FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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30 Statutes at Large, p. 717. 



Chapter 576. An act to protect the har- 

 bor defenses and fortifications constructed 

 or used by the United States from ma- 

 licious injury, and for other purposes. 



Section 2. That when any offense is 

 committed in any place, jurisdiction over 

 which has been retained by the United 

 States or ceded to it by a State, or which 

 has been purchased with the consent of a 

 State for the erection of a fort, magazine, 

 arsenal, dockyard, or other needful build- 

 ing or structure, the punishment for which 

 offense is not provided for by any law of 

 the United States, the person committing 

 such offense shall, upon conviction in a cir- 

 cuit or district court of the United States 

 for the district in which the offense was 

 committed, be liable to and receive the 

 same punishment as the laws of the State 

 in which such place is situated now pro- 

 vide for the like offense when committed 

 within the jurisdiction of such State, and 

 the said courts are hereby vested with 

 jurisdiction for such purpose, and no sub- 

 sequent repeal of any such_ State law 

 shall affect any such prosecution. 



Approved July 7, 1898. 



A POLICE RAKE-OFF. 



During the past week the officers in the city- 

 hall have been living on a duck diet. Captain 

 Everts returned from a 3 days' trip, and although 

 he hunted only an hour or 2 he recovered 57 

 ducks, which he distributed with lavish hands. W. 

 E. Winn, clerk of the police court, returned from 

 a 5 days' trip to Market lake and brought 82 

 ducks. He said he lost several hundred because 

 he had no dog with him. 



Winn says the ducks were so thick he could not 

 see the sun on cloudy days, and in one shot he 

 succeeded in killing 17 birds that ne knew of. He 

 might have killed more with the same shot, but 

 he did pot succeed in finding them. 



Several policemen have signified their intention 

 of taking a few days' vacation and are listing the 

 number of birds they will have to distribute on 

 their return. — Butte (Mont.) Miner. 



I wrote Captain Everts, asking if the 

 foregoing report was true, and he replied : 



You were correctly informed about my 

 killing 57 ducks. I was not over 2 hours in 

 doing it. Could have done better if I had 

 had a water dog to retrieve the wounded 

 birds. If you have a good water spaniel 

 or Chesapeake pup for which you have no 

 use, just ship him to me at my expense and 

 I will be thankful. Then, if you visit 

 Butte during the duck season, call on me 

 and I will show you how it is done. I re- 

 main yours respectfully, hoping you send 

 me a nice thoroughbred dog pup. 



Ed. B. Everts, Captain of Police, 

 Butte, Mont. 



I am glad you haven't a dog that will 

 help you out in your miserable and con- 

 temptible slaughter of ducks. If I had a 



hundred I would not sell you one, even 

 if you should offer me $1,000 for it. I 

 would rather send you a vicious bull pup 

 that had been inoculated with hydrophobia 

 so that he might chew you awhile and put 

 you in such shape that the authorities would 

 have to lock you up for the remainder of 

 your life. — Editor. 



DID NOT BREAK THE LAW. 

 I am severely criticised by my friends 

 for the article in November Recreation 

 which makes me out a game law violator. 

 Of course, you understand that the article 

 "An Hour in the Woods" was written in 

 '99, describes a '98 hunt, and has been in 

 your office ever since. The game laws 

 have been changed since '98, and the be- 

 ginning of the article, "Last fall I was one 

 of," are the words that convey to the 

 minds of readers the idea that I, a warden 

 of the L. A. S., unlawfully killed a grouse 

 and a squirrel. If you had put the article 

 in print at the time I sent it to you, it 

 would have been all right, as it was lawful 

 to kill squirrels and grouse at that time. 

 Now if you wish to do me justice, please 

 state the situation to your readers. 



N. H. Covert, Beaver Falls, Pa. 



It is true I held Mr. Covert's MS. in my 

 office 2 or 3 years before printing it, and I 

 should have changed the -first line to read, 

 "In the fall of '98." I trust this, with Mr. 

 Covert's explanation, may set him right in 

 the eyes of all readers of Recreation. — 

 Editor. 



FOR A SMALLER LICENSE FEE. 

 The practice adopted by some States of 

 charging non-residents a high fee for the 

 privilege of hunting within their boundar- 

 ies will, I think, meet with more and more 

 disfavor as time goes on. Many sports- 

 men can not afford to pay $25 or $40 for 

 a few weeks' hunting, yet, in this free 

 country, they are as much entitled to a 

 share of sport as are their wealthier fel- 

 lows. Moreover, when a man has paid a 

 big license fee, he is likely to recoup by 

 killing all he can. Under a license law it 

 is harder to interest the farmers in game 

 protection ; they think the rich man has 

 already too many special privileges. If this 

 thing continues the poor will turn poach- 

 ers and get their share despite the law. 

 It would be wiser and more fair to exact 

 a small fee, say $5, from residents and 

 non-residents alike, and devote the money 

 to the protection and propagation of game. 

 J. H. Fisher, Jr., Baltimore, Md. 



CAMP COOKERY. 

 You ask for some good recipes for .camp 

 cooking. Here is what I call "camp de- 



