Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-24


different nature" continued Mr..
Hibbs. 81 am prepared to prove
that Mr. Harbaugh has killed deer
out of season and has knowing
Toasted upon venison out of season,
and called it cougar meat" that
he has killed more deer than is al
lowed to any one person under the
state laws; that he has sold trout
for rs cents each that were cooked
in a local hotel; that he has taken
bass and other fish with a seine or
net under the subterfuge of securing
small fish for transplanting and that
he has knowingly employed a man
to fish for him who did not have a
license and to whom he gave the
privilege of fishing without such a
license.
Many of these facts have been
known to the people of the upper
country and to parties in Lewiston
but there has been no one who cared
to take the initiative in the matter.
I am taking the step because l feel
no such person should hold public
office.
The case was set for trial Janu-
airy II and I was here with my wit
nesses. Mr.. Harbaugh said he was
not ready to proceed because he
could not get his witnesses here
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and he gave us the names of several
whom we informed him were in the
city at that time. He still persisted
in postponing the case and when he
was informed that the defense would
offer testimony that would show up
his method of conducting his Office,
he Immediately packed his grip and
left town.
"These matters will be presented
to the state warden because we be-
lieve the conduct of Mr.. Harbaugh
is such that he should be removed
from office. We believe the intent
of the law has been distorted and
that it is not the intent of the state
game and fish warden to allow his
deputies to violate the law that they
are supposed to enforce"
''The matter contained in the
charges being prepared by Mr. Hibbs
is not entirely new to many of the
sportsmen of Lewiston, who have
watched the manipulations OF Mr.
Harbaugh." said r. L. Pennell, when
asked relative to the case Mr..
Hibbs expects to place before the
state game warden.
1--WE have watched the prosecu-
tions with much interest, and have
noted that the large percent OF these
cases have been against men residing
in the remote districts, where the
average sportsman is seldom able to
go, but where the deputy game war
den has been able to secure excel
lent fishing and hunting at the
states expense while working up his
cases. On the other hand, we have
noted the impossibility of securing
the services of Mr.. Harbaugh in en-
forcing the law in the vicinity of the
city and in the neighboring districts
where the majority of people are
compelled to seek their hunting and
fishing
GAS to the validity of the claims
made by Mr. Hibbs, I might say that
am familiar with several of the
charges through complaints made
against Harbaugh by people who are
prepared to go on the witness stand
and prove their cases. There are
people who have been members of
hunting parties of which Mr.. Har-
baugh was also member, who are
ready to go on the stand and swear
that he has charged the expense of
these trips to the state and in no
manner was he engaged in the per-
Torrance of his official duties.
''There are also people who are
prepared to swear that Mr. Har-
baugh, while acting as agent for
Sears & Roebuck goods, has Travelled
through all sections of the Clearwa-
ter country and sold goods In viola
ton of the state peddling laws.
1T is not personal matter with
me-" continued Mr.. Pennell "but
practically all of my hunting must
be done, in one-day trips from the
city, and when I am convinced that
an official refuses to perform his
duties in any particular section and
II himself violator of the laws he
is expected to enforce, believe it is
time a change should be made.