The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-03-23
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little In the way OF amending the game
laws Of the state. devoting more legisla-
ton 20 fish than 10 game. The law reg
ulating the hunting OF large game n
amended TO limit the hunting season e44
clusively 10 the month OF November. an4
only allowing two deer In any one year
60 one hunter. Each hunter. who desires
60 hunt large game In any county of the
state must procure license In the coun1
~ In which he intends to hunt. aud pay
$3.50 for the same. The old law allowed,
three deer 20 a hunter In the huntingl
season. which was through the month";
Of November and December. but both
the time aud number Of animals have
been reduced.
Another amendment 90 the game law
repeats the provision which absolutely
protected beaSer until January. 1911,
and instead provides an open season
from the LIST ~ September to the LIST OF
May following In which beaver may be
killed or trapped.
The goSeral game laws In regard 20
chicken shooting remain unchanged. tho
open season from Sept. 60 Jan. i, with
q license fee Of SO.
One OF the ish laws passed provides
for concurrent jurisdiction OF the officers
VI SANtt WIN VI 1hAGut1
sota' aud Iowa. to suppress illegal fish,
ing In any OF the boundary waters OF tho
states. allowing control OF lllega! fishers
who dodge from one state To the other
20 escape officers.
The other fish law enacted amends tho
old law in many particulars. principally
In placing the carp ms an outlaw. aud re-
moving any protection whatever from
stf snas.ia. Of ah III. ..e.,riatNe,s s.F ~
old law which limited fishing 20 with
not more than two hooks has been cut
out, allowing the line fisher to put on AZ
many hooks as he desires.
SEEMING and netting il allowed when
due notice has been filed with the coun-
! ~ auditor as 10 the time and place where
such fishing IN to be- done. and IL must be
under the supervision of the fish warden
or the sheriff OF the county in which tho
fishing Is TO be done. this officer to receive
So for each day of his time while In
speeding such fishing. \ permit for this
purpose Is good for five days.
| Under the old law all tish under six
inches In length had Ia be returned to-
the water when taken ont with seine.
and no fishing In that manner was al
lowed except for the purpose OF securing
fish for propagation, but under the law
J ms II stands nj present there are no pro.
/ visions for placing them back in the wa
| ter. aud fishing under Official supervision,
for any purpose Is allowable with either
seines or nets.
Jay Garlic, OF Hanson County. consid.
crs himself very fortunate individual.
and with good reason. for he has just
picked up a tract Of land worth from
$1,000 TO $1,000 which did not Gust him
more than the government homestead
filing fee, amounting 10 less than $40.
While IL would not generally bc sup
| posed that any vacant government land
I remained ia Hutchinson County. Que OF
the oldest and most thickly settled coun.
! ties In the state. Carlile was lucky
enough to discover In that county tract
OF forty acres which had never been
taken ut the United States land Office
! for the district. Notwithstanding that ev.
cry acre OF government land in Hutchin-
son County was supposed TO have been
taken many years ago. Garlic made
homestead entry on the tract. which IL
situated about seven miles from tho
| thriving little town OF Mcnno in rich
agricultural region. Just how the forty
acre tract happened 10 remain vacant all
these years is beyond understanding.
n South Dakota veteran OF the civil
war has earned fame by relinquishinc
his pension OF SIS a month. He has
written Commissioner Warner nj Wash.
ington that he has entirely recovered
from the disability for which he was
drawing n pension. and that in Justice
To himself aud the government, he must
request that his name bc stricken from
the rolls. Commissioner Warner refuses
10 make the mans name public for fear
OF embarrassing him. aud further he.
cause he did not completely identify him.
self by giving the number of his ccrtjt.
cate. Only one other instance OF n yeter.
an relinquishing his pension Is known as
Washington. Gov. 4. T. Bliss. of Mich.
igan, did so because the people OF his
state raised row when they found no
had accepted n pension. Bliss is a mill.
ionaire.
DIR. +. $. Thornley,. n young dentist
OF Pierre. has just patented voting ma
chine which is provided with the best OF
sclf-locking devices aud which IL appears
w pe ihlpOrhDie 10 Nv any way best.
The device Is smaller than the average
voting machine which Is offered on the
market, and the inventor believes that IL
can be manufactured az figure which
will allow IL 10 be- placed on the market
at price where even the smallest yot-
ing precinct can afford 10 use them ln-
stead Of printed ballots.
The first live stock shipment Gam
Pierre for this season was a train OF
1000 sheep which were shipped by X. II.
Carpenter to Rock Rapids. Iowa. having
been purchased west Of the river. aud
brought across as soon as u boat could
be- operated.
Articles Of incorporation have been
filed for the Villas Telephone exchange
at Villas, with n capital ~ $1,000. Also
for the Aurora County Telephone Com
pany at White Lake with capital or
$1,000.
\ colony form Davenport. Iowa. which