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RECREATION. 



REPORT FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY. 



Unfortunately there seems to be no or- 

 ganized effort to enforce the game and fish 

 laws throughout this section, except by 3 

 or 4 L. A. S. members in this village, 3 of 

 whom are local wardens. 



It has taken us fully 2 years to educate 

 and interest the people in our protection 

 work, as the newspapers of the county 

 have seen fit to censure us every time we 

 made an arrest. That did not stop us, 

 though, and I am glad to state that at last 

 the people are desirous of having the laws 

 enforced. The following is . our list of 

 prosecutions : 



Charles Wilson, fyke netting, acquitted; 

 George Montanni, fyke netting, acquitted ; 

 Rodger Derome, set lining, $10; Charles 

 Gordon, set lining, $10; Gilbert Maddeson, 

 hounding deer, $25 ; Edwin Steeves, hound- 

 ing deer, $25 ; Charles Dorn, fyke netting, 

 25 days in jail; William Petty, possession 

 bass, $20; Clarence Gregory, violation of 

 Section 33, $10; judge suspended sentence; 

 William Adams, fyke netting, case not yet 

 disposed of. 



We were beaten in the first 2 cases, as 

 the sentiment was entirely against us then. 

 Besides these prosecutions I have destroyed 

 since last spring 68 fyke nets, 4 feet to 7 

 feet in diameter, with hedges 15 to 200 feet 

 long, 2 gill nets, and many set lines and 

 tip-ups. 



William Koch, Jr., Whitehall, N. Y. 



LEAGUE NOTES. 



Mr. C. A. Durell, of Reading, Pa., a 

 League member, writes me that in July last 

 he caught H. B. Hintz in the act of killing 

 blackbirds. Mr. Durell told Mr. Hintz he 

 was violating the State law, but Hintz 

 replied that he was out for an afternoon's 

 sport and intended to have it, even if he 

 had to pay a fine. Mr. Durell accordingly 

 placed the matter in the hands of Dr. Kalb- 

 fus, Secretary of the State Game Commis- 

 sion, who sent a warden to prosecute. Mr. 

 Hintz was called up in court and fined $10 

 for each bird killed, making an aggregate 

 of $40. 



There is scarcely a day when some 

 League member does not cause some law- 

 breaker to be run in. This reminds me 

 again that in 1898, when the League was 

 organized, the A. D. G. H. predicted that 

 the League would never "accomplish any 

 important achievements." 



As soon as I was informed that Geo. 

 Massey was killing deer and elk in the 

 Sacramento mountains, I appointed a com- 

 petent game warden in that section and 

 instructed him to act promptly, to advise 

 the district attorney of the district and to 

 bring action against Massey. I under- 

 stand the matter is being attended to. You 



may rest assured I shall instruct the' dis- 

 trict attorney to prosecute Massey to the 

 full extent of the law. 



Miguel A. Otero, 

 Governor of New Mexico, Santa Fe, N. M. 



Governor Otero is a League member and 

 has responded in like vigorous manner to 

 several other appeals that have been sent 

 him from this office, in the interest of 

 game protection. — Editor. 



Through the persistent and energetic ef- 

 forts of H. P. Hays and W. H. Gardner, 

 of Hollidaysburg, Pa., a strong local chap- 

 ter has been organized there. It has a 

 membership of 150 and is making life a 

 burden to the lawbreakers in that vicinity. 

 Nine of these have been convicted and the 

 League members are cm the trail of several 

 others, who will be brought to justice as 

 fast as the necessary proofs of guilt can 

 be obtained. The League posters are dis- 

 played all over Blair county, so that even 

 he who runs from an officer may read that 

 there is a reward of $10 out for him. 

 Friends of game protection everywhere 

 should follow the example of these Blair 

 county League men. 



Lawton Chapter of the L. A. S., at its 

 first meeting, elected the following officers: 

 Rear Warden, Marion Miller ; First Vice- 

 President, Dr. Rosenberger; Second Vice- 

 President, Dr. Tellis ; Third Vice-Presi- 

 dent; Judge Jas.'A. Morris; Fourth Vice- 

 President, Geo. Harter ; Secretary-Treas- 

 urer, Dr. W. M. Flexener. This chapter is 

 now in running order and will strive to 

 become the leading chapter of Oklahoma, 

 In any event it will see that the game laws 

 are enforced in this county. 



Marion Miller, Lawton, Okla. 



The Blair county branch of the League of 

 American Sportsmen has perfected plans for a 

 vigorous fall campaign against violators of the 

 game law, directed especially against "sooners," 

 or those who hunt before the opening of the legal 

 season October 15. Each of the 30 odd town- 

 ship constables, who by the act of 1899 were con- 

 stituted ex-officio game and fish wardens, has re- 

 ceived from the League a copy of the game law 

 and a circular of instructions as to its enforce- 

 ment. The Pennsylvania State Game Commission 

 has notified the local branch of its cordial sym- 

 pathy and approval and will send a representative 

 here next week to co-operate with the local offi- 

 cials in the work of game protection in the coun- 

 ty. — Pennsylvania Paper. 



Another live sportsman has come to- the 

 front. I refer to Mr. A. C. Cooper, of Fort 

 Sill, O. T. A few weeks ago he went over 

 to Lawton, rounded up the sportsmen there 

 and sent in 25 applications for membership 

 in the League, with a check for $25. As a 

 result there is now a good, live, working 

 chapter of the League in Fort Sill, under 

 the leadership of Mr. Marion Miller as 

 Rear Warden. Next ! 



