EDITOR'S CORNER. 



One Harry Gibson, of Cozad, Neb., took 

 in some money last winter by killing prairie 

 chickens and smuggling them through to 

 Chicago under false labels. He, however, 

 carried his operations too far, and deputy 

 game warden Farrell learned of his ille- 

 gal work. Farrell accordingly went on a 

 still hunt for Gibson and ran him down. 

 It seems that Gibson's mother had planned 

 a visit to Chicago, and when her trunk was 

 delivered at the station to be checked, Far- 

 rell demanded that it be opened for his 

 inspection. This was done, and the trunk 

 was found to contain a number of prairie 

 chickens mixed up with Mrs. Gibson's 

 night dresses, stockings, handkerchiefs, 

 Easter hats, etc. Farrell took Harry to 

 court and the justice assessed him $150 and 

 costs. Harrry will have to invent some 

 other scheme for getting his game out of 

 the State in future. 



John and Edward Swartz, Harry Kipp, 

 Joseph Wheeler, Joseph McGhee and Frank 

 Olridge were arrested at Pine Plains, N. Y., 

 by State Game Warden Farley in May last, 

 for spearing bass and pickerel in Mud pond. 

 The Swartz brothers, Wheeler and Olridge 

 were taken before a justice of the peace in 

 Poughkeepsie for trial. Olridge and Wheel- 

 er were convicted and fined $25 each and 

 went to jail for 25 days. The Swartz 

 brothers turned State's evidence and were 

 allowed to go free. Joseph McGhee was 

 fined $50 and put up his money. Kipp has 

 since been sent to jail in Hudson on a 

 charge of burglary. All good people will 

 regret that John and Edward Swartz should 

 have escaped justice, yet there is great con- 

 solation in the fact that 3 of the gang are 

 now looking through iron bars and that the 

 State has obtained $50 of good money from 

 one of them. 



Dr. A. W. Heitzig, of St. Louis, was ar- 

 rested some weeks ago by deputy game 

 warden Hasshagen and charged with kill- 

 ing song birds. The Doctor went into 

 court, pleaded guilty and was fined $5. My 

 informant does not say what kind of birds 

 the Doctor killed, and I do not, therefore, 

 know what the legal penalty is, but it is 

 safe to say that the justice of the peace 

 did not probably appreciate the enormity of 

 the offense. A man who has education 

 enough to be a physician should certainly 

 have sufficient respect for the laws to obey 

 them, and that this man should have gone 

 hunting for innocent songbirds should have 

 A the justice of the peace to have 



given him the limit. If some one will give 

 me the name and address of that justice I 

 will send him some literature that will en- 

 lighten him as to his duties regarding the 

 game laws. 



The Hon. L. T. Christian, a member of 

 the Virginia Legislature, is another of the 

 friends of game protection who does effec- 

 tive work for the cause. He made a valiant 

 fight during the past winter and spring and 

 has won out. The Old Dominion now has 

 one of the best game laws in the Union, and 

 while Mr. Christian had valuable assistance 

 from a number of other members of the 

 Virginia Legislature, the fact remains that 

 he is entitled to the greatest credit for his 

 splendid achievement. I trust every sports- 

 man in the State may thoroughly appreciate 

 Mr. Christian's work, and see to it that he 

 is properly rewarded whenever he may again 

 be before them as a candidate for any office. 



Among others who share in the honors 

 of the winter's work are W. D. Cardwell, 

 of the House, and Messrs. Don P. Halsey 

 and Geo. B. Keesell, of the Senate. 



John Davit, George Ozzelo, Frank Ros- 

 sett, Joe Moler and Andrew Ssiade were 

 recently arrested by Game Warden H. Rief, 

 of Seattle, Washington, for dynamiting 

 trout in Cedar river. Mr. Rief took them 

 before a justice of the peace, where they 

 were convicted of the offense and heavily 

 fined. Davit paid his good money into the 

 State game fund, but the other 4 dagos 

 went to jail. As has before been stated in 

 Recreation, Mr. Rief is a member of the 

 League, No. 9151, and did valiant work at 

 Olympia last winter in securing needed 

 amendments to the Washington game and 

 fish laws. He is a hustler and deserves 

 the gratitude and esteem of every sports- 

 man of Washington. 



The Arkansas Legislature enacted some 

 sweeping amendments to its game laws 

 during the past winter. Under the new 

 law non-residents are not allowed to hunt 

 in that State at any time. The sale of 

 game and the export of same from the 

 State are prohibited at all times. The sher- 

 iffs, deputy sheriffs and constables are ex 

 officio game wardens, and these officers 

 and the game wardens are entitled to all 

 fines collected for violations of game or fish 

 laws. So it looks as if game might be al- 

 lowed to exist in that State for a long time 

 to come. 



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