Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1897-01-15

o. eFeo Afa00-wflet0nO ~ ssEs Ws
s.,'' a Friend Of the Hunter. $50
[C0ntinued from Preceding Zssus.
Ii the state will pay IS for each wolf
killed. let the county bounty 60. for it is
faiIer for the state than for the county to
pay it. But with county interest in Il.
bringing it nearer home to the hunters
aud there may be more urgent reasons for
prosecuting the business in some sections .
of the state than in others-I would let
the county bounty stand ut from 81 to
81 aud the state bounty ut from % to t8.
and thus insure constant and unremit-
ting warfare on these destructive pests.
Sheep cannot increase in q ratio OF more
than Q to annually. while the wolf popu
lation is augmented by from 600 to 800
per cent each year, and 10 little while
there will BIZ overwhelming numbers Of
them unless the work Of destruction 10
vigorously encouraged and prosecuted.
II matters little to the hunters where the
pay comes from, so that IL comes sure (;
but, without il, certain II IL that the nee.
essary work of determination will not be
done At all.
After had written the foregoing por.
tion of this article aud had shown 1t to
u number Of gentlemen who, like myself,
had come from the east and invested their
money IN land and stock in this great
STATE, venturcd tO ask them how far my
views agreed with theirs II is but fair
To state that, while found some who ad-
vocated the Riverside Ranch plan of
each stockman paying s5 Tor every timber
or buffalo wolf killed GU his ranch, and
while others appeared to think that If
stock prices would only advance little
'hey Gould US " mere n,stter OF private
protection pay from 81 to % in their
ueikh b"rho"ls. yet the concensus Of
"p,u'on agreed substantially with Mr..
Corbin's ideas as have attempted to ex.
press them in this article.
BrKinning with 40 interview with
citizen of North Dakota like Mr.. O.
wh" has destroyed 1.846 wolves in his
time, $40 of them in North Dakots-l
felt that. iu expressing his sentiments IN
my own words. could not make this art
icle half as graphic and to.c,ble 10 WAS
the language in which he guve the facts
10 me. l am convinced that no appeal
for wolf bounty can be put TOO strongly
to every board Of county commissioners
and to the legislature of our great and
growing state. North Dakota 10, 40 l
have said, paradise for stockmen. Il
has no peer on this cuntineDt. It is at.
tracing capital from the WORKOUT fields
"f Ohio. Pennsylvaniu, and the eastern
states. But it must not be forgotten that
IN at least two-,hirds Of the state iIs chief
attraction to capital Is for investment In
live stock, to be cared for and paStured to
perfection on our cheap and fertile lands.
10 one word. in a great part of the state
1t Is stock or nothing. If those Of us who
live in that greater part cnpnot have this
interest protected. We might as we'll pack
our traps and leave. 1t is poor encoux-
agemcnt to eastern capital to take down
The barriers which protect and defend our
cbief industry. New England protects
and fosters her fisheries and her factories;
New York wisely guards her commerce.
dnance and trade; Pennsylvania devotes
her tenderest care to her m,nes aud mills.
and Ono Keeps one eye open to the pro.
lection and welfare of her great industry
OF making presidential possibilities; Col.
Orado and Montana look well to their sil.
yer interests; Alabama and the cotton
belt guard the throne of King Cotton
Iowa for corn CalifOrnis for gold and
fruits But North Dak0ta--the promised
land of the shepherd and the hrrdsman-
proposes now to uncondiiIOnslly surren.
der her greatest industry to the wolves
II we prefer wolves to cattle and sheep
and eastern capital If we would destroy
the docks already here and keep others
out, and give our state bad nsms among
ITS best friends why, then. let us dis.
courage the wolf bounty, and, to save Q
few dollars throw millions away.
was much impressed with Mr.. Cor.
bins quiet humor. When read this
part to him and asked him how any
friend Of North Dakota could find fault
enough. There are only few mcn-liks
you and 1--that care button aboat
these things. They have NO state PRIDE
care nothing for Your !ivestock nr for my
hunting business. Why. sir. ennns OF
these blasted fools would rather see q.
the stock and half the children eaten up
by the wolves than to see m. make S6--
yes, Or even $8.-by my business JeAl-
ousy Is q mean thing. 30 is envy. But
it men, even IN our legislature and In our
county commissioners offices, Can keep
me from making dollar aud ut the same
time crafty this mean envy. and pain
It of on the people tor retruchment.
pretending that they take the bounty o4
for economy's sake = why, c0nfound
them. they chuckle and laugh ut you and
me for fools. would about 10 soon
let the wolves decide 1t % some men ~
send TO the legislature, for you know ~
sleeps clothfng.'"
81 thought, Mr.. Corbin." I" said !, stAab
the state paid Q wolf bounty -.
1T DID," said Mr.. c.; but those fol.
lows who got at the new, codes inteptioD.
ally forgot to insert It. and the result =
that there is now no bounty offered b.
the state. Where they got their authoe.
tty Tor 40 dong am not lawyer or states
4 man enough 70 tell. Il vas an outraeD
upon the st0ckmen of the state, any Ny.
robbery" 80.
There is much in what the old .huassr
says. ] wish that the county couamisoioA.
ers and the lsgislature would send for
Mr.. Corbin and hear Whist ahls good -
man has to soy about all these 1attsi6.
Possessing Q full knowledge Of a. snb-
ject. acquainted with its every phaee, 80
profoundly interested IN the welfare q
North Dakota, he might we'll bo 0allsd g
testify 10 person before tho hieAaGf
authorities OF the state. % 10 thu q