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RECREA TION. 



county. Whatcom county now leads the State in this 

 movement, with 50 members already enrolled, and we 

 are in a fair way to stand supreme in the progressiveness 

 of our sportsmen, as in the superiority of our field for 

 pastoral diversions. — New Whatcom (Wash.) daily pa- 

 per. 



Mr. Stangroom is the Chief Warden of 

 the Washington division and is the right 

 sort. He has sent in 53 applications for 

 membership and is busy making up his list 

 of local wardens for the State. Let us hear 

 from some of the other friends of game 

 protection in that State. Mr. Stangroom 

 needs help in this work. — Editor. 



On returning from a trip in the Cat- 

 skills I find your communication and book 

 of By-laws of L. A. S. Have looked it over 

 as well as time would permit and am highly 

 pleased with the plan. I enclose $1 with 

 my application and if I can be of any ser- 

 vice to the League shall be glad to know it. 



I arrested one William Greene on the 

 border of the Catskills, on the 16th of June, 

 for spearing small trout in Hanneroix 

 creek, and he was fined $25. 



The case of Bently and others, to which 

 you referred in Recreation, was settled in 

 court, they paying a penalty of $300. They 

 know they have been fishing. 



E. J. Lobdell, Northville, N. Y. 



Mr. Lobdell is a Local Warden of the 

 L. A. S. and pot hunters would do well to 

 shy around his county. 



There was once a fair amount of game 

 in this section but " hogs " and market 

 shooters have about cleaned it out. We 

 have a class of men who hunt the year 

 around, and hunt grouse at that. The law 

 is a dead letter here; at least there are no 

 game wardens to enforce it. Respectable 

 people will obey the law, but market hunt- 

 ers and game hogs will shoot as long as 

 there is anything to kill. I think Recrea- 

 tion is the best journal for sportsmen, and 

 we have named our new camp in honor of 

 it. G. V. Schenck, Rensselaer, N. Y. 



[Join the L. A. S. and induce all your 

 friends to do so. Then we can place a 

 game warden in your county, and enforce 

 the laws there, as well as elsewhere.] 



Miles City, Mont. 

 Hon. L. A. Huffman, 



Dear Sir: With pleasure I ask you to 

 send my application along with your own 

 for membership in the League" of American 

 Sportsmen. I am in hearty sympathy with 

 the object of that organization. 

 Yours truly, 



William Courtenay. 



Mr. Courtenay is known throughout the 

 West as a heavy live stock operator. He 

 never shoots, but doesn't want the song 

 birds all killed to supply the Eastern millin- 

 ers with wings and tails. 



Mr. E. P. Dorr, of Buffalo, the Erie 

 County Warden of the L. A. S., has noti- 

 fied me of the conviction obtained by him 

 of one Henry Selbert, Jr., for trapping 

 robins. Selbert was arrested, pleaded 

 guilty, and I have to-day mailed my check 

 for $10 to Mr. Dorr, in accordance with Ar- 

 ticle 5, Section 7 of the By-Laws. 



A. E. Pond, Chief Warden, N. Y. Div. 



Thus Mr. Dorr is the first local Warden 

 to earn and receive a reward for a prose- 

 cution in the name of the L. A. S. Who 

 will be the next? The money is ready for 

 you, gentlemen. Don't hesitate to earn 

 and claim it. _____ 



L. A. S. is all right. God speed it. Just 

 what we want. When that becomes a real- 

 ity there will be some tall squealing. Once 

 get the true sportsmen interested, as they 

 should be, and the hogs will stand a poor 

 show. There are men here who would not 

 hesitate to net small streams for trout, or 

 to try any way to kill them. These same 

 people would like to be called sportsmen. 

 I think, as Mr. S. W. Everett says, you are 

 unjust, to the 4 legged animal, who has 

 borne the name of hog so long, in giving 

 his name to such men. 



E. T. Blossom, Otego, Mich. 



I was for 2 years chairman of our State 

 Fish and Game Commission and now hold 

 the long term. I resigned the chairmanship 

 when I came here, but still appoint all the 

 State Wardens, and last year they made a 

 number of arrests and convictions. Peo- 

 ple in this State now have some fear about 

 violating our game laws. Still they are 

 violated to a large extent. We shall keep 

 at it though until they quit. I will gladly 

 help the L. A. S. every way in my power. 

 H. P. Kennett, Victor, Mont. 



I believe the League of American Sports- 

 men offers the best plan for protecting 

 game. The game wardens are helpless, 

 for the appropriations are not sufficient. 

 The fields are many and, being scattered, 

 over a vast area, it is irksome to guard 

 them. I am strongly in favor of the 

 League. Will give its organization the 

 support of this section. What is done 

 must be done speedily. 



L. E. Burnett, Little Medicine, Wyo. 



There are several members of the League 

 who have not yet ordered their badges. 

 Are you one of them? If so, why so? 

 The L. A. S. badge is a beautiful orna- 

 ment and one that any man may well feel 

 proud to wear. The bronze costs only 25 

 cents; the silver 75 cents and the gold 

 $2.50. You should send in your order at 

 once. We want every member of the 

 League to wear its badge and thus to show 

 game law breakers we are after them. 



The league now has 878 members. 



