Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-04-20
PROFITABLE SORT.
There Is Money in Coyote scalps
in California. - ~

the state treasury to any person who
kills a coyote, provided the scalp be
presented within three months after
the killing.
Probably no piece Of recent legisla-
ton created such u Juror throuS hout the
interior as did this bounty oct, says the
san Francisco Chronicle. Originally
intended to be a means for the cxtcr-
mination of the obnoxious and prcda-
GOus coyote, the act has lad the addi-
tionGl effect of creating an army Of
nimrods who have ever since bccp
active in hunting down this profitable
animal.
The killing bee commenced during
April of last year, extending through
all the counties of the state except
Solano, Yuba. Sonoma, San Francisco,
Marin, Humboldt, Glenn and Dc. Nortc.
Unfortunately for these districts, the
coyote is not native to the soil, although
plentiful enough through the rest of tho
state.
At first the coyotes were hunted in q
dcsultory fashion, the scalps coming in
Ode at q time. But the county Justices,
whose business it became to swear
in" the hunters spoils, spread the news
of tho bounty far and wide, and by
May organized hunters gave up other
pursuits to chase the nimblc coyote.
rho clerks of the interior county boards
have had their safes stuffed with skins,
and t." ~2w industry promises to take
rank WAL Liic tanner pursuits Of horLi-
cultIrc and v%iticulture if it continues to
be encouraged.
Interest il LlA bounty caused an en-
tcrprising HynGicat2 in southern Cali
foruia 20 ca. / J DcXicanS across the
line to, Kill =, Ct2S and SInugGlc tho
skins over, IT, TIC authorities nippc(i
this little hGitC.Ic III the bud. Other
interruptions I.uuterS have tried TO
palm OF ali "eI-j OF skins and animal
rrO.ilcS on &C., r~iJtrict clerks, and per
haps they hts.c oGccccded in some in
stances. no ;.ct. however, requires
that the G2uij must contain the ears
anU nose OI &C C0yute," and this con-
ditlon prev.,i,a deception from being an
easy matter.
Though TIC courtesy of Secretary OF
State l.. g. waite and State Comp
trCilCr L.. J.. Col, AN the Chronicle IL.
aOlc To h4rv L., trcs showing the numbcI
Of cCrLh".tua issued thus far, the
@moupI II Lac bounty paid and the
number 81 coyotes killed.
The boArl or supervisors of each
county determines the numbcr of scalps
deposited with the clerk during each
s.Sar9er and gives to; the dcpositor a
Certificate showing the number OF
Gals presented and the sum due him
1T TIC Intc or - !: %.. ~. T!'"sn ~c"rLiii-
Gates arc presented " Ln@ aI...c comp
trollcr, who draws bis. warrant on the
general fund.
Up to the 10Th of January the AMOUNT
of warrants. drawn for payment of the
bounty was $53, G45. Tne amount OF
certificates issued by the clerks during
the Irst and second quarters ending
juno 30 and September so. 1891, re-
SpcctScly, was SO, G15, SO that certifi-
Gates to the amoun of S2,070 for the
trSt w quarters remain to be paid.
None Of the claims. for the December
quarter has as yet reached the comp
trollcr's Office. From a comparative
'.tat9mcnt furnished by the state
comptroller showing the amounts
duo on certificates issued by the
Clerks of the various counties for
TIC three-quartcrS tine extent of the
coyoto killing business is readily gath
cred. LII the nine months ended Deccm-
Der III, 1871, Fresno county hunters
earned $500. In some of the other
inc figures. for the Same period
arc: hcrn, $I2,GOJ; Los. Angeles, Sj,GJJ;
tAcrccd, $4,000; Modoc, SJ,&J3; ~Niontcr-
cy, Sj,J00; BUN Dcrnardino, S1.015; San
Diego, &j,T4o; san Luls OUlspo, Sj,35O;
.n-,.rc, SV,E40.
RON lilo totals it is seen that up to
DGecmhcrGl Ill, loOl> the amount tor which
Tho state Is liable to coyote hunters is
&JS.07O. During tho first quarter 5,G31
SKINS were captured; during the second,
0,@04, and during the third T,SS3--a totaI
Of 1854. 1ncse figures best illustrate
how plentiful the coyote must have
been and what interest is being taken
in its determination. The. climax in
tho thrilling md remunerative pastlme
might 10 reached in the establishment
of coyoto fnrmR. Then the ht1ntap ,.hnlf