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legitimately. Further more we can get the 

 game warden's affidavit to that effect. The 

 game warden lives there at Lac La Belle, 

 where the fish was caught, and saw us fish- 

 ing. 



We feel that you have wrongfully, ma- 

 liciously and unlawfully slandered and li- 

 belled us and done us a great injustice and 

 brought our names into disrespect and scan- 

 dal. Now, what we want is fair play in this 

 matter; we want you to retract every por- 

 tion of your contemptuous article and make 

 an apology like a man. And unless you 

 do this we intent to push this thing to its 

 bitterest end. We will give you this one 

 change, so decide at once what you propose 

 to do and wire or write to us. And remem- 

 ber that all our letters hereafter are not for 

 publication until they should come before 

 the court. Yours, etc., 



(Signed) Charles O. Jackola. 



One way to avoid being called "a swine" 

 is not to be one. — Editor. 



\ 400 QAILS SAVED FOR SEED. 



In the early part of October last the 

 South Carolina Club, of Columbia, placed 

 an order with a game dealer for 400 quails 

 to be served at its annual banquet, which 

 was to be given October 30th. South 

 Carolina, in common with many other 

 States, has a law prohibiting the sale of 

 quails at any time. The game dealer in 

 question arranged to get the quails from 

 North Carolina, and hoped in that way to 

 evade the local law. North Carolina has 

 a law on her statute books prohibiting the 

 export of quails from that State. The 

 dealer said he could have the birds smug- 

 gled out of North Carolina and into the 

 ice box of the club without being caught 

 at it.- 



As soon as it became known that this 

 order for quails had been placed, Mr. C. 

 F. Dill, chief warden of the South Caro- 

 lina division of the L. A. S., wrote the 

 president of the club calling his attention 

 to existing laws in the 2 States named, as 

 well as to those of neighboring States, and 

 requested that the order for quails be coun- 

 termanded. A long correspondence ensued 

 between Mr. Dill and_ the club, in which 

 2 or 3 other people finally took a hand. I 

 was promptly notified of this proposed 

 wholesale violation of the game laws of 

 North Carolina, and at once communicated 

 the facts to Dr. T. S. Palmer, of the Agri- 

 cultural Department, suggesting that he 

 also take steps to head .off these would-be 

 law breakers. He placed the matter In the 

 hands of the Department of Justice, and 

 notified the president of the South Caro- 

 lina Club that in case he persisted in his 

 efforts to walk over the statute books, he 

 and his associates might expect to find 



themselves facing a United States judge. 



For a time the president of the club 

 assumed a defiant attitude; but finally con- 

 cluded that discretion would be the better 

 part of valor. The quail order was ac- 

 cordingly countermanded and the club de- 

 cided to serve turkeys instead of quails. 

 This was a wise change of mind on the 

 part of the club officers. Turkeys are 

 good enough for any man who does not 

 care to go afield and kill game, and they 

 are much cheaper at 15 cents a pound than 

 quails are at $25 each. It is safe to say 

 that if these gentlemen had persisted in 

 their determination to eat quails, they 

 would have had to pay at least that price 

 for them, eventually. 



Mr. Dill and Dr. Palmer are entitled to 

 the gratitude of every sportsman in the 

 country for their manly and vigorous ac- 

 tion in this case, and all those in North 

 Carolina and South Carolina would 

 promptly join the League if they could be 

 made to realize how much they owe it for 

 having headed off this proposed wholesale 

 destruction of their quails. 



Jack Barberis, who keeps an alleged res- 

 taurant in Seattle, Washington, was re- 

 cently fined $25 by Judge George for hav- 

 ing 7 ruffed grouse in possession, in viola- 

 tion of law. Game Warden Hill and 

 Deputy Warden Springer had previously 

 made a descent on Barberis' shop, armed 

 with a search warrant. Barberis said em- 

 phatically that he had no game of any kind 

 in his house. The wardens were not satis- 

 fied with that statement and searched the 

 premises. They found the birds in a box, 

 covered with a few slabs of pork. When 

 they began to open the box Barberis gave 

 a war dance about them and reiterated the 

 statement that there was no game in the 

 box or in the house; that there was 

 nothing in that box but pork. He was ar- 

 rested, taken to court, and then pleaded 

 guilty. The penalty provided by the State 

 law for this offence is $100, and sportsmen 

 interested in the case would like to have 

 Judge George explain why he ignored the 

 statute in fixing the charge at $25. It is 

 safe to say that all decent sportsmen in 

 Seattle, and those who go there in future, 

 will steer clear of Barberis' house. 



A rash and rambunctious raccoon 

 Tried to whistle a popular tune ; 

 But he blew out his teeth, 

 Both above and beneath, 

 And is taking his food with a spoon. 



—Life. 



Recreation is the finest magazine ever 

 published. D. B. Kirk, Mt. Vernon, O. 



