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present, and unless he is checked in his 

 wanton slaughter the deer will soon have 

 passed. On the cover of the current num- 

 ber of your official organ, Recreation, 

 there is a picture of a doe standing in the 

 open. She has evidently heard the wicked 

 whistle of a bullet in close proximity and 

 turns to look toward her foe. No human 

 tongue or pen can speak to you with half the 

 eloquence which shines out from those al- 

 most human eyes. The incarnation of inno- 

 cence and gentleness, defenceless and harm- 

 less, she stands there among the flowers, her 

 head uplifted, her mournful eyes showing 

 the sorrows of her race, the unspeakable 

 pathos of the hunted. Study this picture 

 intently, let the mute appeal which this 

 creature makes for its kind enter your 

 souls, and you will all be hunting with 

 cameras next deer season. 



The Humane Society of St. Paul extends 

 cordial greeting to you, and stands ready to 

 cooperate with you in the enforcement of 

 law and in all things which tend to elimi- 

 nate cruelty from sport. 



The Humane Society of St. Paul. 

 By J. S. Fugate, Vice-President. 



General C. C. Andrews, Minnesota State 

 Forestry Commissioner, made an able and 

 interesting address on the progress of the 

 work of protecting the forests of Minne- 

 sota, and on the necessity* of practical co- 

 operation between the League and the For- 

 estry Commissions of the various States, in 

 their respective fields. He spoke fluently 

 and forcibly of the close relationship be- 

 tween the 2 lines of work, and said that 

 without forests it would be impossible to 

 preserve the big game and the birds of this 

 country. 



The following resolution was offered by 

 Mr. Charles Payne, of Kansas : 



Be it resolved, by the League of Ameri- 

 can Sportsmen, in annual meeeting assem- 

 bled, this nth day of February, 1903, as 

 follows : 



That the National Congress should set 

 aside a tract of land in the Indian Terri- 

 tory as a national game preserve, where 

 game, and especially game birds, may be 

 preserved and propagated, naturally and 

 artificially, for distribution throughout the 

 United States. 



That the President of the United States 

 be and he is earnestly requested and urged 

 to appoint a commission, consisting of not 

 less than 3 competent men, to examine such 

 lands as may be deemed suitable for said 

 purpose, and to report to the President, at 

 the earliest possible date, how large a tract 

 of land would be necessary, and what suit- 

 able tract, adapted for said purpose, could 

 be, with the least inconvenience and ex- 

 pense, appropriated therefor. . . 



That the President of this League be, 



and he is hereby, requested to call on the 

 President of the United States and ask 

 him to appoint the commission hereinbefore 

 referred to, and to urge upon him the ne- 

 cessity of immediate action on this matter. 



Hon. H. A. Morgan seconded this reso- 

 lution and it was unanimously adopted. 



The following resolution was offered by 

 Dr. A. M. Gropper, of Wisconsin: 



Whereas, an effort is being made by cer- 

 tain market hunters, pot hunters, game 

 dealers and hotel men in Wisconsin to in- 

 duce the Legislature of that State to repeal 

 the law now on the statute books which 

 prohibits spring shooting; and, 



Whereas, it is of the utmost importance 

 that the said law should remain in force ; 

 now, therefore, 



Resolved, that the League of American 

 Sportsmen, in annual meeting assembled, 

 representing all the States and Territories, 

 does hereby memorialize and request the 

 Legislature of the said State of Wisconsin 

 to vote down any bill which may be pre- 

 sented to that body, which may aim to 

 again legalize spring shooting. * 



The League would regard the repeal of 

 said anti-spring shooting law as a calamity 

 to the cause of game protection, not only 

 in Wisconsin, but in all the States of the 

 Union. 



We hold that no game bird should be 

 killed, in any State or in Canada, at any 

 time after January 1 and before September 

 1 of each year ; and we are putting forth 

 our utmost endeavors to induce the law 

 making powers of the States which now 

 permit spring shooting to pass laws to 

 abolish and prohibit the same. We, there- 

 fore, pray the State of Wisconsin to retain 

 her present proud position at the head of 

 the small list of States which now prohibit 

 spring shooting, and thus to set a good ex- 

 ample for her sister States. 



Seconded by Dr. Houston, of Montana. 



Unanimously adopted. 



The following resolution was offered by 

 Chief Warden Lange, of the Minnesota 

 Division : 



Whereas, a bill, No. S. 6,689, is now pend- 

 ing in the Congress of the United States, 

 which aims to authorize the President to 

 create game preserves in any of the forest 

 reserves of the West ; and, 



Whereas another bill, No. H. R. 16,000, 

 is now pending in Congress, which aims to 

 clothe the forest rangers with police power 

 in the discharge of their duties ; therefore 



Resolved, that the League of American 

 Sportsmen in annual meeting assembled, 

 representing all the States and Territories 

 of the Union, does hereby heartily endorse 

 and approve the provisions of these bills, 

 and does urge all senators and representa- 

 tives in Congress to pass these bills prompt- 

 ly and at its present session. 



