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pulled off, with the Wing, Fin and Fleet- 

 wood Club as hosts. 



I wish to say a few words in praise 

 of the Wing, Fin and Fleetwood Club 

 of La Grande. This club has about 200 

 members, and every one of them is a 

 live wire, standing strictly for the en- 

 forcement of the game laws. They al- 

 ways have their ear to the ground listen- 

 ing for the footsteps of some game vio- 

 lator. This club should be proud of the 

 gentlemen they have selected as their 

 officers, such as L. M. Hoyt, president; 

 Pat Foley, vice-president ; A. A. Wentzel, 



secretary; C. R. Harding, treasurer. 

 These gentlemen never shirk their duty, 

 never say no to anything that is for the 

 benefit of the conditions of the game and 

 fish laws. They are always ready night 

 and day to assist me as Deputy Game 

 Warden of Union County in prosecuting 

 any violator, whoever he may be. 



[There is a big demand for rabbits to re- 

 stock the game farms and preserves in the 

 Eastern States. We would suggest that the 

 members of the Oregon Clubs write to the 

 advertisers in The Game Breeder and offer 

 them some rabbits in exchange for wild ducks 

 and pheasants. — Editor.] 



GEORGE A. LAWYER, ADMINISTRATOR OF FEDERAL 



GAME LAWS. 



By David F. Lane. 



George A. Lawyer, a young attorney, 

 a native and resident of Watertown, 

 N. Y., was recently appointed to a po- 



George A. Lawyer. 



sition under the Department of Agri- 

 culture, giving him charge of the ad- 

 ministration of game laws throughout 



the United States, Alaska and the 

 Hawaiian Islands, and he has already 

 begun his duties in Washington. The 

 position carries a salary of three thou- 

 sand two hundred and fifty dollars and 

 expenses, and while Mr. Lawyer will 

 have to do with game preservation gen- 

 erally, he will particularly look after the 

 enforcement of the Federal Migratory 

 Bird Law. So far as game is concerned, 

 he will have charge of all of the na- 

 tional parks and preserves in the country, 

 and there are sixty or more game pre- 

 serves in the United States in which ? 

 kinds of animals, birds and fish are kept. 

 During recent years there has been a 

 great awakening among the sportsmen 

 of the United States and movements have 

 been started to stimulate game propaga- 

 tion. At the same time the trend of 

 action has been to secure the proper pro- 

 tection. When the Federal Agricultural 

 Department was granted the necessary 

 appropriations by Congress in 1913, to 

 enforce the Federal Migratory Bird Reg- 

 ulations, which became effective in 1914, 

 every State was back of the project, but 

 since then there has been some dissatis- 

 faction. However, sportsmen through- 

 out the length and breadth of the land 

 should now take courage, for the out- 

 look for better game conditions under 

 the Federal Migratory Bird Regulations 



