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RECREATION. 



Grand Christmas Offer 

 An IdeaJ Gift 



LAUGHLIN 



Fovintatin Pen 



Sent on Approval 



to Responsible 



People 



We do not know of anything 

 (within the price) that will make 

 as appropriate, practical and useful 

 a Christmas Gift, and reflect such 

 lasting and so many pleasant mem- 

 ories of the giver. We will send 

 1 you postpaid, one of these high- 

 grade 14k. Gold (Diamond Pointed) 

 Fountain Pens, which are well 

 worth $2.60, for only 



You may try it a week, and 



if not pleased with your purchase, 

 we will pay you $1.10 for the Pen 

 (the 10 cents extra we allow for 

 your trouble). You run no risks, 

 we ta^ke a.11 the chances, 

 If you do not consider this pen the 

 best you ever saw or used, send it 

 back. Holder made of finest grade 

 hard Para Rubber, either mottled 

 or black finish, 14k. Gold Pen of 

 any desired flexibility, in fine, 

 medium or stub, sent postpaid on 

 receipt of $1. (By registered mail 

 for 8 cents extra) oneSafety Pocket 

 Pen holder free with each Pen. 



Ladies, if you are looking f ora 

 Christmas present for your hus- 

 band, father, brother or gentleman 

 friend, that is sure to be appreci- 

 ated, do not overlook this special 

 opportunity to secure a strictly 

 high-srrade guaranteed Fountain 

 Pen at a price that is only a frac- 

 tion of its real value. Remember 

 there is no "just as good" as the 

 Lsa.\jghlin. 



When ordering, state whether 

 ladies' or gentlemen's style is desir- 

 ed. Illustration on left is full size 

 of ladies' style; on right, gentle- 

 men's style. 



Agents wanted. 

 Write for Catalogue. 



ADDRESS 



LAUGHLIN MFG. CO. 



424 Griswold St., Detroit, flUch. 



NO CHANGE IN PENNSYLVANIA'S GAME LAW. 



The last Legislature made no material 

 change in the general game law of 1897. 

 An act was passed empowering owners 

 and lessees of land to kill hares and rab- 

 bits on their own premises at any time. 

 This act is intended to permit the killing 

 of those animals only when necessary in 

 order to protect crops and fruit trees. The 

 same ground is really covered by Section 

 33 of the game law of '97 (unrepealed) 

 which says : "Provided nothing in this act 

 shall prevent any person from killing any 

 wild animal or bird when found destroying 

 grain or fruit on his or her lands." 



Act No. 67 requires non-resident gun- 

 ners to secure a license before hunting in 

 Pennsylvania. This bill is not a Game 

 Commission measure, and is of the kind 

 that appears unjust to many persons. Es- 

 pecially does .this law appear unjust when 

 we consider that while the State owns the 

 game, the farms of the State are individual 

 property, and a State license gives no right 

 to enter upon any of those farms without 

 permission of the owner. A person possess- 

 ing a license under this act might still be 

 prevented from shooting in this State. One 

 of tne bills recently signed by the Gov- 

 ernor forbids hunting on posted, culti- 

 vated land without the consent of the 

 owner, under a penalty of $5 and costs, or, 

 in default thereof, of imprisonment. So 

 this license in reality gives no authority 

 to hunt or shoot in this State. Yet by the 

 farmers with whom it originated it was 

 considered a necessity, as a protection 

 against the inroads of shooters, who, as 

 soon as the season opens, swarm from the 

 cities and towns across the border. They 

 shoot everything in sight, open gates, tear 

 ■down fences, start fires and commit 

 many other depredations. Then they slip 

 across the border into their own State, se- 

 cure in the knowledge that they are un- 

 known and unreachable. Under the license 

 law non-resident gunners will soon learn 

 that they are liable to arrest and punish- 

 ment immediately on beginning to hunt 

 in this State unless they possess a license. 

 Any constable or game warden can arrest 

 without warrant non-resident hunters who 

 are unable to show a license when it is de- 

 manded. Moreover, the record which is 

 kept of licenses issued will aid in the 

 arrest and punishment of such licensees as 

 fail to conduct themselves as sportsmen. 



Bill No. 173 is the only law drafted and 

 supported by the Game Commission that 

 reached the Governor. We look on it as a 

 great stride in the right direction, and 

 expect it will greatly aid in the enforce- 

 ment of the law. The Game Commission 

 of Pennsylvania and the Fish Commission 

 are entirely distinct bodies. Letters of in- 

 quiry relative to fish should be directed to 

 the Fish Commission ; letters on game 

 subjects to the Game Commission. 



Joseph Kalbfus, 

 Secretary Pennsylvania Game Commission. 



