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[[preprinted]] Form 1204 [[boxed]] Class of Service | Symbol Day Message | Day Letter | Blue Night Message | Nite Night Letter | N L [[line]] If none of these three symbols appears after the check (number of words) this is a day message. Otherwise its character is indicated by the symbol appearing after the check. [[/boxed]] WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM [[image - Western Union in center of round logo. Telegraph and Cable]] Newcomb Carlton, President George W. E. Atkins, First Vice-President [[boxed]] Class of Service | Symbol Day Message | Day Letter | Blue Night Message | Nite Night Letter | N L [[line]] If none of these three symbols appears after the check (number of words) this is a day message. Otherwise its character is indicated by the symbol appearing after the check. [[/boxed]] [[double line]] RECEIVED AT [[/preprinted]] 2 PM SF GD CK 213 GOVT WASHINGTON DC 327 PM OCT 1ST 1918 BLANKET FEDERAL PERMISSION GRANTED RICE GROWERS MEMBERS IMMEDIATE FAMILIES AND EMPLOYES IN BUTTE COLUSA GLENN SUTTER YOLO AND YUBA COUNTIES CALIFORNIA TO KILL WILD DUCKS FROM SEPT THIRTIETH TO OCTOBER FIFTEENTH INCLUSIVE NINETEEN EIGHTEEN IN OPEN [[strikethrough]] SEASON [[/strikethrough]] FIELDS OF RICE WHEN NECESSIARY TO PROTECT RICE CROPS FROM DAMAGE BY DUCKS STOP. NO DUCKS TO BE SHOT AT FROM ARTIFICIAL [[insert]] OR [[/insert]] NATURE BLINDS OR FROM OR IN FIELDS FROM WHICH RICE AS BEEN HARVESTED STOP DUCKS KILLED NOT TO BE SOLD OFFERED FOR SALE SHIPPED FOR PURPOSE OF SALE OR BE WANTONLY WASTED OR DESTROYED BUT MAY BE USED FOR FOOD PURPOSES BY PERSONS KILLING THEM AND MAY BE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS IN CALIFORNIA FOR USE AS FOOD STOP ANY PACKAGE IN WHICH DUCKS ARE TRANSPORTED MUST HAVE NAME AND ADDRESS OF SHIPPER AND CONSIGNEE AN ACCURATE STATEMENT OF NUMBER AND KIND OF DUCKS CONTAINED [[strikethrough]] THEREIN [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] THEREIN CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY MARKED ON OUTSIDE THEREOF STOP EACH OWNER OR LESSEE OF LAND ON WHICH DUCKS ARE KILLED MUST ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER TWENTY FIFTH SUBMIT SWORN STATEMENT OF NUMBER AND KINDS OF DUCKS KILLED EACH DAY ON SUCH LAND MANNER [[strikethrough]] [[?]][[/strikethrough]] OF DISPOSITION OF DUCKS AND COST OF AMMUNITION USED STOP MAKE PUBLIC FOREGOING FULL TEXT PERMIT BY MAIL HENDERSON [[stamp]] Original copied by Smithsonian Archives [[/stamp]]
