The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-05
A.S.P.L. TO WAR
ON DOG THIEVES
ANDGAME HOGS
Pot Shooters and Other
Game Law Violators
to Be Dealt With

Note; The following story OF tho =
r. $. was written for the World by an o1.
neial OF the Tulsa County Unit.
At the last meeting OF the Tyrs,
county unit OF the American Spori..
| mans Protective league at Chambr.
Of Commerce definite steps were
taken to accomplish what a. $. =. I.
primarily stands for. namely pro.
lection against dog thieves.
The Tulsa county unit of the
r. l.. now offers reward of $3.50
for the first arrest and conviction Of
person or persons found guilty OF
stealing a dog the property OF A,
member of the Tulsa county unit
A. S. +. l.. and 500 reward FOR each
subsequent arrest and conviction.
| This means that 10 will be mighfv
unpleasant for some Of these pro.
fessional dog thieves. The pcu3lty
for stealing a bird dog in Oklahoma
Is felony which means that anyone
found guilty will do timo I'm the
penitentiary at MAlcste..
The same remarks apply on Other
breeds where they are listed I'm ar.
cordance with other taxable prpp.
erty.
After Game Law NlOlatOrs.
Not only will the a. S. l.. l.. wage
war on dog thieves, but gamo law
vlolators come well within the scope
OF its Jurisdiction. Preseason and
post-season, in general shooting out
OF season, and more particularly
quail than any other game, will be
watched.
The pot shooter and game hog
must all go. A game hog is shooteri
| nn ln 49, a. q Ngy Ff,.,. 81
legal law limit Of bag and one that
Will run down the last single In a
covey: the pot shooter is one that
locates the covey on the ground and
fires into the whole bunch on the
ground before the quail arise and
fly. These sort OF "sportsmeU"-
they are not FIT to be called sports.
men--will be dealt with.
The A. S. p. l.. deals quite brskly
with anyone caught poisoning dogs
The A. S. =. l.. Is n national or
ganlzation. It's powerful hand il
blanketing the whole United States
States are divided by counties and
these each have a distinct code
mark which is tatooed in the dogs
ear. In this manner dog owned In
Tulsa county IL stolen and shipped
to any other state, can Immediately
| be identified by the code OF his ear
marking. Express messengers are
members Of the A. S. +. l.. II dog
bearing tattooed marks is shipped
out of Tulsa record is made thereof
| and II such dog is shipped without
consent of ihs owner, the owner
goes TO the local express company
and in that way learns whether or
not the dog has been shipped
Tulsa Man HOnorcd.
At Dayton, Ohio the first national
convention of the A. S. p. L. was
recently held. AT this convention G.
e. Duffield. oil producer OF Tulsa
was elected first vice president. on
the board of governors for the west
ern division G. w. Campbell prcsi-
dent of the Tulsa county unit and
j. B. Reaves of Muskogee. state or
ganiLer of Oklahoma for the A. s. p.
l.. were elected. This gives Okla
homa three members on the nation
al board. two of these men being
Tulsan and 1t Is quite likely that the
next national convention of the A. s,
p. l.. will be held in Tulsa I'm 1923.
G. u. Payne secretary of the Tulsa
county unit. has received from ma
tional headquarters the tattooing in
| strument and all members of the
local unit may now have their dogs
tattooed. The Tulsa county unit, \.
S. p. /. now has something like
100 members.
The next meeting of the local unit
will be held on Friday, March II.
1922, 1880 p. m. at the Chamber OK
Commerce auditorium. BY that time
the number of members should be
800. according to c. w. Campbell
local president.
Steps were taken at last meeting
to hold a strictly amateur field trial
for members. Dogs owned by Tulsa
county unit, A. S. p. l.. only eligible
to compete. This has aroused muchl
enthusiasm. and a committee is now
busy making plans to hold tbs
amateur trial some time in the latter
part of March.