THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN SPORTSMEN, 



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am in duty bound to take action against 

 you for your disregard of our State game 

 laws. The minimum fine is $25 for each 

 bird, or $1,600 for 64 birds which you sold, 

 sold. 



It is not my desire to make trouble for 

 you, and if you will send me your writ- 

 ten promise to observe the laws in future, 

 no action will be taken against you. 



G. L. Lehle, 

 Chief Warden, 111. Div. L. A. S. 

 Hotel Sommers. 

 Moline, 111., March 1st, 1900. 

 Mr. G. L. Lehle, 



Chief Warden 111., L. A. S., 

 29 Buena Terrace, Chicago, 111. 



My dear Sir: — Yours of 28th at hand 

 and contents, noted. I assure you I had 

 no intention of violating the laws. I 

 had recently opened the Sommers Hotel, 

 and the banquet was given by the Moline 

 Business Men's Association. It never en- 

 tered my mind that I was violating any 

 law, or I certainly should not have done 

 so. 



I appreciate the efforts of your League 

 to see that the game laws are observed, 

 and thank you for the manly way in which 

 you have called attention to the same. I 

 assure you that in future I shall obey the 

 laws to the letter and shall take pleasure 

 in co-operating with you in your efforts to 

 put an end to market hunting. 



Yours respectfully, 

 H. W. Sommers, Jr., Prop. 

 Mr. Sommers has since joined the 

 League. — Editor. 



LEAGUE NOTE?. 



Your message of congratulations over 

 the passing of the Lacey bill is received. 

 All we members can say, is, that under 

 your leadership we have all, I hope, done 

 our duty. The result speaks for itself. 



Last February I joined the L. A. S., on 

 your offer of Recreation and a member- 

 ship for $1.50, and I now feel that I was 

 taking advantage of the enthusiasm of one 

 of nature's noblemen, so I enclose you my 

 check for $1. Of this amount 50 cents is to 

 pay the balance of an honest debt to Rec- 

 reation, at full price, and 50 to go to the 

 fund for a watch for Mr. Lacey. May a 

 kind Providence spare him and others like 

 him for future work in this great cause. 



Norman Astley, 

 L. A. S. 2426, Asbufy Park, N. J. 



The League has secured every important 

 thing it ever fought for. First it obtained 

 the repeal of section 249, in April, '98. 



Then in the fall of '99, it induced the 

 Lighthouse Board at Washington to issue 

 an order forbidding the destruction of the 



seals on the California coast, which had 

 been ordered by the California Fish Com- 

 mission. 



Next we secured the passage of the 

 Lacey bill through both Houses of Con- 

 gress. 



The last was the passage of a bill through 

 the Massachusetts legislature prohibiting 

 the sale of ruffed grouse and woodcock. 

 These are a few of our important vic- 

 tories. 



The League has invaded Canada with a 

 formidable force. It has now 38 members 

 in Ontario and a division has been organ- 

 ized there, with Mr. C. A. Hammond, of 

 St. Thomas, as chief warden. 



We have nearly the requisite number in 

 Quebec to enable us to organize in that 

 province and I shall hope to announce the 

 organization of a Quebec division in August 

 Recreation. We are gradually gaining 

 ground also in Manitoba and Nova Scotia 

 and in time shall put our forces to work in 

 those provinces. Do not forget that this is 

 the League of American Sportsmen, and 

 that Canada is in America. Later we shall 

 spread out protecting wings over Mexico. 



Since the last issue of Recreation went 

 out we have organized 2 more State divi- 

 sions — Nebraska and Nevada. This makes 

 27 now in fighting trim. Several others 

 are near the limit of 25 members each, and 

 we shall soon be able to announce them as 

 having been organized. 



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. 



Have you sent for one of the L. A. S. 

 show cards? If not you should do so at 

 once. Every member of the League should 

 display one. 



She (11.30 P. M.)— Do you know any- 

 thing about baseball, Mr. Borem? 



He — Yes, indeed ! I was considered the 

 best amateur shortstop in the country a 

 few years ago. 



She — Well, I never would have believed 

 it. — Chicago News. 



"Alas !" we sighed, meaning to seem very 

 sympathetic. "You have felt Britain's 

 heavy hand !" 



"Heavy?" exclaimed the Boer, with some 

 heat. "Britain's the most light-fingered 

 nation we ever met up with !" — Puck. 



