THE LEAGUE OP AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 



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and from various portions of each State 

 meet, become acquainted, exchange views 

 and ideas, and thus tit themselves for bet- 

 ter and more effective work at home. 



LEAGUE NOTES. 

 While I can not give you an accurate 

 report of the work done under our new 

 game and fish laws, which went into force 

 March 8 and May 11, 1901, respectively, I 

 can tell you approximately what has been 

 done. Over $4,000 have been re- 

 ceived from non-resident licenses. 

 About 135 convictions have been 

 made and about 100 of the number have 

 contributed $20 each to the game and fish 

 protective fund. About 150 seines and nets 

 and about 35 fish spears have been seized 

 and destroyed. This is a reasonably fair 

 showing, but by the last of the year it 

 will be more than double this. 

 Hon. E. L. Littleton, Indianapolis, Ind. 



I am surprised to hear that my member- 

 ship in the L. A. S. has not been kept up 

 for the past 2 years. I supposed that mat- 

 ter had been attended to. I presume, how- 

 ever, I must have overlooked it. I there- 

 fore enclose the amount of my last 2 

 years' dues, in addition to $25, which I 

 understand entitles me to a life member- 

 ship in the League. This will prevent the 

 possibility of any further neglect to pay 

 dues, and I am glad to belong to the 

 League, as I thoroughly approve the work 

 you are doing. 



Austin Corbin, New York. 



November 7th I received a letter from 

 Mr. R. L. Brashear, of Bowling Green, 

 Ky., enclosing a check for $53, in payment 

 for an equal number of League member- 

 ships. The names of the applicants were 

 enclosed with the check. 



About once a week some man some- 

 where wakes up and decides that he will 

 go out and get the boys to join the League. 

 He goes at it and almost invariably gets* 

 every sportsman he approaches on the sub- 

 ject. Strange that the other fellows don't 

 wake up. 



George Bauman. of Marblehead Junction, 

 Ohio, and Alec Nielsen, of Venice, Ohio, 

 were arrested on the charge of catching 

 undersized catfish in violation of law. The 

 arrests were made by Game Warden David 

 Sutton, Frank Shirley and G. H. Whitford. 

 Mr. Sutton is a member and a local war- 

 den of the L. A. S. The accused men 

 pleaded guilty and were fined $25 and costs 

 each. This is another example of the good 

 work done by the wardens of the League. 



duck wasn't a wild duck. The next day a 

 man was fined $36 for having illegal nets 

 in his possession. In the same week 

 a man was drowned in the adjoining county 

 while seining. Providence seems on our 

 side. Hon. Frank L. Littleton, 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



Matters are coming our way all over the 

 State. Lately a man was fined $68.50 for 

 having a wild duck in his possession out of 

 season. His attorney argued that a dead 



IT WILL LAST A YEAR. 



A yearly subscription to Recreation fur- 

 nishes one of the most delightful, instruc- 

 tive, entertaining presents you can possibly 

 give a man or boy who is interested in 

 nature, in fishing, shooting, amateur 

 photography; or, who is fond of the woods, 

 the fields, the mountains, the lakes or the 

 rivers. 



Many of the presents which people give 

 their friends afford pleasure only for a few 

 days, or weeks. A subscription to Recrea- 

 tion means solid comfort a whole year. 

 It reminds your friend 12 times during the 

 year of your kindness and generosity. 

 There are many men and women who for 5 

 years past have annually sent in long lists 

 of names of friends, accompanied with a 

 check in order that these friends might be 

 made happy a whole year. Would it not 

 be well for you to adopt this plan? 



Try it and see how grateful the recipient 

 will be. 



A major and surgeon of the army sta- 

 tioned in the Philippines writes us that re- 

 cently, when the chief nurse of a small 

 base hospital in Southern Luzon was sent 

 away, there was a great struggle among the 

 5 nurses remaining for the vacant po- 

 sition, which meant a distinct increase in 

 pay. Each one of the 5 came to the office 

 of the surgeon in charge, to show cause 

 why she should be appointed chief nurse, 

 and why none of the others were entitled 

 to that distinction. The young Solomon in 

 charge was "up against it" ; but gave the 

 following decision : "Each one of you must 

 write on a piece of paper her exact age, 

 and send it sealed to me. The oldest 

 woman will be made chief nurse." There 

 is still a vacancy as chief nurse in a small 

 base hospital in Southern Luzon. — Argon- 

 aut. 



RECREATION'S FAIRY. 

 F. E. TAKB0X. 



There once was a man, 



So I've heard say, 

 Who shot everything 



That came his way. 

 There was also a fairy, 



So light and airy, 

 Who lived in a bog 

 Just like a frog; 

 She changed that man, 

 With gun in hand; 

 Into a hog, 

 With a set of bristles 

 Like last year's thistles. 



