, 1884-05-03
ROD AND GUN CLUB.
An Organization that Promises
a Good Deal and we Hope
will Accomplish Much.

CITY none nave started IN lie with
SO much vim and promise Of accom-
plishing the objects calling it into
existence as the "Rod and Gun
Club" a new local institution num-
bering among its membership some
of our most influential citizens.
The chief aim Of the Club is the pro-
lection of fish and game, most
praiseworthy object IN which every
fair-minded man should lend his
hearty cooperation. Now is the
time to take the initiatOry steps in
this direction, and by throwing a
safeguard around the wild game
save it from total annihilatiOn. In
the old settled states game Of every
kind has almost entirely disap-
peared, and from the way it is ruth
lessly slaughtered in the territories
in and out Of season, it, will be only
few years until the sportsman will
find nothing to shoot at but small
birds, and not mobs of them 1t is
proposed by the local club to at once
inaugurate-a stringent watch and
ward over the streams and forests of
Spokane county, and bring to pun
iShment without fear or favor any
viOlators Of the territorial laws re-
garding the taking Of fish or killing
of game. As an earnest of the good
faith and intention Of the Club we
will state that some half-dOZen In
dians were arrested this week for
trapping fish in the Little Spokane.
1t will be a surprise to the red war
blers of the woods to find their occu-
patton gone, but they will learn in
time that civilization brings into the
country few restrictions that must
be respected. BY the above few
lines little light is thrown upon the
objects, purposes and aims of the
Rod and Gun Club, and it is earnest
ly to be hoped that the gentlemen
will not flag in their zeal but with
argus eyes keep a constant watch
that the game of the country does
not become extinct. BY request,
and in order that people will not
have an excuse to plead ignorance,
we publish below the game laws of
the Territory:
An Act for the protection Of fish and
y game.
SECTION /. BE il enacted 6y the
Legislative assembly Of the TERRITORY
Of Washington That every person
who shall, within the Territory of
Washington, between the first day
Of January and the 18th day of Aug
ust, from and after the passage Of
this act, pursue, hunt, take, kill or
destroy any deer or fawn, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Every person who, after the passage
of this act, shall take, kill or destroy
any deer at any time, unless the car
cass of such animal is used or pre-
served by the person Staying it, or is
sold for food, is guilty Of misde-
meanOr. Every person who, after
the passage OF this act, shall hunt or
pursue deer with dog or dogs, in
the counties Of ThurstOn, COwlitz,
WhatcOm, Island or Lewis, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
SEC. >. Every person who buys,
sells, or has in possession any deer
or fawn within the time the taking
or killing thereof is prohibited, ex-
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