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RECREATION. 



sons, and it simply becomes a question 

 with each representative in Congress as 

 to what action on his part will best serve 

 the interests of his constituents. 



It is not necessary that this League 

 should use any money for the purpose 

 of securing the passage of these bills. I 

 shall personally spend a good deal of time 

 in Washington during the winter, giving 

 careful attention to them, at my own ex- 

 pense. It simply remains for each mem- 

 ber of the League, and for all other friends 

 of game and song bird protection, to ex- 

 pend a few hours of time and a few cents 

 in postage to aid in the work. 



Let every member do his duty in this 

 matter. Write your senators and represen- 

 tatives at once. Do not delay this matter 

 until to-morrow. Act to-day. 



SOME OTHER THINGS THE LEAGUE HAS DONE. 



John Eakright, a police officer and local 

 warden of the L. A. S. at Kalispell, Mont., 

 recently arrested 2 Indians, named Look- 

 ing Glass and Gorsta, for catching trout 

 with a grab hook, in violation of law. The 

 redskins were tried before Justice M. J. 

 Sullivan, of the same place, and each fined 

 $25 and costs. Not having that amount 

 of loose change about them, they were 

 sent to jail. 



Wilbur E. Beach, deputy sheriff and lo- 

 cal L. A. S. warden at New Haven, Conn., 

 recently arrested C. J. Nelson and Joseph 

 Duncan, of East Haven, for killing robins 

 and other small song birds. Nelson had in 

 his possession 7 birds and was fined $7 and 

 costs. Duncan had 2 robins and was fined 

 $2 and costs, the total fines and costs 

 amounting to $22.25 and $17.25, respective- 

 ly. The accused paid their fines and went 

 away, sadder but wiser men. They will 

 probably not kill any more song or insec- 

 tivorous birds. Neither will their friends. 



And thus the good work goes on. There 

 is not a month in the year, and scarcely a 

 week, that some League warden does not 

 arrest and convict a man for violation of 

 a game or fish law. If all the sportsmen of 

 the country who are clamoring for game 

 protection and game propagation would 

 join the League and help us to extend our 

 system of wardenship into all counties and 

 townships, we would soon stop all viola- 

 tions of these laws. Did you ever think, 

 gentle reader, of your duty in this mat- 

 ter? Are you not willing to contribute $1 

 a year to such a vast and efficient system 

 of game protection as the L. A. S. sup- 

 lies? Why not send in your dollar now? 



LEAGUE NOTES. 



I have decided to offer Recreation to 

 members of the L. A. S. at 50 cents a year. 

 Anyone who has any knowledge of the 



publishing business will readily understand 

 that it costs me more than $1 a year to 

 print and send Recreation to each sub- 

 scriber. Yet I am anxious to see the 

 League grow rapidly, and am therefore 

 willing to furnish the magazine at less 

 than half the actual cost as an additional 

 inducement to sportsmen to join. No true 

 friend of game protection should require 

 such an inducement; but unfortunately 

 there are thousands of people who always 

 ask, "What do I get out of it?" Here is 

 what you can get out of it, in addition to 

 the satisfaction of knowing you are con- 

 tributing $1 a year to the great cause of 

 game preservation. This offer relates to 

 renewals as well as to new subscriptions. 



The local branch of the League of American Sportsmen 

 has received from the Pleasant Valley hatchery, in Steu- 

 ben county, 1,000 brook trout fingerlings that averaged 

 about 2% inches in length. 



A committee of the local branch, accompanied by the 

 superintendent of the hatchery, who came with the fish, 

 placed them in a suitable stream in this vicinity. 



The local branch intends to supplement this by placing 

 1,000 black bass fingerlings in the Mohawk next June and 

 will continue this kind of work until all the streams in this 

 vicinity are well stocked with game fish. 



This shows what a local chapter of the 

 L. A. S. can do when composed of hus- 

 tlers. Why don't you organize a chapter 

 in your town? I mean you, my good 

 reader. — Editor. 



Chief Warden A. W. Van Saun, of New 

 Jersey, sent the following notice to one of 

 his local wardens: 

 Mr. L. M. Lefevre, Pompton Plains, N. J. 



Dear Sir — You are hereby notified that 

 I have this day revoked your commission 

 as a local warden of the League of Amer- 

 ican Sportsmen, for conduct unbecoming a 

 warden and a true sportsman interested in 

 the protection of fish and game. Yours 

 truly, A. W. Van Saun, Chief Warden. 



The executive committee of the L. A. S. 

 has adopted a resolution authorizing the 

 secretary to make a present of a gold 

 badge to each member who will pay his 

 membership fee 10 years in advance. Now 

 if you want one of these beautiful em- 

 blems, send in your $10. 



Mary had a little lamb, 



Whose legs to Wall street took him; 

 There he was so badly shorn 



That Mary up and shook him. 



— Cleveland Plain Dealer. 



He — What a pretty girl! She looks sweet 

 enough to eat. 



She — Of course; and that's just what she 

 does 3 or 4 times a day. — Chicago News. 



