Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-29
HIS DEPUTIES ARE NAMED
Game Wardens Appointed in Each
Congressional District.
LAWS misunderstood
It is Not Necessary for All Persons
to Take Out Licenses to
Hunt.

Madison. Wis, Aug. 25.-[Special. i
The supposition, which has been general,
that every person who hunts any kind Of
game in Wisconsin hereafter must be pro-
vided with a license, is erroneous. The
exception is that a resident Of the state
may hunt any kind of game, in the open
season, except aquatic fowl and deer,
without a license, provided he does not
use dog.
This is the Interpretation put upon
the new game law by Assistant Attor-
ney-General Buell.. who has furnished
State Game Warden Ellarson with an
opinion on the law, at his request. While
section 13, chapter 312. of the laws of
1899, provides every person who had re-
sided i'll this state for one year previous
to applying for license to hunt game
and who desires to hunt the same, must
first obtain a license from the county
clerk of the county in which he resides"
there is another section, II 4 of the same
chapter, which contravenes this to some
extent, and which is as follows:
1t shall be unlawful and is hereby prohib-
tied for any resident of this state TO hunt
for, pursue, take. catch or kill any of the
aquatic fowls or deer protected by the laws
Of this state or TO pursue, take, catch or
Kill any Of the other fowls or birds pro-
tected by the laws of this state with dog
or dogs, without having in his possession al
the time of such pursuing, taking, catch
ing or killing, a license therefor duly is
sued to him under the provisions Of this
act.
This section was passed especially for
the benefit of the farmers, it being
deemed unjust to say that they should
not be entitled to go out on their farms
and shoot Il prairie chicken, without first
obtaining a license. AS few of them use
dogs in hunting, this leaves the big ma
jority with the same privilege they en-
joyed before, except as to ducks, geese
md fOr VIII inb a - h
tanned, whether they are hunted with the
assistance of a dog or not.
The same right is, of course, extended
to the city hunter, but is of little value
to him, as he would find it a waste of
time to attempt to ''go it alone without
ing chickens ON ground with which he is
not entirely familiar.
Game Warden Ellarson has appointed
twenty of the thirty special deputy game
wardens authorized by the new law. Ten
are still to be appointed. Those named
are:
First Congressional district-W. G. Der
thick, EIkhorn; John J. Abel kenOsha coun-
ty: S. D. Fisher, Brodhead.
Second district-Charles jaeger, Portage;
J. L. Scott, Beaver Dam.
Third district-C. H. Davis, Baraboo;
Frank Roberts, Barneveld.
Fourth district-August linn, Milwaukee.
Fifth district-H. A. Bowman, Genesee.
Sixth district-M. f. Carpenter, Fond du
Lac; W. ]. Beach, Plainield.
Seventh district-A. J. Klofanda, Eau
Claire; Carl Palmer Onalaska.
Ninth district-JOseph Elliott, Arbor
Vitae; w. G. Links, Oconto
Tenth district-A. A. Lowell, Shell Lake;
j. w. Stone, Barron; II. Mills, West Su-
periOr.
The law provides that at least two, and
not more than four, of these deputies
shall be appointed from each Congress
sional district. They are paid from the
special fund for this purpose, and the law
provides that all their salaries and eX-
penses shall be paid out of this fund,
and that the state shall not be liable for