EDITOR'S CORNER. 



THE AWAKENING OF THE SOUTH. 



In May last I was invited to Louisiana to 

 address the Legislature of that State, and 

 several meetings of sportsmen in various 

 towns, on the subject of game protection. 

 A few of the thoughtful, progressive sports- 

 men and naturalists of that State have be- 

 come thoroughly aroused as to the neces- 

 sity of a good, stringent game law, and 

 naturally these men applied to the League 

 and to its official organ for help in this 

 direction. 



On visiting and ' conferring with these 

 gentlemen I was especially gratified to learn 

 that they had finally succeeded in arousing 

 deep interest in the subject throughout the 

 entire State. A bill for the protection of 

 song, insectivorous and game birds had 

 been drafted and a meeting of sportsmen 

 was held in New Orleans on the night of 

 my arrival, which was largely attended, and 

 at which this bill was read and carefully 

 considered. Several important sections were 

 added to it and at this writing the meas- 

 ure is before the Legislature, with a good 

 prospect of its passage. 



The New Orleans newspapers have taken 

 up the matter in earnest and are giving 

 a great deal of space to it. I had invita- 

 tions from a dozen towns to visit them and 

 address the people on the importance of this 

 movement; but for want of time could res- 

 pond to only a few of them. Wherever 

 I went I found earnest men who have de- 

 termined that the wholesale destruction of 

 bird life, which has been going on so reck- 

 lessly in the South, must stop. It is esti- 

 mated that over 250,000 ducks, 30,000 gulls 

 and 10,000 mocking birds were shipped out 

 of Louisiana last year, to say nothing of 

 the thousands of other species that were 

 marketed in order that a few men might 

 line their pockets. 



The sportsmen and naturalists of that 

 State are thoroughly indignant at the action 

 of these market hunters and trappers, and 

 the bill now pending before the Legislature 

 prohibits the export of any and all kinds of 

 game and of song and insectivorous birds, 

 beyond the limits of the State. I, of course, 

 advised the insertion of a section in the bill 

 prohibiting the sale of game at home, but 

 while the sportsmen all agreed with me 

 that this should be done, they realized that 

 the time had not yet arrived when such a 

 measure could be enacted. They all saw, 

 however, that in view of the rapid changing 

 of public sentiment in favor of the preser- 

 vation of bird life, they would be able within 

 a few years to add this important clause to 

 their law. 



The membership of the League is grow- 



ing rapidly in that State. The New Or- 

 leans Game Protective Association, with 

 160 members, has voted to merge itself 

 into the League and abandon its old organi- 

 zation. 



Over 100 League members have been en- 

 rolled at Monroe and a local chapter or- 

 ganized there. The Louisiana division has 

 also been organized and the headquarters 

 established at Monroe, with Dr. R. W. 

 Faulk as Chief Warden and A. J. Renaud 

 as Secretary-Treasurer. 



Delegations from various towns in the 

 State called on me wherever I went and 

 assured me that they would organize local 

 chapters of the League in their respective 

 towns as fast as possible. 



Evidently the days of the market hunt- 

 er, the bird trapper and the plume hunter 

 are numbered, as far as Louisiana is con- 

 cerned. 



Now if the sportsmen and naturalists of 

 Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and 

 other Southern States will follow the ex- 

 ample of Louisiana the bird life of the 

 entire country can be saved from destruc- 

 tion. 



LAW BREAKERS CONVICTED. 



The New Hampshire Fish and Game 

 Commission is making lots of trouble for 

 lawbreakers in that State. Here is a list 

 of the prosecutions, recently issued by Com- 

 missioner Merrill Shurtleff, of that State : 



Peter Auger, killing deer ; 6 months, $50. 



C. E. Barton, Berlin, catching trout ; $10. 



Irving Blake, Berlin, catching trout; $ip. 



W. L. Evans, Berlin, catching trout; 60 

 days. 



Augustus Evans, Berlin, catching trout; 

 60 days. 



Joseph Tabousac, Berlin, catching trout; 

 60 days. 



Walter Simonds, Randolph, killing deer; 

 6 months, $50. 



Joseph Astle, Groveton, catching trout ; 

 60 days, $10. 



F. B. Hayes, Groveton, catching trout; 

 60 days, $10. 



Joseph Corum, Stark, using gill net; 60 

 days, $10. 



Christopher Corum, Stark, using troll ; 

 60 days, $10. 



N. A. Tibado, Albany, killing deer; one 

 year, $300. 



George Tibado, Albany, killing deer ; one 

 year, $300. 



Joseph Tibado, Albany, killing deer; one 

 year, $300. 



Timothy Chauncey, Albany, killing deer; 

 6 months. 



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