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A score of newspaper clippings, each 
from a different part of the country 
and all bearing us out in our conten- 
tion, lie before us at the present writ- 
ing. Our space being limited, we select 
the two shortest ones. We quote :— 
G. C. TOWNE RETIRED 
REMOVED From His Position oF GAME 
WARDEN FOR POLITICAL REASONS. 
G. C. Towne was let out of his office of 
game and fish warden Saturday. He re- 
ceived word that his connection with the 
commission was at an end. Undoubtedly he 
could have held the office if he had been will- 
ing to get out and work for Johnson for 
governor, but he would not do this. 
Mr. Towne has held the position for three 
years, and it is not too much to say that he 
has been one of the most active wardens in 
the state. If the commission wanted a good 
man in the position it did not need to have 
let Mr. Towne go. Like anybody who shows 
activity in the position, he has made enemies. 
—Mankato (Minn.) Free Press. 
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GAME WARDEN RESIGNS 
‘J. L. Quigley, game warden for Shelby 
county, has tendered his resignation, giving 
as a reason that the prosecuting attorney has 
refused to follow his suggestions in prosecut- 
ing parties for violation of the game law. 
It is said that Mr. Quigley was, very ambi- 
tious to be chosen game warden for Shelby 
county, and that he worked hard to secure 
a number of signers to his petition. He is 
said to be an enthusiastic sportsman, which 
means that he wishes the game protected in 
a sportsman-like way. Politically he is a 
Republican, and although Shelby county is 
Democratic he had no difficulty in finding 
plenty of men to sign his petition. He is much 
disappointed over the failure of the prosecut- 
ing attorney to institute action against what 
he regards as palpable violations of the law. 
—Macon (Mo.) Republican. 
Of course the cause of game and fish 
protection suffered in both instances, 
just as it has suffered and always will 
wherever politics is a factor. 
A hopeful note, and a telling one, 
was struck in the province of Ontario 
when, at the convention of the Ontario 
Fish and Game Protective association, 
held in Toronto on the last day of 
August, Chief Justice Falconbridge 
defined the policy of the association as 
follows :— 
(a) That game fish and game through the 
RECREATION 
attraction they form to tourists are a most 
valuable financial asset to the province, and 
that, therefore, their protection should be 
encouraged. 
(b) That the food-fish in our waters 
should be conserved and regulated for the 
good of the masses of the people and not 
wasted or used for the benefit of one small 
class of the community. 
(c) That certain game birds and song and 
insectivorous birds are an immensely valuable 
friend to the farmer in destroying harmful 
insects, weed seeds, rodents, etc., and the 
lack of knowledge by the public on such 
subjects should be combated steadily. 
(d) That the wild lands of the province 
suitable to game and the waters of the proy- 
ince suitable to game fish should be ever kept 
the property of the public and that the asso- 
ciation must always endeavor to prevent the 
acquisition by individuals or groups of in- 
dividuals of large tracts of territory for the 
purposes of forming private game preserves. 
(e) That the association should have no 
connection with politics or any political body. 
Mark well the last paragraph. On 
this side of the line it is the usual 
thing for the game and fish protective 
associations to take just the opposite 
position with reference to politics. It 
is gratifying, indeed, to see the brethren 
to the north of us declare their inde- 
pendence. When our own associations 
so far advance their methods as to 
follow the example of the Ontario 
sportsmen and send recommendations 
to their legislatures backed by no other 
than legitimate arguments, then we 
shall feel we are progressing. 
On November 4, in the woods near 
Scranton, Pa., Deputy Game Protector 
Charles Beacham was shot 
Another and immediately killed by 
Warden Michael Shemitski, whom 
Murdered he attempted to arrest for 
violating the game laws. 
The situation in Pennsylvania calls 
for a very decided curtailment of the 
liberty (which has been turned to 
license) of the alien element in the 
vicinity of the coal mines, and an end 
to representation in the legislature 
which accepts a few thousand votes as 
a return for game and song birds shot 
contrary to law and game protectors 
murdered for interfering. 
