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RECREATION. 



SHOULD RENEW WITHOUT NOTICE, 



Many League members complain that 

 they do not get notices of expiration of 

 membership. In any such case, members 

 may rest assured that no fault attaches to 

 this office. A renewal notice is mailed to 

 each member 30 days before his member- 

 ship would expire. If at the expiration of 

 that time he shall not have renewed, an- 

 other renewal notice is sent him, marked 

 "Second Notice." If he does not respond, 

 then a personal letter is mailed him in a 

 2 cent envelope. On an average we send 

 out 500 renewal notices each month, and 

 this requires an outlay of $5 for one cent 

 stamps. Not more than half of these 500 

 men renew promptly in any one month ; so 

 that there is another outlay of $2.50 for 

 memory joggers. Perhaps this second serv- 

 ing of notice brings 50 renewal fees. Then 

 at the end of the 90 days from the date of 

 mailing the first renewal notice, we are re- 

 quired to expend over $4 for 2 cent en- 

 velopes in order to send out these 200 per- 

 sonal letters. 



Thus it will be seen that at least $6 is 

 wasted each month for postage where not 

 one cent should be expended ; because all 

 members should renew promptly when the 

 first notice is sent. 



One trouble is that many men ignore all 

 so called circulars which come in their 

 mail. Some things are different from other 

 things, and it would save the League a 

 large amount of money each year if each 

 member would take the trouble to open and 

 examine the first renewal notice sent him 

 from this office. 



The League needs all the money it gets, 

 and $ico,ooo a year more, to carry on its 

 legitimate work of game protection ; yet it 

 is required to expend several hundred dol- 

 lars a year in dunning delinquent members 

 that might just as well be saved for more 

 important work if the members would only 

 do their part. 



One good way to save all annoyance, 

 both to the employees of the League and to 

 the members, would be for all who can 

 afford to do so to become life members. 



LEAGUE NOTES. 

 The Tacoma, Wash., Ledger, in a re- 

 cent issue, says, "A game bill has passed 

 both houses of the Legislature that is be- 

 lieved to be as nearly perfect as it is pos- 

 sible to make a game bill. It was pre- 

 pared by the League of American Sports- 

 men; and F. A. Pontius, of Seattle. Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer of the Washington Division 

 of that body, has been at the Capital dur- 

 ing the entire session working for the 

 passage of this bill. Chief Warden F. S. 

 Merrill, of Spokane, has also taken active 

 part in securing this legislation for sports- 



men. H. Rcif, of Seattle, also a League 

 member, has been working for the meas- 

 ure, and has afforded valuable assistance 

 in securing the passage of it." 



I have not room here to give a synopsis 

 of the new law, but it is thoroughly up to 

 date in all its provisions. The sportsmen 

 of the State of Washington owe Mr. Pon- 

 tius a lasting debt of gratitude for his 

 splendid work in their behalf, and they 

 should all join the L. A. S. as a token of 

 their appreciation of his services. 



The Nebraska and Texas Legislatures 

 have passed bills, introduced at the request 

 of the League, prohibiting the killing of 

 antelope at any time. 



The Hon. David Hanna, of Nebraska, is 

 entitled to the credit of having introduced 

 our bill in the Nebraska Legislature, and 

 the Hon. D. E. Decker, of Quanah, Texas, 

 was our faithful advocate and ally in the 

 Texas Assembly. 



Great is the League ! 



The Hon. James B. Sanford, Speaker of 

 the Colorado House of Representatives, has 

 lately joined the League. This will be un- 

 pleasant news for one Bostwick, of Den- 

 ver, who has lately been busy denouncing 

 this League and advising all Colorado 

 sportsmen to stay out of it. 



Inclosed please find $1, a year's subscrip- 

 tion for Recreation. I am greatly inter- 

 ested in the noble work you are doing for 

 the protection of game in this country. If 

 it were not for you and those associated 

 with you in this good work, there would 

 not be, in 5 years from now, a single wild 

 animal or bird left in this part of the coun- 

 try. 



A. J. McClure, Albany, N. Y. 



Oh ! the game hog he must go, 

 To those regions down below, 

 For of slaughtered game he's boasted, 



And you bet he'll get well roasted 

 W T hen he reaches those regions down be- 

 low. 



Charles Raynes. 



All copies of your valuable magazine 

 coming into this town are quickly sold. A 

 few of our people still wear bristles, but 

 Recreation is gradually singeing them. 

 Herman Vaupel, Marseilles, 111. 



"Mother will be down in a minute." 

 "Why, the maid said your mother wasn't 



at home. 



"Then won't you please go? It will save 



me a good licking." — Exchange. 



