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RECREA TION. 



EDITOR'S CORNER. 



SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS FOR 3 

 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS. 



Read the deadly parallel columns: 



1895. 1896. 1897. 189S. 



January $379 $723 $2,146 $4,059 



February .. 256 693 2,127 3,562 



March 300 1,049 2,215 



April 342 645 1,921 



May 292 902 1,596 



June 307 770 1,402 



July 345 563 1,101 



August.... 306 601 1,906 



September. 498 951 2,223 



October... 438 969 2,586 



November . 586 1,054 2,440 



December . 652 1,853 4>76o 



$4,671 $io,773 $26,423 



February makes a good record, for a 

 short month. If it had 3 more days, as 

 January had, it would have shown at least 

 $4,000. Look out for the March figures. 

 They will interest you. 



Gov. Richards, of Wyoming, has been 

 unduly criticised, by a contemporary, for 

 having given a permit to one H. K. Glidden 

 to ship some elk out of Wyoming. I am 

 in a position to say, authoritatively, that 

 this permit was obtained by misrepresenta- 

 tion. 



The facts are that Mr. Adams, who en- 

 closed these elk in his corral a year ago, 

 died some months later and left his widow 

 in almost destitute circumstances. Glidden 

 went to the State Game Warden and, by 

 working on his sympathies, obtained a per- 

 mit, in the name of Mrs. Adams, to ship 

 these elk East. He also obtained, from the 

 same source, an appointment as deputy 

 game. warden for Uinta Co. Then Glidden 

 came East and immediately went to trading 

 on the authority thus obtained from the 

 chief game warden of Wyoming. He en- 

 deavored to make contracts with a number 

 of wealthy gentlemen here to supply them 

 with live elk, deer, antelope and other game 

 animals, displaying his commission as 

 game warden, and the permit referred to. 



As soon as Gov. Richards heard of this 

 action on the part of Glidden, he caused his 

 commission as a deputy game warden to be 

 revoked, and notified him officially that he 

 would not be allowed to ship any more 

 game out of Wyoming, under any circum- 

 stances. Both of these papers were official- 

 ly served on Glidden in New York, in Janu- 

 ary last, by an officer of the law. Thus Gov. 



Richards is exonerated from all blame in 

 this matter and has placed himself on record 

 as a firm friend of game protection. He is 

 one of the Vice-Presidents of the League of 

 American Sportsmen, and is actively en- 

 gaged in furthering the interests of that or- 

 ganization in his State. 



Mr. Luther S. Kelly, better known in the 

 West as " Yellowstone Kelly," who has 

 been employed in the Quartermaster's of- 

 fice on Governor's Island, for a year past, 

 has been detailed by the Secretary of War 

 to go to Alaska. He has been appointed 

 scout and guide for Capt. W. R. Aber- 

 crombie, who is in command of an expedi- 

 tion that is to spend the next 2 years in 

 locating trails, building telegraph lines, es- 

 tablishing outposts, etc. 



Mr. Kelly was formerly chief of scouts 

 for Gen. Miles, in the Yellowstone country, 

 and the General has not forgotten his valu- 

 able services. He ordered Kelly to Wash- 

 ington, some weeks ago, to confer with 

 him regarding this Alaskan work, and the 

 result of this interview was the order from 

 the Secretary of War, mentioned above. 

 Miles, like most other old soldiers, knows 

 how to value a faithful and competent scout, 

 and Kelly is one of the best that ever wore 

 a spur. 



A New York paper prints a dispatch from 

 Richmond, Va., in which it is stated that 

 Tom Savage, of that city, was out shoot- 

 ing robins, when a lunatic, named Bailey, 

 who also had a gun, met Savage in the 

 road, held him up and took his gun away 

 from him. The dispatch says Bailey is to 

 be arrested and tried, on a charge of lunacy. 



After all it is not so certain this man is 

 insane. If it be true, as stated, that Sav- 

 age was shooting robins Bailey certainly 

 evinced a shrewd bit of discretion in tak- 

 ing his gun away from him. He should 

 have marched him up to some justice of the 

 peace and prosecuted him for killing harm- 

 less birds. Bailey should be sent to the 

 legislature, instead of to the lunatic asylum. 



A few of the leading features of May 

 Recreation are " A Scouting Adventure," 

 by Wm. Jackson; "Sunshine and Shadow 

 Camp," H. Pearsall; "Uncle's Adventure," 

 John Boyd: " Hunting with a Camera," 

 W. E. Carlin: "A Tenderfoot in a Cow 

 Camp," Paul E Vollum, and the continu- 

 ation of " Elkland," by Ernest Seton 

 Thompson. 



There will be full page drawings in this 

 issue by Mr. Thompson, Chas. B. Hudson 

 and Miss Marie Palmer, as well as numer- 

 ous reproductions of fine photographs. 



The Natural History, Gun and Ammu- 

 nition. Game Fields, Fishing and Photo- 

 graphic Departments will be full of good 

 things, as usual. 



