EDITOR'S CORNER. 



THE L. A. S. IS THE OFFICIAL 



GAME PROTECTION 



ASSOCIATION. 



The most important meeting the 

 League of American Sportsmen has 

 ever held was that which convened in 

 St. Paul, February nth. The Govern- 

 ors of 22 States appointed delegates to 

 that convention, thus giving the League 

 the absolute sanction of the States and 

 recognizing it as the Official Game 

 Protection Association of this coun- 

 try. Although the Governors of the 

 various States have from time to time 

 appointed delegates to other conven- 

 tions, having for their object some 

 important measure of public interest, 

 this is the first time any of them 

 has sent representatives to any meet- 

 ing in the interest of game protection. 



Following is a list of the States 

 whose Governors have thus given 

 the League their definite sanction : 



Arizona. 



Arkansas. 



Colorado. 



Florida. 



Iowa. 



Kentucky. 



Maine. 



Michigan. 



Minnesota. 



Montana. 



Nebraska. 



New Mexico. 



North Dakota. 



Ohio. 



Oregon. 



South Carolina. 



South Dakota. 



Virginia. 



West Virginia. 



Wisconsin. 



Wyoming. 



Washington. 



it has done many other great things. 

 We may confidently expect that in 

 future years the chief magistrates 

 of the other 28 States will fall in line, 

 and that at the next annual meeting 

 we shall have delegates clothed with 

 official authority from all the States. 



January last Game Warden Hoyer, Sioux 

 City, la., found in the possesion of one B. 

 C. Potter, a market man of that town, 200 

 prairie chickens. Hoyer swore out a war- 

 rant for Potter, and when the case came on 

 for trial, State Warden Geo. A. Lincoln, of 

 Cedar Rapids, went to Sioux City to look 

 after the case. Potter demanded a jury 

 trial and C. A. Moore, H. D. Osborne, 

 George Pierce, J. C. Rennison, D. L. Pratt 

 and Charles Lever were impaneled to try 

 the case. The State proved by the local war- 

 den and 2 witnesses that the 200 birds were 

 found in Potter's cellar and there rested the 

 case. The defendant did not produce a wit- 

 ness. His attorney attacked the law and 

 pleaded for a small fine. The jury returned 

 a verdict to the effect that the State game 

 law had been plainly violated, and found 

 the defendant guilty of having one prairie 

 chicken in his possession, saying nothing 

 about the other 199 birds. Justice Brown, 

 before whom the case was tried, assessed a 

 maximum fine of $20, which Potter paid 

 and was discharged. These 6 jurors delib- 

 erately violated their oaths by allowing their 

 sympathies to interefere with the course of 

 justice, and should be prosecuted. 



It will be good news for the friends of 

 the gray squirrel to know that the L. A. S., 

 at its annual meeting held in St. Paul Feb. 

 11, passed a resolution advising all sports- 

 men and others to refrain from killing this 

 animal, and to adopt him as a pet. The 

 resolution memorialized the Legislatures 

 of the various States to enact laws pro- 

 hibiting the killing of gray squirrels at any 

 time. It is printed in full in the report of 

 the meeting elsewhere in this issue. 



The Korona camera you sent me as a 

 premium has been received. I am much 

 pleased with it. Thank you. 



Chas. H. Hakes, Binghamton, N. Y. 



This is one of the most important } received the Shakespeare reel as pre- 



mium and am delighted with it. 

 achievements of this League, though C. B. Wills, Cleveland, Ohio. 



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