THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 



OFFICERS OF THE L. A. S. 



President, G. O. Shields, 19 W. 24th St., 

 New York. 



1st Vice-President, Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 

 Washington, D.C. 



2d Vice-President, E. S. Thompson, 144 

 Fifth Ave., New York. 



3d Vice-President, Hon. W. A. Richards, 

 Cheyenne, Wyo. 



4th Vice-President, W. T. Hornaday, 69 

 Wall St., New York. 



5th Vice-President, A. A. Anderson, 93 

 Fifth Ave., New York. 



Secretary, Arthur F. Rice, 155 Pennington 

 Ave., Passaic, N. J. 



Treasurer, F. S. Hyatt, National Exchange 

 Bank, 90 West Broadway, New York. 



General Counsel, Julius H. Seymour, 35 

 Wall St., New York. 



NEW YORK DIVISION. 

 A. E. Pond, Chief Warden, 124 5th Ave., 

 New York City. 



PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION. 

 Hon. J. O. H. Denny, Chief Warden, 

 Ligonier. 



NEW JERSEY DIVISION. 

 T. H. Keller, Chief Warden, Plainfield. 



MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION. 

 Dr. Heber Bishop, Chief Warden, No. 4 

 Post Office Square, Boston. 



CONNECTICUT DIVISION. 

 Ralph B. Lawton, Chief Warden, Bridge- 

 port. 



MICHIGAN DIVISION. 



J. Elmer Pratt, Chief Warden, Grand 



Rapids. 



MONTANA DIVISION. 



Dr. E. F. Coyningham, Chief Warden, 

 Butte City. 



WASHINGTON DIVISION. 



J. S. Stangroom, Chief Warden, New 

 Whatcom. 



Applications for membership and orders 

 for badges should be addressed to Arthur 

 F. Rice, Secretary, 19 IV. i/^th St., New 

 York. 



ELROD'S FIRST EPISTLE TO THE MONTAN- 

 IANS. 



Montana's Chief Warden is on the war 

 path. He has sent out a letter to all mem- 

 bers in that state which means business. 

 Here is a copy of it: 



Missoula, Mont., October 8, 1898. 



Gentlemen: The President of the League 



has seen fit to appoint me Cnief Warden of 



the Montana Division, a position I have not 



solicited. I accept reluctantly, since other 



duties press heavily. My great desire to 

 see something done toward the preservation 

 of the game which is so rapidly going, and 

 to arouse among our young men an interest 

 in Nature and a love for living things, 

 prompts me to do what little I can toward 

 furthering the work of the League. 



It is imperative that we begin work at 

 once. Of necessity this must proceed slow- 

 ly. At this writing we have 117 members, 

 distributed as follows: Miles City, 20; 

 Marysville, 4; Philipsburg, 3; Victor, 28; 

 Missoula, 47; one each at Helena, O van- 

 do, Summit, Butte, Bannock, Red Lodge, 

 Manhattan, Anaconda, Plains, Frenchtown, 

 Grass Range, Lake View, Gardiner, Fort 

 Benton, and Stevensville. 



We should at the outset look toward the 

 accomplishment of 4 things, viz. : 



1. An increase of our membership. 



2. The selection of a good man for local 

 warden in each county. 



3. We should discuss necessary changes 

 in our game laws. 



4. Plans for strengthening the ties of 

 friendship among sportsmen, and for cul- 

 tivating in the people of this great state a 

 love for Nature and Nature's works. 



The Montana Division of the League can- 

 not succeed in its undertaking without the 

 co-operation of the members. The Chief 

 Warden alone can do little. Every member 

 in the state is asked to aid in the accom- 

 plishment of some or all of the objects above 

 mentioned. Our list of members should be 

 5 times as large as it is. A little effort on 

 the part of each member will bring this 

 result. Do some personal work, and do it 

 at once. Recommend a good man, if you 

 know one, for county warden. Correspond 

 freely with me in regard to any question, 

 and feel free to offer any suggestions. They 

 will be welcome and will be regarded as 

 confidential if so desired. 



As yet the League has no legal power. 

 For that reason people should not be led 

 to expect too much of it. Yet with the 

 active co-operation of all members — and 

 that should mean all sportsmen— it can be 

 made a power which lawbreakers and game 

 hogs will soon learn to respect. 



Extending a hearty greeting to each mem- 

 ber with this my first communication, and 

 trusting to hear the views and opinions of 

 all, I am Fraternally yours, 



M. J. Elrod, Department of Biology, 

 University of Montana. 



TROUBLE BREWING FOR GAME LAW 

 VIOLATORS. 



A member of the League in a Western 

 state, who for obvious reasons does not 

 want his name mentioned, writes me as 

 follows: 



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