THE LEAGUE OE AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 



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Rear Warden 



LOCAL WARDENS IN VERMONT. 

 Rutland, Wm. J. Liddle,. Box 281, Fair Haven 



LOCAL WARDENS IN ILLINOIS. 

 Rock Island, D. M. Slottard, 12th ave and 17th 



St.. Moline. 



LOCAL WARDENS IN OKLAHOMA. 

 Kiowa and Comanche Nation, 



A. C. Cooper. Ft. Sill. 



LOCAL WARDENS IN IOWA. 

 Clinton, D.L. Pascol, Grand Mound. 



Pattawattamie, Dr. C.Engel, Crescent. 



LOCAL WARDENS IN WASHINGTON. 



Okanogan, James West, Methow. 



LOCAL CHAPTERS. 

 Albert Lea, Minn., H. A. Morgan, 

 Angelica, N. Y., C. A. Lathrop, 

 Austin, Pa., W. S. Warner, 



Boston, Mass., Capt. W. 1. Stone, 



Buffalo N.Y., H.C.Gardiner, 



Cammal, Pa.. B. A. Ovenshire. 



Carbon Co., Pa., E. F. Frey, 

 Coudersport, Pa., 1. L. Murphy, 

 Cresco, Iowa., J, L. Piatt, 



Davis, W.Va., J. Heltzen, 



Dowagiac, Mich., VV. F. Hoyt, 

 Evansville, Ind., F. M. Gilbert, 

 Ft. Wayne, Ind., W. L. Waltemarth 

 Indianapolis, Ind., Joseph E. Bell. 

 Terome, Ariz., Dr. L. A. Hawkins, 



johnsonburg, Pa., W. J. Stebbins, 

 Kalispell, Mont., Tohn Eaknght, 

 Keene, N. H., F. P. Beedle, 



Lake Co., Ind., Dr. R. C. Mackey, 



Loganpsort,Ind., E. B. McConnel), 

 Mechanicsburg, Pa., Dr. J H. Swartz. 

 New Albany, Ind., Dr. J. F. Weathers, 

 New Bethlehem, Pa., Isaac Keener, 

 Penn Van, N. Y., Dr. H. R. Phillips, 

 Reynoldsville. Pa., C. F. Hoffman, 

 Rochester, N. Y., C. H. McChesney 

 Schenectady, N . Y., J. W. Furnside, 

 Syracuse, N. Y., C. C Truesdeil, 

 The Dalles, Ore., C. B. Cushing, 

 Winona, Minn., C. M. Morse, 



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. Shot 



guns, rifles. 

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



goods. 

 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. 



MICHIGAN MEN SHOULD HELP. 

 I wish to ask through Recreation the as- 

 sistance of all L. A. S. men, and of all 

 other sportsmen in this State in enforcing 

 our new game laws. Michigan now has 

 the best system of game laws ever devised 

 by any State. They were framed by our 

 State game department, every man of whom 

 I -believe to be at heart a game protector. 

 I know there are sportsmen who for poli- 

 tical and other unjust reasons have made 

 a fight against certain men in the State de- 

 partment, but I honestly believe our State 

 has as good, honest and efficient men as 

 any State has. I regret that so important 



a work should be controlled by politicians, 

 but it is so, and we can not help it. Now 

 let us, as L. A. S. members, do all we can 

 to aid the State officials. 



Our game laws are founded on L. A. S. 

 principles. With but one exception — the 

 spring shooting clause — we have nearly 

 what we wanted. Our laws will protect if 

 enforced, and they will be enforced if 

 every man who knows of a violation will 

 make a complaint. It is an easy matter to 

 do this without in any way involving your- 

 self. Give me, or any member of this Di- 

 vision, the facts by filling out a blank we 

 have for this purpose, and I will guarantee 

 your name will not be known to any one 

 else than the State officers. I will also 

 guarantee that arrest will follow, provid- 

 ing the evidence is strong enough to con- 

 vict. It is convictions we want rather than 

 arrests. To arrest and fail to convict is 

 expensive, and weakens our cause locally, 

 beside making violators bolder. We have 

 an efficient lot of men ; now let us give 

 them all they can do by collecting evidence 

 and placing it where it will be followed 

 up. 



I get hundreds of letters complaining of 

 violations but no names, no evidence that 

 will lead to conviction. I do not care to 

 cause the game warden trouble and ex- 

 pense unless there is a fair show for a 

 case. Please bear in mind the importance 

 of proper evidence and witnesses. 



Of course I am always glad to have the 

 name of any one who violates a law. I 

 add him to my list and in time we may 

 round him up when he least expects it. 

 Let us make Michigan a paradise for the 

 true sportsman and a hell for the pot 

 hunter. We can do it. 



J. Elmer Pratt, 

 ^ Chief Warden Mich. Div. L. A. S., 

 Grand Rapids. 



Mr. D. L. Pascal, of Grand Mound, 

 Iowa, who was appointed a League warden 

 some months ago, has recently, on my re- 

 quest, been made a deputy State warden 

 under Mr. G. A. Lincoln, who is the chief 

 fish and game commissioner of the State. 

 Mr. Pascal now has both barrels loaded 

 for law breakers, and it would be well for 

 the pot hunters of that vicinity to quit. If 

 there are any other sportsmen in Iowa who 

 wish to be deputized as State game war- 

 dens, I should be glad to hear from them, 

 and think I may be able to arrange with 

 Mr. Lincoln to appoint them. It should be 

 said in this connection that the State is 

 only allowed a certain number of deputy 

 wardens, and the appointments I refer to 

 can only be made with the understanding 

 that the applicants will have no pay from 

 the State for any work they may do. 



Editor. 



