The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-09
GROUSE COME HIGH.
A Local Restaurateur PAYS SIS
for Selling One.
GAME LAWS WILL Be ENFORCED.


r Scnrarrn & Co, the pr0p-IetoEs d Akle
Rosemons cafe pleaded guilty n Justice
Won To5el's coarE yesterday 20 CON-
plaiat charging them With selling grouse
N violation Of the game laws OF the state
The representative o. the ERIN sad Enas
the birds had been b01ght and disposed Of
by an unauthorized errpsoye without the
Errn's consent and upon the notion OF
assistant Prosecuting Attorney Cslcwe1.,
the minimum penalty. SO and caSssss was
assessed.
An interesting point was broaghs cut
during an informal discussion by me al
torneys that followed the disposition OF
the case The prosecuting witness Josiah
Collins. II. said that Ehen * bought
grouse at the R0seuaolt there %sre Num-
Der Of prairie chickens hanging from the
same hook. Mr. RaSeIeyers the rrra's
representative. said that rhey had been
SHIPPED IN from south Dakota and coz
tended ttsat he should be allowed 10 sell
them yr Collins. who. besides being .
sportsman. Is tae author OF the game law
rsox in force. insists that the simple act OF
dIsposing Of game = an 0EfsElse. aud 1aa.
il IS necessary 10 include game brought
wirhous the limits Of che state 10 guarantee
the enforcement CT szs statutes, which
would other9ise ne rendered imperative.
Bovd & Chamberlain had their case con-
tfnved until Wednesday next. They will
contest the case.
Local suorssmen are beginning 70 take =
good deal Of interest IN the enforcement
Of the game laws passed zs the last ses-
sion Of the legislature Before these stat
utes became effecgETe there Was little ~
s.-sins placed upon the 5Etchering OF
game birds and hsh. and ardent sports
men we're frequently annoyed by the pro
iT~7r1s waste Of the lives Of their fInny
and feztheret friends James West and
". L. Hardy. Of the Queen CI.y Rod and
Gun Clg5. and the Seattle Gun Club. boGh
of whom take an active interest IN hunt
ing and fishing. yesterday furnished the
folgozing synopsis OF the game law now II
effect. which includes all Of the amend
meats and alterations that have ever been
made:
TIE seasons whsn game cannot Dc taken fo-
gale srs-
For elk- -ooss. deer, lawn. mountain sheep or
S1&.- January % August 4. ana their hides Or
ho-zs sA&gE II. o. offered FOX sale cE-Fng said
TING. and none 81 them cs1 Be- killed - any
tine exceps for fle sizye-s Eood- Tx moose,
1ssz Or lawn can bs killed sor sale Ouzy in De-
e@rher-
Fs-xEsa ard al ducks. April TO August Ia
For gA varieties OF groa=e- January 30 Ag-
gust !.
Fo- quail killing prohibited fog Eve years
after Jane 5. E-GL
Grc4s= nor quail shall nos - trapped IS any
saas, except for b-eeiiag- Eygs Of &aT game
birds cannot BE- taken AZ ali, nor rests OF hzris
noless@d while breeding
Fo- rro1E OF slg kinds. S0Tszb@- ! 20 April 90
and sasg shall MT 5e caught a. any time. n any
WAY s1ce2s b. hook ard line
Implanted azh sa4Ei n0s &c czaga. EntL after
three ys4-x from irsp.znEiug time except for
breeding
None Of ths game animals, birds Or dsh shall
be in possession AZ any tame sxcsp. Tor o-es1-
ing O. curiosity. aid possession shall De con-
VicsIog evidence Of unlawful taking n tie
cCunsy Of zelz1rs-
DECKS OF any kind ahgEl 1os be taken, killed
o. ss0s az from , II 10 = n. Il any season
II san q a-z enclosed enough 20 keep out live
stock ant prominent tresPzss notice posted az
three G.Es-eas places tasreOa, Shooting - fish
ing cznaos be d0as o. said Izs1s without own-
er's COZ eaL
Water fowl whsis On the water shah not De sr-
preached Dr. water. By any Ese3ns- for CAPTURE
shooting from share Blinds - over dec0Ys, 81
firing from the sao1sds-, = allowable
Peuslsy Tor ezca vlols.I0a Of game Laws II /.
fine Of SO 10 $50 and costs. o. jail from five
7ys 10 three -LoZts. o. 11@G 1-ss, and IaEs- EGEE
CT tine 10 insorEas-. Ezd half ~ prosecuting al
t0rueT Of district u F-o-ec1sIG1-
There Is peculiar Western idea that
E man may shoot ali that hs can ear, pro
videsi that he doesn't make any other dis
position Of the game. AZ any season OF the
wear" said NJ. West Hon the idea be-
came current don't know, but il IS en-
roneous just the same. But the fact IS
that the sporEsmen Eho favored the pas
sage Of the present law, and VINO are going
20 do al IN their power % see i enforced,
don's intend % prosecute anyone who IS
in need Of food The chief offenders
against the law are these city fellows who
slaughter Unfortunately. and apparently
just for the fun Of killing something. and
the market men xho would devssizEe the
game districts for their own profit The
laws are not too severe. The trouble with
previous statutes has been that they left
50 many loOpholes open that they we're
dead letters a. lar as effectiveness was con-
cerned.
The state IS So present pretty well sup
piled with game, ana there are parts Of y
that make s paradise tor an enthusiastic
sportsman About fifteen years ago p-t-