The sun., 1892-10-23
1RoEsls IN sss Nip1aoAD1 oxA
oossip About the Aai-suasck Leagus an(
Aw Abstract Qssssien 'Sr Law. z .


NonrHwoop. N. T.. Oct 22.-The ono topic Of
conversation that never falls among the peo-
pie hersapouts is the Adirondack League the
club that owns tsubjsct to the mortgage, about
100000 acres OF land about the head waters
Of the West Canada Creek. According to the
stories prevailing here now the burden Of debt
on the club Is such that hopcs are entertained
that 1t will have,to sell part OF its holdings
A number Of gentlemen who were here
from New York this summer said. when
asked why they didn't buy Into the
league. that the shares were going a-begGtbg
In the city for the reason that when o man put
up the full price OF share In the club-Sl.OOO-
he did not get what he supposed he was buy
ing. but only a share in o mortgage-covered
wood lot
The Nom bers OF the club say that less than
100000 remains to be paid on the original
price Of S500.0D0. but no club member who
has been in this place has ever seen the papers.
nor does any ono here know anything about
the management except what the two leaders
OF the club. who live In Oil City. write to them.
1t is said that all money taken In from new
members is applied to the pay ent OF the debts
Very likely this Is true. but tho fact remains
that tho Oil City mon. to induce people to buy
in. have offered to buy back the share Of any
stockholder who was dissatisfied with his
prospectus al tho club announced that no
member could hold more than ten shares. 1t
appears from the piIer Of the President that
thus bylaw Is now ignored. IN connsetion
that beth the "a esid ent and the sscretary,were
ing ior the public mind to bo uuieted a. to the
MORTGAGE 10 discharge their cargo
vely ssps e h. .psr to tns S,..
u. bearing Of the club toward outsiders. 70
Sn. ne best 4 in Il:
esaa as
It bs deer OF, wild fowl or birds, or tsh. the
Fs.s his ssare ar 1 he dos
sslilssv..s 70 ss:s sse'; sS"sa sI
@ tss @ Lessas us's can a3 GesSs spd ia"
that tho mere postinE Of notices to keep cut
does do % not % .ntisls TIE club % men to all the game
Of . Club i. od them Ii.
and declared his intention OF going on, tho
league lands to kill q deer. lust TO give them
to do it. Thersat the clun men patted him on
the back. SO to speak. ard told him to consider
wsd at T Fl.
| Is not rich. but he is able to maintain q Case
on the other hand. when one windoyer. who
| lives on the North Lake road. went into the
| league forest and killed deer the President
Q! tue club declared his intention to make an
Is PSi sndS he in
the sense that he shot, the deer Tor food and
not f9r glory or horns. but he "a it
sHSsG SHH aH al 'F Thsy
belieye that the club men are going to prose.
cute, him because, he is poor aud wthoHt
IS ssrSsa s.SS TIT 1 b sse!sa sesrSSsIas
Lawyer steele II Hsrkimer. ono Of the bright
est Of the Mohswk Valley attorneys, has
citzsns viii iii put T up up ali the funds ier expenses
Everybody here hopes that windoyer or some
other man will 30 prosecuted in order that tho
it is asserted here that the club officers. in
chaser that tn: club owns and controls VII the
game on the land. amt that what they call
the officers do not say that for OF, course such
Noud b b. m 5Htf9 nv and 1t is not
issi prurshsssr eve sven though a.. % profi,s % on
T :nas Is Tni III: have .s ses
ever did There is no , complaint here Of re- re-
g. tho
right to hunt on the league lands. which are
tie eSs s part t" :. ths West Gannd. tG
! by State money. It is conceded that il the
! club put = lawful fence about their land no
! outsider would have . right to enter 1t: in
| deed. some OF tho facetious outsiders. In dis
| cussing the matter. frequently ask the club
| men why they do rot build tho fence. Such q
| question is supposed to be an exceedingly
| cruel reference to the mortgage
Thsrssertion, as il, is made. that tho club is
or rather will BE- when CON comDlsted = hetero-
gepeous aggregation of 500 men having q
Thousand dollars each to spare is unfair to the
| club. So far as any one here knows the mam-
| bers. though not Nom Dors Of New iork's elite
| are very good people. Mr.. Warner Miller is
one of the directors of the club. and OF course
| he would not be identified with any hstsro-
| geneous mass outside Of politics. The fact
| that Mr.. Miller belongs to tho club. however,
only serves to agitats the people Of this seq
| ton. They are angry because his club fawns
| on the aggress i've outsiders and prosecutes
| tho poor men who in the lawful season shoot
| game for food and they declare. II he is ever
| up for votes in this state again. that In Herki-
| r pr county he will fall at the abatis. so to
leak. n good deal further outside the breast
| works than he did in 1879
However. that has nothing to do with the
| abstract question of law as to the right OF an
association OF men to monopOlize the flsh and
| game in and about he head waters Of a stream
| that has been made public highway. This
| il an i'm portant question for speltsrnen. and
| the sooner it is decided the better it will bs
| for all concerned.