Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1897-01-08
ApLEA FOR THE WOLF BOUNTY.

A PLEA FVR THE WOLF BOUNTY.
Accom- panied by Brief Bssxrahi.
cal sketch eR Ben CsrAsn, tho
Noted WslT.Huntsr 81 EAamons
County, ana alss BY = Well
WoFded Roast Of the Principle
of FREQ Trado-Wriesen ~ .sE. d.
Be-" = Friend 81 the Hunter.
tContiaued from Preceding ZssEs.l
1t is nothing uncommon, also. for
packs Of bowling wolves to enter the
barn. ards OF the farmers and steal their
poultry. which IL now about the most
valuable stock that they can raise ON the
farm. u these several items hundreds Of
Thousands Ut dollars arc lost each year.
1t Is not argued that the ressoratfon of
tho sta. }. bounty. or even Is head for
old wolves and e8 for cubs. would abso-
lutely pEotect oil these interests. Ger
,a,nly not, Rven with the exercise Of the
utmost care and caution, many depreda-
tions by wolves would still occur but
the fact u patent chat the restoration Of
the state bounty would encourage the
hunting And trapping Of these destructive
bru,es ana 20 long way toward securing
at least partial protection to all domes-
tic animals. Why. one cent head on
the 800. .o0o sheep, and say three cents q
head on every other domestic animal un.
der three months old, would create a
fund Of over 5000 per snnum to bs set
aside for the pay yment OF wolf bounties.
II evrn this small sum were expended in
state b"untles ut the rate above indicated,
it would insure the determination of more
than Thousand Of these pests each year
until the last one should be destroyed.
With the fecOndity Of the wolf being az
great ns u is. there Is no other way 10
stop their increase. II will not do u say
that the stt)Ckmen should be left to do the
necessary work Themselves. and that il
tnty do mol, protect their own sheep they
should lose, them. This Is q narrow and
selfish view 81 ihc matter. A question of
public pulley. Of Justice. of fairness,
comes in aud requires The state to protect
the general IN. rests Of the people and
defend them from every public enemy
and what Rteater enemy Can the state
have than one that is powerful enough to
make war day aud night On it's principal
lndustries1 Remember. the wolf is Gun.
Mug aud sly hpd hard to catch. Novices
aud amateurs have nv business with the
volt, unless they are 6rst instructed in
he habits Of the animals and the mode OF
their capture. The willy brute will
''laugh" at kh-m. 1t takes an expert
hunter To c"l On the wolf. and this. 10
PLAN E"gI,slF he cannot be unless the
state pays bounty to reimburse and
MAKE u reasonable profit for the man who
has paid mn expert to teach him the se.
crets Of the hns,nrss Aud explain to him
the "sIgBs" lets by the snimals, without
a knowledge ~ which wolf hunting as an
occnpati"n w"ult be unremunerative.
There Is su@h thing NJ being penny
Wis., and pound f"olish" "letting in al
the spigol and Oh, at the bung. hole 81
| fins Is not eeon"my. l, 10 u waste oi
money ami tiny. to 'etrench expenditures
~h"re the retulns are rs sure and as bene.
gr, .unds Of p,qAic policy. hunters like
Ben Cnrbiu should BE- stimulated and en-.
outraged to perfnm the public function
"f assisting in destroying an enemy al
persi>ttn Mt and annoying aud expensive al
the wolf. II the stale were invaded by
| An armed foe. who would question the
pulley Of Offering bounty to voIunteers.
's the government did during the civil
war, to drive out the common foe? One
not less dangerous. not less common,
than such u hostile force threatens to de-
stroy one Of the peaceful aud most pro
lific and honorable industries Of the state
Is II not the duty Of the state that 10, OF
Its cuiz:ns collectively Legislature
tn assist in the expulsion Of the enemy
What ,s evrrybody's business Is 40.
b"dy's business II must be done by a
~ stem. II must be done for the com.
mon good TIE state must take the mat.
| TER into its own hands for the common
veal.
know 1t is argued that every man
owes it to himself ''tn keep the wolf from
the door" The quotation is not appli.
cable in this Case. Tina, is quite another
thing from keeping him from q neigh
boris door 1t Is The general welfare that
stntes are organized To prOtect. and they
cannot descend u private. particular con.
Germs.
On the other hand. the private indi.
vi'Iual IS not "blixal. to care for the ln-
,eresis Uf the whole state. beyond his part
and proportion Of. public duty. and his
public duty is performed when lIe sharea
his money or labor with the state in tha
shape Of taxes His interests are bound
up with the state, and, having received
bis money or labor. in tie shape Of taxes.
the Slate is in duty bound to protect ell
his rights in pr,s"n aid property, let the
r. flectiOns by long talk recently had
with Mr.. Cnrbin on the subject. Beina
sn expert in this line. friend OF the
'B"cks and Nd enemy OF whntever lnjurea
them. be 1t man or beast. his conversa.
ton upon this subject interested me o.
deeply that determined i0 make hia
/ views public through the columns Of the
Record, and at the same time attempt "a
incorporate with it u somewhat imperfect
sketch 0f his life. wish that an ablel
pen than mine might do the old hero Jus
tice, but limited space here forbids.
| An honest. modest gentleman Of the
old school wise in LlncOln's sense ot
the word "wisdom )" y tflsciple OF Na.
ture. loving It In all Its forms and stu.
dl0us Of It IN all its mOods long com.
panion OF its solitude 10 mountain, plain
| aud prairie. in the woods and along the
streams that plain, practical common
sense which comes from such communion
with nature lends charm to Ill he has to
say, and the sketch here given does but
scant justice to the grand old man.
But, returning to our subject. Il may
be contendrd That, If the state pays !
bounty Of t8 per scnlp for wolves, the
county commissioners bounty act, sec.
tions 1867 and l5e8. might as we'll be re-
pealed. In y Careful search OF the stat
utes enacted by several states for the
pact haif-century or more, have found
that less than - has seldom been offered
for each wolf or coyote killed. It would
seem, from the testimony of the laws o.
the subject and from the experience Of