Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-11
GAME RESERVE
in COffIN'S GROVE
GAME BIRDS TO BE PROTECTED
+ FOR TERM OF FIVE
YEARS.
RAILROAD PROMOTER CONVICTED |
Samuel Durant Draws Sentence Of
ts One Year and Three
..Ef Z Months.

trlct or iowa, was In Ihe clty Satur-;
day, when he and the local deputy,
game warden, L.. c.; Preussner, made
q trip of inspection of the timber
lands Of Coffins Grove township,
with a view. of establishing a game
reserve. Mr.. St John has been ov-
er the state of late looking up loca-
lions in each county for game re-
serves, and he informed MIR. Preuss-
ner that the timber lands in Coffins
Grove were the most ideal for q
game reserve of any he had found
in the state. Mr.. Preussner has
conferred with many of the owners
of the timber land which the state
leases for the reserve and all OF
them were willing to allow, the state
to use their timber holdings for
this purpose. According to the
terms Of the lease the state will
bring to- Coffins Grove large num-
Der OF Hungarian partridges, ring.
| necked pheasants, ETC., and for a
term OF. five years no hunter can
shoot, or in any way kill any Of
the birds which, the state places in
these reserves, nor wild ducks. The
owner Of the land may hunt sQuir-
rels, rabbits, and vermin, but no
hunters, other than the owner, art
allowed to hunt on these reserves.
The lands to be included in the
Delaware county game reserve are
owned by "A. j.: Hersey, Ed Cook,
Oscar Smith, ~. s.. Van ,Auken, the
Amos Satterleee5 estate and possibly
a number of others, 4; ;s5.3. se
Mr.. St. John was greatly Inn
pressed with the beautiful forest ano
the fresh water stream winding its
way through the groves, and with
the evenly distributed underground
and shrubbery along the banks \ Of
CoffinsS creek, (which make an ideal
spot for the propagation of game
birds. s \. u Il. 5s..5 4, 2+&,.:>
d Each county$.in Iowa, that, has no
lakes which are stocked with game
fish.sis to have game reserve, like
Ethe one to be established in Coffins
Grove. The money the states re-
ceiVe from the hunters licenses is:
partly used for this, work. At, the
end or five years these reserves will
be inhabited with thousands of these,
birds, and will furnish good hunting;
Tor local sportsmen. .,! II s Il
"A ss5 .-- III $}sss
SAMutL sDU RANTsTo PM soN.
Readers OF The Democrat, espeGs
! laLys those in the eastern part ,i1,
lt1sfaWlfe count ii & ite sInteTssteE
MA announcement that SamngI
Durant, 1but der -of4 the 4 Iowa North
ern railway, completed between $Dy-
ersville and New Vienna and four
other persons identified with hin
lin the past with the operations OF
the American Redemption company,
| brokers; have been, sentenced by
Federal Judge Hazel of Rochester,
New York, the trials being held
at Elmira, New York. All five OF
the party pleaded guilty to using
tho mails to defraud. Durant was
arrested on a federal warrant in Du-
huqle nearly a year ago but furnish
ed bond for appearance, in the Unit
ed States court. $50 +"
! The sentence imposed upon Durant
is one year. and three months in tht
federal prison at Atlanta, Georgia.
Halford B. Wardin of Rochester,
president and secretary Of the Amer
! lean Redemption company, and its
head and brains, although he work.
led jointly with the brokers of whom
Durant was one, sought and secured
leniency by turning states evidence,
and was let off with fine of So
600. The three brokers besides Dur
liant were sentenced as follows: A.
lBryce Crane, Newark, New Jersey,
one year and one month in the New
York state &reformatory Clifford B.
Skinner, age 35, Philadelphia, fine
iof $500; and Mason G.. Worth, well
past middle life, and who has work
led in Wall street brokerage houses
) tfor years, six months in the stats
lpenitentiary.
According to- the facts as brought
out in the trial at .Elmira, N. Y,
Durant's actions in connection with
the building of the Iowa Northern
seem to have been on the square. In
fact all Of his transactions during the
last three years appear to have been
on the square. These facts were
brought out:
He is 81 years old and began In
New York after graduating from
business school in, Cincinnati. He
| entered the employ of the Reming
J ton Typewriter Company and in a
, short time held the worlds record
; for being the, fastest typist and
stenographer. He was sent abroad
|by the Remington Company giving
biind-folded demonstration in Europ
Z can colleges in the touch, system
|. ;of which he was the originator.
Returning to New York he became
brokers' clerk and worked in Wal
, street offices until 1907. He mel
iWardin in one of these. He wen
to Texas in 1907, but when the
Knickerbocker Trust Company failed
he lost some money with the result
, that the railroad proposition whict
he was building went under. Through
writing letters and seeking. finan
, cial aid he got mixed up with the
government authorities for misuse
of the mails. After an indictment he
skipped his bond and went to Mon
: treal where he operated offices fol
: Wareiin of the American Redemption
!, Company. a.. g
. In 1911 he took an accounting o1
u his doings so to speak, and since
:, that time has not done one deroga
y tive act. He built a railroad in Ne
u braska by rousing up the country
: side and securing financial back
- ing. When the railroad was In op
81 ava tion ha wont fO Omaha and go