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RECREATION. 



A FEW SUGGESTIONS. 



Would it not be a good plan to nave a 

 brief summary of the fish and game laws 

 published in Recreation ? Also for the 

 L. A. S. to have posters outlining the laws 

 sent to all the post offices in the country, so 

 that all might know "where they are at" ? 

 This would result in a saving of some fish 

 and game and of some money to uninten- 

 tional offenders. 



Ought not some measure be adopted to 

 prevent so much cutting of timber along 

 our streams and so much ditching and 

 draining of swamp land? People are get- 

 iing more eager for land. They cut the 

 fringe of willows and alders from along 

 the streams and clear off and drain the 

 swamps in order to have a few more rods 

 of land for pasturage or tillage. This robs 

 the reserve storehouses of water that 

 should be given during the summer's heat 

 and drought. Old people here tell me there 

 is not half so much water in our streams 

 here- in summer as there was 40 years ago. 

 Then there were plenty of trout in all the 

 streams ; now many once famous trout 

 streams become dry in the summer. 



I suggest, as others have done, that there 

 be a bounty on hawks and foxes. The fox, 

 especially, is a great game hog, as all sports- 

 men know. Tell us how to trap him and 

 poison him. 



The State fish hatcheries should be in- 

 creased in number; and they should stop 

 planting trout fry and put out only finger- 

 lings or yearling trout." Few of the fry 

 planted in our streams ever survive the 

 first spring freshet. 



J. W. Phillips, Otselic Center, N. Y. 



ANSWER. 



It would, of course, be a good plan to 

 publish a synopsis of the game laws in 

 Recreation, but it would take at least 100 

 pages to hold them, and I can not possibly 

 spare so much space. Any man in the 

 United States or Canada can get a copy of 

 the U. M. C. Game Law Book, free of 

 charge, by addressing that company at 315 

 Broadway, New York. This contains a 

 synopsis of the game laws of all the States 

 and all the Canadian Provinces. This 

 obviates the necessity of using up space in 

 Recreation for printing the laws. 



It would be a good plan to have posters 

 distributed everywhere in the United States 

 giving a synopsis of the game laws, but 

 this would cost hundreds of thousands 

 of dollars, and who is to pay the printer's 

 bill ? The League of American Sportsmen 

 has printed many thousands of muslin 

 posters and sent them out, yet I find on 

 examining the membership roll _ that you 

 have thus far failed to contribute one 

 dollar toward this expense. Is it not as- 

 tonishing that any man who is at all in- 



terested in the protection of game should 

 refuse to become a member of this League, 

 and thus to aid in its work. 



A blank application for membership has 

 been sent you and I shall anxiously await 

 your response. — Editor. 



LEAGUE NOTES. 

 The Hon. J. J. Doughty, Chief Warden 

 of the Georgia Division of the L. A. S., 

 is doing some great work. He has made 

 several addresses of late before various 

 organized bodies in that State, appealing 

 for the co-operation and ^ pport of the 

 people in protecting the game, the game 

 fishes, the song birds and the forests, and 

 is having many calls from various parts of 

 the State for League literature, member- 

 ship blanks, etc. As a result the division 

 is growing rapidly and the League now 

 has more members in Georgia than in any 

 Southern State except South Carolina. 

 Mr. Doughty has prepared a comprehen- 

 sive, up-to-date game and fish bill which 

 will be presented to the Legislature at its 

 next session, and a strong movement has 

 been organized to secure its passage. 

 There is every reason to believe that the 

 bill will be promptly passed and approved 

 by the Governor. Then we can say, as in 

 some previous instances, the League did 

 it; and the A. D, G. H. said the League 

 would never do anything worth mentioning. 



Local warden J. W. Furnside, of Schen- 

 ectady, N. Y., who, by the way, is a charter 

 member of the League, recently arrested 2 

 men for illegal fishing and took them be- 

 fore the justice of the peace, who imposed 

 a good round fine on them. Mr. Furnside 

 is a stayer.. He was instrumental in organ- 

 izing a local chapter at Schenectady 3 years 

 ago, and from that day to this he has 

 never missed an opportunity to run in a 

 law breaker. He has a large score of them 

 to his credit, and I am informed that illegal 

 hunting is now rarely heard of in his 

 vicinity. Game and fish hogs have learned 

 that it is dangerous to violate any law as 

 long as Furnside is on the warpath and 

 they are lying low in consequence. 



Barber. — What do you think of this 



soap 



Victim. — Never tasted better. — Exchange. 



I take several sportsmen's periodicals, 

 but prefer Recreation to all of them. 

 E. A. Shacklito, Marcus, Wash. 



Recreation is the best sportsmen's 

 journal published. 



G. T. Phillips, Rutland, Vt. 



