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RECREATION. 



special permit, is prohibited from October 

 i to Noverber 10. This is to prevent per- 

 sons from going out under the guise of 

 killing rabbits, and hunting quails before 

 the open season begins. The open sea- 

 son for ducks, geese and brant is Sept. i 

 to April 15. * 



The killing of deer, wild turkeys, or 

 pheasants of any species is prohibited at 

 all times. 



Non-residents hunting in Indiana are 

 required to pay a license fee of $25 and 

 an additional fee of 50 cents to the clerk 

 who issues same. Another excellent pro- 

 vision of the new law is that in all cases 

 of conviction for a violation of any pro- 

 vision of the game or fish laws, the court 

 shall assess a fee of $20 as part of the 

 costs, which shall be collected and paid 

 to the commissioner of fisheries and 

 game, and by him added to the general 

 fund for the protection of fish and game. 



The new fish law is equally rational and 

 effective. One important provision there- 

 in is that any person using dynamite, or 

 other explosive for the purpose of kill- 

 ing fish shall be fined not less than $250 

 nor more than $1,000 for the first offense, 

 and for a second or subsequent offense, 

 the fine shall be $500 and imprisonment for 

 not less than one year, nor more than 

 three years. 



Seining, netting, spearing, or fishing 

 through the ice, and other unfair and un- 

 sportsmanlike methods of taking fish are 

 prohibited under heavy penalties. 



Chief Warden Littleton, Vice Warden 

 Hildebrandt, Secretary-Treasurer Carter, 

 and the other members of the League in 

 Indiana, and Mr. E. E. Earle, deputy 

 commissoner of fisheries and game, who 

 is an active League member, are en- 

 titled to unlimited praise for having se- 

 cured the enactment of such an excellent 

 system of game and fish laws, and the 

 sportsmen in that State who are not yet 

 members of the League should realize 

 that they are indebted to this great or- 

 ganization for this excellent system of 

 protective laws. 



A DIFFERENT SORT OF GAME DEALER. 



I have appointed Mr. H. B. Marshall, 

 of Greenwich, and Mr. S. L. Warner, of 

 Lanesville, Conn., as delegates to the an- 

 nual meeting of the League. 



These gentlemen are both enthusiastic 

 League members. The former is a game 

 dealer in Greenwich, and is greatly in- 

 terested in the bill to stop the sale of 

 game. The latter is a charter member of 

 the League, and one of the first in this 

 State. I think I have selected 2 good 

 men. They both promise to be at the 

 meeting. F. P. Sherwood, 



C. W. Conn. Div, U A. S. 



On receipt of the foregoing I wrote Mr. 

 Marshall as follows: 



Dear Sir: — 



I am informed that you are a game 

 dealer, and that notwithstanding this fact 

 you are in favor of the bill pending in 

 your Legislature to prohibit the sale of 

 game in your State at all times. Will 

 you kindly inform me if this statement is 

 correct? If so, you are the fairest among 

 10,000, and the one altogether lovely. 



In due time came this reply: 



I think the best protection of wood- 

 cock, quail and grouse would be in the 

 passage of a law prohibiting the sale of 

 either. 



H. B. Marshall, Greenwich, Conn. 



LEAGUE NOTES. 



Here is another Roll of Honor: 



During the past 4 months the Hon. 

 Frank L. Littleton, Chief Warden of the 

 Indiana Division, has sent in over 400 ap- 

 plications for membership in the League. 



Hon. H. A. Morgan and Dr. Parker, of 

 Albert Lea, Minn., have jointly sent in 

 about 70, and tell me they have not yet 

 fairly started work. They say they will 

 send at least 200 within the next month 

 or 2. 



Dr. F. W. Orwan, of Austin, Pa., has 

 sent in 41 applications; Mr. B. W. Oven- 

 shire, of Cammal, Pa., 34, and Mr. Geo. 

 C. Long, president of the First National 

 Bank, Hopkinsville, Ky., 21. 



This statement is made simply to show, 

 once more, what any live man can do in 

 any live town in this country, if he will 

 only try. Yet thousands of people in 

 thousands of good, live towns continue 

 to praise the work of the League and to 

 express the fondest hopes for its growth, 

 and increase in strength, and numbers, and 

 all that, but without enclosing a single ap- 

 plication for membership. Why do you 

 not invade the ranks of the 999, and yank 

 a few of the outsiders into the League? 



Hon. Timothy L. Woodruff, Lieutenant- 

 Governor of New York and president of 

 the State Fish, Game and Forestry Com- 

 mission, has joined the League. This is 

 another important addition to our 

 strength, and the League, on the other 

 hand, will prove a valuable ally to the 

 Lieutenant Governor in his efforts to en- 

 force the fish, game and forestry laws of 

 this State. 



If you want a hunting boat, a canoe or 

 a family rowboat, send me a club and I 

 will send you a boat made by the Racine 

 Boat Mfg. Co. Read the new offers on 

 these goods in my premium list this month? 



