The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-29
Sports =s pasfimes

throughout tsss state are responsible 70 a
large extent for the violation os thn ra-,se
laws RE legislature recognized he .i@s
OF TIE sTs3rssrsieTl shar the s51Ysa ton far
ga1n@ preservation lag ~ ,ne aoposa meat
OF game war3sras. and gas4~sa = .axy giving
TIE county commissioners power % an-
point waTiens CT moderate sslary Ths
law psoVised that slcta appoants SHOULD
% made after a petition 49, alesi by -esl-
cents Of the county. Sacts a petition vas
iiIs1 III tssis county. bsst re acton has seen
taken- go far ~ have nesn aels 10 learn
iaersson county alone has 4 gan7s warden
without game wariens there viii De e. a.
prosecutions. because ore citizen does
nor care 10 appear Ia court as the PROSE
cssor 81 another. Personal enrfty atw4gs
arises IN s5ch cases and Trey - no telling
"hefe u viii stop. with q game way3s =
whose skirts are clear. .ne Gaze il .f.~ r.
eat lie has no personal interest n shy
case II II matter ot business with him
The law has beer violated and il Is hsx DUTY
10 prosecute the vta.ator The moral m
f'Iifncs of warden is good. Many who
opehFy violate fAe game laws Row would
refrain II they knew that there was pa a
official ready TO look into such cases.
There III movement on foo: to present
rev petition 20 the commissioners OF shss
county for the appointment Of a warden
COM issioners Wal take action other
counties ought 10 look into his matter.
From information that has core % me-
AT different times IN led 70 believe that
zig game on the ocean side OF the Oiysr-
pies Is practically without protection 80
far as Law IL concerned History hss AL
ready SHOWN sshaf The extinction of elk and
deer in sny section comes rapidly unIs So
safeguards are threswn out Today this
ST in
VIII not De long II the slaughter ie not
checked II all hunters were as CONSIDER
ate as those who have lived fer the mas:
eight or nine years around Lake CASH
man. there would not b@ any need nf game.
law al all. II has beer my good fortune
"a know some Of them and sttIf more about
t3slr exploits. They a re the kind Of ports
men tina. delight the heart of "Coaulrsa -
the great writer on big game They hunt
on the true system The amount ~ n,est
70 be strung up and then packed horne is
minor consideration. They enjoy veni-
son or eik. bu; the thought OF slaughtertng.
as the word IA generally understood, never
enters their m.nds. They do not Kill ard
then leave the carcass TO be deyoared by
other wild animals
All hunters are not no constituted and
thar Is where she trouble comes What
true sportsman calls 10 fnlnd the slaughter
=
olynpics about free years ago xithon, a
feeling of Indignation swelling IN his
heart. For long tane | was inclined 10
doubt the story hit facts developed 10
pat ASIDE all doubts. Those noble animals
seskinE security In a beautiful grove, all
avenues u escape shut of were -ithlesslv
shot down. And why vas this don-f Sim
ply because some foot though; there WAS
sport In II. | have always had supreme
-
guilty party out of the country IA keen
him from ths wFadE Of .he peop.e. Think
az those noble animals killed and lief; on
the ground. II the man had killed che or
two elk and allowed the others % escape
he would have been congratulated On tis
good luck.
! have never felt that the lines should De-
drawn too closely or people living ~ Sc
tons where IL IL difficult 30 obtain fresh