-bound areas. Quite often the Journey can be made by aircraft but often it means long hours of mushing on snowshoes through the deep snows, Trap-lines, miles in extent, must be traversed and ex- amined and contacts maintained with the trappers themselves, Of- ten the conservation officer must temporarily become a trapper him- self in order to remove nuisance beaver from areas where their dams have resulted in roads being flooded during the preceding summer, Added to these tasks is the super- vision of winter commercial Y opera bios as el as checking on ® catches of persons angling through the ice, and the supervi- sion of organized 'wolf hunts. All of these tasks mean cold, hard wilderness travel and nights spent out in the open with the {empera- ture often ranging far below zero. Not mentioned in the reports that was the background of danger and drama which go hand-in-hand with these tasks, If the conservation officer's win- ter duties ended here he would still be one of the hardest-working outdoorsman to be found. But they do not, by & long stretch, the sur- vey reveals, for no sooner has he shaken the snow from his boots and doffed his parka after a pa- trol than he has to tackle a back- log of office and "town-business." One of his most important jobs, and receiving more stress each year, is the conservation officer's responsibility of enlisting the pub- lic aid in conservation. Without that aid he knows that he cannot properly carry out the duties for which he has been appointed. This means attending and speaking at meetings and public. gatherings of sportsmen"s izations, service clubs, school and tourist resort owners' groups. He also or- ganizes periodic meetings to allow trappers to air their grievances or listen to their suggestions and com- plaints, In Southern Ontario the survey shows that the officer's tasks are similar to those of the game guard- fan in the north, Supervision of trapping and commercial fishing operations is important as well as the checking of fur buyers, inves- tigation of complaints about out- of-season hunting, jacklighting deer and so on. Patrols are made for protection of game preserves, beaver and muskrat marshes, and supervision of ice angling. But, in Southern Ontario, with its numerous cities and communi- ties and heavy population, the con- servation officer has a big public relations job to do. Thousands of southern residents go to make up the bulk of the north's summer population. Here the conservation officer gets in valuable educational work in clubs and schools. Much of the work he does in this regard greatly aids his northern co-worker in the summer months to come. Moose On Increase Toronto-- The Province's moose population, currently the object of the most extensive Ontario survey of the species yet attempted and underway simce the moose season was closed in 1949, shows some signs of improvement according to a preliminary analysis of data ga- thered by the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. A word of caution against undue optimism on 'the part of hunters and others wishing for an open season on moose was injected by the Department's research workers who are in charge of the survey. They pointed out that this indica- tion of improvement in moose num- bers is based on preliminary data only which will be followed up by more thorough studies of reports to be received from every section of the Province, In carrying out the survey, field workers are assessing the local moose situation in every trapline and township across the entire range of the animal in Ontario. An- nual questionnaires received from trappers, hunters, guides, outfitters and others are used by the Depart- ment mammalogists in order _to forecast future population. trends. The most general improvement in the moose population has taken place in the far northern sections of the Province, Biologists point place t place wih deypo 1:9 out that the situation varies from place to place with definite im- provement appearing in some lo- calities while others remain quite critical. WANT MORE FARM PONDS TORONTO -- The Division of Fish and Wildlife of the Depart- ment of Lands and Forests would like to see more farmers and land- owners construct ponds on their pro- perty and are willing to provide advice concerning the stocking of these ponds. Ponds may be made by excava- tions to collect normal drainage waters. They may utilize springs for a supply, or they may be made by damming a stream. In addition to beautifying the property in general, these ponds provide swimming and fishing for the young people in summer and skating in winter. They are also a steady source of water for stock and a reservoir in case of fire, More than that these ponds con- stitute a sound measure of soil and 'water conservation, retaining water which would: otherwise run off and he lost to the farmer, Ponds about one-half to one acre in size are usually sufficient to pro- vide all the area needed for the many values they provide. When 'a dam is contemplated permission and approval of speci- fications from the Ontario Depart- ment of Lands and Forests are re- quired in order to avoid action de- trimental to fish and downstream landowners. Many contractors are equipped to excavate a pond or construct a dam, and to supply advice regard- ing the site, design, spillways and other matters in that connection. MUSKRAT SEASONS TORONTO -- Open seasons for the trapping of muskrat in Onta- rio for the 1950-51 winter-to-spring period have been announced by the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests. They are as follows: 21 $5070 $1009 Borrow from Household Finance on your signature. No endorsers or bankable security needed. We specialize in prompt cash loans for any good purpose. 3 out of 4 prefer Household Finance for stop in today! CANADA'S LARGEST AND OLDEST CONSUMER FINANCE ORGANIZATION Phone, write or visit 18 Simcoe St. South, Over Kresge's Phone Oshawa 3601 OSHAWA, ONT. Hours 9 to 5 or by appointment Loans made fo residents of nearby fowns SERVING THE PUBLIC SINCE 1878 | fast, friendly service. Phone or | 1. North of the northernmost railway line crossing the Province: November 1st to May 31st. 2. In the remainder of the area north and west of the French and Mattawa Rivers: November Ist to y 21st. In the Countess of Essex, Kent, Elgin, Norfolk and Haldi- mand, and the Townships of Sar- nia, Moore and Sombra in Lambton County: February 15th to March 31st. 4. In the remainder of the area of southern Ontario, south of High- way No. 7, and west of York County: March 6th to March 31st. 5. In areas not already describ- ed lying south and west of the south 'boundary of Muskoka and Haliburton and the west boundary of Hastings County, and south and east of Highways No. 7, No. 15 and 29 in the region east of and includ- ing Hastings County: March 20th to April 21st. 6. In Muskoka, Parry Sound, Haliburton and other areas lying between Highways No. 7, No. 15 and No. 29 and the French and Mattawa Rivers, from and includ- ing Hastings County, eastward: March 20th to May 5th. On all registered trap-lines the muskrat season opens on Novem- ber 1st and extends to the closing date given above for the region in which the trap-line is Jocated. SPECIAL DEER SEASONS TORONTO -- Special deer sea- sons have been announced by Ha- rold, R. Scott, Minister, Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, for certain townships in the Coun- ties of Bruce, Grey, Simcoe, Brant, Haldimand, Huron, Lambton, Nor- thumberland, Wellington and Went- worth. Hunters are advised by the De- partment that special deer licenses will be required for the townships concerned and will be valid only in the township in which the li- cence is issued. It is also pointed out that special licenses are obtainable only from the clerk of the township in which the hunter desires to take deer. Those who already hold the general deer hunting licence are not eligible for the special licence nor is the general licence valid in the town- ships where the special licence is required. Price of the special resident li- cence is $4 and for the special non-resident deer licence $25.75. The special deer seasons as an- nounced are: 1. From November 13th to 18th, inclusive: (a) In the Townships of Alber- marle, Amabel, Arran, East- nor, Lindsay and St. Ed- munds, in the County of BRUCE. (b) In the Township of Sulli- van in the County of GREY. 2. From November 16th. to 18th, inclusive: : (a) In the Township of Green- ock, in the County of BRUCE. (b) In the Townships of Arte-: mesia, Bentinck, Proton and and Saint Vincent, in the County of GREY. In the Townships of Ad- jala, Essa, Sunnidale, Te- cumseth, Tosorontio and West Gwiilimbury, in the County of SIMCOE. 8. From November 16th and 18th, inclusive WITH SHOTGUNS ONLY PERMITTED: (a) In the Township of South Dumfries, in the County of BRANT. (b) In the Township of Nor- manby, in the County of GREY. (¢) In the Township of North Cayuga, in the County of HALD In the Township of Gode- rich and Howick, in the County of HURON. In the Township of Plymp- ton, in the County of LAMB- TON. In the Township of Brighton ton and Murray, in the County of NORTHUMBER~ CLEAN | ODORLESS | GARBAGE Javex DOES SO MANY JOBS -- CANADA'S MOST USED BLEACHING, CLEANSING AND WASHING FLUID. Communist MacArthur's Statement Read to UN. 2 Delegates to United Nations Security Council meeting at Lake Success, N.Y. don Warren Austin (at un reads statement by General Douglas MacArthur that Chinese troops are fighting U.N. forces in Korea. Left to right at table are: Soviet delegate S. K. Tsarapkin; Sir Gladwyn Jebb, United Kingdom delegate; Austin; Dr. Ales Bebler, of Yugoslavia, Nevember president of the Council. The MacArthur réport was a detailed account of specific Chinese Red formations that had been identified by his intelligence officers. si --Canada Wide Picture. recently, listen as chief U.S. BODY OF THE LATE JACK MINER MOVED TO ITS FINAL RESTING PLACE Some fifteen years ago, on the world-famous Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary at Kingsville, Ontario, the late Jack Miner laid aside an acre of land which he called his "Memorial Park". Around the boundary of this plot he planted Norway spruce trees--which now tower twenty feet into the air. In- side that outer border he planted the few common native hawthorne --and of these during the last few seasons every tree has carried a |ting bird's nest on its bosom. Inside that again he planted white lilacs--the fragrance of which is borne on the breezes like incense, all over the Sanctuary, during late May and early June, . On a sunny day, one year before he died, Jack Miner took his eldest son, Manly Miner, to this place and there quietly expressed his wish that these surroundings should constitute his last resting place. : Jack Miner died some six years ago--on November 3rd, 1944, And temporarily his body was entomb- ed in a nearby mausoleum. His family, not being people of wealth, took time and care to consider well | the various means of permanent entombment that offered. Then, one year ago, Mr. David Miutr, President of The Miller Monument Company of Elkhart, Indiana, sube mitted to them plans and a finane cial agreement which made it pose sible for them to carry out the great Naturalist's desire in a way that to them seemed appropriate. Mr. Miller's suggestion was for a sarcophagus of Minnesota gran- ite and this, weighing seven tons, was erected on the memorial site, It is a beautiful, pleasing and "fit- resting place, greatly admired by the Canadians who thus far have seen it, and who recognize that there is nothing like it ei.e- where in Canada. Early this fall, Jack Miner's body was removed and placed in this fina] place of rest. . Already, thousands of visitors to the Sanctuary have visited the tomb. Many have been seen to shed tears there, while others have knelt in prayer. Jack Miner, being as broad-minded and inter-denomin- ational in his views on religion as he was, men of all creeds and faith paid him the highest tributes dure ing his lifetime. 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