The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-04
FORM UNIT HERE
OF SPORTSMEN'S
NATIONAL ORDER
Seek 500 Tulsa Members
for A. S. P. L.; Organ
izer Gets Busy

toward the formation of a Tulsa |
county unit OF the American Sports
mems Protective league. j. u.
Reaves of Muskogee, state organi-
ger OF this national order. arrived IN
Tulsa and Immediately undertook
the task OF organizing the local
branch in which he hopes To get at
least five hundred members.
7. A. S. r. L., which already has
representation In every state In the
union and boasts OF 100000 MEM
bers has laun,h he'd n campaign to
increase Its ranks to two millions
of sportsmen and cover the whole
country like n blanket. II is In line
with this vast organization that
steps are being taken not only In
Tulsa but In hundreda pf other
cities to form new units and build
up old ones.
I'd Soph, we'll known local sports
man. first was asked TO undertake
the Tulsa task, but because OF press
ing private business he called on Mr..
Reaves to take the task.
Leagues New Purpose.
The league in its inception has as
it's real purpose the protection of It's
members in the purchase and own
ership OF good dogs. IL wac intend
ed to combat the nationwide evil Of
dog stealing, to tame dishonest
breeders and trainers. and to stop
tie poisoning of dogs, To this day
the man who would steal a bird dog
over which another man has Law
| ished years OF care and training Is
regarded by members of the league
as7a n species of vermin upon which
there Is no closed season.
! But as time went on. and the
work OF the league spread through
4 out the country, many suggestions
weres made for the broadening of its
scope of activity. Many broad
minded sportsmen wanted to see all
those who held the love of the out
doors as n common bond united In
one great orSa.Szation for the COM
mon cause. Selfishness was to be
eliminated by the proven gospel that
! In conservation OF wild life. be It
fish. fur or fowl, lay the only future
hope of the man who loved the out
| doors and who made the pursuit
OF wild creatures an excuse to get
out into tho open.
Object OF Organization.
| All true sportsmen, whether fish
ermen, hunters. field trial enthusi-
asts or dog fanciers, were recruited
into the organization until now the
purposes OF the league are stated as
follows:
To protect and propagate native
wild ME; protection and propaga-
ton OF game fish; improving and re-
establishing natural cover and feed
Ing grounds for quail and other ma
tive game birds; protection OF
other species of game BIRDS protec-
tion OF land owners against unscrup-
ulous trespassers and game hogs:
destroying animals and birds tlat
prey on quail and other native e. me
birds; protection of members agains,
dog thieves and the loss of dogs. Sc
curing the enactment of more sen.
sible game laws and dog TAXATION
laws; bringing about a higher re.
gard for the other fellows hobby
and recognition Of the other fellows
rights TO his kind of sport and
pastime.
The foundation OF the league 1,
expressed in its creed" which IL
as follows:
We believe:
Tint there Is n no more natura
Instinct In man than love FOL
Gods big outdoors and the thing,
of nature.
THAT a study OF the creatures Of
nature Is eievating to youth.
That quail and other Wild life ar,
, rapidly disappearing from field ant
forest because of a lack OF natura
cover and feed.
That we should exterminat,
crows, hawks. stray cats and worth
less dogs.
THAT IL all farmers will Join to
| RathaE Oa
years marked increase in our
quail and other native wild birds.
That II Is our duty to take organ
q lied measures to preserve thes
creatures of nature for the genera
4 tions that are to live after us, an,
< who will enjoy the out-of-doors a
4 we do.
q That all lovers OF nature and be
e levers In true sportsmanship shoul
4 unite in an effort to assist the au
thorities in the enforcement O
game laws. and stop the dynamitin
I OF fish and the killing Of game ou
| Of season. and other unsportsman
like practices which contribute I
the destruction of wild life.
| Protection Against Thieves.
| Only one OF many features tina
the league offers its members is alb
solute protection against do
thieves. A theft detection servic
u that many q nationwide detectiv
system MAJ envy is maintained b
= the league. The novel idea has bee
q originated OF tattooing each an
Il every dog belonging to member
- with distinguishing mark. so tina
A no matter where the stolen dog
: taken TO, 1t can be recognized 0
4 stolen property by its owners mar
t In the animals right ear. Mote
It and license numbers of motor caI
e can be changed, but not so the tai
I tooed symbols In the ear of bir
d dog: In this way the league make
IS itself the agency through whic
10 stolen dogs can be recovered an
thieves prosecuted, without ammo,
ance to the owner.