FOREST AND STREAM, 
289 
earth. The reason for this is the same as that which 
t oitipds the dug -out to be thicker and heavier than the 
Petertioro' canoe. There is the same difference between 
an American repeating and an EngHsh double rifle, So 
far as 1 know, there is no American shotgun maker wlio 
also builds double rilles. But if every man who uses a 
twelve dollar ritlc and a hundred dollar shotgun could 
handle a really artistic double express rifle, I am stire 
there would be an opening for a new rifle factory in 
the United States, or an encouragement to our American 
rifle makers to enlarge the lists of their models. 
Uniformity of action between rifle and gun is also a 
controlling reason for having both alike. Any one who 
has fired at partridges and caribou the satne day will 
testify to that fact. Frederic iRt.AND. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Troublous Times in Illinois. 
Chicago, 111., April 8. — Times are growing exciting in 
this vicinity just now. As matters stand to-day there i-; 
a reasonable show that a law will be passed which will 
leave Chicago market open the year round 'to outside 
game. A few sportsmen are fighting this po.«sibility. 
The measure is already passed by the Senate, this being 
no less than the Senate bill No. 43, to which attention 
has been called in the last two issues of Forest and 
Stream. 
A warm tneeting of those opposed to this measure was 
held yesterday afternoon. A still warmer meeting wai 
held to-day at Warden Loveday's ofiice. Warden Love- 
day complained bitterly of the unfairness of the attacks 
made on him by the press, instigated, as he thinks, by 
persons unfriendly to him. He accused sportsmen of 
lukewarmness and want of harmony in the handling of 
this bill. He resented all charges of being a tool of South 
Water street. In conclusion he expressed his willingness 
to agree with the request of the committee of sportsmen 
and to do what he could to yet save the chief working 
features of the law so .far as selling game is concerned. 
He agreed to go to Springfield with the committee and 
work in the House for the passage of the amendment, 
which is the only thing asked by the sportsmen's com - 
mittee. This he did freely, and declared that he had been 
ignorant of any such failure in the measure to cover 
fully the marketing features. 
Considerable feeling was brought out at the meeting, as 
is usually the case where misunderstandings exist. If it 
be not yet too late, House bill No. 434, which corresponds 
to Senate bill No. 43, will be amended so that this mar- 
ket will not be open. This will leave Sections 2 and 6 of 
the old law practically unchanged, it is to be hoped, and 
Avill bring a fairly satisfactory issue out of the sudden 
and intensely interesting fight which has sprung, up at 
the last mintxte over this bill. 
^Ir. Loveday insisted again and again that all he wanted 
was a bill which would protect the game, and he pointed 
out that his original bill had been very much altered since 
its introduction. The game farm is cut out. The non- 
resident license remains, reduced to $10. The resident 
license was cut out. and this practically nullifies the in- 
tention of the original measure on this head, as all the 
collections of non-resident licenses would raise but a very 
small fund for protection in this State. 
Should the bill pass both Houses without further 
change, we would have, instead of our old law. a w^st 
deplorable measure, with a wide open market, a half-way 
license provision, and no features wiiich would make this 
law the superior of the old law. ,'Vt this writing the issue 
is in doubt. 
The sportsnicn's connnittee, consisting of Messrs. F. S. 
Baird, R. B. Organ, W. P. Mussey, M. R. Bortree. 
George W. Strell and E. Hough, will all, or part of them, 
go to Springfield with Mr. Loveday Mond.ay evening. 
It should be the prayer of every Western sportsman 
that they will meet with success. If they do not succeed, 
and if this market is, whether by accident or intent, left 
open the year round for the sale of game from other West- 
ern States, then Illinois deserves and should expect to 
have everj' Western State put a non-resident license 
clause on its statute books which shall prohibit any 
Illinois shooter from going outside of his own State to 
shoot. 
In all the history of game law fights that I have 
known in the past ten years here, this is decidedly the 
most important as well as the most bitter. 
The chief trouble in this disturbance has been over what 
at first sight appears to be a very slight matter. It is 
merely the omission from Section i of the new measure of 
the words ''w-ild buck, doe .or fawn, wild turke3'S, pin- 
nated grouse or prairie chicken, ruffed grouse, pheasant 
or partridge." These birds and animals were left unpro- 
tected by Section i, and hence by action or Section 6. 
could be sold the year through in this market. Sections 
10 and 12, mentioning all or part of these animals, having 
distinct reference onl}'- to Illinois game. Thus it will be 
seen that this llctle oversight meant the giving away of 
the whole market situation on the grouse of the Western 
countrv. which could be sold at any season. That means 
that Illinois birds could also. 
The Meeting of Friday. 
At the meeting of yesterday afternoon at the Shermon 
House, Messrs. Baird, Organ, Bortree, Mussey, Strell and 
Hough were present, the discussion for the most part be- 
ing infornial and on the subject of the omissions from 
Section 1, as above commented upon. Mr. Organ was 
at length finally a;7ked to take the chair, and it was then 
formally decided to have the above men as a committee 
wait on Warden Loveday this morning as above men- 
tioned. Mr. W. W. Ellis, formerly of St. Louis, but now 
of Chicago, was present. He said that he had an inter- 
view with Mr. Booth of the A. Booth Packing Com- 
pany, who said: "We will kill any bill looking toward 
the hampering of the shipment of the sale of game. We 
intend to sell game here the vear round, and we will use 
money in a fight to that effect" Mr. Ellis shed some 
light on the game market of St. Louis. He said that 
St. Louis is the great cold storage point, but that the St. 
Louis dealers look to Chicago as their market. He said 
that a great deal of Illinois game went to St. Louis from 
the lower part of this State, only to be shipped to Chicago 
later on. He said that St. Louis would join with Chicago 
in the attempt to tnake this a wide open market. 
Mr. Bortree at the meeting yesterday was of the opin- 
ion that sportsmen should not rest content with the 
changes to Section r, but should also ask that the selling 
season be closed at Jan. i. The majority thought it 
would be too late and too risky to ask that concession at 
Springfield now. 
The Meeting of To-day. 
At the meeting at Mr. Loveday's office this morning 
the following were present Messrs. F. S. Baird, R. H. 
Organ, W. P. Mussey, George W. Strell. Mr. Bortree 
and E. Hough, of Chicago; Thotnas Laliin, of Rock Is- 
land; William Harbaugli, of Geneseo. Mr, Loveday 
gives Mr. Harbaugh the credit of being the only sports- 
man to come and help him at Springfield. 
Mr. Organ was asked to take the chair at the meeting, 
TVEr. Strell acting as secretary. Mr. Baird, as at the 
meeting of yesterday, did most of the work in presenting 
the sportsmen's case, showing from the point of a lawyer 
the fatal defect of Section i, and the bearings of Sec- 
tions 6, 10 and 12. Before the meeting got at the work 
in hand, Mr. Loveday, with considerable emotion, spoke 
to those present He said : "I want to say to you gentle- 
men that it would have looked a great deal better if you 
had come forward long ago with this matter. I have 
wanted to do only what was right, and I think it looks 
very badly to see these accusations in the newspapers, 
charging me with standing in with South Water street, or 
being their tool. If this bill is not right, I want to make 
it right. Five or six lawyers have told me that it was 
all right. It has been changed a good deal since first 
introduced. I want to show you that I am willing to do 
anything to get a good game law. I don't like this way 
of accusing me of wrong things in the public press. This 
thing was here and you all had a chance to come to 
Springfield and help, but you did not do so." 
Mr. Organ said that he had received but one notifica- 
tion of a meeting on this bill. He had not had any 
copy of the bill at its recent stages. Others present also 
stated that they had not received the copies of the bill as 
earlier printed. Matters were rather at sword's points 
for some time, Mr. Loveday seeming to smart under what 
he thought was a persecution, and 'Sir. Baird insisting that 
he knew this measure was wrong, that he intended to 
fight it and to beat it as he had similar nwa.sures for the 
last eight years. The atmosphere cleared a little at the 
milder suggesgtion that perhaps Mr. Loveday would be 
willing to settle the whole business by agreeing to the 
insertion in Section i. of the names of animals and birds 
which had been omitted. It was, howe\'er, some time 
before this came to a form of resolution, Mr. Strell at 
length moving that the meeting present to Mr. Loveday 
the resolution of yesterday, and that the committee attend 
Mr. Loveday to Springfield. Asked if this would be per- 
sonally agreeable to him, Mr. Loveday replied: 
"Certainly, I will willingly and gladly agree to this. I ha. I 
never understood that this flaw existed, but had suppo.sed 
the lawyers had covered every possible point." The gist 
of the meeting this morning is covered by the following 
resolution, which was adopted: 
'■Resolved, That the following names of game animal.^ 
and birds and closed seasons for same, be added to Sec- 
tion I of House bill No. 434. and that we ask the Senate 
to concur in same in Senate bill No. 43; viz. :^ Wild buck, 
doe or fawn and wild turkeys, Dec. 15 to Sept. i; pin- 
nated grouse or prairie chicken. Oct. 1 to Sept. i ; ruffed 
grouse or partridge, Dec. 20 to No. i." 
The above is what we ask. What we get is something 
at present unknown. If the above amendments can be 
made to the House bill, we shall save Sections 2 and 6 of 
the old law, which have gone to the Supreme Court. 
Even so, with the rest of the law passed, a.=; shown in 
the text as above printed, we have some experiments and 
a few possibilities. We do not gain the right to search 
without warrant. We do not take one step forward in the 
restriction of the marketing of game. We do not abolish 
spring shooting. We do not go forward one step on ci- 
operation with our sister States. Under this law as 
under the old law. Chicago presents a sinister front to the 
sportsmen of the West. If this amendment be not passed, 
and if this market be thrown wide open the year round, 
the menace to the game of the West is open, deliberate and 
glaring. 
Senate bill No. 43 was passed yesterda};- aiternooii. 
It is, perhaps, in view of the complications in this mat- 
ter, important enough to warrant printing in full the 
sections under discussion. Let readers pay special at- 
tention to section t. and not the omission of mention 
of the animals and birds stated above. 
Sec. 1. It is hereby declared to be unlawful to hunt, killj net, 
entrap, ensnare or destroy, or to attempt to hunt, kill, net, entrap, 
ensnare or destroy, or to have in possession any quail between the 
20th day of December and the 1st day of November of the succeed- 
ing year, or of any woodcock or mourning dove between the tst 
day of December and the 1st day of September of the sucecedmg 
year, or of any gray, red, fox of black squirrel between the 15th 
day of December and the 1st day of September of each succeeding 
jxar, or of any jack snipe, Wilson's snipe, sand snipe or any kind 
of snipe or any golden plover, upland plover, yellow legged plover 
or any other kind of plover between the 25th day of April and the 1st 
day of September of each succeeding year, and it shall be unlawful 
to kill, hunt, destroy, ensnare, entrap or attempt to kill, hunt, snare 
entrap or otherwise destroy any wild goose, duck, brant or other 
water fowl at anytime between the 15th day of April and the 1st day 
of September of any year. And it shall be unlawful to hunt, kill, 
trap, ensnare or to' attempt to hunt, kill, trap, ensnare, or other- 
wise destroy any wild goose, brant, duck, rail or other water fowl 
between the sunset of any day and the sunrise of the next suc- 
ceeding day at any period of the year. And it shall further be 
unlawful, at any time, to hunt, kill, trap, or ensnare or to attempt 
to hunt, kill, trap or ensnare, or otherwise destroy any ^ wild 
goose, brant, duck or other water fowl from any fixed or artificial 
am.bush beyond a natiiral covering of reeds, canes, flags, wHId rice 
or otlier vegetation above the water of any lake, river, bay or inlet, 
or other water course wholly within this State, or in such part of 
such stream or water course wholly within this State, or with the 
aid and use of any device commonly called sneak boat, sink box 
or otlier device used for the purpose of concealment in the open 
waters of this State. And it shall further be unlawful to shoot, 
kill or destroy or shoot at any wild goose, duck, brant, or other 
water fowl with a swivel gun, or from any sail boat, c'ectric launch 
or steam boat at any time in any part of the water of any lake, 
river, bay or inlet or other water course wholly within this State, 
or in that part of such stream or water course wholly within this 
State; any person so offending shall, for each and every offense, 
he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and. on conviction, shall be 
fined in any sum not less than fifteen dollars nor more than fifty 
dollars and costs of suit, and shall stand committed to the county 
jail until such fines and costs are paid: Provided, that such im- 
prisonment shall not exceed ten days, and the killing of each bird 
or animal herein soecified shall be deemed a separate offense. 
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to btiy, sell or have 
in {loasession, any of the animals, wild fowl or hirds mentioned 
in Section 1 of this act, at any time when the killing, trapping, 
netting and ensnaring of such animals, wild fowl or birds shall 
be unlawful, which shall have been killed, entrapped, netted or en- 
snared, contrary to the provisions of this act. And it shall further 
be unlawful for any person or persons at any time to sell or expose 
for sale, or to have in his or their possession for the purpose of 
selling, any quail, pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, ruflfed 
grouse or pheasant, gray, red, [ox ur black squirrel, or wi\d turkey, 
lhat shall have been caught, ensnared, trapped or killed within 
tlie limits of this State. And it shall further be unlawful for any 
person, corporation or carrier to receive for transportation to 
transport, cairy or convey any of Uie aforesaid quail, pinnated 
grouse or prairie chicken, rulfed grouse or pheasant, sqtlirrel or 
wild turkey lhat shall have been caught, ensnared, trapped or killed 
within the limits of this State, knowing the same to have been 
sold, or to transport, carry or convey the same to any place where 
it is to be sold or offered for sale, or to any place outside of this 
State for any purpose, except such person have a license from 
this State so to do. And any person guilty of violating any of the 
provisions of tliis section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty- 
five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every 
offense, and shall stand committed to the county jail not exceed- 
ing ten days until such fines and costs are paid: Provided, that 
the selling, exposing for sale, having in possession for sale, trans- 
porting or carrying and conveying, contrary to the provisions of 
this section, of each and every animal or bird forbidden herein, 
shall be deemed a separate offense. 
Sec. 6. No person or persons shall sell, or expose for sale, or 
have in his or their possession for the purpose of selling or ex- 
posing for sale, any of the animals, wild fowls or birds mentioned in 
Section 1 of this act after the expiration_ of five days next suc- 
ceeding the first day of the period in which it shall be unlawful 
to kill, trap or ensnare such animals, wild fowls or birds; nor 
shall any of such animals, wild fowls or birds be sold or offered 
for sale during the first two days of the open season. Any person 
so offending shall, on conviction, be fined and dealt with as 
specified in Section 1 of this act, and selling or exposing for sale, 
or liaving the same in possession for the purpose of selling or 
exposing for sale, any of the animals or birds mentioned in this 
section, after the expiration of the time mentioned in this section, 
shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this act: Provided, 
tliat the provisions of this act shall not apply to the killing of 
Ijirds by or for the use of taxidermists for preservation either iii 
public or private collection, if so preserved: Provided, further, 
that nothing contained in this section shall be construced as modi- 
fying or being in conflict with Section 2 of this act, or authorizing 
or legalizing the sale or exposing for sale, transportation or re- 
ceiving for transportation, any of the animals, birds or game as 
therein prohibited: And provided, also, that the inhabitants of 
villages and cities may receive game from other States, and ex- 
pose and sell the same on the market in said villages and cities, 
between the 1st day of October and the 1st day of February of 
the following year. 
Sec. 10. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons in 
the State of Illinois, for and during the period of five years from 
and after the passing of this act, to injure, take, kill, expose or 
offer for sale, or have in possession except for breeding purposes, 
any wild buck, doe or fawn, wild turkey, ring-neck, Mongolian 
pheasant, any green Japanese pheasant, English pheasant, any 
copper pheasant, or Scholmeringom, any Trogapan pheasant, silver 
pheasant or golden pheasant, any Cacubis, any chucker partridge, 
and sand-grouse, any black India partridge. 
.\ny person violating the provisions of this section shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than 
one hundred dollars, and in defaufl of payment of the fine im- 
posed shall be imprisoned in the county jail at the rate of one 
day for each dollar of the fine imposed. The one-half of all fines 
imposed and collected under this act shall be paid to the informer 
and the balance shall be paid to the game propagation and protec- 
tion fund. 
Sec. 12. It shall be unlawful for any person, except during the 
month of September in each year, to injure, take, kill, expose, 
offer for sale, or have in possession, except for breeding purposes, 
any pinnated grouse, prairie chicken, any ruffed grouse or par- 
tridge, that shall have been killed or taken in the State of Illinois: 
Provided, such birds may be killed with a shotgun during the 
month of September only. 
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, on 
conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dol'ars nor more 
than one fiundred dollars, and in default of payment of the fine 
imposed shall be imprisoned in the county jail at the rate of 
one day for each dollar of the fine imposed vintil the fine is paid. 
After carefully reading the text of the above bill and 
noting the omission to protect grouse and other animals 
in section i. let the reader follow on to section 6, where 
it says: "No person or persons shall sell, or expose for 
sale, or have in his or their possession for the purpose 
of exposing for sale, an}' of the animals, wild fowls or 
birds mentioned in section T of this act." Now, the fol- 
lowing animals or birds are not mentioned in section t, 
viz., wild buck, doe or fawn, wild turkeys, pinnated 
grouse or prairie chicken, ruffed grouse, pheasant or 
partridge. 'They are therefore outside the prohibition to 
sell. It is plain as the nose on your face. 
Section 10 offers a five years' close term, which is good, 
covering certain birds. 
If the reader will now turn to section 12, he will find 
that ruffed grouse can, under the new measure, be shot 
only during the month of Seotem.ber. This is, of course, 
a sporting absurdity. The sportsmen's committee sug- 
gested that the date on ruffed grouse be made tlie same 
as on quail. 
Mr. Loveday in Refutation. 
The Packer and National Produce Review, in its last 
isstte contiitues its attack uoon Warden Loveday, at- 
tempting to cite cases in which suits had been compro- 
mised on South Water street. The Review makes no 
case, since it succeeds only in landing big charges again,st 
subordinates of Mr. Loveday. It admits that the war- 
den is not at fault in the matter of turning over futtds to 
the School Board, since that is the duty of the Justice 
of the Peace and not of the warden. Mr. Loveday dic- 
tated the following statement for a city paper: 
"In answer to the charges made against me by the 
South Water street commission merchants last week dur- 
ing my absence from the city, I have to say that there 
is absolutely no ti"uth in those statements. I have not, 
directly or indirectly, received one cent in connection 
with my duties as game warden, except as provided by 
law. I would state that during my first year as game 
warden I secured 548 convictions for violations of the 
game laws and was defeated in but three cases. Of this 
record I am proud, and am willing to stand before the 
people on it. Relative to the disposition of confiscated 
game, I will say that sales were made after due process 
of law, and that I received from the different courts in 
the State only the amount allowed me by law. I have 
not received or receipted for any money that rightly 
belongs by law to the school funds. There were many 
cases brought in the name of the people by persons un- 
known to me for violation of the game law, of which T 
have no knowledge or record. 
"My work has naturally taken me all over the State, 
making it impossible for me to have personal supervision 
of suits brotight or seizures made either by strangers or 
assistants. I am now making an investigation to ascer- 
tain whether or not anything has been done contrary io 
law. Quantities of game were seized during the season, 
a large part of which was totally unfit for food and which 
was condemned and destroyed, and I still have in cold 
