Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-03-25
Board Of Supervisors TO
Be Sued For Lobo
Wolf B0untieS
when Is A Coyote Not
A Coyote?" Seems
To be Question
Tron Tuesdays Daily

Kit Carson, descendant OF the noble
Sioux, grandson Of that intrepid scout
ana hunter, Kit Carson, and trapPer.
laureate Of old Ysvapai, is on the war
path, being after the sealp,, metaphor
icslly speaking, Of the board Of super.
yisors in genera, and Of Clerk Peter in
particular. And all because toe board
following its avowed intention Of re
fusing 10 pay lobo wolf bounties fol
wha, the members Of the board consider
coyote hides, has turned down Trapper
Carson's claims for bounties, amounting
70 800. on five alleged lobo wolves.
Mr. Carson arrived here yesterday
with a large consignment Of hides Of
predatory animals which he had trap
ped during the past month or more. lie
turned in his pelts and asked Clerk
Peter TO make out the necessary bounty
papers, which that gentleman did, but
instead Of turning over the demand 10
Carson the clerk Of the board Of super.
,isors Informed the trspper that the
latter was indebted 20 him 10 the ex.
tent of ss5 paid for lobo wolves which
the board refused 10 accept as such,
and that the bounty on Carson's latest
catch, less this SIS, would be paid only.
II was then that Carson went on the
warpatb. Calling at the Office of the
district attorney Trapper Carson pre-.
scented his grievance, and Clerk Peter
was officially informed that while his
method Of making good" was entire
~ effective, IL was not in strict accord.
ance with official procedure. Clerk
Peter thereupon took the matter up
personally with the trapper, the latter
having agreed, previously, to reimburse
the supervisory clerk in the even, the
board refused 10 o. X. the claim.
Last December Carson brought in a
batch Of aides and scalps, among which
were the outer coverings OF five ami
mails designated as lobo wolves. Clerk
Peter was in Jerome, on Official bust.
ness, at the time, and the acting clerk
eashed Carson's bounty demand for
800, less "a certain commission for
cashing it. Lobo bounties are $50 each,
coyotes only 81 each. When the board
refused TO accept the FIVE hides as lobo
coverings, Clerk Peter found himself
"stuck" 10 the extent Of $s5.
Later Trapper Carson brought in six
hides which he nas declared are penu.
Inc lobo wolf hides. He filed his de.
mand for the bounty on them, and the
demand was cashed at Levy's store.
Merchant Levy now finds that TO get
his money for the demand he must
bring suit against the supervisors, and,
WITH Carson, has announced his inten.
tion Of 80 doing, the suit being in the
nature Of an action to make the super.
visors Pay-the statutory bounty on lobo
wolves. The supervisors claim the
hides turned in are merely coyote hides,
50 that the whole question turns on the
ability of the two parties to Different.
ate between lobo and coyote hides when
they see them, This the court will nave
to decide, in the event of suit being
filed
Natural history, OF late, has become
an aiI;lmportapt study around the sup.
ervisors' Office and court house, and il
~ within the bounds of possibilities
that President Roosevelt, the original
and only. authority ON wild animals
VIII be called upon 10 settle the dis.
Pute and answer. once for all, the yex.
ations question Of "when Is a coyote
not coyoteP'
Yesterdays contributions 10 the
supervisors March collection of the
seaIps aud hides II bounty wild ami.
mails were twenty.four wild eats. two
raccoonsand two coyotes, turned in by
Kit Carson, from the upper Verde
country, and four wild eats and five
coyotes from Isaac Jones, of Camp
N.rJo