The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-29
e. C. LIE CLAIRE ISN'T SATISFIED
WITH BEING TURNED DOWN
BY LEGISLATURE.
He MAKES ANOTHER APPEAL
FISH AND GAME COM
MISSION.
RESTS WITH ATTORNEY BYRNES
Old Officers Re-eIected-Other Mat
ters Under CONFEDERATION
Session Today.

Inc state board OF game ana
fish commissioners held it's first quar-
terly meeting yesterday since the first
session of the legislature, in the office
of President w. 8. Timberlake, in the
Fire and Marine Insurance building.
The board organized and reelected the
entire list of old officers, as follows:
President, w. S. Timberlake, st. Paul.
Vice president, Capt. William Bird,
Fairmont.
Treasurer, Col. Fred Won Baumbach,
Alexandra.
! Secretary, C. S. Benson, ST. Cloud.
| Executive agent, S. F. Fullerton, st.
! Paul
Tim Byrnes, of Minneapolis, will
continue to be the boards attorney,
while William H. Morgan is retained
as superintendent of the fish hatcher
| les
Samuel Fullerton's salary was raised,
| in accordance with the provisions of
the new law, from 81 200 to $4,000 a year.
Mr. Morgan's salary remains at 81 200
year There was a rumor that the
salary Of Attorney Byrnes was also
to be raised, but this is not true. In
! the past two years he was paid SIS
day for every day of actual service,
and he will receive the same compen-
/ sation in the future, though Mr.. Full
lerton adds the proviso that the board
will only employ an attorney when alb
solutely necessary.
Although the session lasted the en-
tire day, not much was accomplished,
and the most important matters will
be decided at a session to be held this
morning. In the afternoon hearing
was granted to several parties desiring
| permission to fish with pound nets in
| Red lake.
E. G. LIE Claire, Of a Minneapolis
! packing company, claimed that Red
! lake should be considered an interna-
! ttOnal water because a portion of it
| borders upon the Indian reservation.
! AS the law contains no change in the
provisions relating to International
waters, this argument was hardly con-
| sidered tenable. 1t is not supposed
that the fish companies consider it very
seriously themselves; because, after the
present game and fish law was passed
bill was introduced for the express
purpose of permitting the use of pound
J
| house, but Senator Ringdal protested
/ in the senate that his constituents were
| very much opposed to it, because it
would allow the LIE Claire's company
1 and similar other concerns to catch
and ship large quantities of fish, and
/ thus deprive the settlers of what they
! needed for their own use. This argu-
ment killed the bill, although the pack
ing company had a strong lobby in it's
favor.
Now Mr.. LIE Claire comes in asking
the permission under the present law.
/ Capt. Bushey also appeared and stat
! ed that the settlers desired the license
to be given because the shipping of
fish would provide employment for
them. Attorney Byrnes took the mat
/ ter under advisement and will give an
opinion this morning.
! The matter of issuing licenses to fish
in Lake of the Woods is regarded an
entirely different question, although it
has been confused with that of Red
lake.
Lake of the Woods is clearly an in
ternational water, and there is no ques-
| ton on that point The only question
! at issue is whether the Minnesota Fish
] company shall be given a license for
the use of fifty nets. This is really not
very new question either for the
! commission at it's meeting held last
! February considered the application of
! the Minnesota Fish company and seven
! others. The shore line was then allot-
| ted to the other companies and the
! Minnesota company was allowed to
| take what was left. Now it wants ad-
| ditional territory, and David Johnson
| appeared before the board to state its
! case. The matter was laid over but
! Il is not probable that the Minnesota
Fish company will be given any addi-
| tiona1 privileges. There is some Ques-
! ton as to who form the company. and
to give it any further privileges would
| it is claimed work an injustice to the
! small concerns already along the lake
shore.
E. L. Farnham, formerly a deputy
warden, who was suspended early in
the year, charged with having sold
! game which had been seized to the
commission merchants, appeared be-
fore the board and asked to be rein
stated in his old position. He claimed
| that he was not as much to blame as
! the public had supposed After giving
him full hearing the board passed
resolution generating him from any
censure for criminal conduct, but it is
extremely improbable that he will be
reinstated.
The bonds of Treasurer Won Baum
bach and Executive Agent Fullerton,
in the sum of $1,000 each, were received
and approved by the board.
Secretary Benson was not present at
this meeting yesterday, but will be
present today and aid in the decision
of the question now before the board.