Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
GAME LAW IN EFFECT.
Hunters Must Take out License or
Suffer Penalty.

he new game law. goes into ef-
tect tomorrow and people who are
iii the habit of hunting should read
up and keep within its provisions.
The most important of the pro-
visions is the one requiring every
person who hunts for any game
which is by law protected during
any portion of the year to take out
hunters license, which residents
of the state can obtain from their
county clerk on payment of ST,
and which non-residents must get
from the secretary of state by pay
ing SIS.
ID. w. Travis of Pratt has been
appointed State Game and Fish
Warden at a salary of $500 a
year. Mr.. Travis was formerly
state fish warden without salary
but the legislature last winter Gre
ated the office of game warden and
consolidated the office of fish war
den with it.
MIR. Travis will at once begin the
appointment of deputy fish and
game wardens in all counties of
the state which request such an Of
flcer. Ten residents of the county
must apply for the appointment be-
fore it can be made by Mr.. Travis.
The following is the law:
"The state fish and game warden
shall, Immediately after his ap-
pointment, appoint one or more
deputy fish and game wardens in
each county in this state where ten
resident taxpayers request him to
do SO, whose duty it shall be to aid
such state fish and game warden in
carrying out the provisions of this
act. Such deputy fish and game
wardens shall receive no compensa-
tion for their services other than is
provided in this act. The appoint
ment of such deputies may, by the
fish and game warden, be revoked
at any time.
"The state fish and game warden
and each of the deputy fish and
game wardens shall have the pow
er of a constable or police officer to
arrest without warrant any person
or persons by him or them caught
in the act of violating any of the
fish and game laws of this state,
and with warrant under other
circumstances, and to bring such
persons before the proper court for
trial; and in each case of convic,
tion there shall be assessed as part
of the costs the sum of ten dollars
for the person making such arrest,
to be collected off the defendant,
together with the mileage allowed
by law to constables.
1t is therefore made worth the
while of the deputy game and fish
warden to enforce the law; every
conviction means S 10 and expenses.
1t is to be hoped that this provision
of the law will put stop to the
seining of fish which is constantly
going on in the best fish streams of
the state, and is cleaning off the
fish faster than the streams can be
stocked with small fry.
The hunters license card which
will be issued by Mr.. Travis, will
be about the size and shape of a
railroad annual pass. 1t will give
the applicants name, also detail
ed description of his personal ap-
pearance, SO that it can not be
transferred On the back of the
card will be printed the "open sea-
son" on various kinds of game as
provided in the new law. They
are as follow:
Grouse and prairie chicken
September IS to October Is.
Quail-November IS to Decem-
Der IS.
Doves-August I to September
IS.
Plover-July IS to September IS.
Geese, brant and ducks-Septem-
Der to April Is.
Red squiIrel-Protected.
Quail and prairie chickens are
protected in Hamilton, Scott,
Wichita, Greeley, Smith, Sherman,
Rocks, Stafford, Gray, Grant, Has
kell, Decatur, Hodgeman, Stevens,
Morton, Finney, Crawford and