Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-20

than the present restrictions
which make It impossible for fake work,
or any Kind OF fraud. The state ought
10 buy the skins. burn the head before
the bounty IL paid, and then market the
skins for what It can get That would
leave the state 10 pay only about half
Of the bounty out IN Utah county the
bounty law does us no particular good.
as the animals are not plentiful, and
the place Is a mining center more than
a stock raising center anyhow"
Senator Bennion OF Verna. Il
wouldn't regret seeing the bounty law
abolished n the states revenues de-
mand II. | think. anyhow, that the
bounty on bears. mountain lions, and
wolves ought 10 be cut on entirely, and
that on coyotes and cats made uni
form, not to exceed 81 per head. lnas-
much as the bounty law seems a par
ticular incentive TO fraud, | would not
particularly oppose IT'S repeal alto
gether. The coyotes do great deal OF
damage In Uiniah county as they come
right down into the farming lands and
kill anything from chickens 10 sheep"
Senator Mckay referred the "News"
man 10 Joseph Stanford, chairman OF
The Weber county board OF county
commissioners. who said, weber
county Is stirred up just now. Every
man is a Waterman TO see that the
thing quits where It is, and think I'm
the present state of excitement II
would be premature TO NEEDLE with
the making OF q new law. Still 20
abolish it altogether would causeNtrou-
Bile with the cattle and sheep men We
haven't many OF them IN Wcber county
but the people there feel that The cat
tie and sheep interests of the state are
worthy Of protection"
Senaor Lawrence of Salt Lake Is
keen investigator on most topics OF
legislation, and he ~ not IN favor of
new bounty law. He says that most
sheepmen bate the COYOTES they kin
with poison, which renders the hides
useless lie sees here IAN opening for
extensive graft lust such as occurs
In many states where roads and
bridges appropriations are used by
farmers to build any old kind OF road
TO any old place, just so the money is
used up Senator Lawrence WIS op-
posed to the bounty measure when II
FIRST came UP, and for the reasons
which are now apparent as its great
faults.
Senator Barber Of Cache: I'VE have
but few sheep IN Cache county, al
though there are enough there to
make the interest one Of Importance.
II we must have a new bounty law we
favor one radically different from the
present one -onc much more conserv-
atlvo I'm nature our county clerk has
paid bountes on wolves and there Is
not wolf IN the county am sure,
TooEIE NEEDS PROTECTION,
I'VE need n bounty law IN Tooele,"
said Senator Peter Clegg Il intend TO
support one of some kind Coyotes
and cats 90 the most damage out there.
They inhAblt the canyons and bench
lands living IN the rocks, and they fol-
low any shep camp that may be pass
ing through the county. our county
hasn't been the scene Of any frauds.
We have refused TO pay bountes, and
In one case we gave warning to Salt
Lake, bdt the man had already beef
here and got his money when the
warning reached here"
Its the squirrels that do the dam
age IN Summit county" declared Sem
ator Rasband "They NOV down fields
OF grain, and destroy crops TO a disas-
trous extent. There are not many wild
animals there. We need a bounty law
] should think, | would favor one In
which the state buys the pelts out
right"
Senator Johnson Of Plute county
wants a bounty He wants II to be
uniform on all animals, mt the rate OF
81. The idea OF buying pelts Is not a
good one,--as the state would then be
In the merchandise business"
Down IN Sanpete,' said Senator
Larsen, we need a bounty law. at least
on coyotes, and ! would not favor
abolishing the law entirely"
The house today was as perturbed az
It was yesterday over the question,
and In the great diversity Of opinion 1t
is probable that n new bounty measure
win become one OF the big fights OF
this session OF the Leglslature