Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
SOUTHEAST CORNER FARNAM AND FIFTEENTH STREETS

months he has been in office and 1t is now
in the hands Of the printer. Fees have
been collected in the various counties OF
the state amounting to 80, 4S9.37. while the
expenditures have been 81 ,9Ss. SO. This is
considerably less than the amount appro-
priated by the legislature for the support
Of the commission. Details of the report
follows:
Number of arrests reported of violation
Of the game and FISH law. 81; number of
convictions, 81: acquittals, Z; jail SEN
fences. 6; cases still pending, 8; dogs. guns
and firearms confscated, 20; seines. nets,
fish traps. set lines confscated and de-
stroyed. 290; game fish liberated from con-
hscated nets and traps, estimated, 10000;
resident licenses issued, Sis; nonresident
licenses Issued. 81; SEEMING permits, Il:
permits to colleges for scientific purposes,
20: value of illegal fishing devices con-
fscated and destroyed. $1,000; costs as
sessed for violations OF game and ish laws,
33S7.55.
A balance Of s2.513.l2 remains in the
different funds of the office on December
81. 1902. A deficiency exists at the hatch
cries amounting to $47s.s 9 and at the war
denis ONCE Of s912.46, which would not
! exist had the old board not expended
81. 1s1.72 from the appropriation and had
the new board been allowed to draw upon
the travelling expense und for necessary
labor and other expenses.
The game warden makes the following
recommendations:
That antelope and deer be protected.
There are about 100 antelope and fifty deer
In this state and they should be protected
for a period Of Ave years.
That the open season for prairie chickens
and grouse begin September 1 and Close
November 80 next ensuing.
That the open season of Jack snipe. VIII
son snipe and yellow legs be extended Il
May 1.
That the open season for wild pigeons
doves and pIover begin July Is.
That the open season for trout begii
April l, as all other FISH.
Mast Erect Fire
Labor Commissions Watson "gain an
nounced today that he would waste no NOR
time on those property owners who ha
refused to comply with the Law relating I
fire escapes, but that he intended to g
after them with all the vigor OF the court
and his own once. In Omaha. he said. tn
building inspector had notified propert
owners TO put on their fire escapes an
lnOuku lnhl uau Dcen NuiIN9 uhgs dbot NhSl
was nothing doing on many OF the build
ings. The state law gives the owners {
the buildings sixty days to comply with III
demands, and Mr.. Watson will wait this
long and not another day. Some OF III
building owners have been notified repeat
eddy during the last two years since II
law went into effect. but they have pal
no attention to II. The labor commission
will give them one more chance, and the
collect the heavy fines by law.
Locate Lost Land.
Until very recently the state had te
acres Of school land down in Otoe count
that the lane commissioner could not locAi
A few days ago he made a trip TO Il
, neighborhood OF Minersville, OtOe count
to see whether a certain tract Of sta
land had been appraised high enough. +
drove out to the section Of school land
which. according TO the records Of his ONO
the land vas located and stopped on