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late at night, day after day, Avhile attendants feverishly reload the 

 guns and bring refreshments to tlic l)nsy shooters. It is a wonder 

 that tliese people can call this spoit. when such grilling work would 

 call for the greatest of hardihood and endurance. 



It is not generally kjiown that practically every duck club in this 

 state has written in its by-laws a pi'ohibition against shooting more 

 than two days in any one week during the open season and none at 

 all during the closed season. A violation of this clause or of the 

 bag-limit law will cause a member's expulsion from the club and the 

 forfeit of his membership. The capital he has invested in his member- 

 ship would, in many instances, canse a considerable personal financial 

 flurry. 



Mauy duck clubs own their own grounds and they, in turn, lease 

 the grazing privileges. Noav could we, by any form of law, prohibit 

 these men from owning that property? Could we force them to allow 

 free access to their land to every man with a gun, simply because 

 they themselves hunted there? Is it possible to confiscate that prop- 

 erty simply because it is hunted over about two months in the year 

 and grazed the remainder? 



f^uppose the state appropriated $500,000 for the purchase of duck 

 grounds. When this purchase was consummated who Avould enjoy 

 this expenditure of the taxpayers' money? Answer: The retired 

 cai)italist and the market hunter. Stop and think it over. 



OUT-OF-DOORS. 



Away from the busy city and the ceaseless clang of the street. 

 And the piles of brick and mortar and the tramp of hurrying feet; 

 Away from the crash and clatter and the worrying, wearying strife, 

 Come, ride with me o'er boundless plains and thrill with the .joy of life. 

 Where blue is the vault of heaven, and the Master that man adores 

 Is everywhere in Nature, in His own great Out-of-Doors. 



The forests sing their welcome; they bid us a moment give. 

 To come and commune with Nature, and learn what it is lo live. 

 Where, M-atchful, the mighty mountains eternal vigil keep. 

 Or where swiftly swirling waters will lull our unrest to sleep; 

 Where by the evening campfire, " 'Tis joy to forget old scores." 

 Remembering only that we are men in God's great Out-of-Doors. 



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