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RECREATION. 



LOCAL CHAPTERS. 



Albert Lea, Minn., 

 Angelica, N. Y. 

 Buffalo, N. Y., 

 Cammal, Pa., 

 Carbon Co., Pa., 

 Coudersport, Pa., 

 Cresco, Iowa., 

 Davis, W. Va., 

 Dowagiac, Mich., 

 Evansville, Ind., 

 Ft. Wayne, Ind., 

 Indianapolis, Ind., 

 Jerome, Ariz., 

 Kalispell, Mont., 

 Lake Co., Ind., 

 Loganpsort, Ind., 

 Mechanicsburg, Pa 

 New Albany, Ind., 

 Penn Yan, N. Y., 

 Rochester, N. Y., 

 Schenectady, N . Y. 

 Syracuse, N. Y„ 

 The Dalles, Ore., 



H. A. Morgan, 

 C A. Lathro'\ 

 H. C. Gardiner, 



B. A. Ovenshire. 



E. F. Frey, 



1. L. Murphy, 

 T, L. Piatt, ' 

 J. Heltzen, 

 W. F. Hoyt, 



F. M. Gilbert, 



W. L. Waltemarth 

 Joseph E. Bell, 

 Dr. L. A. Hawkins, 

 Tohn Eaknght, 

 Dr. R. C. Mackey, 

 E. B. McConnell, 



., Dr.J H.Swartz. 

 Dr. J. F. Weathers, 

 Dr. H. R. Phillips, 

 C. H. McChesney 



, J. W. Furnside, 



C. C Truesdell, 

 C. B. Cushing, 



Rear Warden 



DISCOUNTS TO LEAGUE MEMBERS. 



The following firms have agreed to give 

 members of the L. A. S. a discount of 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. 



guns, rifles. 

 Gundlach Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y. Photographic 



snoods. 

 Blair Camera Co., Rochester, N.Y. Photographic goods. 

 The Bostwick Gun and Sporting Goods Co., 1528 



Arapahoe St., Denver, Col. 

 James Acheson, Talbot St.. St. Thomas, Ontario 



Sporting goods. 



Shot 



ADVISES CONSOLIDATION. 



Mr. J. H. Ager, President of the Ne- 

 braska State Fish and Game Protection 

 Association and Chief Warden of the Ne- 

 braska Division of the League of Ameri- 

 can Sportsmen, makes the following re- 

 port: 



Lincoln, Neb. 



Dear Sir: The principal work for which 

 the Nebraska State Fish and Game Protec- 

 tive Association was organized, to wit, 

 a revision of the fish and game laws of the 

 State, having been accomplished, I deem it 

 proper I should make a short report. Last 

 summer we offered x a reward for the detec- 

 tion and conviction of parties engaged in 

 illegal killing of game. We secured 4 

 convictions, the fines in which aggregated 

 over $500. Those amounts were paid into 

 the school treasury. There is no doubt 

 the well advertised fact that the Associa- 

 tion intended, without fear or favor, to 

 prosecute any and all violators of the game 

 laws had a restraining influence on would- 

 be violators, and much game was saved 

 that would otherwise have been slaught- 

 ered. Under the auspices of the State As- 

 sociation and the League of American 

 Sportsmen, a bill was drawn by Ex-Chief 

 Justice Post, of Columbus, which embodied 

 the advanced legislation on this subject 

 in other States. 



In his inaugural message, Governor 



Deitrich called attention to the unwar- 

 ranted destruction and shipment of game 

 and other birds, and recommended legis- 

 lation for their protection. The bill, with 

 numerous amendments, passed the legisla- 

 ture, was signed by the Governor, and 

 takes effect July 1. The principal fea- 

 tures of the bill are that it prohibits the 

 shipment of fish and game out of the State, 

 imposes a hunting license of $10 on non- 

 residents of the State, and a license of $1 

 on residents of the State, except in coun- 

 ties in which they reside; restricts the 

 number of birds that may be taken, and 

 limits the number of birds and fish that 

 may be had in possession. To aid in the 

 enforcement of the law a game warden and 

 3 paid deputies are provided for. The rea- 

 sonable and just request of the large num- 

 ber of sportsmen who find enjoyment with 

 the gun and rod, that they be permitted to 

 shoot quails during November, was de- 

 nied them, and a closed season for 2 years 

 was made on these birds. The sportsmen 

 also requested that the privilege of shoot- 

 ing chickens during September and Oc- 

 tober should be accorded them, but the 

 Legislature would not accede to making 

 September an open month, and the chicken 

 season under the new law is not open 

 until October. 



I feel that the sportsmen, by this action, 

 were not treated with the fairness due 

 them. As a class, the cause of game pro- 

 tection and, in fact, the protection of all 

 bird life, is due in a greater measure to 

 them than to any other class of people in 

 the State. Of the membership of 189 in 

 our State organization, each of whom con- 

 tributed a dollar for the conviction of il- 

 legal shooters and to defray expenses of 

 the passage of a new bill, all were of this 

 class. The next Legislature should be 

 asked to, and I believe will, restore to 

 sportsmen the privilege of shooting chick- 

 ens and grouse during September. 



Due credit for securing the passage of 

 the bill should be accorded to the members 

 of the executive committee and to Mr. 

 Fred Mockett, the secretary, as well as to 

 Mr. Geo. B. Simpkins, whom the Gover- 

 nor has appointed chief warden. We were 

 also assisted greatly by the State Ornitho- 

 logists' Union, the State Boards of Agri- 

 culture and Horticulture and the State 

 Teachers' Association. I wish, also, to add 

 a word of deserved praise for Mr. G. O. 

 Shields, editor of Recreation and the 

 president * of the League of American 

 Sportsmen, who, in my opinion, through 

 the League and his magazine, has done 

 more than any other one man in the State 

 or the nation to bring about a united and 

 determined effort in all the States and ter- 

 ritories for the better protection of the 

 game and bird life in our country. As by 

 the passage of the new law, the work of 



