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MR. EMRICK NOT THE WRITER. 



The statement on page 288 of October 

 Recreation about the White Bear hunter 

 violating the game law is surely incorrect. 

 I do not think any of those men at White 

 Bear ever killed a deer in their lives. 

 About Floodwood and Grand Rapids I 

 know nothing, but am positive the first 4 

 mentioned in the item are not guilty. I 

 enclose a letter I have received from Mr. 

 Emrick. Mr. Fullerton surely knows Mr. 

 Turner. I think he was appointed special 

 warden last year. 



Any man who will sign another man's 

 name to a letter is not of much account. 

 I can almost swear that neither Mr. Griggs 

 nor the Kitsons ever killed anything larger 

 than a duck. I met Mr. Emrick about 6 

 months ago. He was a stranger in town 

 and I have never seen him since. That 

 item is a fake ■ story and not written by 

 Emrick. It is all right to roast the right 

 party, but I'm sure the 4 are not guilty. 

 S. B., White Bear Lake, Minn. 



The letter above referred to is as fol- 

 lows : 



I wish you would tell Mr. Turner, Mr. 

 Kitson and brother and Mr. Griggs that 

 the statement in October Recreation is a 

 lie. Any man who is so low as to sign my 

 name to an article of that kind does not 

 amount to much. I do not know any of 

 those gentlemen whose names are men- 

 tioned and who are accused of violating 

 the game law. I was in White Bear only 

 one day, about 6 months ago, and not since 

 that time have I even passed through that 

 town. I am not a game warden and never 

 was. 



Chas. H. Emrick, West Superior, Wis. 



ONLY HOGS; NOT LEAGUE MEN. 

 Two more game butchers were caught 

 here last summer with fledgling prairie 

 chickens in their possession. The men, H. 

 L. Hubbard and A. J. Teer, both members 

 of the L. A. S., drove to the shooting 

 ground in a buggy, which they left by the 

 roadside. A farmer passing looked in the 

 vehicle and saw some dead birds. There- 

 upon he drove the outfit to Dodge City 

 and delivered it to the sheriff. When the 

 hirers of the rig reached town after a walk 

 of 11 miles, they were taken before Judge 

 Labrand and fined $19 each. The farmer 

 received $10 as a reward for their capture. 

 Dr. Milton, of Dodge City, was the prose- 

 cutor in this case. 



D. A. E., Newton, Kans. 



You are mistaken in saying these law 

 breakers are members of the League. They 

 are not. If they had been they would 

 have had more sense than to shoot chick- 

 ens before the opening of the season or 



to shoot fledglings at any time. Hubbard 

 and Teer have learned a valuable lesson, 

 and it is hoped they may hereafter 

 be willing to wait until the season opens 

 and until young birds are able to fly at 

 least 100 feet. 



If D. A. E. will give me the name and 

 address of the farmer who gave these law 

 breakers the long walk into town I should 

 be glad to send him Recreation one year 

 free of charge. Furthermore, I should be 

 glad to send the magazine to 100 other 

 farmers on the same terms if they will 

 adopt such summary means of rounding up 

 game hogs as this man did. — Editor. 



A CHRONIC HOG. 

 I feel it my duty to write you about a 

 game hog of this place. He is a passen- 

 ger conductor, running between Chicago 

 and Rock Island on the C. R. I. and P. 

 Railway. His name is H. R. Huntington. 

 About Jan. 20 he went to Letts, Iowa, 

 hunted 2 days and brought home a grain 

 sack full of quails. I understand he did 

 his hunting on the Letts farm; but, at any 

 rate, he got the quails and boasted that he 

 had a right to shoot them, as the owner 

 of the land said he might. I am certain he 

 had no license to shoot in Iowa, and even 

 if he had he had no right to shoot quails 

 in close season. This is not his first of- 

 fence. He goes to Dakota every year and 

 slaughters all the prairie chickens he can. 

 He was never known to take out a license 

 in any State. He was dropped from the 

 gun club here on account of his greedy 

 nature. He is known among the men here 

 as Old Grab All. It is time he was brand- 

 ed. Am informed the quails in question 

 were disposed of in his usual way, that is, 

 handed around among the officers of the 

 railway for a stand-in. No doubt Hunt- 

 ington will deny this if confronted with 

 it, but anyone here can, and I think will, 

 tell you the nature of the beast. I have 

 nothing against him but what I have stated, 

 but that is enough. I appreciate the good 

 work you are doing and never miss a 

 copy of Recreation. Huntington claims 

 to be a sportsman. If he is I am not. He 

 has a son who is said to be a close second 

 to the old man. 



A. R. P., Blue Island, 111. 



A LOVER OF QUAILS. 



Your magazine is the best one for the 

 true sportsman that I have ever read. I 

 am an old prospector and spend most of 

 my time on the desert or in the mountains, 

 consequently am not in close touch with 

 civilization. 



The best way to protect the birds is to 

 confine the shot gun to clay pigeons. I kill 

 all the quails, ducks and grouse I want 



