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sion of Tennessee, and F. M. Miller, of the 
game commission of Louisiana, are members 
of the committee making the arrangements for 
the game wardens’ convention in February. It 
is thought the attendance will be very large, on 
account of the cheap railroad rates prevailing 
at the time because of the Mardi Gras fes¬ 
tivities. Many of the delegates desire to attend 
the carnival as well as the convention. It is 
thought at least 100 commissioners from the 
various States including scores of wardens will 
be present and participate in the convention. 
It is probable the sessions will be held in the 
Progressive Union Hall on Camp street. 
The various hunters over the State report 
much better success during the past ten days 
than any time this season. The several rainy 
spells and the advent of real cold weather did 
a great deal to encourage hunting among the 
amateurs and those who gun for pleasure. The 
past Sunday a regular blizzard prevailed and 
many of the hunters who went to the Rigolets, 
Lake Catherine, Chef Menteur and other 
places returned on the Sunday morning trains. 
The hunting since then has been unusually 
good, and large numbers of ducks have been 
brought in in addition to wild turkeys and geese. 
Several big deer have been killed by the hunters 
in the Barataria section and along the Grand 
Isle. The dealers report quail plentiful and in 
the finest condition. Fishing is not indulged 
in to any great extent now since the cold 
weather has come. Redfish, speckled trout and 
sheepshead are biting in certain places and fine 
specimens are seen in the markets. 
The game commission will endeavor to have 
the coming convention of wardens adopt a reso¬ 
lution declaring the robin and grosbeak game 
birds and allow them to be killed during the 
regular hunting season. Mr. Miller says he is 
anxious for the hunters to desist in killing so 
many quail, and he thinks if they are allowed 
to shoot the birds named the temptation will 
not be so great to slaughter the quail. He be¬ 
lieves the quail is one of the best protectors of 
the various crops known, and that they eat 
thousands of insects and noxious weed seeds, 
and in this way help the farmers and save them 
countless hundreds of dollars during the year. 
It is claimed that the grosbeak does very 
little good for the country at large, and the 
robin is of no monetary value and is only pre¬ 
served and protected on account of his beauty. 
Mr. Miller thinks that the greatest object of 
all commissions just now is to save birds which 
are of practical value to the country, and this 
policy will appeal to the people more strongly 
than mere sentiment. He hopes to see the 
quail increase everywhere in the South, on ac¬ 
count of the farmer. 
During the past week a local paper editorially 
attacked the game laws of Louisiana and de¬ 
nounced the Legislature for passing the several 
acts. The paper charged, among other things, 
that a farmer cannot hunt on his own land 
without having a license and paying $1 there¬ 
for, and also that the game laws give the right 
to wardens to search private premises without 
a search warrant. President Miller, of the 
game commission says the paper in question 
is in error, and that the laws expressly provide 
that every farmer may hunt on his own premises 
without the payment of any license whatever, 
and that the law does not give to the wardens 
or any one else the right to search private 
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