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River Reserve, and two of the rangers came over while 

 I was at a Httle town called Cardston. I think perhaps 

 it was their practice to come over there on Saturday 

 nights. They were in the hotel, discussing interna- 

 tional matters — the boundaries. I had to go back 

 about eleven o'clock at night in order to start in the 

 morning, and about that time the discussion was be- 

 coming very animated. I hope it has been decided. 

 I simply say that in order to show how closely the 

 people out there along the boundaries are related. 

 And as being of interest to the people of Washington 

 and Oregon, I wish to say that we are doing all we 

 can to guard the timber upon the upper reaches of 

 the Columbia River, which, as you know, has its rise 

 in British Columbia and finally finds its outlet at 

 Astoria, and we shall continue to do our part so far as 

 our limited means will permit. 



Address by Mr. G. O. Shields 



President, League of American Sportsmen 



I REPRESENT the League of American Sportsmen, 

 which has a membership of 10,700 men and 

 women, distributed throughout every State and Terri- 

 tory of the Union, also largely in Canada and Mexico. 

 As every man who has ever thought of the subject 

 knows, the causes of game protection and forest pro- 

 tection go hand in hand. Whatever you ladies and 

 gentlemen do in the interest of preserving the forests 

 you do as well in the interest of preserving the wild 

 life of this country, and we claim that is a subject 

 worthy the attention of all earnest men and women. 



We have two important measures before Congress 

 to-day, on which we need the assistance of this Con- 



