Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-10-29
A WOMAN GAME WARDEN.
Pcriious Duties Discharged by Mrs.
Warren NcnI of NeaI Mich

| rcrhous Duttcs Discharged by Mrs
warren Neal, of Neal, Mich.
Once again new and startling oc.
cupation has been found for the new
woman. 1t is that of game warden
and the woman who distinguished her
self by making this brand-new depart
ure is Mrs. Warren Neal, of Neal, Mich,
This woman was appointed game war
den for Grand Traverse county not
long since, and from the appearance
OF things she will attend to the duties
OF her Office in businesslike manner.
The duties of game warden are of
such nature that many men would
not care to undertake to fill the place;
but Mrs. Neal is plucky little woman,
and she has no fear whatever of not
being able to overcome all obstacles.
a game warden is supposed TO travel
all over the county and keep a sharp
lookout for violators of the game and
fish laws. AS Grand Traverse county,
OF which Mrs. Neal has control, is
densely wooded and has many lakes,
she will be kept very busy seeking out
and bringing to justice violators of the
law.
Mrs. Neal handles a gun like an ex-
pert, rows a boat and is skillful
woodsman, and she knows every inch
OF the territory she has to patrol, In
order to make her way through the
dense growths in the forest land as
easily as possible Mrs. Neal has
adopted n costume modelled after the
much-reviled boomers.
AS to the trousers, Mrs. Neal saws
that she has no desire to be considered
as setting the pace for the new woman.
In fact, she told the writer she thought
every woman ought to dress according
to her own ideas of comfort, though
for the life of her she could not SEQ
why any woman should want skirt
when hunting or rowing. 1t really APP
pears as IL Mrs. Neal is the sort of
new woman that has a mind to advance
her sex along sensible and health-giy.
ing lines.
She usually makes trip over the
entire county once week. When out
after violators of the game law she
rides over the country on horseback,
and when she comes to lakes she Sc.
cures boat, and with steady, swift
oar she rapidly covers her territory
made up of water.
She carries a rifle on all these trips.
and woe to the evil-doer caught nap.
ping, for this plucky game warden is
arelentless pursuer of all law-breakers,
and she has brought many of them to
Justice.
During May the state game and fish
warden's department prosecuted 100
alleged violators of the law and con-
victed DC, growing out of $40 COM
plants. This breaks the record for
any previous month in the history of
the department. All but three of the
were obtained for violation
Of the fish laws, and the majority of
these cases were established by Mrs.
Neal.
Her skill with the rifle is somewhat
phenomenal, and she drops her quarry
with the ease of a professional Nimrod.
MIR. Neal, who is an enthusiastic sports
nan, long ago taught his wife to be
'killful with the revolver. Last July.
when they were in the upper lake re-
zion camping, he induced her to try
Ter hand with the rifle. He declared
hat woman who could shoot SO well
With revolver would, with practice.
'ecome a dcad-shot with the larger
Weapon. Now, rine-shooting requires
good eye, steady hand and wrist and
control of the nervous system that
cry few women possess. Generally.
he novice fires at target. Mrs. Meals
Irst target, however, was glass bottle
brown in the air, and at third shot
he struck the bottle, surprisingly
God attempt. Mrs. Neal kept on prac-
icing, and now she is so expert that she
an hit the glass bottle nine times cut
( ten.
In addition to her other duties Mrs
zeal carries the mail three times
'eek to Traverse City for Uncle SAM
Philadelphia Inquirer.