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EDITOR'S CORNER. 



An Official Incendiary. — It is 

 charged that W. H. Brown, a lawyer, of 

 Stephen, Minn., while hunting in the 

 eastern part of Kittson county, in Sep- 

 tember, last, deliberately set fire to the 

 grass in a big swamp, hoping that it 

 might drive a deer, moose or other game 

 to him, and that he might get a shot 

 without having to hunt for it. The fire 

 swept over an area of about 30 square 

 miles, burning several houses and other 

 buildings, several hundred tons of hay, 

 and destroying thousands of acres of 

 standing timber. Many miles of fences 

 were also burned. The stock range was 

 destroyed, stock stampeded and driven 

 away so far that much of it will prob- 

 ably never be recovered. The game 

 was also driven out of the country and, 

 in all, most terrible losses were inflicted 

 on the settlers. Many of them lost 

 nearly everything but their land, among 

 these being Burt Harris, a model sports- 

 man whom many readers of Recreation 

 know, through his letters to this and 

 other sportsmen's journals. 



Mr. Brown is the prosecuting attorney 

 of Marshall county and is a candi- 

 date for re-election. There is, of 

 course, a stringent law against the set- 

 ting out of fires in Minnesota, as in most 

 other states, and when a law officer be- 

 comes a law breaker, the severest penalty 

 on the statute books should be meted 

 out to him. Brown's re-election, while 

 this charge stands against him, would 

 be a disgrace to his county. 



Menu for December. — Among the 

 many good things to which readers of 

 the December number of Recreation 

 will be treated are : The concluding 

 chapter of Gen. Gibbons interesting and 

 instructive paper on Alaska ; " The 

 Mink," a delightful prose-poem, by 

 Stanley Waterloo, author of " An Odd 

 Situation," " A Man and a Woman," etc.; 

 " Taps," an intensely thrilling and dram- 

 atic story of army life on the frontier, 

 by Mrs. Mary Gordon Bailey ; " A 

 Buffalo Drive," by Gen. F. W. Benteen, 

 of the U, S. Army ; " Canvasback Shoot- 

 ing on Puget Sound," by J. C. Nattrass; 

 and the conclusion of Mark Samuel's 

 popular science sketch: " Summer — an 

 Aquarium Story." Charles Greenwood 

 describes " Winter Life in the Kettle 



River Country," in a way that will de- 

 light all hunters. " A Perilous Sleigh- 

 ride," by Captain D. Robinson, is one of 

 the most novel Christmas stories ever 

 put in type. Colonel W. T. Dennis, of 

 the Indiana Fish Commission, gives an 

 instructive and entertaining paper on 

 "Black Bass Fishing/' and there is a 

 thrilling story of " Moose Hunting in 

 Canada," by L. C. Ivory. 



Eight of these papers will be richly 

 illustrated, from original drawings and 

 from photographs. Think of such a 

 book as this for 10 cents — of twelve such 

 for $1. Send in your subscription and 

 get them all. 



Your Friend Says So. — A number 

 of sportsmen have sent in the names 

 and addresses of their friends, with the 

 request that sample copies of Recrea- 

 tion be sent them. If you have received 

 a copy of the magazine, that you have 

 not ordered, rest assured it is through 

 the courtesy of some friend of yours 

 who is anxious to contribute to your 

 pleasure. Show your appreciation of 

 his attention by sending in your sub- 

 scription at once. 



That well known guide and hunter, 

 Ira Dodge, writes, under date of Octo- 

 ber 1st : "I live in a hunter's paradise 

 (Cora, Wyo.,) and should any of your 

 friends be looking for a place to hunt 

 large game, I think I can give them am- 

 ple satisfaction." Mr. Dodge states that 

 he is still suffering from the effects of an 

 encounter with a grizzjy bear, two years 

 ago. All sportsmen who read this will 

 wish him an early recovery. He has had 

 a terrible siege as a result of the mauling 

 he got, and has earned some good health. 



Mr. S. B. Williams, City Treasurer of 

 Rochester, has kindly consented to act 

 as agent for Recreation, in receiving 

 and forwarding subscriptions. He is 

 supplied with the necessary blanks, and 

 I trust that Rochester sportsmen will 

 lose no time in stepping up to the 

 Treasurer's office and settling. 



If you know of a boy who is expert 

 in the use of either rifle or shot-gun, 

 please send me his name and address. 



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