Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-18

The biennial report OF State Fish
coin of Cedar, Rapids, which was tiled
this week with the governor, contains
two important recommendations. The
more Important OF the two is the one
for the passage OF a resident hunters
license law, which will compel each
man to first take out a license, the
cost of which would be 81. By this,
means & fund ranging somewhere from
s25, 900 to $4,000 would be provided
with which the work of game prcrtec-
ton could he more vigorously pushed.
Such larw nets Illinois about $780,
900 and Wisconsin about $4,000 eerh
year. iowa lacks and has always need
ed money with which to make effect
i've needful game protection laws BY
- '-..' - r.-'-'s these laws nave
proved dead ones.
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The other recommendation OF Mr.
Lincodn,s is that sntpe be afforded pro-
lection by law thru the closing tn the
hunter OF part Of the year. such as
is provided for other game
bird that wades or flies is more truly
game p.han the sglipe, yet the law is
silent regarding 1t. AN other game
fowl have closed aDa0on during
which time 1t Is unlawful to kill them,
but no such protection has ever been
provided for the snipe, which may
lawfully he slaughtered any time OF
the yeer 1t may be found. For time
the language at the law which pro-
vided other birds with protection by a
closed season, was In doubt, but the
attorney general has given the or inion
that tile intent OF the law was not 70
include snipe. The sndpe should be.
protected just the same as other game
birds, and the next legislature should
see to It that suitable law Is ertacted
. .
The fishing season closed this week,
and not in recent years, locally, has
there been season 50 unsatisf actory
of results as the one Just ended. It
has b.sen in such marked contrast with
last fall as to be especially noticeable.
Last year, during October and tire first
fourteen days OF November, tl1ee was
never better fishing than was enjoyed
in central Iowa. Pike galore, big
wall eyed fellows, seemed to be ready
to bite at anything. This fall. with
weather conditions equally favorable.
there was absolutely nothing doing.
Ola fisherman attempt to explain 1t
iby saying that there was an album y
dance. Of bait In the river, and The fish
were not hungry, The wise one would
say, however 1.-THE hsh are not there"
1t is time for the people along the
Iowa river, II they would have any
fishing, to get after the fish c mmis-
sloner and have the waters res locked.
The population along the iowa Is
large, compared to the number Of fish,
and new fish ought to be placed in the
river every few years. It is the only
way that the fisherman can hlve any
sport In his line. II Colonel Horton
can get car for Lake Dewey, the
MarshaMtown Fish Protective Associ-
alton should be able to secur,. car
the state fish are secured from Saballa;
why not Marshalltown?
over forty head.of trotting stock were
sold this week at Mt. Pleasant, to close.
the Beckwith estate. The total amount
realized on those that brought 500 and
over. was $6,SS5, averaging over 5000.
The high price was $1,000 for Almeron
34425, by Allerton 2:09M, dam Galanta
2:2AA, by Muscovite 2:1S, sold to 0.
Beckwith Of Mt. Pleasant. The next
highest price was $500 for tie three
year-old filly Helen B., by Almeron.
sold to A. j.. King, Kansas City, Mo-
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs
and colds; reliable, tried ami tested.
safe and sure. For sale by Mcbride &
Will Drug Co.