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which is a fact, and took place in these same woods : The Warden 

 was telling a crowd at the hotel how his attention had been called 

 to a doe that some one had killed and hung up in a certain place 

 in the woods. The Warden said he went and found the deer and 

 watched for ten days, but no one came for the deer. A party 

 standing by said to the Warden, "Oh, that is a way we have of 

 fixing you fellows we kill a doe, hang it up on the outskirts of 

 the deer hunting grounds, then give you notice of it, and while 

 you are watching the dead deer, we are killing the live ones." 

 The Warden, after listening to the man's story, remarked, "Well 

 by Jonathan! that is one on me come on." 



The above joke was actually got off here at the hotel in 

 this town. 



The number of bears killed in this part, fall of 1911, notwith- 

 standing that the use of steel traps is prohibited, was larger than 

 has been in years. A party of thirteen from this place went into 

 the woods on the Trout River, and during the ten or twelve days 

 they were there, they killed seven bears five in one day. And 

 there were several deer killed. 



Now comrades, while we can't all agree on the justification of 

 the game laws, we should all join hands and try to protect what 

 little game we have left by getting the bag limit materially cut 

 down, and give fifteen days more time to the hunter. Then stand 

 by the law, or soon the game will all be gone with the exception 

 of a few cotton-tails and what game is on private reserves, and 

 posted lands. 



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