SOME SPECIMENS OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA BREED. 



The many readers of your valuable maga- 

 zine in this part of the country enjoy much 

 the juicy roasts served by you, of which 

 the game hog is the piece de resistance. 

 Particularly are we interested in the fish 

 laws and the preservation of fish, we hav- 

 ing so few streams and lakes in which any 

 fish are found. 



I enclose you a clipping taken from our 

 local paper; also a photograph taken of the 



weeks' fishing trip at Big Stone lake. They had a 

 pleasant time and tell some big stories of their 

 luck with rod and reel. Mr. Prescott caught a 

 26-pound muskalonge and brought its head home 

 as a proof. The party brought home 360 bass. 

 Monday afternoon and the fish were hung up in 

 Mr. Prescott's office and a photographer took a 

 picture of the gentlemen and the fish. — Mitchell 

 (S. D.) Gazette. 



The reader will have noticed that the 

 local editor says the photographer "took a 



remnants of this catch, the balance of the 

 haul having spoiled. 



No. 1 is A. E. Hitchcock, a prominent 

 lawyer of Mitchell, candidate for Attorney 

 General of the State in 1900; No, 2 is W. 

 E. Crane, a physician and surgeon of the 

 C. M. & St. P. R. R. in South Dakota; 

 No. 3 is F. H. Winson, ex-State Attorney 

 of Davison county ; No. 4 is R. D. Prescott, 

 of Mitchell. 



I send these as an addition to your pen. 

 Your good work in this Line is appreciated 

 from Maine to California. 



Subscriber, Mitchell, S. Dak. 



The clipping referred to is as follows : 

 Dr. Crane, R. D. Prescott, A. E. Hitchcock 



picture of the gentlemen and the fish." He 

 should have said of the swine and the fish. 

 There can be no mistake as to the char- 

 acter of these men when one looks at their 

 faces. Every feature of each of these men 

 indicates that they would never quit shoot- 

 ing or fishing as long as they could kill 

 anything more. Such men are a disgrace 

 to any community and I am safe in saying 

 these _ vile _ wretches will be shunned 

 by their neighbors from now on. — Editor. 



and F. H. Winsor returned Monday from a 2 



La Montt — Here is a periodical devoted 

 to air navigation. 



La Moyne — Must be a fly-paper. — Phila- 

 delphia Record. 



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