The record-union., 1893-05-24
MOUNTAIN BALM.
The Novel Designation Given to the
Hides of Deer.
p. II. Dodge, the Sacramento Glove
Maker, Under Arrest for Hav-
ing Deer Pelts.

A telegram from the Associated Press
correspondent at Dunsmuir, Siskiyou
County, last night, contains the following
information regarding the local glove
maker, P. II. Dodge:
'P. H. Dodge of Sacramento was ar
rested here last night for having in his
possession seventy-tive deerskins. He
offered these for shipment at the railroad
freight office at Delta, but the agent re-
fused to receive them.
Dodge then had the skins taken TO
Sims in wagon, repacked in two boxes,
and offered them Tor shipment as noun
tain Balm
The agent there found out that the
boxes contained deerskins, and refused to
receive them.
Dodge then had the skins brought to
Dunsmuir il a wagon, and they were
seen at the livery stable by Constable
| CIarkson of Sisson and others, and the
arrest followed.
The trial took place to-day, and the
jury disagreed. The case will be tried
again Tomorrow"
THE LAW ON THE SUBJECT.
Following are the provisions of the
| present game law regarding the buying,
selling or possession of deerslkins:
Every person in the State of Califor-
MA VINO shall at any time sell or offer for
sale the hide or meat of any deer, elk,
antelope or mountain sheep shall be
guilty Of a misdemeanor
Every person who shall buy. sell,
offer or expose for sale, transport or
carry or have in his possession any deer
or deerskin or any deerhide or pelt from
which the evidence OF sex has been re-
moved at Il time when it is unlawful TO
XIII Ihe same shall be guilty OF a misde
| meanOr
| Every person who in the State Of Cali
1ornIa shall, within the two years next
| teXcept from September LIST to October
| 10th IN each year after the passage of this
! Act, hunt, pursue, take, kill or destroy
any male dec, elk. antelope, mountain
| sheep or buck shall be guilty OF a misde-
meanor.
Every person who, in the State of Cal
/ Ifornia, shall at any time hunt, pursue,
Kill, take or destroy any female deer,
antelope, elk, mountain sheep or doe
shall be guilty Of nisdemeanor.
Every person who shall at any time
hunt, pursue, take, kill or destroy any
| spotted tawn shall be guilty of a misde-
meanOr.
Amy person found guilty of a violation
of any of the provisions of this section
shall be fined in a sum not less than $40,
or be imprisoned in the County Jail in the
county in which the conviction shall be
had not less than ten days, or be pun
/
ment. One-half of all moneys collected
| for lines for violations of this section
shall be paid to the inforner, one-quarter
to the District Attorney of the county,
and one-quarter shall be paid into the
Fish Commission fund for the purchase
and distribution OF game birds in the
various counties of the State"
is DODGE IN DANGER?
a hasty glance at the law indicates that
like many others of its kind passed by
the Legislature, it is powerful weak, ;" if
not absolutely nonsensical.
II declares that any person having in
his possession, during the close season,
deerskins from which the evidence of sex
have been removed shall be guilty of mis-
/ demeanor.
/ Leaving doe skins out of the question,
entirely, it would appear from this that a
man may have in his possession the skins
of male deer-if they only possess evil
dences of sex. At least, this seems to be
what the law says, and if so Dodge may
defy the law, provided he has no doe skins
in his possession.