Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-30
NEDRASKi4A'SFUNNYCANE x LAW
Glimpse Of the Work Of the Late Reform
Legislature.
FARcICAL FEATURES OF THE STATUTE
One Provision Makes IL Impossible for
Sportsh,hn to secure bag
or'6nR,e or Crcel of
''i 'tFish.

! and fish of this state that is, If one looks
at the law. and that Is about all that is left
for him to do. In this connection the game
| laws of Nebraska should be compared with
those of Minnesota or almost any other
state in the union The appropriation made
by the late deceased for fish cul-
ture will simply be wasted and
nothing done, simply for the reason that
! there is no one to make 1t his business to
enforce the law, and there Is only one rem
edy, and that is the game warden system.
| Minnesota's game law provides warden
| and deputy for each county, giving him the
| same power as the sheriff OF his county in
connection with his office, and as he draws
good salary. he spends all OF his time in
protecting game, including feather, fur and
fin, and with the result that the lakes are
we'll stocked with the best Of game fish, the
fields are full of quail and the timber full
| OF grouse and squirrels, while all other
| species of game the sportsman delights in
| are on a rapid increase. At no season of
| the year can dealer have in his possession
| for the purpose Of selling or shipping any
| fish or game, the warden having the power,
with or without warrant, to examine the
| cold storage and refrigerator houses at any
| time and to examine the baggage of visiting
| sportsmen to see that they do not take out
| of the state more than the allotted number
! Of each species of fish or game. He enforccs
| tho law, and thus not only preserves the
| game, but makes it very Improbable for
| that genus known as the game and fish
hog" 1t would not have cost this state a
| dollar more to have passed such a law
than 1t did to pass the farccal affair now on
! our statutes Think of this: Any one
| killing a quail in season cannot have them
| in possession, thus laying tne shooter liable
| to arrest as soon as he pockets the bird, and
| the result will be that no person will pay
city hunter who only makes short trips to
| lake and field The natural result will be
| that it will be impossible to make bag of
Apropos of his, it might be we'll for the
angler to look after Cut Of lake. Here is
| as fine body of water as can be found in
this section of the country and a natural
| home for bass, pickerel and other species of
| of a two-pound bass. or a one-pounder for
| that matter, being caught in these waters?
The Raw Hide used to be full of the finest
| of fish and Il can remember and not long
legendary little river was equivalent to
| full string of bass or pickerel, but I will
venture to say that there has not been half
| a dozen bass caught in Douglas county that
| would average two pounds this season To
| be sure one can catch fish here but what are
1 or chalk, catfish not any larger and. to the
| shame of the alleged fishermen. bass and
| pickerel about the same size ANY day
| one can see strings of fish a yard long caught
! in Cut Off lake. and not fish in the whole
Were these Ash taken ont Of anv of the
Minnesota waters and not thrown back i'm
| mediately the fisherman would find his
| sport, If such 1t can be called, rudely inter
| rupted and himself occupying a bed room
| provided by the state for Just such graceless
-
The Dupont Gun club will give a tourna-
ment during state fair week Money and
| merchandise prizes will be offered
The Council Bluffs Gun club and the
of about ten men to a side. The winners
are to get a keg of nails, donated by Will
krug.
Chief Heap No Talk" Loomis is away I'D
and Blake are hot on the trail of the "Only
Parmelee."
Montmorencv and Carmichael two of the
"old guard" are both doing very little shoot
ing this wear. claiming that business re-
nuires attentiop and rannot he neglected
That is all right. bows hui break away sat
urday afternoon. ANYWAY.
II ANYBODY bappens TO drive I'M and ask
Won Won can tell them that Con Young and
Bill Brewer of the Duponts are shooting
clin that ia extremely hard IN heat THAR
20 49,
One of tho most nron,istrg NJ tbo ,ou
.bot,ters ia Mr. SnSdor of tbn roU,nseod ,r Gun
and Wheel comnanv This 10 Snvder,s Grnt
onor ~ tbo trans hut ba ,raona1tr sonras
iwentu'threa and twentv-sonr d,,t 90 tuout.,
az "a i ~ 4, ,,o; 80, 90. ..o,,r ~ ~
wv "Nu 30 "A'' 10 N'''"H II d" 'o''''
M pord,e.+ 90 Co,,noi, p,,,s, - 80 -,
III, M. hanuiett I'd t, ol Couicii Diuils' one vi lhe
Hlces' vi Senliehlen anu d cIauhins sooa
shot' @ wouiu JusI as soon shoot niue hiatch
Win Win soiie Vi the onana crackS as not
now NOW DoyS' YOU kho" the way; go ana get
hiH'
Coiohei w. II. D. Hushes, the esteemed
president OF the Omaha Gun club, is one
OF the nigh men on the average list. Mr..
Hughes has always had habit of being
near the top.
When Colonel Parmelee beat all the cracks
at Clear Lake recently and walked off with
the high average for the tournament, he
made it possible to determine who is the
best all round shot in the world. All the
fine shots in America and, for that matter, |
in the world were there, the targets were
thrown low and swift and the birds were a |
picl,ad lot of Charley Grims omn mako