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RECREATION. 



been fined to the limit and sent to jail if 

 unable to pay. Then the judge would 

 probably have pointed with pride to the rec- 

 ord, as showing the fearless manner in 

 which he discharged his duties. Justice 

 Hogue should feel ashamed of the record 

 in the Burrell case, and it is to be hoped 

 that when his present term of office expires 

 the real sportsmen of Portland will see 

 that he is retired to private life. 



The Supervisors of Santa Cruz county, 

 Cal., are apparently level headed men. 

 '1 hey have adopted a stringent amendment 

 to their county game laws, one section of 

 which makes it a misdemeanor to kill any 

 song bird at any time of the year. Another 

 section provides that no angler may take 

 more than 50 trout of one variety in one 

 day. This provision is entirely too liberal, 

 but it is a step in the right direction. I 

 trust the Supervisors may amend that sec- 

 tion still further,, so as to limit the catch 

 for one man for a day to 20 trout, of all 

 varieties. Still another section of the new 

 law prohibits the killing of any species of 

 tree squirrel at any time. Here is an ex- 

 ample that might well be followed by the 

 law makers of all States. 



The sportsmen in the State of Idaho 

 should all begin now to train up their Legis- 

 lators in the way they should go. It is 

 a shame that the good law which Idaho 

 had on its statute books requiring the 

 screening of the heads of irrigating 

 ditches should ever have been repealed. 

 The friends of game and fish protection in 

 that State should see to it that this law 

 is reenacted at the earliest possible oppor- 

 tunity and it is only by personal solicita- 

 tion and earnest admonitions made upon 

 law makers that such action may be 

 brought about,. Let every sportsman do 

 his duty. 



The North Adams Gun Club has been 

 organized at the city of that name in Mas- 

 sachusetts, with officers as follows : Presi- 

 dent, E, H. Pratt ; Vice-President, Albert 

 Hawkins; Secreary, L. W. Graves; Treas- 

 urer, F. J. McITale ; Captain trap team. A. 

 J. Adams; Captain rifle team, Charles Han- 

 sel. The club has leased shooting grounds 

 and has set up 3 traps and a 200 yard rifle 

 range. The club starts off with 40 mem- 

 bers and expects to enroll more in the near 

 future. 



A fruit grower in Southern New Hamp- 

 shire, noted for the fine character of his 

 fruit, was asked what means he took to pro- 

 tect his orchard from injury. He replied, 

 the only thing he did was to put boards 



around the eaves of his barn where the 

 birds could make their nests ; that a colony 

 of 500 swallows kept his orchard clear of 

 insects. 



Will the good friend who wrote me a 



story entitled "Hunting Elk," which treat ; 

 of his experiences on Mad creek, kindly 

 send me his name and address? 



The parrot escaped through a window 

 and perched in a tree. The owner's efforts 

 to capture it, even with a butterfly net, 

 were in vain. He stood at the bottom of 

 the tree swearing at the bird, when an 

 Irishman came along. 



"What is the matter?" demanded Pat. 



"I can't catch that darned bird," said trie 

 man, "and here is a dollar for the man 

 who can." 



"I am the man," cried Pat, and he started 

 ur> the tree. 



As he climbed from branch to branch 

 Tie parrot did the same. Finally they 

 neared the top, and the branches began 

 to wabble dangerously. The parrot was 

 moved to speech. 



"What the devil do you want?" it de- 

 manded. 



"I beg your pardon," cried Pat, already 

 half way down the tree. "I thought you 

 was a bird." — New York Tribune. 



She : "Jack ! darling ! I made you be- 

 lieve I wasn't in earnest when I told you 

 I didn't mean what I said. Didn't I?" 



"I believe so." 



"Well ! I take it all back."— Life. 



Recreation is getting better each 

 month. It is a fine magazine for $1, and 

 is worth 3 other magazines. 



Arthur J. Thompson, Pasadena, Cal. 



I have little trouble in securing sub- 

 scribers to Recreation, as they all say 

 it is a bird. 



J. S. Kittell, Troy, N. Y. 



Recreation is the best sportsmen's 

 periodical on earth, and grows better 

 every month. 



M. P. Edy, Clarence ville. P. Q. 



I value Recreation more highly tl m 

 any other magazine I read. 



B. F. Kizer, Stanberry, Mo. 



I think your magazine the best of its 

 kind. W. M. Rickert, Waterloo, Iowa. 



Recreation is O. K. Simply deli- 

 cious. Fred Schaible, Lansing, Mich. 



Recreation is the best magazine out. 

 Frank G. Houghton, Leominster, Mass. 



