Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-12

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lands to be used as a state preserve for
| the heath hen and sets aside a part OF
| MiddleSeX Fells as geological park. Cali
| torna provides for the setting aside OF
| private lands as game preserves. Penn
sylvania establishes in its forest reserva-
| tons state game preserves, which are to
| DC nine miles In circumference and
| twenty-five miles apart. perpetual close
| season for both game and birds is To be
proclaimed In each. and those who enter
with either guns or dogs may abandon
hope Of escaping a heavy penalty. No
one Will be allowed To even enter them
| during the close season for game Al
| berta province also establishes two game
| preserves.
New Laws Affecting Guides.
Hunters going into Canada this fall will
| find a number of new laws affecting
| guides. No Yankee guides will he per-
mitted to hunt In New Brunswick-no
non resident guides whatever. In fact:
but. whereas the number OF hunters per-
| mitted to employ one guide has hitherto
| been five. 1t has been reduced TO two-all
| of which will be very profitable to the
| New Brunswick guides. But under the
new law they must make report to the
authorities of each game animal Of each
species killed by their parties. The nom
resident guide is to be Disseminated
against also by Newfoundland. where his
license is increased from s25 to $50 Nova
Scotia provides a 50 guide license.
Non resident gunners will themselves
find many new legal obstacles I'm our own
states For the first time they VIII be re-
quired to pay for the pleasure OF shooting
a SIS license in Texas and Alabama; SO
in California, Connecticut. Massa Chu-
sets. Michigan. Rhode Island. South
Carolina and Utah. The New Brunswick
authorities CALAMITY provide for the re-
turn Of the license fee OF ladies accom-
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game. Georgia. Nevada, New Mexico and
Oklahoma are the only areas left In the
United States where residents are
free from license. and even residents must
in twenty-one states and territories pay
small fees for hunting licenses. Alabama,
California. Connecticut, Tennessee and
Utah establish these this year for the
first time. Connecticut and Maine this
year impose special licenses of SIS upon
alien hunters. as has been done before
in other states.
Many New Duck Laws.
Our bird hunters. too. viii find O
plethora of new game laws to assimilate
before taking to the wilds. Ducks are
the most favored class of feathery bipeds
in the grist of this years legislation.
California absolutely prohibits cunning
for them. Colorado reduces from 100 to 90
the number allowed in possession at ono
time and Connecticut forbids spring
shooting of all water fowl. Maine will
hereafter allow only ten ducks to be
taken out of the state, and these or less
can be exported only upon payment OF
fee of IS. But duck hunters will this year
find the bars let down somewhat by Penn
sylvania, Maine and New Hampshire,
which have heightened their seasons. the
first named going so far as to abolish the
bag limit.
Tennessee, Wisconsin, Colorado, Connec-
ticut Kansas and New Hampshire In
Washington and parts of Oregon they
cannot he hunted until 1912; in Connec-
ticut until 1911 Michigan and Kansas
prohibit cunning for European partridges
for five and six years. and Maine forblds
my one taking more than six partrldges
out of the state In any season. ontario,
however opens a three months season,
which will attract many American gun
ners.
highly esteemed for Thanksgiving ana
Christmas dinners can no longer be hunt
ed in Colorado, while other protective
measures are provided by Illinois ana
Texas The thinning Of the prairie chick
ems ranks has caused Texas to forbid its
hunting for seven and Missouri for three
ears, while Wyoming and Kansas make
rheir protective laws more strict; but
mere again Ontario comes to the rescue
with q new open season OF three months.
New Hampshire's new law aims TO m
crease the life Of the kilideer. Bartramlan
sandpiper wood duck and Wilson snipe;
while Massac husetts comes to the relief
of the gull. owl, eagle and even the hawk.
In fact, one Of the signs Of the times Is
the increasing esteem for non-game birds.
West Virginia. Alabama and South Da-
kota decree this year that none shall be
hunted One Of the odd laws is q new
one of Hawaii providing protection to
birds beneficial to forests.
An echo Of the pure-food crusade which
will interest the ears Of gunners is sound
cd in new laws in Indiana and Idaho re-
stricting the cold storage of game, and
very wise one in Kansas forbidding the
placing Of undrawn game In cold storage.
other novel laws are one In Alabama pro-
yidine that the game commission be elect
ed directly by the people, and another BY
Idaho requiring the state warden to In
yestfgate means of destroying noxious
animals. South Carolina places the pro-
lection of its game into the hands Of the
state Audubon Society and gives II the
mowers OF a game commission.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.