The diamond drill., 1894-10-13
TIME FOR ACTION.
Governor Rich Should Sharpen
His Official Axe.
The Slaughter of Deer In iron County
Contlnued-State Game War
den too Busy TO Act.

The slaughter OF deer in the upper
peninsula does not seem to be sbating,
Notwithstanding the fact that Mr.. Chas.
;. Hampton, state game wardea, la .
recent communication 20 the DeGeit
Tribune declares that he is the bestgame
and fish warden the state ever had. In
the meantime, the press 81 tho Outraged
district is paying it's respects to Hsnp-
ton, as the following sample will testify:
The present state game wardc~-
Hampton. oi Pctoskey-is no good, aud
Gov. Rich should remove him from effico
Tor neglect OF duty. The gentleman seems
TO think the only necessary qualification
Tor game warden is To draw his salary
promptly and shoot off his mouth at
long range. Hampton Possesses the lat
ter qualification in such marked degree
as To gain Tor himself the name OF Fog
horn oi Skillagalee." We believe that Ne
has visited, once or twice. some Il tho
lower tier OF peninsula counties, bat
beyond the prosecution ola number Of
poor homcsteuders, his visit was devoid
oi results. Not once during his terri OF
Office, however, has he or his sslaried
deputies visited the tier of countios sur-
rounding Iron Mountain, the forests Of
which contain more deer than all the
rest OF the state combined, sld which
are yearly overrun by hundreds of n
legitimate sportsmen from neighborhsoA
states. IL is time the people and prsss
awakened to the fact that il is only =
question of "A few yenrs when the deer
family will he entirely exterminsted as-
less something is done, and done at once,
Ia 1nfnrpa fbp La tpH abat,iA tss.tta
in u demund that tho next state game
warden be A citizen OF the upper penin-
sula.
The above clearly reflects the scnti-
ments OF The DIAMOND DRILL. We be-
lieyo that Hampton has accomplished
nothing during his incumbency Of the
Office which he now holds. lt may be
possible that he has visited one or tive
counties Of the upper peninsula. touched
by boats on which Hampton, in tho
capacity oi a newspaper man, has iros
transportation, but IL Ia not a matter ~
record that lac has paid = single visit To
the interior coustics whore deer arc
found in any considerable quantities.
Neither does il appear that Ha.ptss
or any OF his paid deputies have visstcd
the upper peninsula during the sesssas
when deer may bc lawfully killed. Thst
is the time their services aro aecded. The
people do not care TO SEQ poor residents
who need the meat they kill pcrsecstcd,
but they would like to see few OF the
swarms OF pot hunters prosecuted foe
xst, - lxn l..w n. l. l..
being violated in Iron county every asy
and il does not require the services Of a
detective Go secure sufficient evidence fer
numerous convictions. The story was
brought TO The DIAMOND Drill this
week Of party OF Illinois hunters, who
are encamped on tho Aichigsmmc river,
near Holmes camp. They have killed
several deer there and calculate TO re-
main during the "open" ssason. Aparty
OF local sportsmcn desired TO dispose OF
n boat and offered il to the pot-huntrs
for deer carcass "No," was tho reply.
eve have place for all tho deer We can
kill. We ship them home, and there Is
every reason TO believe that they speak
truthiully When it is considered that
there nrc three or four hundred husters
oi this sort operating in Iron county at
tho present time, the gravity ot tho sits-
alton may he appreciated. The newt
able result will be that within n very lev
ycars deer will be rarity in this
county and it's residents will have
rcapcd no benefit from tho extinction OF
the gnme The greedy fellows vhs ara
doing the ruthless work, leave nothing
behind but the cntruls OF the deer. Their
camp equipment, ammunition and pro-
visions, even 60 their potatoes, arc
brought from their homes. They lsave
the train near their hunting grounds saa
board IL there when they have slsught-
cred all the deer in that section. Tho
woods are filed with dogs, guns are set
and headlights may bc found in every
camp. It is high time that the people oil
the game districts made an issue of this
Outrage and set about through their
representatives 90 correct IL. TIVE DsA-
noND DRILL believes that Govorpor
Rich will correct the present condition Of
affairs 40 far as is IN his power by
removing the present worthless state
game and fish warden. Let hissuccossor
he "A resident of TINT portion OF the state
where his services are nreded-the upper
peninsula.
Great SiRhts Of the World.