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LAWLESSNESS IN MINNESOTA. 

 Bowling Green, O. 

 Editor Recreation: 



QQ was pleased tc see the exposure made 

 by (Df. Austin, of Minneapolis, in July 

 Recreation. I had intended to do the 

 same thing on my return from the Itasca 

 country last November. I considered it a 

 duty to sportsmen who go there to find 

 their prospects for lawful sport spoiled by 

 such butchers. 



At the Deer River hotels, 20 days before 

 the open season on moose, we were served 

 with beefsteak that grew in a moose hide, 

 and the soldiers camped there told us this 

 had been their meat diet for weeks before. 

 When we reached the Bow String country, 

 farther North, we found we had long been 

 preceded by fellows who had hunted with 

 guides and dogs until legitimate sport was 

 "nowhere." 



A party of 20, from the Indiana gas belt, 

 camped near us, led by a gun club man 

 named Fitzpatrick. Meeting with no suc- 

 cess, they hired a local guide with his dogs 

 at $2 a day. They captured 2 deer in this 

 way, and of course made themselves liable 

 to arrest and punishment. No one seemed 

 to be taking any notice, however. This 

 was and no doubt is to-day the shameful 

 situation in one of the finest game and fish 

 preserves in the United States. I cannot 

 understand why the sportsmen's organiza- 

 tions of Minnesota do not take a more ag- 

 gressive interest in enforcing the law. 

 They certainly have a powerful and fear- 

 less ally in Recreation, whose monthly 

 visits should be an inspiration to every 

 true sportsman to lend a hand in protect- 

 ing game. C. W. Evers. 



"Ah! Angelica, if you only knew how I 

 love you you would not be so formal with 

 me. Call me Fred, darling; call me 

 dearest!" 



"I am sorry, Mr. Softly," replied she, 

 "but the best I can do for you is to call 

 you down." — Baltimore News. 



IDAHO NOTES. 



Carp are abundant in the Snake river 

 and seem to thrive as well in its clear, cold 

 waters as in the warmer and muddy 

 streams farther East. I saw large numbers 

 taken with hook and line last summer. 



At Weiser, on May 16th, in the presence 

 of the governor and many distinguished 

 guests, was driven the first spike on the 

 railway to Seven Devils mountains. This 

 road will open to sportsmen some of the 

 finest hunting grounds in Idaho, hitherto 

 almost inaccessible. Near its grade through 

 Middle and Council valleys I saw hundreds 

 of sage hens and grouse; also some ruffed 

 grouse and numerous cranes. The latter 

 breed in these mountain valleys in large 

 numbers. 



The recent rifle match at Weiser was 

 won by Dr. Curl with a straight score of 

 100. Four other contestants made scores 

 of 99 out of a possible 100, and one other 

 made 98. The shooting was done with 

 Stevens and Winchester rifles and Idaho 

 nerve. Reduced range, 100 yards. 



State Game Warden Arbuckle should 

 have the hearty support of every sportsman 

 in Idaho. Have posted him in regard to 

 the slaughter of deer at the licks on Sul- 

 phur creek, and hope he can bring the 

 guilty parties to justice. 



On the trail I met Dan Leach, of War- 

 rens, with a pack train of 23 mules and 

 7,200 pounds of freight. He reported the 

 salmon fishing on the South fork of Sal- 

 mon river unusually fine this spring. In 

 no place in the West is there better salmon 

 fishing with baited hook and line than 

 there. Some of the fish taken weigh over 

 30 pounds. 



M. W. Miner, Cuprum, Ida. 



Servant— Shall I leave the hall lamp 

 burning, ma'am? 



Mrs. Jaggsby— No; Mr. Jaggsby will 

 not be home until daylight. He kissed me 

 5 times before he left this morning and 

 gave me $20 for a new bonnet. — Chicago 

 News, 



