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game warden under Commissioner Tolleston. In 1914 he 

 aspired to the position of Federal Inspector in Missouri for 

 the enforcement of the migratory bird law; but when Dr. 

 Palmer promoted the appointment of another man, Mr. 

 Grether's embitterment knew no bounds. Ever since 1914 

 Mr. Grether has been viciously fighting Dr. Palmer in par- 

 ticular and the migratory law in general. Mr. Grether 

 publishes a weekly attack in the Rod-and-Gun department 

 of the St Louis Globe Democrat, and even after steady 

 reading of what he has been publishing during the past 

 year it is difficult to say whether Grether's rage is greatest 

 at Dr. Palmer individually over that inspectorship, or at 

 the migratory law. If Grether had been given that federal 

 job, all would have been well. As the case stands, only 

 those who have witnessed the weekly outpouring of his 

 wrath can appreciate his vigor and his persistence in hound- 

 ing the migratory bird law. 



Mr. A. D. Holthaus, of St. Louis, lobbyist in Washington 

 for the rule-or-ruin coterie, was until recently in the service 

 of the Missouri State Game Commission. He is quite an 

 extremist in his views, and he sincerely believes that the 

 sportsmen of Missouri and bordering states are being de- 

 prived of their "rights." Unfortunately for him, he is for 

 his own good too much under the influence of Grether, and 

 too ready to join that gentleman in his guerilla tactics. 



Mr. J. H. Aldous, of Alton, Illinois, is the running mate 

 and "me too" of Mr. Holthaus. 



The "Club" element — Linked up with the gentlemen 

 named above are perhaps 30 or 40 so-called "clubs" of 

 "sportsmen," some of them consisting of from 6 to 12 mem- 

 bers each. In some of these clubs are men who for several 

 years past have owned or leased certain wet spots, often 

 dry in the autumn, in which they have been accustomed 

 to hunt ducks and geese in both spring and fall. In order 

 to provide more duck-shooting for themselves, and more 

 dead ducks to give away to their friends, these club men 

 contributed about $1,600 to put through the no-sale-of-game 

 law for Missouri. Their campaign was successful, and 



