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Orange Jacobs: “The game laws may arrest their slaughter and prevent their complete annihilation; but I doubt it.”

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The game laws may arrest their slaughter and prevent their complete annihilation; but I doubt it.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

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Jacobs expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of game laws in protecting wildlife.

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