224 RECREATION. 
LOCAL WARDENS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 
County. Name of Warden. Address. 
Venango, G. D. Benedict, Pleasantville. 
Northumberland, W. A. Reppard, Shamokin. 
Potter, Byron Bassett, Coudersport. 
Crawford, Jasper Tillotson, ‘Tillotson. 
LOCAL WARDENS IN MICHIGAN. 
Kalkaska, W. H.Dunham, Kalkaska, 
Kalamazoo, C. E. Miller, Augusta. 
LOCAL WARDENS IN WYOMING. 
Fremont, Reon cama Dubois. 
. . N. Leak, 
Uinta, W. L. Simpson, Jackson. 
Carbon, Kirk Dyer, Medicine Bow. 

DISCOUNTS TO LEAGUE MEMBERS. 
The following firms have agreed to give 
members of the L. A. S. a discount of from 2 
per cent. to 10 per cent. on all goods bought 
of them. In ordering please give L. A, S.- 
number: 
Syracuse Arms Co., Syracuse, N. Y. Guns. 
Davenport Fire Arms Co., Norwich, Conn. Shot 
guns, rifles. 
Gundlach Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y. Photographic 
goods. 
Blair Camera Co., Boston, Mass. Photographic goods. 
Folmer & Schwing, 271 Canal Street, New York City. 
Photographic goods. 
The Bostwick Gun and Sporting Goods Co., 1528 
Arapahoe St., Denver Col. 
W. Bee ieee ee Bridgeport, Conn. Sportmen’s 
oods. : 
New. York Condensed Milk Co., 71 Hudson Street, 
New York City. Condensed products. 
Oneida Community, Kenwood, N. Y. ‘Traps. 
Metz & Schloerb, Oshkosh, Wis.- Moccasins, hunting 
shoes, etc. ; 
Noveity Cutlery Co., Canton, O. Pocket cutlery, ink 
erasers, etc. ‘ 
M. A. Shipley, 432 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa., 
_Fishing, tackle. ; : 
Willis Arms & Cycle Co., Kansas City, Mo. Bicycles, 
athletic and sportsmen’s goods. 

A BIG HOTEL IN TROUBLE 
On May 30th last the St. Louis County 
Medical Society held its annual banquet 
at the Spalding house in Duluth. One 
of the courses on the menu card was quail 
on toast. Dr. Titcomb, a member of the 
L. A. S., who attended the banquet, ob- 
jected to the serving of quail at that time, 
as it was during the close season and 
therefore in violation of law. 
The next day he reported the case to the 
city attorney and the manager of the ho- 
tel was called to account. Several other 
members of the society, who have no re- 
gard for the game laws, considered Dr. 
Titcomb’s action as discourteous to the 
manager of the hotel. The local papers 
took up the case and devoted a consid- 
erable amount of space to it. Several clip- 
pings were sent me and the following cor- 
respondence ensued: 
Editor News Tribune, Duluth, Minn., 
Several members of the L. A. S. 
in your city have sent me marked 
copies of your issue of May 31st, recount- 
ing the story of the Medical society’s ban- 
quet, and the illegal serving of quail there- 
at. I should like to have you say to your 
readers that the League of American 
Sportsmen heartily and emphatically en- 
dorses and approves Dr. Titcomb’s action 
in reporting this violation of the game law 
to the authorities. 
The L._A. S. was organized primarily 
for the purpose of protecting the game 
and game fishes of the United States ‘and 
Canada. This League now has 2,000 mem- 
bers distributed throughout 44 states, and 
has organized divisions in 15 of them. It 
is the duty of every one of these members 
to report any person found violating a 
game or fish law, and to follow up each 
case and see that it is prosecuted. Dr. 
Titcomb is a member of this League, and 
having discharged his duty fearlessly and 
manfully, I beg leave to commend him in 
this public manner. 
Since Dr. Titcomb’s associates have 
seen fit to denounce hint for having thus 
performed his duty, I have taken the re- 
sponsibility of writing the chief game 
and fish warden of your state, calling his 
attention officially to the violation of the 
law as above stated, and requesting him to 
take prompt action. x 
This League has issued a number of cir- 
culars to all the leading hotels in the 
United States, warning them that it was 
in the field for the purpose of enforcing 
the laws, and cautioning them against vio- 
lating same. 
Many hotel proprietors, when. they re- 
ceive such communications, throw them 
in the waste basket without giving them 
any consideration and go on breaking the 
laws as before. I hope the state game 
warden of Minnesota will see that an ex- 
ample is made of the manager of the 
Spalding house. As I have said, I do 
this entirely on my own responsibility. I 
have heard nothing from Dr. Titcomb. 
personally. 
G. O. Shields, P ident L. A. S. 
I wrote the Chief Executive Officer of 
the Minnesota Fish and Game Commis- 
sion as follows: 
Dear Sir: I am informed that on or 
about Mav 11, a banquet was given at the 
Spalding house in Duluth, at which quail 
were served in violation of law. The Du- 
luth News Tribune of May 21 contained a 
full report of the affair. You can get in- 
formation on this subject by communicat- 
ing with Dr. Titcomb or the City Attorney 
of Duluth. I enclose herewith clipping 
from the newspaper referred to, giving 
further information on this subject. 
I have the honor to request that you 
take immediate action in this matter. I do 
this by virtue of my position at the head 
of the L. A. S., which was organized pri- 
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