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ten history, asking questions is my specialty, and I ques- 

 tioned everybody in every locality I have visited on game 

 conditions. All told the same doleful story of the scarcity 

 of wild life. There are too many professional hunters, too 

 many pot-hunters, too many U. S. Government hunters, too 

 many wasteful eastern hunters and too little cover. Those 

 in my mind are the chief causes for the decrease in wild 

 life in the West. In the old days, when the predatory ani- 

 mals existed and there were fewer hunters, there was lots 

 of game. I think that the men of the West are all wrong, 

 as it is themselves and no other cause worth mentioning 

 that has made game so scarce. Predatory animals are un- 

 justly blamed, and posterity will acclaim them so when it 

 is too late. Reduce indiscriminate killing and the game will 

 be saved/' 



In some of the states visited, I found prevailing a feeling 

 of hopless resignation in regard to wild life. Naturally, in 

 the lectures given local conditions did not escape attention, 

 and the rights of the wild creatures were demanded at the 

 hands of those who may be looked to as their keepers. For 

 the efforts that were made to arouse the people of the West 

 regarding their wild life, scores of men and women ex- 

 prssed their gratitude and appreciation. 



Already there are five more organizations for the pro- 

 tection of wild life than existed in the West prior to our 

 tour. These are located in Minnesota, Idaho, California and 

 New Mexico, with one more promised in Wyoming. In Min- 

 neapolis, on the day of our visit, there was organized the 

 Minnesota Game Protective League, which marks the begin- 

 ning of a serious state-wide movement for the saving of 

 the game of Minnesota on a permanent basis. In Idaho, Mr. 

 Drew W. Stanrod, Jr., a young lawyer of Pocatello, has gal- 

 lantly set out to champion the wild life cause in that state, 

 and he is mentally, physically and financially equipped to 

 win valuable results. 



Several discouraged organizations were stimulated to 

 take fresh courage and go on; and offers of financial help 



