The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-12-12
CHANGES IN LAWS /.
ARERECOMMENDED
BY GAME WAADEnS IN SESSION
Alterations which the Next Session
of the Legislature VIII he Asked
to Make.

The game wardens of the state held
convention in the rooms of the Com
mercial club yesterday. The object of
this convention was to recommend
amendments to be made to the present
game laws, which will be more suita-
BILE to the various counties. The meet
ing was presided over by President
Ref of King county. and Monroe Wye
koff of jefferson county, secretary. The
convention was attended by wardens
from 10 counties.
The following county wardens were
present: NJ. +. Baker, Benton county;
II. a. Livermore, Chehalis county; Il.
S. Biescheker. Clark county; J. D. Lo-
gan, Douglas county; Monroe Wyckoff,
jefferson county; H. Ref, King coun-
ty; Z. II. Seay, Kitsap county; w. y.
Brown, Lewis county; w. w. Thomp
son, Pierce county; f. d. Davis. Sno-
homish county; j. H. Uhlig, Spokane
county; w. +. Beers Kittitas county;
Frank Mossman, Thurston county. \.
2. LOOMS, Whatcom county; +. j.
Barnes, Yakima county. Chief Deputy
Game Warden r. c. Beebe of Sedro
Wooley and John Rseland, state fish
commissioner of Bellingham, were al
so in attendance.
The meeting was called to order and
roll call at 1890. After roll call a
short period was taken up in routine
business, followed by a discussion of
points to be brought before the con
venton at the executive session. The
meeting adjourned at noon and was
called to order for the executive ses-
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ing amendments to the various sec
tons of the present laws were offered
for consideration:
Section 21-Recommended the mini
mum salary of game wardens shall
not be less than $50 per month, and
actual travelling expenses.
Section G9-That game fishing for
markets be closed until 1905.
Section 72-That this section be
amended making it illegal to ship
game to any market.
Section 76-That the season on
brook and mountain trout be changed
west of the Cascades to open May !
and close Dec. /. The season on this
particular game now opens under the
present laws April and closes Nov /.
Section 77-That fishing for trout
less than five inches in size in streams
above tide water be prohibited.
Section SO-That the closing sea-
son on bass. perch, pickerel, etc, be
changed to March l to May l inclus-
i've.
Section S3-That all ditch owners put
in screens.
Section 16O--That all hunters no,
only hold licenses, but must carry
same on their person.
Section 164-That the bag limit on
deer be reduced from four to two
and that the season be opened 80 days
earlier and close 80 days later than
the season covered by the present laws
which is from Sept to Nov. Is.
Section 167-That this section of the
present laws be repealed entirely.
Section 16S-That the hunting OF
chickens in Kittitas county be pro-
hibited until 1905 and that the sea-
son throughout the state be regulated
on all upland birds. this to be left to
the legislative committee. to which
each county will report as to when the
season will be closed in that particu-
lar county.
Section 171-That the entire sec
tion be repealed. This section covers
the late spring shooting of geese.
Section 179-That markets be pro-
hibited to sell game of any descrip-
ton during the month of November.
Section 1S0--That this section be
amended to make 1t a separate offense
for each animal or part thereof found
in a persons possession during the
period when the law is on covering
the particular class of game. AS the
present law stands only one fine Is
imposed If any amount of animals are
found in persons possession.
Section 1SS-That the bounding OF
deer be prohibited.
Section 192-This section of the laws
prohibits the hunting or killing OF
game on islands of a certain size and
lakes, but 1t was moved by the con-
vention that this section be amended
giving the warden of the county au-
thority to take from such locations
for stocking purposes.
The following are a few recommen
dations made by various delegates
which are not included in the present
laws. That licenses be put on fish
ermeA the same as hunters, and that
persons to whom licenses are issued
shall be citizens as well as residents OF
the county; that boys under 16 year:
of age be prohibited from hunting
unless accompanied by a guardian; tc
prohibit hunting with pump or ma
chine guns; that the shooting of deer
nvar aithar natural or artificial sail