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to Iciul ami to divide up with the less e.\i)eriencL(l or less fdi'tun- 

 ate on the return trip. 



You mentlenieti can do for others what 1 )avis did tor nie. 

 You can get newspaper works's interested in the j:^reat sj^cjrt 

 which we all so thoroui^hly en oy. Speakini;' from an experi- 

 ence of fifteen years I can promise von that \n\\ will tind thcni as 

 royal a lot of men as ever cast a dy and with th- true sportsman- 

 like feelin^^ awaitini^ only cultivation and development. They 

 will not be looking' for the best end of it either. In olden days it 

 was a tradition that newspaper men were continualK' looking 

 for something free. It is not so to-dav. They would thoroughly 

 enjoy plenty of God's own free sunlight and fresh air, and the 

 freedom from care -md restraint io characteristic of the stream, 

 and tliey would enjoy meeting the free heartedness and the free- 

 masonry always knovvn among fishermen, and the tenderfeet will 

 need plentv of free advice and instruction, but bevond that vou 

 will have no cause for worr\-. 



I think vou will see the point I wish to make. The news- 

 papers are the educators; then why not all turn in and educate 

 the newspapers. We are all interested in trout fishing and in the 

 preservation of our streams. In order that the streams arc re- 

 stocked, artificial propagation is necessary, and this costs money. 

 Legislatures must vote the money and in order to do this they 

 must have the people behind them. In order to get the people, 

 we must have the newspapers, and there is no better way under 

 tlie sun than to make the men who make the newspapers 

 thoroughly acquainted by actual contact with the situation. 



