New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-02
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
nn,,. ,p.nETN BIRDS STOPPED.
NOT SELL BY LAW.


cr.1rRs SHIPPING TO TEE EAST GAM"
NOT SELL BY LAW.
p. N ..o email and partridge and grouse and
;r,a chickens which were shlpped 10 Doston ai,d
pptSer Eastern cities last week could ny tney Moui
probably have gone South but tneS o w9, With
seathcrs From to-day until November ~ u uli
isvfuI IN this State to kill any of these Dlrus on
to sell them or to have tnem t IN S5oud any
game dealer be so bold as to tranSgress auS ~ V f
5Ioyisions of the game laws he VIII run Ine rlSA Va
heing taken to court by the Game fIolectVe AS
"a;aton and mnlcted in the sum of $50 for every
bird of the species named found III ms ps ho
According TO the law no resident OF the ot oo rs
,;rbt to cat ouall or grouse to-day. III past yoao
t Soolsrs were willing to accept certain percent
AIDE of chance on account OF largo posslnlc p. -
but their enemy the Game ProtectVe aasHe
hos IN so many instances changed TINS poSsl,o,ie
nroit into certain loss that the law VIII Prop'sy
be more strictly Obeyed this season IMAM ~ tds '
bsen before. The situation Is gaihs' ~ I'd other
frame 10 the gaae dealers Boston ana o,h o.;
Eastern communities can go so lar rs 70 80 nrnt
yenison at ten cents pound while New ORR
cot IL NJ anv price, Our neighbors In SoHhco.i w
ore enabled 10 eat quail at the reasonable cost VI
81 so per Dozen while the 2rlstocralic p"u ''''i0
be procured here for love or money, .o,,oa ,vha,
The last hope of the dealers was destioyou M"o"
The Game Protective Association refused 10 CO
operafe with them in effort to Induce the Legis
lature to take such action as wouia anew VIC 80
ers to store game which could not be sold 10 adVa
tape within the time allowed by law LOT lts stio.
Tie dealers said that Western men sent ld'S ,n
season and that their action could not DE
The dealers addressed Charles h. Whitehead couu-
sci for the Game Protective Association, as
committee of the American ASSOCIATION loi n,o Con-
teetion of Game, Game Dealers and tame 0oh-
sumers" Mr.. Whitehead, in reply SAID lnao tle
name of their association was mlsnomer una.
they could prevent shipments OF game oy inio %
ing the consignOrs that IL coulu ~. HUe
be received and, finally, that MS Sora tbe
would not promise TO any one immunity lIon va
consequences of breaking the game law puV TTu n
do all in its power to enforce ITS PROVISIONS. Cpo
x+aIn Sfl a
narea for an expectation of frozen game. Az the
GeoinnInp of last week there were tnousahuS VI
dozens of birds In the market. Prices were broken
down by their shipment to the last. Inc drSers
maintsin that while game may be shipped 10 NOV
York in January it is legally killed carrier IN the
wear The Protective Association denies tills duu
MIR Whitehead is positive in his bellef that saIe e
so shipped is killed In months wren INC ,yhon
should have protection. Prairie chickens When
the ground is deeply covered with snow, ny 10
the Mavericks for warmth and food. Iher9, they
are Illegally trapped in large numbers; II ms
market is compelled by law 10 REJECT t tiij Wa
Whitehead holds that they would not be killed.
Two weeks ago the dealers were satshs9, so tn9S
said that the amount of game in the marker couiu
not possibly be dIsposed of by the end OF the
month. They talked in mournfu stIain oi fo onS
wicked waste of nourishng and delightful iOoG
that would inevitably result from the pro.lS'onss
of law which compelled them to GET
rid-no matter how-Of whatever game tn Ti
idea of throwing boxes of quail and barrels OF
prairie chickens and launches OF venison mo tne
river was horrible TO contemplate, they sald, pl'
of course il must be done No sane man coulu az
ford to keep game in his possession anu pay S, a
op each bird for the privilege. But the Tlver won
he filled with frozen carcaSses to-day. Inc dealers
have thought better of it and have shipped all they
couldn't sell to other points rather than accept tne
have made money, though not so much as they &c
sired to make.