The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-23
HUNTERs TO PAY A LICENSE
Astoria Sportsman Well Pleased With
the New Laws and Believe They
r Will Result in the Better Pro-
lection Of Game and Fish.


state. including the Oregon association
are highly pleased with the legislation
along the lines of protection Of fish and
game. Practically everything that wa:
wanted was enacted into laws. whil'
Objectionable features were carefully
sidetracked, or killed in committee
The two main laws that We're made
were the ones prohibiting the sale oi
an kinds of game in the markes or
elsewhere. and the hunters license
law. The latter had to be amended to
suit the farmers, but taking II all In
all. there are no great hardships
worked and every one is well satisfied.
These were the two laws that were
generally demanded There was not
the slightest opposition to the bill to
prohibit the sale of any kind Of Ame
in the state or out OF it. The legis'at-
ers generally seemed to appreciate
that the best way to preserve the game
IN Oregon is by stopping the sale
This will apply practically entirely to
me sale of ducks and pheasants. the
latter being sold for limited period
eniy. Duck hunters at the time Of the
meeting of the state fish and game as
ISOLATION protested against including
ducks, but they were put into the bill
which was passed with slight amend
ment excepting wild geese. The wild
geese are killed at Arlington. and
while very few Of them are sold, thew
destroy the grain, and TO that extent
1t was thought best to permit their TO
be sold wherever possible.
It was feared for a time tlat thel
hunters license would not become al
law. In fact. in its original state, this
bin failed to pass the house Of rep
resentatives. The representatives from
the farming districts voted against II |
claiming that their constituents ought |
to have the right to hunt on their own
lands without license. When the
BIN failed, its supporters agreed to a |
change by which farmer or any
member of his family can hunt on their
own fields without paying the license
fee The law was also amended SC
that a nonresident of the state must
pay a SO license for the privilege Of
hunting.
While the law is somewhat the same
as that in Washington, it is far more
simple. There is a tax Of 81 a year.
which can be paid TO the nearest coun-
ty clerk VINO will issue a license,
which will include personal descrip-
tion of the man OWNING the license.
This paper must be carried when one
is hunting. In the state of Washing
ton It is necessary TO have license
for each county Even by excluding
the farmers, 1t is figured that fully
$4,000 will be raised, which will go a
long way toward paying for the pro-
lection of game that is needed so
much.
Another law was Passed relating to
The number of ducks that may be killed
In a limited time. At present the law
allows not more than 10c ducks to a
week. or not more than 80 in a day
the new law, which will go ipto eff
Teet in 80 days, will permit not more
ihan so GucBs in a week, or 25 in any
Dne day.
After the new bills became laws,
black bass can be caught at any time.
Senator futile introduced a bill in
the senate, which passed both houses
repeating the staute that gives this
variety Of fish protection. It has long
been claimed that black bass are of nc
particular good, and this law is for
the purpose of making an all-around-
the-year open season for them. Fish
ermen who frequent the Columbia
river slough win rejoice at this bit of
BY bill introduced by Pierce and d
passed through both houses !
in Eastern Oregon the time for killing d
upland birds has been changed from 8
August to November ] so that it !
.eads from August Is to December ]. Ii
1t viii not longer be within the pale
,f the law to use live pigeons as tar. Il
gets in trapshooting. This practice, {
however, has not prevailed In oregon, /
20 the law will effect no change. L
There were many other bills killed, j
Ind chiefly because they duplicated
that were further along inI
me house or the other and SO had pre-
,edence. BY one bill IT is provided !
nat the game warden is to have au.
hority to engage deputies at 50 a day
md their expenses, to see that the +
avs are enforced. The whole respon. lc
Utility now rests with the game war II