EDITOR'S CORNER. 



237 



20 members and the membership has been 

 limited to 25. The club was incorporated 

 under the laws of New Jersey, June 18 

 last, and the following officers have been 

 elected: President, G. O. Shields; first 

 vice president, A. P. Bell; second vice 

 president, H. J. S. Hall; secretary, F. D. 

 Warren; treasurer, A. D. Beeken. 



Messrs. W. E. Coffin, S, A. Luther, W. A, 

 Wakeley, W. L. Gardiner, G. O. Shields, A. 

 P. Bell, H. J. S. Hall and A. D. Beeken 

 have been chosen as directors of the com- 

 pany. 



Several decorative log houses are now 

 being built on the shores of Lake Mashipa- 

 cong, by members of the club, and a num- 

 ber of others will be built next spring. We 

 have in the tract nearly 1,000 acres of good 

 timber, and this will be preserved and culti- 

 vated on scientific forestry principles. 

 Later we shall fence a portion of the tract 

 and put in some deer, elk and other wild 

 animals ; not to kill but simply for com- 

 pany for the members of the club, all of 

 whom are ardent lovers and students of 

 nature. A lot of English pheasants, quails 

 and Belgian hares will also be placed on 

 the property and carefully protected. 



TRAGIC ENDING OF DISPUTE. 



A most unfortunate tragedy grew out of 

 a dispute as to certain fishing rights last 

 July, near Delta, Colo. William Radcliffe, 

 an Englishman, leased from the State oi 

 Colorado some years ago the exclusive fish- 

 ing privileges in 13 lakes in that vicinity. 

 He then built la hotel and several cabins 

 for the accommodation of sportsmen who 

 might desire to fish in those waters, and 

 placed a warden in charge. This man's 

 name is F. McHaney. He was deputized by 

 the State and was empowered to forbid any 

 one from fishing in those lakes without a 

 written permit from Mr. Radcliffe. July 14, 

 W. A. Womack, a well known cattleman, 

 who claimed an interest in the lakes in 

 question by reason of a certain contract for 

 the use of irrigating water, went to the 

 lakes, accompanied by several friends, and 

 w*as about to begin fishing. McHaney ap- 

 peared on the scene and ordered them away. 

 An altercation ensued, in the course of 

 which McHaney shot and killed Womack 

 and wounded one of his companions. A 

 bitter feud grew out of the killing. About 

 150 of Womack's friends and neighbors 

 went to the lake and burned the hotel and 

 cottages. Then they went on a hunt for 

 McHaney and Radcliffe, but both escaped. 

 If they had been found by these mountain 

 men they would have decorated the nearest 

 trees in a hurry. McHaney has been ar- 

 rested and it remains to be seen what the 

 State authorities will do about it, 



FULLERTON ACTIVE. 



Sam Fullerton, executive agent for the 

 Minnesota State Fish and Game Commis- 

 sion, is still at it. In a recent letter he says : 



"Since I wrote to you warden Jones, of 

 Fergus Falls, has made 6 convictions, and 

 McCormick, of Grand Rapids, has bound a 

 butcher of Deer River over to the grand 

 jury. Warden Blagic, of Winona, fined 

 A. Miller $50 and costs and confiscated a 

 500 foot seine. Stephens, of Detroit, has 

 been making a great catch up at Thief 

 River Falls, where he got the big taxider- 

 mist outfit which you spoke of. He has 

 good evidence against 7 men who have been 

 implicated in killing moose cows in order to 

 secure the calves. Sunday night Stephens 

 had 5 of the calves locked in a barn, and 

 some of the gang he was after broke in and 

 killed 3 of the calves. They were too cow- 

 ardly to attack our wardens, but vented 

 their spite on the poor dumb brutes. We 

 do not know whether we can make any con- 

 viction or not, as the locality is a bad one 

 and the sympathy of the community is with 

 the law breakers, but we will exert every 

 power at our command to make it hot for 

 those who were implicated." 



If all State game wardens would attend 

 to their business as well as Fullerton does, 

 ther would not be one-tenth the amount 

 of illegal killing and shipping of game that 

 is going on today. — Editor. 



A BIRD SANG THEM INTO THE LEAGUE. 



Professor C. B. White, of the Denison 

 University, located at Granville, Ohio, has 

 written a most beautiful story of how a 

 brown thrush sang 21 college students into 

 the L. A. S. The story is printed in the 

 League Department in this issue of Recrea- 

 tion, and every bird lover in the world 

 should read it. 



Professor White has shown how easy and 

 natural it is for people who are really in- 

 terested in bird protection to bring their 

 friends into this League, if they will only 

 make the effort. He has also shown how 

 strongly bird music appeals to human emo- 

 tion, and it is a pity all teachers in public 

 schools and colleges do not realize the won- 

 derful influence they might wield in this 

 cause if they would avail themselves of 

 their opportunities. 



Are you saving your photo prints? If 

 not, begin at once. Send me 2 yearly sub- 

 scriptions to Recreation, at $1 each, and I 

 will send you a Buechner album that will 

 hold 100 4 x 5 prints. It will be of great 

 value to yon in showing the progress yon 

 make in your photography, from the first 

 page to the last, and your prints will al- 

 ways recall interesting memories, 



