, 1899-12-21
THE WOLF BOUNTY
WORK OF ORGANIZATION PRO
CROSSING STEADILY-IN-
TEREST INCREASING.
Northern Boundary of District Extend
ed to the Albany county Line
Representative Tidbalfs Famous
Resolution-PE4n OF the Associa-
tion-A Wolf Story.

Steady progress in the work of or
ganizing the association for the pro-
lection of live stock on the Laramie
Plains by offering large bounties for
the destruction of gray and black
wolves, mountain lions, coyotes, wild
cats and lynx, is being made. The
stockmen are alive to the fact that
they must do something to subdue and
kill off these predatory wild animals
which are doing considerable dan age
to stock on the plains.
The boundary of the association ais
trict were at first set on the north at
the sixth principal parallel between
townships "a and rs, but this line has
been extended and now the northern
boundary of the district is the north
ern boundary of Albany county. The
other boundaries are:
West-Albany county line south to
Foot creek; up Foot creek to the head;
then follow main range of Medicine
Bow to the head of Sheep creek, Lari-
mer county, Colorado.
South-North bank of Sheep creek
to Campton's; then direct to south
east corner Of Albany county.
East-Albany county line.
The committee consists of D. C. Ba-
con, James McGibbon and A. W.
Whitehouse.
1t might be well to publish again the
plan OF the association. Members
Of the association agree to pay in to
their treasurer ten cents a head on
their cattle, two and a half cents a
head on their range horses, and one
and one-half cents a head on their
sheep and goats; the number of stock
being taken from the last assessment
roll in the county in which they re-
side.
Members whose total subscription
does not amount to more than SO will
pay on the first call. Members whose
subscription is larger. than this will
pay rs per emf on the first call, and
the rest as demanded by the treasurer;
but the first payment Of the larger sub
scriptions shall not be less than SO.
The bounties will be $50 each for
gray and black wolves and mountain
lions, and IL each for coyotes. aTild-
cats and lynx. After the state bounty
Is exhausted an additional so cents q
head will be paid on coyotes. The hide
will remain the property OF the killer.
The killer must first take the hide to
the county clerk, have it punched, make
his affidavit, and receive his certificate.
He must then present the hide and the
certificate to our treasurer, who will
cut of all four feet, and pay the boun-
ty. After the state bounty is exhaust
ed our treasurer will require an afr
davit similar to that now required by
the county clerk.
The contract to be signed by each
stock owner entering the association
reads as follows:
I'm consideration Of the mutual
promise Of the members Of the Lara
mic Plains Live Stock Protective asso-
citation, who become such by subscrib-
ing a like undertaking, I agree that I
will pay to James McGibbon, the
treasurer Of said association, upon de-
mand, in accordance with such rules
as have been by the association adopt
ed, the sum Of ten cents a head upon
all my cattle, the sum Of two and one
half cents a head upon the range
horses, and one and one-half cents a
head upon all sheep and goats owned
by me, the number Of my live stock,
for the purpose Of ascertaining such
assessment, to be fixed by the last as
sessment rolls of the county Of my
residence.
This subscription is made for the
purpose of destroying wolves-gray and
black-coyotes, mountain lions, Wild
cats and lynx, and is not to be binding
upon men unless the owners Of at least
one-half of all the live stock assessed
in the district defined in the attached