
The birds were packed in an ordinary egg 
case and shipped from Waseon, O.  Ship- 
ping bill from L. M., to S. S. Long & Bro., 
New York, ‘‘ eggs.” .The New York in- 
spector telegraphed to the Lima agent and 
asked that the lading be changed from eggs 
to poultry, as they were quail and must be 
shipped as poultry. Taking these pointers, 
S. W. Kinsely went to Waseon and, in com- 
pany with the prosecutor, found L. M. to 
be Lun Mattison, the only shipper of poul- 
try and eggs in the town. They called him 
up by phone and asked if he shipped a case 
of eggs to S. S. Long & Bro., New York. 
He said he did. They then told him he 
must go and change the shipping bill to 
poultry as they were quail and not eggs, or 
else get into trouble. This he refused to do, 
and he was at once arrested and charged 
with shipping quail out of the state. Plead 
not guilty. The trial soon began and, after 
5 days’ with the law twisters and jury, a 
verdict of ‘‘ guilty’’ was rendered and he 
was fined $250 and costs! 
Joe Mattison, a brother of Lun Mattison, 
is now under arrest, charged with shipping 
50 quail. The evidence against him is more 
convincing than the case against his brother. 
I wish to commend Mr. Kinsely. He is a 
corker and any.state might well be proud 
of such a warden. 
This case will, I hope, stop the shipment 
of quail, and the unlawful shooting of game 
in that part of the state. 
: dee i, Lanudiek 
GAME IN GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. 
Editor RECREATION: This is truly a 
sportsman’s paradise. Grand Rapids 1s al- 
most in the heart of one of the best hunting 
and fishing grounds in the states. The true 
sportsman can find all the shooting and fish- 
ing he could desire, in this locality. He 
need not go far from town to find plenty of 
deer, wolves, bear and smaller game. If he 
wants moose and caribou a day’s journey, 
by canoe or team, will put him where -he 
is sure of bagging them. 
Wild fowl shooting in the fall is unsur- 
passed here. That there is good fishing 
here I know from actual experience. Min- 
nesota has good game laws, yet in this 
’ Northern part they are grossly violated 
every day. Deer and moose are slaugh- 
tered by the hundred and openly ex- 
posed for sale by dealers, without. re- 
gard to Jaw or season. Moose may be 
hunted legally only 5 days in the year, and 
only one moose is allowed for each hunter, 
but no attention is paid to that up here. If 
something is not done soon to bring these 
_ violators to justice, this part of the country 
will cease to be known as a game field. To 
be sure violators are sometimes arrested and 
brought into court. What then? Here is 
an illustration. 
There were 2 or 3 cases of that kind in the 
circuit court of this county during the Jan- 
oats Ral 
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uary term, good, strong cases, too, but they 
were dismissed for lack of evidence; this 
would be. a good field for a missionary of 
the LA. S., Perhaps a regiment of them, 
armed with repeaters, would be better. 
There is no place in RECREATION’S swine 
pen that would give justice to some of the 
violators of the game laws here, or any- 
where else, for that matter. They are not 
sportsmen, neither can they be classed with 
the game hog, for even the man who makes 
a hog of himself during the season, is far 
more entitled to the respect of decent peo- 
ple, than the being (I won’t call him a man) 
who openly violates the law, or the impos- 
tor who calls himself an officer, but can’t 
find evidence to convict one of them when 
brought before him. 
However, there is still an abundance of 
game here and the sportsmen who come 
here in season for their annual hunt will not 
go away disdopointed. 
VWW=3S. Bohart. 
AFTER DEER. 
Port Huron, Mich. 
Editor RECREATION: In the fall of 1897 
I was accompanied on a hunting trip by my 
old friend, Dr. T , to Northern part of 
this state. We arrived in camp on the 4th 
of November. The Doctor had hunted on 
the same ground 3 seasons and was well 
acquainted with the country. It took him 
about 2!4 days to show me the lay of the 
land. On the afternoon of the 5th we got 
lost. Darkness came while we were about 
8 or g miles from camp. We took out our 
compasses and they agreed that we had been 
traveling away from camp. 
Having kept my bearings well, -I struck a 
course and away I went on the bound, over 
logs and through all kinds of brush, the doc- 
tor following. 
Soon the wolves began to how! from every 
direction. All we had was shot guns and 
fine shot principally. But the doctor did 
not seem to mind them. 
Next morning we started out about 7 
o'clock. I walked up an old log road to 
the top of a hill and stopped to scan the 
country. Saw 6 deer, but as the season did 
not open for 2 days did not shoot. 
The next day being Sunday we rested. 
But Monday morning we started early. We 
had walked about a mile when up jumped 
3-decer. 5. Bang! Bang! Bang! -3 ~shots 
apiece and not one took effect. I saw a 
white flag stop and turn edgewise to me. 
Soon I saw the form of a head and ears, 
drew my .38-72 Winchester to my face, and 
could scarcely see my sights. Drew a bead 
on the butt of her ear and pulled. 
Some grayish white legs flew into the air 
and went down. The ball had caught her 
1¥%4 inches behind the ear and come out by 
the shoulder. 
We paced back to where I stood when I 


