BULLETIN NUMBER TWO 117 



Tonopah : Winnemucca : 



Wm. Forman, Lawyer T. A. Brandon, Lawyer 



I. F. Davis, Business Agent Chas. E. Swezy, M. D., Physician 



H. K. Davis, Liquor Dealer 



MINNESOTA. 

 FROM THE GOVERNOR. 



I cordially approve of the efforts you are making, and it 

 seems to me that it is well to have national legislation upon 

 the subject. Your plan appeals to me very strongly, and 

 I hope it may receive the sanction of Congress. 



W. S. Hammond, Governor. 



EDITORIAL ENDORSEMENTS 

 From the Minneapolis Journal : 



The game refuge is the best device yet contrived for the preservation 

 and perpetuation of wild species. Game laws with their closed seasons, 

 their restrictions of bags and other inhibitions are only partially effec- 

 tive, because they are so frequently and so easily violated. But a sanc- 

 tuary where game animals are safe from attack the year round is soon 

 populated by animals which, realizing their safety, bear and rear their 

 young under the best possible conditions. 



It is found, too, that the regions surrounding such a sanctuary are 

 also repopulated by the overflow, affording good hunting in season. For 

 this reason the plan of having a number of refuges of medium size well 

 scattered is better than a few large ones. They form a chain of centers 

 from which the restoring of the natural species goes on rapidly. 



When that leading authority on game protection, Dr. William T. 

 Hornaday, was here some weeks ago, he outlined to the State game organ- 

 ization then perfected his plan for conserving game in Minnesota and 

 other similarly situated states. It contemplates the establishment of game 

 sanctuaries in the midst of National forests and reserves. 



Congress ought by all means to pass this bill, and the co-operation 

 of the States should be enlisted for the establishment of other sanctuaries 

 in State parks and forests. Minnesota has already made a beginning 

 with the Minnetonka, Bemidji and Minnesota River refuges, and could 

 easily establish sanctuaries in State parks in co-operation with the Fed- 

 eral refuges to be delimited in the Superior Reserve. 



The plan is so promising for game preservation that Minnesota's 

 delegation in Congress should unite in helping push the measure through. 



From the Duluth Herald : 



To conserve the supply of wild game is a matter of food and human 

 interest as well as sentiment. 



