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gree. There were too many shooters who had no code of 

 ethics whatever, and whose only desire was to slaughter. 



It was strongly represented to certain zoologists of Cali- 

 fornia that unless they took hold firmly to straighten 

 things out, the situation might easily continue until Cali- 

 fornia became as gameless as Ohio. To the everlasting 

 glory of the University of California, the zoologists and 

 other men, also, of that institution, arose and acquitted 

 themselves like Men. Dr. Walter P. Taylor, Mr. Joseph 

 Grinnell, Prof. William F. Bade and others, induced eight 

 existing organizations to form a strong alliance called the 

 California Associated Societies for the Conservation of 

 Wild Life. That excellently-managed co-ordination of 

 forces at once became the moving and directing spirit in a 

 great campaign for the stoppage of the sale of game and 

 the shipment of game for sale, for a fifty per cent reduc- 

 tion in the bag limit, and for other reforms. Being at that 

 time new in the business of raising money for such causes, 

 the campaign was threatened with starvation for the 

 sinews of war; and when an urgent appeal for help was 

 made to New York, it met with quick responses. New 

 York organizations subscribed $700 for that campaign, of 

 which $200 came from the Zoological Society and $300 

 from our old "discretionary fund." 



After an excellently-managed campaign, our friends 

 were victorious through the enactment of the Flint-Carey 

 law against the sale of game, against the shipment of 

 game for sale, and for a reduction of the bag limit by one- 

 half. In this fight, the State Game Commission co-op- 

 erated, and its Secretary, Mr. Ernest Schaeffle, did excellent 

 work. 



For a few months, California stood redeemed; lifted out 

 of her Slough of Despond, and set on her feet in a respect- 

 able position on the map of game preserving states. But 

 not for long. 



In the City of San Francisco there is a Portugese game- 

 dealer, named John F. Corriea. He is now a famous man. 

 It has been stated publicly that either in person or by rep- 

 resentatives he has been arrested twenty-one times for 



