Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-07-18


feels an interest, should communicate
with the secretary Of this club, look.
ing to membership, whereby he can
secure co operation i'll tho protection
oi his own preserves aud III cultivnt
ing public sentiment against viola.
tom, of the law.
THE TAzEWELL ROD AND
GUN CLUB.
Upon motion the president, G..
~. Fudge, appointed S. G. Gra-
ham, j. II. Grcevcr and j. S. Young
ID committee on resolutions, who
reported as follows:
In view of the fact that game
and fishes arc becoming very scarce
i'll this county, really some species,
to-wit: deer and phcas;lnts being
about extinct, VIC suggest that our
County Judge and Commonwealth LIS
Attorney, he respectfully request
ed to enforce the game and fish
laws. If the law is respected and
enforced, and the little game we
have hunted only in season and
killed only i'll Il Sportsmanlikc
manners we may hope to see it in.
crease.
We have been informed that
there are probably Il few deer left
III this county, and flat thought
less persons have declared their
intention Of hunting them with
hounds during the close season.
Besides being illegal, this would
be very cruel and unSportsmanlikc
as the fawns are not yet wcancd
and able 10 care for themselves.
and the does poor from sucking.
Deer can lawfully he taken only
from the 18TH of August To the LIST
of January; partridgcs, from the
10Th OF October to the LIST of Jan
uary; phcaSantS and wild turkeys,
from tho LIST Of September TO the
LIST day of February in each year.
There is Il fine for each ollicnsc and
party TO be imprisoned until paid.
We understand that last fall
certain market hunters (morc cor
rcctly styled spot huntcrS'), came
to this county from IL distant
State and indiscriminatcly slamgh-
tered birds, and boaStcd of the
hospitality Of the people of Tazc-
well, saying that it "was the only
county in the State they were al
lowed TO hunt in" These men do
not hunt for sport or pleasure, but
for the money that is in it. They
sell their birds for 80 cents Il pair
and give our people no thanks.
We think our people should be
allowed To feast upon their own
dclcacicS, and that our county,
like all others in the State, should
turn Il cold shoulder to pot hunt =
crS and game butchers. 1t should
be the business of every true
sportsman To protect game and
not wantonly destroy it. There
fore be it
Heaolrcd, That This club respect
fully request the County Judge and
Tile Connionwcaltbs' Attorney OF this
county TO look after and punish all
persons violating all game and fish
laws and to cnforc the law; and wn
further request tho citizens not to
tolerate pot hunters and game butch
crs. 1t is also further
ReSotrcd, That tho county papers
be requested to publish this rcsolu-
ton and the several editors to give
their views upon The subject.
r. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
u. S.-The members of the club
arc DESTROYS Of making this n
strong organization and respect
fully invite all good citizens to
join us who can do so by communi-
eating with the secretary, IL. A.
Saunders.
will cooperate with the mem
bers Of the above club in cnforc-
ing the law as to hunting and fish.
ing out of season, and will be
obliged TO all law abiding citizens
of the county who will report such