Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-01
Four.flf,hs of the game sold in this


city is stolen. The sportsmcn of Chi
cago, joining hands with The bird-pro-
icctivc agencies. are engaged Just now
im AN effort, whifh thcyr"H iGrr laud-
,blc, TO induce Illinois 10 turn aside
from the evil OF her way and to keep
her eye on the eighth commandment.
No game birds except ducks and snipc
that are killed in Illinois may be sold
in the state. This is 10 prevent The cX-
termination Of prairie chickens. quail
ard ruifed grouse. The result OF this
Is that Chicago and the state as well
have to look beyond the borders for the
table game supply. Now ii happens
that nearly all the states and terri
tories have laws which forbid the cN-
EortaiiCn of game from their limits
Chicago gets most OF il birds and vcui-
ION from these states and therein its
Inhabitants. most al them unwittinglv
perhaps, are compoundiEg, as it were.
q .":.Hvrrd and iu-rcd felony.
The Chicago market is too strong n
l"wrialiaH Tor the EuEUerA and fish
c!arn OF ''DoncSpori siItcs">tu with
stand. Good prices prevail here and
Tie hunters vii! GET their gauc THOUGH
.i The Shipping costs greater cunning
/:"@ 'hD shooting. Game wa;Grus and
deputies cannot b- III ali places az once
.1G 80 jA.y dHccl their energies at
FONTS where game shipping has been
no frequent and most i!agEant. VI
...i.. 81 l.e smaller unwalyL,d places
iH MTru.c;a or Wisconsin week after
So. y. IhoE" appears or the IailrCad STA
% b.. N..s 4 & 4
'...u shipment and bearing the word
"I.ulr!.' Poultry nine times ont Of
ten iUrU,d ont TO De- qugi!, rulicd grouse
,T "2oGorek when the package j.
'.."'d in tie Chicago commission
a.t.r". In places where the game war
c'rs are alert ali sorts Of sUaIcrtug"s
"1~ t..cd 80 get the Tahrc through To lie
,fTEis Consumer. Many cgal. ui
Ca.ia",- E.:s had game heart. Man,
i4rl,- NJ, apples has had "a core oi
'.r' 's.". Npi long ago It pine box OF tns-
i,s".-i"" c"i,tU-imclosinr size ard
i-....3 ou the outside "Corpsc." W.
1.'--ic@ "a - commission house in Gil
'".r. # Was from small town i.
,.r...".a and came through on pas
s'i y ..r&C;. asrjs usual when q body
......I .I.sa. 1t WAS treated with rcsrcg'
tt 3d." ra..rcud people, Who did nui
rtA I i..., she person to whom the Ea.
".- '''.. I'd vas an and, Il.kpr. :.
'a ..," man appeared. iOoh yEurrs
81 '.- '.e:rnus' and had them taken
~ "' c. res wagon. whose driver oui-
"r.E",H wacU told to drive toward
south Water street.
- II Il curpSc?' he asked.
1T Is several Of them" was the M.
s"'r. and the Thousand or so of dead
T"".l which were nfterward tumbl,d
unt of the receptacle verified the state.
m,Ui.
S"mc Of the Audubon society mem
.r's kccp a sharp outlook along the
commission store fronts to see that no
.'rE birds are offered for sale. One al:
The so"iciy'S directors was waikfE-
though South Water street one Ga,
'."tH Ec came upon a huge buv t.G .r,,v
.i.r"s. beautiful fcathcI,d visitor.
iiom the far north. II is against the
!aw 10 i.iii them or To have them i'm
possession for purposes Of sale. The
Hn"nbon follower asked the dealer
wha; The birds were.
Reed birds" said he.
"Ent-." muttcrcd the uucstioncr.
That ward cost him his case, for when
the game warden 20 minutes later an.
pcaTed at the store the birds had disap.
prnrcd as completely as though they
had taken on lie and hight and gone to
their arctic home.
II may not he known. but il is n fact
that no restaurant or store hns the
right to offer reed birds for sale. The
reed bird is simply the hoboiink in his
IAN plumagc and the bC. ink is pro.
h"c''d by law. The rOa.an that the
NudHb0n people and the game warden
dont bother much about the reed bird
question l. that nincty-nino one hun.
drcdths OF the reed birds sold in Chi
cago are English sparrows.
The severe weather during the Inter
part Of January drove nom the fnr
north TO Lake Michigan great nocls of
beautiful ducks known ms "old gu avs"
They are beautiful and after that all is
said tina. can he said. They are nb:o.
lutCly unfit for food. the Hrsh hriru
nothing short Of disgusting. The poor.
couiiding creatures have been slnurL.
tered by the hundreds recently from
the piers along The lake fort. Nar, 0t
lh'm were e. he seen ha"g'ag iU iIort
OF the stores ard are cfieI,d for anl,.
The man who w.il eat one will have q
physicians 6iil that will outwcirh -
times that ot th" duck.
The Nj.r"w:u rcnp'r a,c lust rnw
struggling With iha problem of the pre-.
fcr'atiorui t"c i,>h la th,.r mail iuhss.