The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-01-09
Amend the Game and Fish Inter
ests Of Kentucky


: sion or breaking of a single statute b
single individual often disarange
the best laid plans, throws the ms
chinery of government out of geal
and causes friction and seriou
trouble that would be avoided if tn
law had been complied with. Gu
laws are not oppressive, but are rea
sonable; they have been tried by ex
perience and use; have been mad,
known in convenient shape and atten
ton directed to them on sundray occa
sions, so that there is no excuse fol
ignorancs, therefore, they must b,
obeyed.
The need of law Is shown by tn,
Ill wrought through ignorance or in
tention. The best laws are those con
fering the largest amount of good
upon the greatest number, and least
oppression on the balance of the com.
munity.
The need of game and fish laws, for
their protection and to encourage pro-
pagation is very evident, and the way
to get down to sound basis is not 81
easy; but We will deal with the mat
ter in plain way as it seems to us.
The cause is evident--too many
hogs" i'm the field---in Mt Sterling
their is so registered on Gun CLUB
books, and not one will leave a single
pair of birds to raise more If he can
bag them. 300 negroes and dogs to
continue the work all winter. So is
it any surprise at results? it is sur
prising any escape at all. We know
Of three farmers who are ardent
Sportsmen, and who are jealousy
watching each of them covey of part
ridges to keep them from being ami
Now for business. Pass~a
law making it fine of $25 for any
one to trespass upon any mans land,
and the farmer or owner clothed with
police authority to make arrests.
Make closed season for three years
On game birds,
Tax every sein $50 and make it a
penal offense to use it for anything
anger than minows, six inches long.
TX fine of $40 on any person using
trap or weir; $50 fine for dinamiting
my stream in the State, half of the
inc going to informer, that convicts
Now, hear you say this is unconsti-
utional, it curtails mans liberty.
Veil, we have to curtail a mans
liberty who. steals, who does many
ther bad things; why not? One
nan owns a sein, gets all the fish in
tream for three miles each way from
is operations, thereby, depriving
wenty who love the angle or hook of
ook and line.
One county in this State stands as
lonument to protective law. Whit
~ county and know of no one who
yes there that says he is oppressed,
nd any month in the year-weathor
nd water favorable--a fine string Off
sh can be caught in days outing.
now of five angling clubs that spend
an average of two. weeks fishing OH <
leir streams. The club we are
Iember of leaves from $50 to $50
it'll the citizens, who, in turn, pre- I
rive the fish, by preventing illegal
shing. Our Government Fish Com
issioners have planted many hun
red thousand young fish in the Cum
erland, which will in few years 4
AXE fine fishing Ii a law can be 4
AIMED so as to protect game, these \
me fellows who would not leave 4
ngle bird if they could get them, 4
Ill turn right about and buy birds y
I'd restock the depleated fields and \
icketts as they would then feel their \
iorts would amount to something y
ne farmers must be protected before }
" game can be raised. All after y
is Is easy. X X x
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