THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 
GENERAL OFFICERS 
President, G. O. Shields, 23 W. 24th St., 
New York. 
1st Vice-President, E. T. Seton, 80 West 
4oth St., New York. 
2d Vice-President, W. T. Hornaday, 2969 
Decatur Ave., Bedford Park, N. Y. 
3d Vice-President, Dr. T. S. Palmer, 
Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
4th Vice-President, A. A. Anderson, 80 
West goth St., New York. 
5th Vice-President, Hon. W. A. Rich- 
ards, General Land Office, Washington, 
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Secretary, A. F. Rice, 155 Pennington 
Ave., Passaic, N. J 
Treasurer, Austin Corbin, of the Corbin 
Banking Co., 192 Broadway, New’ York. 

LIFE MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE. 
Anderson, A. A., 80 W. goth St., New York City. 
Beard, D: €.; 204 Amity St., Flushing, ey 
Blackstone, Lorenzo, Norwich, Conn. 
Buzzacott, "Francis F. , Chicago, Ill. 
arewe ms Stanford, "489 Fifth Ave., New York 
ity. 
Butler, C. 
Carey, Hon. 
Carnegie, Andrew, 2d, Fernandina, 
Carnegie, George, Fernandina, Fla. 
Carnegie, Morris, Fernandina, Fla. 
Corbin, Austin, 192 Broadway, New York City. 
E., Jerome, Ariz. 
H. W., Eastlake, Long 
‘la. 
N. T. De Pauw, New Albany, Ind. 
Dickinson, E. H., Moosehead Lake, Me. 
Edgell, G. S., 192 Broadway, New York City. 
Ellis, W. D., 136 W. 72d St., New York City. 
Fearing, D. B., Newport, 
Ferry, C. H., 1720 Old Colony Bldg., Chicago, Ill. 
Ferry, Mansfield, 183 Lincoln Park Boulevard, 
Chicago 
Fraser, A. 478 Greenwich St., New York City. 
Gilbert, Clinton, 2 Wall St., New York City. 
Hudson, E. J., 33 E. 35th St., Bayonne, N. 
McClure, A. J., 158 State St., "Albany, 1 ee 
Mershon, W. B., Saginaw, Mich. 
Miller, F. G., 108 Clinton St., Defiance, O. 
Morton, Hon. Levi P., 681 Fifth Ave., New York 
City. 
Nesbitt, A. G., Maple St., Kingston, Pa. 
O' Conse Col. J 24 E. 33d St., New. York 
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Oliver, "et: F. % , Winfield, Kans, 
Pierson, Gen. J. F., 20 W. 52d St., 
City. 
Prescott, A, L., 90 W. Broadway, New York City 
Rice, A. F., 155 Pennington Ave., Passaic, N. J. 
Rininger, Dr. E. M., 142 E. 27th St., New York 
City. 
Seton, E. T., 80 W. goth St., New York City. 
Seymour, J. H., 35 Wall St., New York City. 
Smith, E. B., Bourse Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Smith, W. H., Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
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Towne, "Er. S., Care of National Blank Book Co., 
Holyoke, "Mass. 
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snes sy Dr. W. A., 5 W. 35th St., 
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New York 
Boston, Mass. 
New York 
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A MESSAGE FROM THE CITY ON THE 
SOUND. 
Speech of the Hon. T, E. Kershaw, delivered at 
the Annual Meeting of the L. A. S. at Colum- 
bus, Ohio. 
The Department of Fisheries and Game, 
which I at present represent in the far-off 
State of Washington, has, until the last 
year, been looked on more as a business 
proposition than from the _ sportsman’s 
peint of view. The office of Fish Commis- 
sioner.and Game Warden was established 
in my State 14 years ago, and at that time 
there were but a few thousand people there, 
but they were all struggling for commer- 
cial supremacy. All the States of the 
Union were represented by hardy pioneers, 
who dared to brave the hardships of an 
undeveloped country for the betterment 
of their financial condition. These pio- 
neers, many of whom have since attained 
commercial prominence in the West, were 
active and aiert to their own interests, and 
thoroughly. imbued with patriotism and 
loyalty to their adopted State; men of 
keen discernment who saw that the fishér- 
ies of the North Pacific could, if properly 
fostered and protected, be made the lead- 
ing industry of the State. 
Considering that the early development 
of the West was brought about by true 
men and women of scant, or at least 
moderate means, ever having in view the 
advancement of their own, as well as their 
State’s interest, you can readily see why 
the Department of Fisheries and Game of 
the State of Washington has exerted its 
influence in building up its commercial in- 
terests with apparent indifference to the 
interests of the sportsman. 
Our first commercial hatchery was es- 
tablished in 1895, when 5,000,000 young 
salmon were turned into the Columbia 
river. From that time on, we have con- 
tinued to build hatcheries, both on the Co- 
lumbia and on Puget sound, until to-day 
we have 18 hatcheries owned and operated 
by the State of Washington, and since 1895 
we have increased the output of salmon 
fry from 5,000,000 to 84,000,000 in 1902. In 
addition to this, the Federai Government 
maintains 2 hatcheries within our State, 
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