River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-04-22
FISH AND GAME.
The New Law Passed by the Wis
consin Legislature.
One "a the Most Important measures
Ga the Session IL Now In Force
Summary of the Pro-
visions.

The general fish and game bill passed
by the Wisconsin Legislature is now a
law of the state. having been approved
and published in the official state paper.
The provisions of the new law are as
4 follows:
The bill prohibits black bass. oswego
bass or yellow bass fishing between March
i and Nav %. except in Big Green lake I'm
Green Lake county, DEVILS Ia Ike in Sank
county and Rush lake IN Fond Gu Lac and
Winnebago counties. In the two former
lakes the closed season Is from March 1 to
I July !. All trout fishing Is prohibited be-
\ tween September l and April Is All net
! fishing Is prohibited, except that dip nets
! may he used in taking sinners. clubs. dace,
suckers. sheepshead. coghsh. garfish. red
horse, sturgeon, catfish and bullheads I'm
I streams not frequented by trout. dip
net may be used to take whitefish between
the LIST and sth Of November. The use OF
| explosives In fishing is prohibited. Fish
ing through the ice from buildings is pro-
| hibited except Sturgeon bay and lakes in
/ Waukesha county. IL Is prohibited to
| lines. The use OF traps. fish berries. medi-
Gated bait. etc, is prohibited: also fishing
within 100 feet of fishways.
Seine. gill, pound or fyke net fishing is
prohibited in the waters OF Lake Michigan
within one-quarter of a mile of the main
shore. commencing at the state line south
and running north TO the north line OF Ra-
| cine county: in the waters of Lake Superior
within one mile OF the main shore, and in
| the entire Chequamegon bag and waters
| south of an east and west line drawn from
the extreme northwest end of Long Island
| or Chequamegon Point to the mainland in
Bayfield, county.
Net fishing in Green bay is prohibited
from April / to May l, except as 10 white
| fish. lake trout and herring. Net fishing
Is prohibited in Sturgeon bay, except as TO
minnows to be used for bait. Net fishing in
Detroit harbor is prohibited. IL is pro-
hibited to catch lake trout or whitefish
weighing less than two pounds Fishing
for whitef1sh and trout in the outlying wa
| tiers is prohibited between OCTOBER IS and
December l. Net fishing. EXCEPT for min
nows. is prohibited in Little Sturgeon bay
and in waters bordering on Door county
Gill net fishing in the waters of Green bay
| is prohibited between April ant January
] with nets having a smaller N esh than
four-inch stretch measure. Pound net
| fishing in Green bay and Lake Michigan
is prohibited between April and July 1.
Hook and line fishing excer. for trout
Is permitted at any time in the waters of
! the Pecatonica and Fever rivers in Iowa
and Lafayette counties. I'm the Sugar river
In Green county and from Koshkonong
lake in Rock, Dane and jefferson counties.
Persons engaged i'm fishing business
In the outlying waters of the state are re-
quired to report before December of each
| year to the commissioners of fisheries the
amount in pounds of all fish caught dur
! ing the year, the average price per pound,
ETC., blanks being furnished by the COM
missioners.
Game Provisions.
The open season for deer is the first
| 20 days in November. The prohibitions are
as follows:
The hunting of deer with dogs or in the
| night time: deer hunting in Sheboygan and
A. for A.~o u
hunting on the ice or in the water; to hunt
| deer by means of any pit, pitfall or trap:
| the use of any artificial light in the hunt
| ing of deer; for any person to kill more
than two deer. except that any resident
may kill during the open season any deer
not to he sold: to kill woodcock partridge,
| pheasant, ruffied grouse, prairie chicken.
prairie hen, grouse. wild goose or brant be-
tween December / and September T. duck
| shooting between sunset and the follow
| ing sunrise; the use of a sneak boat or an
| artificial ambush In the hunting of ducks
or other aquatic birds: the hunting of
| Monaghan, Chinese or English pheasants
or quail of any kind until September /,
| 1901: the use of nets in water to ensnare
| ducks; to hunt with pivot or swivel gun.
| to destroy the nests or eggs of any water
fowl or bird, except crows and English
sparrows: to Kill at any time any whip
poor-will, nighthawk. bluebird, finch,
thrush. lark, robin, turtledove or any other
progress any carrier or homing pigeon; to
use a ferret to hunt rabbits; to kill otter.
marten or fisher between the LIST day of
May and the succeeding lst day of October,
and to destroy or modest muskrat houses at
any season of the year.
Public NuisaDces.
The following are declared TO be public
nuisances and their destruction If author
ized forthwith by officers:
Any kind of net prohibited by law, while
set or placed or found in any waters where
such net is prohibited from being used.
All seines or other devices. traps or con-
trivances set or found in any waters I'm a
manner prohibited by the laws relating to
such waters, and any and all boats found
In use in the taking of fish in violation Of
any of the provisions of this act
All set lines, ropes or cables with more
than one line attached thereto. either di-
rectly or indirectly. Set lines are construed
TO mean any line not held by the person
using the same, whether the same shall
have one or more hooks. This subdivision
applies to inland waters only.
Any trap, snares. spring gun, set guns
or other device or continuance which might
entrap. ensnare or kill any animals, birds
or fowl protected by law.
Any boats, deer lamps or lights while
used in the unlawful pursuit or hunting OF
deer.
Any screen set in the public waters of
the state to prevent the free passage of
DS0, OF SET Ill ally sNTtdE WHICH snail nave
been stocked by the commissioners of
fisheries of Wisconsin.
OF decOys set in any of the waters of the
state during the close season for the hunt
ing of water fowl prescribed herein.
The rest of the bill is devoted to setting
forth the duty of the fish and game ward
ems. the defining of inland aud outlying
waters, penalties for violation etc
William Hazeltine. who resides west
of Baraboo. cut down an oak tree on
his premises which had 800 rings at the
stump. making the tree approximately
400 years OLD.
Clarke s. Matteson was bound over
TO the circuit court for trial in Fond du
Lac on the charge of assaulting his IL
year-old daughter.
The South Shore Lumber company
and Thompson Lumber company have
started their mills at Nashburn. Each
mill employs about 200 men.
A. T. Nandepool. aged 50 years. died
at his residence in Beioit. He had given
much of his life to newspaper work,
end years ago published the Cream
City Courier in Milwaukee.
Mayor Frank " Oakley, of Madison.
has been appointed clerk of the United
States court for the western district
of Wisconsin, vice Frank NJ. Stewart.
deceased
The Peshtigo Lumber compsny's
large sawmill started up, giving en-
plovment to over 100 men.
DR.. William Fox. Milwaukee's most
prominent physician. died after lin
gering illness. He was 50 years of age.
mike" Mack, farmer of the town
of Glendale, was mangled beyond rec
ognition by passenger train near Glen
dale.
Joseph Ratty, workman in the camp
90 the Jeffries II 7ber company, was
taken to Rhinelander by Under Sheriff
Calkins. charged with mayhem. 1t is
alleged that Ratty bit off the ear of
NJ. Quigly.
The soil of Marinette county is TO be
tested as to its adaptability for growing
the sugar beet.
Mamie Case, aged nine years, was
fatally burned in Oshkosh while trying
10 start a fire with kerosene.
The Oconomowoc common council
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
sale to or smoking of cigarettes by
minors