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forced. I know that is what the L. A. S. 

 stands for. and I will talk it up with the 

 boys of the club. 



H. L. Godfrey, Newburyport, Mass. 



WHY NOT BECOME A LIFE MEMBER? 



There is a provision in the Constitution 

 of the L. A. S. to the effect that members in 

 good standing may become life members on 

 the payment of $25, and that they will there- 

 after be forever exempt from membership 

 fees or dues. 



Every member of the League who is well 

 to do in this world's goods should improve 

 this opportunity and become a life member. 

 We are sadly in need of funds for carrying 

 on the work of the League and if we could 

 get 100 men to join under this proposition 

 it would enable us to push the work much 

 more energetically and effectively than we 

 have heretofore been able to do. There are 

 demands on us every day, to prosecute game 

 law violators, and for large quantities of 

 printed matter to be used in increasing the 

 membership, which we cannot meet. How 

 many good, true friends of game protection 

 will send their checks for $25 each to the 

 secretary within the next 30 days? "Let us 

 have a prompt and generous response to this 

 appeal. 



IMPORTANT ACCESSIONS. 



Among the many prominent men who 

 have recently joined the L. A. S. are: 



Hon. Jos. F. Johnston, Governor of Alabama. 



Hon. J. H. Wallace. Member Alabama Legislature. 



Hon. J. B. Bean, Member Minnesota Legislature, also 

 of the Fish and Game Committee thereof. 



Geo. L. Carnegie. Fernandina, Fla. 



Hon. Warner Miller, E.x.-U. S. Senator, 30 Broad Street, 

 New York City. 



Hon. John S. Wise, Ex. -Member of Congress, 20 Broad 

 Street, New York City. 



Dr. D. C. Gilman, President Johns Hopkins University, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



W. B. Clark, State Geologist, Johns Hopkins Univer- 

 sity, Baltimore, Md. 



Geo. H. Daniels, G. P. A., New York Central Railway. 



C. E. E. Usher, G. P. A., Canadian Pacific Railway. 



D. J. Flanders, G. P. A.. Boston and Maine Railway. 

 Chas. S. Fee, G. P. A., Great Northern Railway. 



NOTES. 



The new Chief Warden of the New 

 Jersey Division has issued a circular letter 

 to all members in that state in which he 

 says : 



You have received a circular from the 

 President notifying you of my appointment 

 as Chief Warden of the New Jersey divi- 

 sion. I can, however, do little without the 

 assi stance of all members of the League, 

 and I earnestly ask you to personally see 

 that the game laws are obeyed, and to do all 

 in your power to secure new members ; for 

 in numbers there is strength. 



Please send me the name of a compe- 

 tent person for local warden in your vicin- 

 ity. 



Hoping to hear that you will aid me to 

 the utmost in the work of protecting fish, 

 game and song and insectivorous birds, I 

 am, Yours trulv, 



A. W. Van Saun. 

 Chief Warden. 



It would be well for all members of the 

 L. A. S. to write their local newspapers, ex- 

 plaining the aims and objects of the League 

 and telling them of the work it is doing. 

 This is valuable matter for editors and most 

 of them would be glad to use it. You can 

 get from any issue of Recreation articles 

 that would be eagerly read by the public, on 

 the subject of game and bird protection. 

 All newspapers like to talk about prominent 

 people and you should, therefore, clip out 

 and send to your local newspaper the list of 

 officers of the League, with some informa- 

 tion as to what it is doing. The editor 

 would no doubt be glad to mention such 

 men as Prof. Hornaday, Dr. Merriam. Mr. 

 Thompson and Governor Richards, as being 

 engaged in this work. 



Enclosed please find $2. One for year's 

 membership in the L. A. S. The other for 

 one year's subscription to Recreation. 

 Arthur Chapman, Somerville, N. J. 



Arthur is a good fellow but fond of 

 shooting birds. One day I showed him 

 the L. A. S. pin I have and told him the 

 object of the League. This afternoon I 

 received a long letter saying he had de- 

 cided to join. I think you will find him a 

 faithful member of the League in the 

 future. W. L. Lloyd. Westfield, N. J. 



To All Whom It May Concern: 



Notice is hereby given that the League 

 of American Sportsmen, of which there is 

 a large membership in Flathead county, 

 including every section of said county, is 

 fully determined to stamp out violations of 

 the fish and game laws of the State of 

 Montana at any cost; and all persons are 

 hereby cautioned that no exceptions will 

 be made and no favors shown in cases 

 where such laws are violated. — Flathead 

 County Division L. A. S. 



— Kalispell, Mont., Inter-Lake. 



Dr. IT. R. Bishop, of Boston, has sent in 

 76 applications from among his friends; 

 J. S. Stangroom, of New Whatcom, Wash., 

 51 ; R. B. Lawton, of Bridgeport, Conn., 

 38; W. T. Hornaday, of New York, 35- 

 How many have you sent? 



One man can get just as many as another, 

 and probably a few more, if he works as 

 hard. If you are not yet in this honorable 

 class, you should get to work mighty quick. 



The League has issued a muslin poster. 

 12 x 16 inches in size, announcing that this 

 organization is desirous of prosecuting all 



