Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-31
THE RESIDENT HUNTERS LAW.

George A. Lincoln, state fish and
game warden is urging on the legisla-
ture the adoption of resident hunt
ers' license law similar in dts provisions
to laws already in force in all central
and western states, except our own and
a bill is before the legislature with
his approval embodying the following
provisions:
That every resident Of the state of
Iowa shall, before hunting, pursuing or
killing with gun, any of the Wild AMI
mails, birds or fowl, that are protected
during any part Of the year, first pro-
cure a license, and pay the sum of $1.O0
annually for the same.
That record shall be made Of all such
licenses and that the fees received shall
be RENTED every thirty days to the
state treasurer to be placed in fund
for the purpose of paying the expenses
of the fish and game commission, and
its deputies, at the same time providing
that no license fee shall be exacted
from owners of farms, their children
and tenants while hunting upon their
own land.
And that the fund thus raised is to
be disbursed only thru the approval Of
the executive council and the auditor
Of state.
Mr.. Lincoln very sensibly and logi-
cally argues that the law IL enacted
and properly enforced, would make the
hunter and not the state pay for the
protection given him thru the game and
fish commission.
1t would place on record every man
who hunts game and helps the officers
hunt out the law breakers.
It would make every man who has
a ilicense one OF stock company of
several thousand, every member of
whom will insist that all others shall
obey the law.
1t would prevent the unnaturalized
foreigner from killing everything with
in sight, as without license he can be
convicted of unlawful acts. Today it
is almost impossible to do anything
with him.
1t would protect the, farmer, for he
can demand the exhibition of every
hunters license, and thus procure his
name and residence.
1t would save the song birds and in
sect destroyers.
It would raise a fund that will be
cheerfully paid for protection and pay
ment of deputies, so that after the first
year no appropriation will have to be
made by the state to carry on the work.
1t would make possible the abolish
ment of the fee system of paying depu-
ties, system which is pernicious and
wrong, and should be abolished.
Iowa sportsmen have long been
clamoring for protection to game-and
failing to get it. Imprimis there is no
money to pay protection; legislators
are shy of sufficient appropriations for
the purpose. The game is gone or go
ing, the fish in the streams are being
SeluSu anu lie TAX OI "
dollar head properly expended will
afford the protection pleaded for and
effectuallv.
Neighboring states have found the
plan effective and popular A cut on
this page shows 1owa's isolation in this
respect. Illinois 75-cent licenses raises
$4,000 for game protection annually; |
Wisconsin's dollar tax brings 100000;
Minnesota picks up $4,000 from it's
one dollar resident tax and no state is
better patrolled or protected. 1t is ts-
timated that 81 fee in this state
would raise 100000. What would $780,
900 do for the protection of the game
and fish of 1owaf
Let the hunters of Iowa get busy.