The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-11
GAME WARDEN ALLOWED BIRDS
TO BE CLEANED
UP
FAT HAUSENPFEFFER
INSTEAD OF FIELD CHICKS
State Agent Fullerton, After LuckIesa
Day in the Woods With conde Ham,
lin, Let's Latter Buy 25 Birds in Res.
taurant and Then Arrests Seller.

1t will be "hausenpfeffer," instead of
chickens, with which the st. Paul
sportsmen who journeyed to the north
ern part Of the state, will feed their
| friends this year.
Plenty of chickens?" repeated one
| made by G o b e reporter last even
| ing. Don't you believe 1t. For the
past month or so have read in the pa
pers that Game Warden Fullerton and
his deputies were holding the farmers
and pot-hunters down so well that there
| would be lots of chickens this fall when
| the season opened.
"The papers had me all 'conned' up
with what sport I'd have; but to tell
you the truth, our party brought back
as many Jack rabbits as we did chick
ems. and when my friends say they
will come up and have a chicken din
ner I laugh and tell them the best
they'll get is 'hausenpfeffer' It's jack
rabbits. instead of chickens, that are
plentiful"
E = BOY Gets Twenty-Five.
To prov ne truth of the sports
Last Satu lay Game Warden Fullerton
and Coz. q Hamlin journeyed out to
Twin Valley for a chicken hunt. De-
spite the stories about the multitude
of chickens, instead of being able to
kick up covey every few feet the
| twain returned with less than half a
dozen chickens.
Tired and disgusted Fullerton and
To- ix, TIT. -
hotel at Twin Valley and had but just
seated themselves at the table when
a youth entered and inquired If they
wanted to buy any chickens.
| Mr.. Hamlin, who is looked upon as
| one of the most enthusiastic hunters In
st. Paul, at once jumped at the chance
to bring back we'll stocked bag and
informed the lad that he was ready to
purchase. With his usual caution he
| first inquired as to the price of the
birds, and when told they were worth
25 cents each, told the youth he need
look no further for purchaser.
| Warden Flashes Card.
AS soon as the twenty-six chickens
| had been turned over and Mr.. Hamlin
had paid his $3.50, there was a tableau,
| for Fullerton handed out one of his
| cards, on which was displayed in large
type his name and the title, "Chief
Executive Agent Minnesota Game and
Fish Commission"
| The birds were Immediately confls-
Gated and the parties who had sold
| them were given notice that they were
| under arrest and would have to appear
| in court Sept. 10 to answer to the
charge Of violating the law by selling
| chickens. The trial of the offenders
| AYI nxrrl,. UoII
| and under the law they are liable to
fine of $40 for each bird sold.
The statement that there were fewer
| chickens this year than for many years
past Is corroborated by a number of
| st. Paul sportsmen who have been
spending the past week in the hunt
| for chickens.
Must Have Been Poaching.
| Harry Miller, travelling agent for J.
| p. Davis, of Minneapolis, reports that
] in some of the counties in the northern
and western part Of the state the
chickens had been cleaned out before
the season opened.
1T may be that the game warden
and his deputies went after those who
| took advantage of the closed season."
| said Mr.. Miller, "but If they did the
| fines imposed should be something
enormous, for there were very few
| chickens after the season opened.
Instead Of a dozen or SO birds in
| covey, 1t was hard hunting to find one
with more than four or five. There
can be but one explanation for this, and
| that is that someone shot the chickens
before the time fixed by law"
| p. ]. Miesen, who has just returned
from the vicinity of Ada, expressed
himself in the same strain.
| Farmers Hunt Early.
1--WE were on the ground Sunday, the
| day before the season opened, and,
while we did not do any shooting, there
were hundreds of farmers out with
/ dogs and guns and no attention was
paid to the law. At that, there were
not many birds killed. for they were
| scarce. This talk about walking out
and finding coveys where they were so
| thick is hot air.
1--WE had several of the best dogs in
| the country and in one day we only
secured twenty chickens. One party Of
five that I saw come in after a days
shooting had one bird each. The dep
uty game Wardens may have been do
| ing their duty, but you wouldn't think
| so if you had been on the ground"
Oil Inspector f. c. Schiffmann was
| not inclined to talk about the scarcity
| of chickens, but he did say that in Big
| Stone and Clay counties, where he had
| put In several days, the farmers or pot
hunters had cleaned UP the section so
that there was hardly a bird to be seen.
| "Coveys which should have had all the
way from nine to a dozen BIRDS" de-
clared Mr. Schiffmann, had but four
and five, and 1t was only those who
had the best kind of dogs who were
able to bag any birds at all. The only
explanation l can offer Is that the
farmers had an opportunity to get the
chickens before the season opened, and
they did not let the chance go by
than