Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-09-20

opening OF Jne nuntlng season IN
large part of the United States. In
the south the season begins later
and here and there the embargo on
certain game is lifted little earlier
but September l Is the first general
date on which hunting is permitted
With the approach of this day, there.
fore, interest revives in the laws regu-
lating hunting.
Most of the game laws that were in
effect in the United States and Cana
da In 1905 remain in force, as only
fourteen states and eight Canadian
provinces held legislative sessions
this year. Four of these-Ohio, Brit
fish Columbia, New Brunswick and
Ontario-made no changes in their
game laws, and the others passed
few statutes
The most noteworthy changes were
entirely new laws for the protection
of game in Mississippi and Prince Ed.
ward Island. Mississippi abandoned
its old system of separate county
laws and adopted general game law
the entire state, thus following the
example recently set by Virginia and
Tennessee. The provisions of its
new and thoroughly modern law fix
uniform seasons, provide for the ap-
pointment of game wardens, estab-
lish $40 nonresident license, and
prohibit all sale and export of game
Prince Edward Island Is the latest
OF the Canadian provinces to adopt
modern measures of game protection
Its recent statute fixed seasons, pro-
vides for a S15 nonresident license,
creates the Office of game inspector,
incorporates an auxiliary body-the
Prince Edward Island Game Protec-
ton association-to cooperate In en-
forcement of game laws, and prohlb
its export.
These laws and statute passed
by Quebec which provides that all
shipments of game be tagged FIJI gaps
In export laws that have heretofore
existed so that now every state In
the union and practically every prov
ince In Canada places more or less
restriction on the shipment of game
beyond its boundaries.
Must Not Sell Protected Game.
In prohibiting all sale of protected
game Mississippi occupies an adj
vanced position, as the only other
states whose sale laws are 80 sweep
ing are Michigan in the east, aud
Minnesota, Missouri, Arkansas, Kan.
sas, Texas, Montana and Arizona In
the west Important amendments
were made by Massachusetts to It's
sale laws, one prohibiting sale of i'm
ported quail In November and Decem.
Der, another cutting off sale OF i'm.
ported ducks In closed seasons, and
a third prohibiting all sale OF prairie
chickens and sharp-tailed grouse
These laws will abolish a market for
game Illegally shipped from several
western states.
Game Wardens Almost Everywhere.
The establishment OF game warden
service In Mississippi and Prince Ed
ward Island leaves Alabama, Arkan
sas and Texas the only regions In the
United States and Canada unprovid
ed with such special police provision
Sportsmen have more direct in
terest in changes in the laws relating
to hunting licenses and shooting sea
sons. Few such changes have beer
made this year.
Licenses and Seasons.
Mississippi established $50 aaf
South Carolina S25 nonresident
county license, and Prince Edwart
Island SIS general nonresident
license Quebec substituted a uniform
$40 nonresident license for its graded
system, and few minor changes
We're made by Maryland in the licens,
requirements in Prince George ant
Somerset counties.
Seasons for the following game
were changed Deer in New York;
snipes, cranes. and waterfowl In Loui
siana: wood ducks and pheasants In
Massachusetts: and upland game In
South Carolina.
In addition to these changes, Vir
ginia removed all protection from
robin-snipe, surf-birds, certain plovey
and curlew, and Maryland altered sew
eral seasons in Allegheny. Anne Arun
del, Cecil, Garrett. Hartford. Prince
George and Somerset counties and or
the Patuxent river.
New Game Preserves.
Canada established two new game
preserves, one of sixteen sections in
the new Province of Alberta. about
thirty miles northwest of Edmonton,
the other on the Gaspe Peninsula In
Quebec. The later. to be known as
the Gaspesian Preserve. has an area
of about $500 square miles, thus TAX.
ing rank with Laurentides National
Park in Quebec (2.640 square milesl
the Algonquin Park In Ontario labout
1000 square miles), and the Yellow.
stone National park in Wyoming G.,
S4S square miles.)
A large number of federal bills were
con SiHppaA NV ,nnu,r,o. ovl