A PROMINENT GAME PROTECTIONIST. 



Washington, D. C. 

 Editor Recreation : 



I am a member of the House Com- 

 mittee on Territories to which was re- 

 ferred the bill of Congressman Lacey which 

 aims to provide a game law for Alaska. As 

 I am deeply inter- 

 ested in the cause 

 of game protec- 

 tion the Commit- 

 tee selected me to 

 write the report 

 on the bill, which 

 with the bill has 

 been presented to 

 the House for 

 consideration. 



I enclose you 

 herewith a copy 

 of the Alaska 

 game bill with 

 the amendments 

 proposed by the 

 Committee, and 

 no doubt some of 

 the matter con- 

 tained in the re- 

 port or the bill 

 may interest 

 your readers. We 

 hope to pass this 



ington. He was elected a Member of 

 Congress from that State in November, 

 1898. 











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HON. FRANCIS W. CUSH- 

 MAN, M.C. 



THE FIERY GROTTO. 



DR. L. E. HOLMES. 



Near Bridgton pond, where strangers stray 

 From city cares the summer's day, 

 A grotto lies secreted good, 

 Around, above, with leafy wood. 

 No passer-by along that way, 

 Or poet musing on his lay, 

 Or peddler with his ware's display, 

 But halting there entranced he stood 

 Near Bridgton pond. 



Within all o'er the fiery spray 

 Of sumach glows — a furnace play. 

 I passed thro' as Elijah would, 

 Unscorched, except in burning mood 

 To paint that fiery grotto gay 



Near Bridgton pond. 



A FUTURE GREAT. 



The 3 -year old sportsman who poses in 

 the accompanying photo, does not claim 

 to have bagged the duck, nor does he ex- 

 pect your readers to think so. When he 

 becomes skilful enough to hit a greenhead 

 on the wing with a .22 caliber rifle, he will 

 want to have his picture taken in a boat, 

 with a stretch of open water, button willows 

 and rushes for a background. The truth 

 is he cares little for either duck or gun, and 



bill before Congress adjourns. 



With my best wishes for the great suc- 

 cess of your splendid magazine, of which 

 I am a regular reader and an enthusiastic 

 admirer, I remain, 



Francis W. Cushman. 



Mr. Cushman is one of the youngest 

 members of Congress, and a prominent 

 member of the L. A. S. He lives at Ta- 

 coma, Washington, and is therefore thor- 

 oughly conversant with the needs of 

 Alaska in the way of a game law. Mr. 

 Cushman is fond of hunting and fishing, 

 and had many interesting experiences 

 before reaching a position in the American 

 Congress. The following appears in the 

 Congressional Directory : 



Born at Binghamton, Iowa, May 8, 1867 ; 

 educated at the high school and Pleasant 

 Plain Academy, he assisted himself in 

 securing an education by working as a 

 water-boy on the railroad in summer, at- 

 tending school in winter. After the com- 

 pletion of his school course he worked for 

 a time as a section hand on the railroad. 

 At the age of 16 he moved to Wyoming, 



where he remained 5 years working as a is willing to pose in the back yard, togged 

 cowboy on a ranch, in a lumber camp, in overalls, the reward being a stick of 

 teaching school and studying law. He candy immediately forthcoming. He 

 then moved to Nebraska and practiced is known by his little friends as Frank. 

 law, afterward going to Tacoma, Wash- W. B. Wier, Fort Smith, Ark. 



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AMATEUR PHOTO BY W. B. WEIR. 



FRANK. 



