The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-03-06
Every Man Must Secure License
i Or Can't Carry Gun.
More Fish Hatcheries Are In
Demand, Say Officers.
Pot Hunters and Law Vi0lat0rs
Given Some Hot Shot.

of the game and fish of the country
as the only salvation of our game birds
and fish; the passage by the state
legislature of universal license law
wherein every man i'm the state must
secure license before carrying Il gun,
the establishment of more fish hat
cherries and the appropriating of addi-
| tional money for artificial propaga
tion of the food and game fishes of
| the state, and the encouragement of
artificial propagation of the Hungarian
pheasant and the ring-neck, also the
restocking of the depleted covers where
the native birds of the state are dis
appearing. These are d few of the
things the game wardens of Minnesota
would like to see accomplished and at
yesterdays meeting at the old capitol
in st. Paul., attended by thirty-seven
wardens from all parts of the state,
the above was put in the form of a
resolution The meeting is the first
of its kind ever held in the state and
was so successful that it will be made
an annual affair.
The wardens were requested to as
sembe by Carlos Avery, executive
agent of the state game and fish COM
mission with the idea that the meet
ing would prove beneficial to all con-
cerned and such proved to be the case.
Numerous papers dealing the various
phases in connection with the work of
a game warden were read and helpful
hints given by means of which some Of
the. problems may be solved. s
o. J. Johnson. president of the state
commission. presided over the meeting
which lasted throughout the day. Din
ner was served to the visiting wardens
at the Merchants at 6 O'Clock and a
theatre party at the Orpheum followed.
s''rhe Food Fishes of Lake Superior
and their Protection was the title of
an interesting paper read by j.. e.
Green of Duluth, in which he adyoca-
ted the protection of the lake trout.
white fish and herring. Trout have
been fast disappearing, according to
Mr.. Green, also the white fish which
have been practically exterminated
owing to the inroads of the pot hunt
err The largest catches are made dur
ing the spawning season and a few
wears of this sort of thing will ex-
a q I. lab
Game and Game Laws.
+. p. Saunders of Brainerd in his
paper on 'The Game and the Game
Laws" said that as people gradually
began to understand the purpose of the
game laws they no longer objected
and that many instances were on
record where former enemies of the laws
were now their staunchest supporters.
He thought the warden should act
carefully in making arrests but after
making an arrest, the warden should
see that. the offender was convicted.
Sam S. Fullerton advised the war
dens to simply do their duty as they
saw it. to favor neither friend nor
foe and to treat all alike He said
| the game warden was unpopular but
that by the just performance of duties
was bound to win the respect OF the
people. Mr.. Avery spoke along the
same lines, urging the wardens to do
all in their power to protect the game
of the state. He also recommended
destroying the rodents and animals that
prey upon game birds.
Poison for Wolves.
John Mattson of Duluth urged the
killing off of the wolves and recon-
mended poisoning as the best way.
Various methods of poisoning were Civ
Ell by the wardens. Ira Weeks in his
talk on Methods of Dealing with
Game Law Niolators," said that he be-
lieved in not being too severe but to
conduct a campaign of education
among the homesteaders and other peo-
| pie not familiar with the state laws.
Hardened offenders were to be dealt
with according to their merits and the
speaker urged the wardens to h"get
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