RECREATION. 



Embody everything that is practical in Sportsmen's Footwear. For 

 nearly a Quarter of a Century Putman Boots have been the 

 standard among Western Hunters, Trappers, Prospectors, Ranch- 

 men and Engineers (who demand the very best) and we have learned 

 through our personal contact with them Jiow to make a perfect boot. 

 Putman Boots are water proof. Send for catalogue of over 20 differ- 

 ent styles of boots. Also Indian Tanned Moos e Hide Moccasins. 



This cut shows our No. 678 Three Quarter Boot, (14 inches high) Bellows Tongue. 

 Made on any stvie toe desired. Uppers are special Chrome Tanned Calf Skin, tan- 

 ned with the grain of the hide left on (our special tannage) making the leather Water 

 Proof. Large eyelets and wide leather laces, also laced at side to fit the boot tight 

 around tne top. Furnished in Black, Brown or Straw Color. Sole Light, Medium 

 Heavy. The sole is genuine Han,d Sewed (making it soft and easy) and made 

 the best Water Proofed Oak Sole Leather. Made to your measure Of Cfj 



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36 HENNEPIN AVE. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN 



THE EAGLE SCREAMS. 



I am the American Eagle, 



And my wings flap together. 



Likewise, I roost high, 



And I eat bananas raw. 



Rome may sit on her 



Seven hills and howl, 



But she can not 



Sit on Me! 



Will she please put that 



In her organ and grind it? 



I am mostly a bird of peace 



And I was born without teeth, 



But I've got talons 



That reach from the storm- 



Beaten coasts of the Atlantic 



To the golden shores of the 



Placid Pacific 



And I use the Rocky Mountains 



As whetstones to sharpen them on. 



I never cackle till I 



Lay an egg. 



And I point with pride 



To the eggs I've laid 



In the last hundred years or so. 



I'm game from 



The point of my beak 



To the star spangled tips 



Of my tail feathers ; 



And when I begin 



To scratch gravel, 



Mind your eyes ! 



I'm the cock of the walk, 



And the henbird of the 



Goddess of Liberty; 



The only gallinaceous 



E pluribus unum 



On record. 



I'm an eagle from Eagleville, 



With a scream on me that makes 



Thunder sound like 



Dropping cotton 



On a still morning, 



And my present address is 



Hail Columbia, 



U. S. A. ! 



See? 



—New York Sun. 



SEIZURE OF 22,000 BIRDS. 



H. W. Loveday, State game commissioner, act- 

 ing under United States Government authority, 

 has made what is believed to be the greatest 

 seizure of game birds on record. More than 22,000 

 quails, grouse and ducks have been confiscated be- 

 cause they were shipped in violation of the fed- 

 eral law known as the Lacey act. Suits are to be 

 instituted to-day against 48 men charged with the 

 shipment of the game into Illinois contrary to law. 

 The seizures and the suits are the result of the 

 game commissioner's work in connection with T. S. 

 Palmer, assistant chief of the biological survey in 

 Washington, who has charge of the enforcement 

 of the Lacey law. 



A dispatch from Mr. Palmer in Washington 

 says he has made a demand on tl general man- 

 ager of the Wells-Fargo Express Comp y for the 

 names of 20 shippers of the game which h therto 

 had not been secured by the officers. i 



One of the shippers, Andrew Gra. o Chicka- 

 saw, is going to test _ the law, and notice was 

 served on game commissioner Loveday yesterday 

 that Gray had made him defendant in a suit for 

 damages, placed at $1,200, for the seizure of a 

 large quantity of game shipped out of the Indian 

 Territory to Chicago. Of the total number of 

 birds seized over 21,000 were quails. There were 

 about 700 prairie chickens taken, and less than 50 

 each of ruffed grouse and ducks. A few live song 

 birds were taken by the authorities at the same 

 time the dead game was seized. 



In connection with the Lacey bill seizure dis- 

 closures, a report of commissioner Loveday for 

 the 9 months ending April 1st was given out. 

 There have been_ 148 convictions in that time for 

 game law violations. Three of the guilty were 

 sent to jail and the others were fined to a total 

 amount of $2,131. There were 589 reported viola- 

 tions investigated. The dismissals in cases brought 

 to trial were 27. From the sale of game in ac- 

 cordance with law $3,699 was received. Half of 

 that amount went to pay cold storage expenses and 

 the legal fees of the wardens; the balance is now 

 in the hands of the game commissioner. The 

 State Treasurer has on hand for the game protec- 

 tion fund, $2,440. Non-residents have paid $2,853 

 in licenses for the privilege of shooting in the 

 State. — Chicago Tribune. 



This is one of the best pieces of work 

 ever done by any game warden, and Mr. 

 Loveday has earned the gratitude of every 

 sportsman in the land for his brilliant 

 raid on the game dealers. Stay with them, 

 Henry. You will have all the backing you 

 need. — Editor. 



Recreation is worth $5 a year. 



Charles Hixson, Boston, Mass. 



