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cular, and will during the close season dis- 

 tribute about 2,000. Within 24 hours of 

 the publication of this circular in one of 

 the local papers I received private infor- 

 ation that the law was being violated. I 

 immediately had the charge investigated 

 and the next day an arrest was made. One 

 hundred members in this county are all 

 right, and this case created an interest that 

 was most encouraging. I doubt if there 

 will be any more cases here, but should 

 any arise they will be pressed vigorously. 

 The sentiment for bird, animal, game and 

 forest protection is growing daily. 



Henry A. Morgan. 

 Rear Warden Albert Lea, Minn., Chapter. 



GAIN IN UTAH. 

 The League of American Sportsmen and 

 its objects are becoming better known in 

 this State, and more interest is being taken 

 in the protection of birds, game and fish, 

 although it is difficult to get any special 

 legislation on the subject. I had a hard 

 fight in the Legislature during the last 

 session over our fish and game bill. 

 I failed to get it passed as a whole, but 

 succeeded in getting a few good amend- 

 ments to the old law. The most important 

 of these are the prohibition of spring shoot- 

 ing of wild water fowl and limiting the kill 

 to 40 birds of any or all kinds in one day. 

 This limit is too high, but I could not do 

 better, and it is a great improvement over 

 the old law without limit, under which 

 as many as 400 have been killed in one day 

 with a single gun; 150 to 250 being a com- 

 mon thing when the flight was good. Elk, 

 antelope and big horns are protected indefi- 

 nitely, but deer may be killed in the State 

 from October 15th to November 15th, the 

 number being limited to 2 head in any one 

 open season by any one person. The sale 1 

 of all kinds of mountain, brook and rain- 

 bow trout and landlocked salmon and gray- 

 ling is prohibited, and protection is given 

 to all kinds of song and insectivorous 

 birds except the English sparrow. I did 

 everything I could to get the traffic and sale 

 of all kinds of game and game birds abol- 

 ished, knowing well that this is the only 

 way to save them, but I failed. 



John Sharp, 

 State Game and Fish Commissioner, and 

 C W. L. A. S. 



Salt Lake, Utah. 



LEAGUE NOTES. 

 Following is copy of a letter I have just 

 received, which may interest you : 



Hobart, Ind. 

 Hon. Frank L. Littleton, Indianapolis: 



Dear Sir : I thank you for your interest 

 in procuring us a deputy warden. Wm. 

 Westergren, of Miller, Ind., received a 



commission for 60 days. What a wonder- 

 ful effect it has had on the hunters. Not a 

 shot was heard last Sunday on the Calu- 

 met, and this is the first spring our river 

 has not had one to a dozen dip nets daily 

 below the mill dam. Mr. Westergren is 

 the oldest member of the L. A. S. in this 

 township. We have perfect confidence in 

 him and poachers are afraid of him. 



R. C. Mackey. 



We have 50 members in Lake county, 

 and all in or near the township named by 

 Dr. Mackey. Our efforts are bearing fruit 

 in that community. Frank L. Littleton, 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



I am after all violators of the laws for 

 the protection of birds, fish and game. I 

 recently convicted Warren Slusser and 

 Horace M. Pringle before F. E. Hanousek, 

 justice of peace of Newburgh township, 

 Cuyahoga county, Ohio, for shooting song 

 and insectivorous birds. H. M. Prmgle had 

 a jury trial. His fine and costs amounted 

 to $87.25. Warren Slusser's were $33.25 

 The jury was out but 15 minutes. W. Slus- 

 ser pleaded guilty. He also had with him 

 a young man whom the judge let off with 

 the costs, $8.25. I also had P. C. Flynn 

 and John Lloyd up for shooting wild du^Ks 

 June 3, 1901. They gave bonds, and on 

 the day of trial they did not put in an ap- 

 pearance. I had the bond, $400, forfeited, 

 and the prosecuting attorney is to start ac- 

 tion in the case. A. W. Hitch, 

 Local Warden L. A. S., and Special Game 



Warden, Cleveland, Ohio. 



At the close of our Legislature we were 

 3 bills ahead : one general game bill ; 

 one making it compulsory for teachers 

 of our schools to read the game and fish 

 laws to the students once annually; and 

 the other and most important bill com- 

 pelling the County Commissioners; to ap- 

 point a fish and game warden on a peti- 

 tion of 20 taxpayers, such warden having 

 authority to make arrests in any county of 

 the State. "And the League did it." 



Wm. W. Coleman. Carson,, Nev. 



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