The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-03-19
IMPROVEMENTS IN GAME LAWS.
North Dakotans Discover Some Al
surd Provisions In the Law.

North Dakotans Discover Some Al
surd Provisions In the Law.
Game Warden Hale expects to be
able by spring to have several colo
MES Of quail established in North Dar
kota. He has for some time been in
correspondence with parties in Wis
consin with a view to securing several
dozen birds, and has been informed
that they can be obtained without any
difficulty. Naturally these birds must
be shipped through the State OF Min
nesota, and the laws of that state ap-
pear to make no provision for the
Transportation through that state of
game birds, even if they are intended
to promote the increase of game gen.
orally. Mr.. Hale has written to Game
Warden Fullerton of Minnesota, ask
ing if an arrangement could be made
for the transportation of the birds, and
he received a reply stating that not
only would the birds not be molested
in transit, but that the commission
would see that they were properly fed
while in st. Paul.
There are several omissions in the
North Dakota laws on similar points.
One of these is that no provision is
made for the payment Of expenses OF
this kind. During the past year the
state has received from the Office of
the game warden in the Northern dis
trict about 81, 900 above all expenses.
That money goes into the general fund
of the state and cannot be touched for
purposes of game propagation of game
purposes of game propagation. In the
quail case the expenses will be borne
by a few of the sportsmen of the state
chipping in, while the state gets the
thousand dollars to spend for other
purposes.
In connection with the recommends
tion that nonresident hunters duly H.
censed should be permitted to take q
reasonable quantity of game out of the
state with them, Mr.. Hale tells of one
gentleman who spent a part of last
season in the state. He is about sew
enty years old and a member Of a club
which has a fine clubhouse and a mu-
seu1n containing many mounted speci.
mems. He shot a couple of fine geese
and wished to take them to Dayton to
mount. He referred the matter to Mr.,
Hale, who in turn consulted the attor
ney general, and, while every n ad'
mitted that it was absurd that no pro
vision should be made for such cases
the law specifically says that no game
shall be shipped out of the state, anG
that settled it.
Another change desired is a more
specific prohibition Of the shipment o.
hides from the state. The warden nov
has in his possession about Fifty dec
hides which have been seized by hi!
deputies. Most of these had been col
lected by dealers in hides in the north
ern and western parts of the state
and are held under an Interpretation
of the law which assume that whel
the shipment of venison is prohibited
it is also intended to prohibit tn
shipment of the hides which covered
the venison in its living state.
Several cases are reported Of SWAMI
being shot, in most cases for mounting
purposes. Swans are absolutely pro
tectea until 1906, and while Mr.. Hall
intends to enforce the law as it stands
he does not believe that it would b,
wise to re-enEct this law, as the swal
is not as valuable as a game bird q
Some Of those which are not protected