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RECREATION. 



place, that had been killed by a hunter, 

 and no part of any one of them taken ex- 

 cept the eye teeth. 



In several instances the carcasses of 5 

 or io or 15 elk have been found in a single 

 place in Wyoming or Colorado, from which 

 nothing had been taken but the teeth. I 

 have, myself, found several single carcasses 

 of these animals from which the teeth had 

 been taken and no other part disturbed. 

 The market for these teeth is principally 

 among the members of your order, though 

 I regret to say that other people buy them 

 to some extent. This League and its offi- 

 cers are, as I have said, doing everything 

 possible to stop this killing, and I trust 

 your honorable body may now join us in 

 this effort. 



I should be glad to be advised after the 

 adjournment of your meeting, what action, 

 if any, has been taken on the resolution 

 which I enclose. 



Yours truly, 



G. O. Shields, 

 President L. A. S. 



The resolution referred to is as follows : 



Whereas, The American elk, the animal 

 in whose honor our order is named, has 

 been recklessly and ruthlessly destroyed 

 during the past 20 years, by so called sports- 

 men, by market hunters and by tooth hunt- 

 ers ; and, 



Whereas, This beautiful and magnificent 

 animal is threatened with speedy extermi- 

 nation, therefore : 



Resolved, That we, the officers and mem- 

 bers of the Benevolent and Protective Or- 

 der of Elks ,in annual meeting assembled, 

 do advise and urge all brother Elks to dis- 

 card the elk tooth as an emblem or sign 

 of our Order and to cease, once and for all, 

 to buy or wear elk teeth. 



Resolved. That we deem such action 

 necessary in order to - check as far as 

 possible the killing of the small remnant 

 of these animals now remaining on this 

 continent. 



THE KIND OF MAN HE IS. 



One Frank Ives, editor of the Cass Lake, 

 Minn., Times, and who, it seems, holds 

 down an appointment as a U. S. Commis- 

 sioner, frequently prints in his paper para- 

 graphs commending people who violate the 

 game laws, denouncing all such as oppres- 

 sors of the poor settlers. He characterizes 

 the State Fish and Game Commission as 

 hirelings paid to enforce these laws and 

 thus to injure and oppress homesteaders. 



I wrote Mr. Ives, asking him if he per- 

 sonally had . written certain articles which 

 had appeared in his paper, and which had 

 been sent me. He replied as follows : 



"I am opposed to any game law that re- 

 stricts the settler from killing game for his 



own use, and expect to maintain my oppo- 

 sition until the settlers are restored to their 

 original privileges. You seem greatly con- 

 cerned ; have you an interest in the game of 

 our State? You and your associates are 

 safe yet ; our law makers are still in the 

 grasp of the boodlers and have no appre- 

 ciation of the rights of the poor pioneer 

 who goes into the wilderness to carve 

 out a home. I know what it means. I know, 

 too, that he has a right to the game around 

 him superior to that of the city sportsman, 

 and when prosecuted for infraction of this 

 infamous law I expect to defend him to the 

 best of my ability. 



Frank Ives. 



I have been looking up the record of this 

 blatant champion of the poor homesteader, 

 and one prominent citizen of Minnesota 

 writes me as follows : 



"Ives is thoroughly unprincipled and un- 

 reliable ; he has not a spark of principle in 

 his whole make-up. He has been a drunken 

 bum all his life and was when he occupied 

 a seat on the bench, in the Northern part 

 of this State. I realize that this is strong 

 language to use in a letter, but I can prove 

 every word of it, because I helped to carry 

 him home, drunk, when he was holding 

 court in Roseau county." 



This is exactly the sort of man who al- 

 ways howls about the injustice of any law 

 that curtails what he is pleased to term his 

 "rights," or the rights of his friends. — 

 Editor. 



THE BAND TAIL PROTECTED. 



In January Recreation Mr. Lundy of 

 Stanwood, Wash., says there is no law in 

 Washington protecting the band tail pigeon. 



At the last session of the Legislature a 

 bill was passed for the protection of non- 

 game birds, and is now on the books of our 

 state. 



Section 1 reads as follows : 



No person shall, within the State of Washington, 

 kill or catch or have in his or her possession, liv- 

 ing or dead, any wild bird other than a game bird, 

 or purchase, offer or expose for sale, transport or 

 ship within or without the State, any such wild 

 bird after it has been killed or caught, except as 

 permitted by this act. No part of the skin, plum- 

 age or body of any wild bird protected by this 

 saction shall be sold or had in possession for sile. 

 For the purposes of this act the following only 

 shall be considered game birds: The anatridae, 

 commonly known as swans, geese, brant, and 

 ■river and sea ducks; the rallidae, commonly known 

 as rails, coots, mud hens and gallinules; the limi- 

 colae, commonly known as shore birds, plover, surf 

 birds, snipe, sand pipers, tatlers, and curlews; the 

 gallinae, commonly known as grouse, prairie chick- 

 ens, pheasants, partridges and quail. (Laws 1903, 

 page 256, paragraph 1)) 



The penalty for killing a non-game bird 

 is $10 to $500. 



The band tail pigeon is becoming rare in 

 our State and needs protection. I trust Mr. 



