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RECREATION. 



reasons good and sufficient you are going to 

 raise the price of Recreation to $2 a year. 

 I have read Recreation for the past 5 years 

 and I admire the way you have handled the 

 fish and game hogs. Keep up the good 

 work, and every true sportsman in the coun- 

 try will stay with you, even if you have to 

 charge $5 a copy for Recreation. 



G. C. Goddard, Harmony, Utah. 



I noticed in December Recreation your 

 note as to raising the price of the maga- 

 zine from $1 to $2 a year. This is a good 

 field ; plenty of sportsmen of all kinds, and 

 I feel sure every one of them will be will- 

 ing to pay $2 a year for Recreation. I 

 expect to get up a club of not less than 50. 

 I can do it easily. 



H. C. Metcalf, Dennison, Ohio. 



I admire the stand you have taken in the 

 interest of our game. You have done more 

 for its protection than any other man in 

 the United States. The December number 

 of Recreation is worth 2 of any other 

 sportsmen's periodicals I have seen, and 

 you would be entirely justified in doubling 

 trie price. 



C. T. Lemon, Uneva, W. Va. 



I see in the December number that you 

 speak of advancing the price of Recrea- 

 tion. I have often wondered how you 

 could sell the magazine for 10 cents, and I 

 can readily understand how you are. at last 

 compelled to advance the price. I shall 

 continue to read Recreation just the same. 

 A. Moore, Anderson, Ind. 



I am in favor of the advance to $2 on. 

 Recreation and with you in your war on 

 the pump and automatic guns and on the 

 game hog. 



Don't cease to give it to the idafer who 

 prefers market hunting to an honest liveli- 

 hood. 



George S. Hale, Chardon, Ohio. 



I am in hearty sympathy with your fight 

 against game hogs and pump and automatic 

 guns, and I admire your spirit in sticking 

 to the fight to the end. I shall take Recrea- 

 tion regularly at $2 a year. Please find en- 

 closed draft for $2 for a year's subscription. 

 Walter Blount, Evansville, Ind. 



In regard to your notice in December 

 Recreation of the possibility of the price 

 being raised, I for one am willing to pay 

 for a good thing, and expect to be a con- 

 tinuous subscriber to Recreation for an in- 

 definite period, even at an advanced price. 

 Geo. F. Mims, Edgefield, S. C. 



In regard to raising the price of Recrea- 

 tion, I am in favor of $2 a year. Recrea- 

 tion is worth it. The article in the De- 

 cember number in regard to reloading full 



charge smokeless powder shells is alone 

 worth the price of the magazine. 



J. W. Hurlbut, Milford, Cal. 



I approve of your purpose to increase the 

 price of Recreation from $1 to $2 a year. 

 It certainly is worth more than $1, and I 

 fail to see how you can afford to furnish it 

 at that price. I shall most cheerfully pay 

 $2 if that is to be the price. 



George W. Geiser, Easton, Pa. 



I see you are thinking of raising the price 

 of Recreation. Let it be raised, for Recrea- 

 tion is worth twice what it now costs us, 

 and there will be just as many takers as 

 ever. 



T. S. Hollister, Sparta, Wis. 



I note that you intend to raise the sub- 

 scription of your magazine. I do not think 

 $2 a year too much for it, and I believe 

 your other friends will say the same. 



M. L. Michael, North Watergap, Pa. 



You .ought to raise the price of Recrea- 

 tion. It is worth more than $1, and I 

 would not miss it if it cost $3 a year. 



R. G. Messinger, Easton, Pa. 



A CALIFORNIA HOT AIR MACHINE. 



In April last I received a letter from Wil- 

 lits, Cal., signed "A Friend," which gave a 

 Munchausenlike story of the slaughter of 

 deer by one Harry Flinn. Although the let- 

 ter bore the earmarks of falsehood from 

 start to finish, I thought it worth while to 

 investigate, so I wrote the alleged Flinn, 

 asking him whether the report of his deer 

 killing exploits was true. He replied 

 promptly that it was, but his letter also bore 

 ample evidence of being a pack of lies. It 

 was easy to read between the lines of both 

 communications that they were written by 

 one and the same man, and that there was 

 scarcely a word of truth in either of them. 



However, I wanted positive proof as to 

 the identity of the man who wrote the let- 

 ters, and I referred them to a friend in 

 California, with the request that he inves- 

 tigate. He did so, and now writes me that 

 he is satisfied both letters were written by 

 J. U. Gillespey, of Willits. 



This man Gillespey, therefore, stands con- 

 victed before the public as being one of the 

 most shameless liars I have ever known, 

 and if he does not like this sort of record 

 he is at liberty to seek redress in any way 

 he may choose. 



There are 2 game hogs in Mt. Clemens, 

 Mich., namely, W. E. Sutherland and his 

 wife, who, it is asserted, went to West 

 Branch last fall, killed 790 ruffed grouse 

 and shipped them to Mt. Clemens, where 

 they were sold. A League member in Mt. 



