THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN. 



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Professor M. J. Elrod, chief warden of 

 the Montana Division, sends out a letter 

 to his members from which I quote: 



"The Montana Division has nearly 200 

 members. The report of the State Board 

 of Game and Fish Commissioners has 

 been made to Governor Smith, and as 

 soon as printed, copies will be sent to mem- 

 bers of the League. Many suggestions 

 have been made, which need to be pre- 

 sented in a favorable light to the people 

 before the next session of the Legislature, 

 so they may know our needs as to game 

 protection. Every member is urged to 

 discuss freely these recommendations, cri- 

 ticise if they deserve it, and report to me. 



"Members of the League in Montana 

 should feel encouraged. A few years ago 

 we had no game laws. Now we afford 

 fair protection — good where there are local 

 wardens. The 3 members of the State 

 Board are members of the L. A. S., which 

 shows that it is at the front in this work." 



G. L. Lehle, chief warden of the Illinois 

 division, is doing a great deal of effective 

 work. He is collecting evidence against 

 certain cold storage men, hotels, and res- 

 taurants that will enable him in the near 

 future to prosecute them with a certainty 

 of being able to convict. He is also send- 

 ing a series of letters to the newspapers, 

 which many of them are using to good ef- 

 fect. Furthermore, Mr. Lehle is hustling 

 for memberships, and recently sent 11 ap- 

 plications in one batch. If all chief 

 wardens would work as hard as he and Mr. 

 Fay, Professor Elrod, A. E. Pond, Frank- 

 lin Stearns and a few others are doing, the 

 whole country would be rapidly aroused, 

 and applications would come in by the 

 thousands. 



Here is one of the most important planks 

 in the platform of the L. A. S. 



"We are opposed to the sale of game 

 and game fishes at all times and under all 

 circumstances." 



The only way in which the game can be 

 saved from threatened extermination is to 

 stop traffic in it. After all, it is the mar- 

 ket hunters that are responsible for the 

 rapid disappearance of game more than 

 all the sportsmen combined. If we can 

 legislate these men out of employment, 

 shorten the open seasons for killing, and 

 limit the bag to a reasonable number for 

 each man each day and each year, then the 

 game will increase rapidly. 



Why don't you join the League and 

 help to accomplish these important ends? 



ship in one batch, accompanied by his 

 check for $30. This shows what a live 

 man can do when he gets ready to work. 

 If we could only get 1,000 such men to 

 take off their coats and hustle for the 

 League, we would send the membership 

 soaring among the clouds within a few 

 weeks. 



H. S. Coykendall, Rondout, N. Y., and 

 C. E. Butler, Jerome, Ariz:, are among the 

 faithful. They have each sent in $10 for 

 10 years' membership in the L. A. S., and 

 are now wearing gold badges. There are 

 1,000 men in the League who should fol- 

 low their examole at once. YOU are one 

 of them. When shall I receive your check? 



Hon. A. S. Trude, of Chicago, one of the 

 greatest criminal lawyers in the United 

 States, has joined the League. His card 

 number is 2,846, and his references are 

 Governors Tanner, of Illinois, and Stern- 

 berg, of Idaho. Thus, day by day the most 

 prominent sportsmen in the land are com- 

 ing into our ranks, and in time they will all 

 be with us. 



I am in receipt of a letter from the Hon. 

 John F. Lacey, author of the now famous 

 Lacey Bird Bill, in which he says, "The 

 work the League has done has made a pro- 

 found impression on the House." 



Lawmakers everywhere will soon learn 

 that the just demands of this League can 

 not lightly be put aside. 



The Pond Music Co., 148 Fifth avenue, 

 New York, has published the L. A. S. 

 Two-Step. It was composed by W. F. 

 Sudds, a League member, is a snappy, 

 swinging, cheerful composition, and is 

 sure to prove popular. It sells for 40 cents. 

 Send for a copy and ask your best girl to 

 play it. 



Every League member should send in at 

 least 10 cents to aid in buying a watch to 

 be presented to the Hon. John F. Lacey, 

 as a token of our appreciation of his great 

 work in securing the passage of the Lacey 

 Bird bill. 



Mr. J. L. Piatt, of Cresco, Iowa, recent- 

 ly sent in 30 applications for member- 



We have just successfully finished an- 

 other case against a man here who shot 5 

 grouse before last season's opening. His 

 lesson cost him $I2S and costs. 

 C. A. Emerson, C. W. Pa. Div. L. A. S., 



Titusville, Pa. 



