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the formation of a state-wide game protective league, and 

 offered financial aid from the Permanent Fund for prelim- 

 inary expenses if that were done. Forthwith the sportsmen 

 and the forest officers of Albuquerque, prominent among 

 whom were Mr. Arthur C. Ringland, the District Forester, 

 Prof. John D. Clark, E. J. Strong and Raymond B. 

 Stamm, set to work to put New Mexico on the map of real 

 game-protecting states. 



In a remarkably brief time a comprehensive platform was 

 drawn up and adopted, a thrillingly breezy quarterly jour- 

 nal called The Pine Cone was started, and a number of new 

 local associations of sportsmen were organized. Each local 

 association of the State, nine in number, adopted the stand- 

 ard platform, and each member solemnly pledged himself to 

 live up to its requirements. The list of local associations is 

 as follows: 



Albuquerque Game Protective Association, 



Sportsmen's Association of Southwestern New Mexico, 

 Silver City, 



Santa Fe Game Protective Association, 



Carlsbad Game Protective Association, 



Magdalena Game Protective and Sportsmen's Associa- 

 tion, 



Roswell Game Protective Association, 



Sacramento Mt. Game Protective Association, Cloud- 

 croft, 



Taos Game and Fish Protective Association, 



Colfax County Game Protective Association, Raton. 



In view of the value of the. universal platform idea, it is 

 well worth while to set forth that excellent instrument in 

 full. 



Common Platform of all the New Mexico Game Protective 



Associations. 



1. We stand for vigorous and impartial enforcement 

 of the game and fish laws. 



