The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-11-02

n Is Kidding Michigan OF scores Of Foreign
Pot Hunters.
notwithstanding the fact that Iron
county contains the finest deer hunting
grounds within the state ci Michigan. u
h n curious fact that County Clerk
Brown. has not. AK yet. issued !, single
nonresident deer hunting license under
the act OF 1895. On Wednesday Of this
week, the number OF resident" licenses IS
sued by Mr.. Brown was eighty-fve. These
have all been issued TO residents OF Iron
county and represent the sporting tend.
encics Of every class. from the rum-scller
to the preacher. The fact that uo mon.
resident" licenses have been issued Is not
conclusive proof that no outside hunter
il operating within the boundaries Of the
county, but that the law which provides
for tic licensing o! nonresident hunters
in Michigan il operating bcncllciully TO
this section is best evidenced by the fol.
lowing wall from our contiguous sister
state. The Florence Mining News has
the following:
A state election takes place IN Ohio a
week from next Tuesday, and IL now
looks as II Ouly about one-hnli the usual
vote will he cast The reason for the
News giving this opinion IL. thnt IL mp
pears ns II fully One-qunrter OF The voting
population of Ohio lns already arrived
in Florence during the current week, and
probably another quarter will come
bofore November LIST. They come 10
l1a fTl.o.se. f..ll...su a., s,...s..
az a curse than n benefit 20 the county.
and our legislative lawmakers ought to
pnss such laws as will afford the people
some kind Of protection against tie an
nunl Invasion Of the hOrtlcs uf pot hunt
ers OF Ohio, Indiana and other states.
At the present rate of slaughter. H. will
take but a very few more years TO COM
plcfcly cxlerminnte the deer in our coun-
~ but this. OF course, docs not worry
the cunscioncclCss Ohio pot hunters
when the deer have disappeared in this
region, they'll do their butchefing else
where Michigan people are hughing at
dhe expense 81 the people 81 Wisconsin.
The IOrmcr state c0mpels an outside
hunter Co pay $50 for the privilege Of
indulging In a twenty-five days hunt IN
that commonwealth in November, and
outside hunters, especially those who
tOlflt ifOUl OilOs alt A0D l1ur ~ Ftt
to "put np" tie license fec And Mirhi-
gan dies not expect them 10, either.
The lnw was made expressly for the pur-
pose oT keeping out hunters from other
states. anil h il working like charm
II h diving them across the lite into
Florence and Mntincite countioa Both
this city and county is alive with Ohio
hunters today. They have been steadily
pouring in from every incoming train
during the past ten days, and onecannct
60 scarcely a rod IN the woods without
encounteriug some ~ the gnntry. And
they hive no scruples against trespass-
ing on other peoples property. Many
OF the unwelcome visitors have already
established themselves in camp, and the
season Tor deer hunting does not open
for nearly n week yet. IL il altogether
likely that scores az tlner will he shot L.
thcm long before the 1st Of November
Ii Is AN imposibility for three deputy
game wardens TO watch the innumernhle
camps scattered nll over the county and
pre-, ent violations of the game laws.
There u but one thing FOR Wisconsin
TO do, and that Is TO follow Michigan's
wise example and pass n license law nt
the pegt session of the legislature; or
better stiil, enact n law prohibiting the
killing oi deer for five ynars. and at the
expiration oi TINT time, mnkea stringent
license law.