Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-03-21

House bill No. Ito, the new game law,
psssed both houses. Under its provl-
sions the sum OF $500 is allowed for
deputy game and forest wardens and
the salary Of the game wardcss is the
same as formerly, 81 200. Following are
a few Of the provisions OF the law ap'
plicabe to this section OF the state:
at shall be unlawful at any time be-
tween the lst day of November Of each
year and the 18th day OF July Of the fol-
lowing year to hunt, pursue, take, kill,
injure or destroy or have in possession,
or TO sell, or offer for sale, barter or ex-
change, any deer. moose or mountain
sheep; and it shall be unlawful at any
time between one hour after sunset and
one-half hour before sunrise Of any day
Of any year to hunt, pursue, take, kill,
injure or destroy any deer, moose or
mountain sheep, unless the carcus OF
such animal is used or preserved for
good and it shall be unlawful at any
4 time TO hunt or pursue any deer or
moose with dog or dogs, with intent TO
I kill or injure such deer or moose"
For female deer the season opens
August 18th and closes November llth.
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Eastern Oregon counties. There the
open season is two weeks-October | to
| October 18th.
SIT shall be unlawful to hunt, pursue,
take, kill, injure or destroy or have in
possession, or to sell, or offer for sale,
barter or exchange, any elk at any time
between the date Of the passage OF this
act and the lst day of February, 1904. "
Then there will be an open season OF
one month, from September 10 to 0cto-
Der 10. There is to be no sale OF elk
meat.
It shall be unlawful at any time to
hunt, pursue, take, kill, iniure or de-
stroy, or have in possession, any deer,
elk, moose, mountain sheep or spotted
fawn for the purpose of obtaining the
skin, hide, horns, hams or other flesh OF
such animal, for the purpose OF sale,
barter, exchange or trade; and it shall
tbe unlawful at any time for any person,
company, firm or corporation to buy,
offer to buy, or to transport or carry f9r
purposes of trade, sale, barter or ex-
change the skin, hide, horns, hams or
other flesh of any. deer, elk moose,
mountain sheep or . sSotted fawn.
Any one who has lawfully killed a
deer may sell the hide after tagging it
with tags obtained from the state game
warden, through a justice of the peace.
Except as provided in certain sections,
it shall be unlawful at any time between
the lst day OF December of each year
and the 18th day of September of the
following year, to hunt, pursue, take,
kill, injure, destroy or have in posses
sion, except for scientific or breeding
purposes, or to sell or offer for sale, bar
ter or exchange any prairie chicken,
grouse, native pheasant sometimes
called rufied grouse), ringneck Mon
golian pheasant, quail, bobwhite quail
or partridge; and it shall be unlawful,
within the state OF Oregon, for any per-
son to kill, capture or destroy any great
er number than 10 of the game birds
enumerated in this section in one day.
There is a new provision requiring all
hunters who are nonresidents of the
state to take out license to hunt. They
shall pay $40 year. There are some
differences made as to the close season
in Lake, Klamath and Harney counties.
Trout, except salmon trout, are pro-
tected from November to March, in
elusive. The sale of trout is prohibited,
and it is unlawful TO capture more than
l25 trout in one day. The season for
brook trout, Loeb Leven trout and gray
ling is closed until 1904. There are
numerous sections prohibiting the use
of powder.