The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-10-23
LOOKS LIKE
A SURE THING
Couple Of Game Law Violators
Neatly Caught by the
COUNTY ATTORNEY
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Moe S, Case Presents an UNEXPECTED Phase
Was Killed Out Of Season and Killers
Admit 1t Under Oath.

discovered violation If the game
wherein the proof l., so concusivs
hat there s. ems absolutely NJ ave
nu2 Of escape open for the ctlli is
The credit for this SptioNa"v
clever bit Of dGtec'i,ra work is due
County Attorney Oliver.
I: Will be remembered that about
wo v, eks ago Deputy Game Warden
Hall seized and held the hide Of
moose at the taxidermy establish
r,cnt of Harry S anfcrl. They had
been sent to Mr. Gordon from Coluni-
bia Falls by Cne G. w Riohi- ur
WALTZ Wa1a. Wa sh'ng:rn. Tie ops
ion Of Mr.. Hall, backed by 9th rs
.;;i.!ael 10 judge in such matters,
was that the moose had but recently
j"on killed. and the existing G4ro
law prohibits the killing of moose
al any -ason. But Josiah Rogers
of Columbia Falls, who had oren
Mr.. Riches guide on his hun ing
trip, came to Kalispel and assured
Mr.. Hall that the moose had been
killed last year in the open season
and when hunter was allowed to
kill not more than two moose in
any one season, between the 18th
doy of September and the 18th day
of November of the same year Mr..
Hall told Mr.. Rogers to satisfy the
county attorney of that fact and the
hide and head would be released.
Accordingly Mr.. Rogers appeared be-
fore Notary Lewis in Columb a Falls
and made the following affidavit:
S ATE of Montana
County of Fathead, SIS.
Josiah Rogers, being frs duly
sworn, on oath says:
Thar he is we'll acquainted with
that certain moose head scalp and
horns Owned by c. w. Rit HE of
Walla Wa!la, Washington, and
| which was shipped by the said Richie
| by Great Nor hern express alou the
| 9th of October. 1901. at ColHmbia
Falls, Montana, to Harry p. Stair
ford at kalispell, Montana. :, be by
him mounted, and which said mead
scalp and horns were subsequently
seized by the deputy game warden
of the state of Montana.
| Affiant alleges that he killed the
moose from which the said head and
scalp were taken on or about the
| 2Oth day of December, 1900, at Big
Prairie. IN Township 35, north G!
Range 21 west, in said county and
state. That the said horns were
picked up by the said Richie and
Fay Clayton near Dutch Creek in
said county, and not less than &c
miles from where said animal was
killed
| JOSIAH ROGERS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10th day of October, 1901.
(sealD HALMAR LEWIS
Notary Public in ana for F,atheat
| County, Montana.
| When this affidavit was presente,
10 County Attorney Oliver, ht
"twigged" at once AMI had it cor
roborated by the following by r. A
Long, sworn to before the count.
attorney personally.
! State of Montana,
II County Of Flatnead, S.
i R. A. Long, being first lul
sworn, on oath says:
. That he has read the foregoing aft
davit of Josiah Rogers and kno X
the contents thereof. That h
helped the said Rogers skin the sal
moose and take care of the meat Q
said animal. That all of the ma
ters set forth in said affidavit ar
true of his own knowledge.
: R. A. LONG.
Subscribed and sworn to before m
this 14th day of October, 1901.
: Seal) R. l.. OLIVER.
!, Notary Pubic.