Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-17


without salary, as NO one can be
more interested in the wise expen-
| diture OF such money than the spOr %
men themselves, and it is fitting that
| such should be the case, for not a
cent OF such money is. paid mo the
this fund in the usual taxes, but is
paid by the men who enjoy sports
af1eld and are willing to stand the
expenses above their ordinary tax
eA
When our first real game law
was put upon our statute books. Mr..
Dilutush was chairman of the COM
mittee on fish and game, and he. to-
gether with the .spOr .smen of the
! state, got up law that was intend
ed to cLlserve the game and not 10
build p0liticsl machine at the ex-
pense of those who like to shoot and
fish.
"At the beginning OF this present
term OF office there was in the game
fund over $4,000, and 1t was the
opinion of majority of the sports
men of the ate that a fish hatchery
would be fine adjunct to the de-
partment. but behold. we are hnng
ION fish hatcheries nuw! The state
has one in blaine clMnty, one in
Fremont oMn.y, and on in the north
mart Of the state This makes more
places to be filled by someone Who
can draw . salary. You can draw
your own conclusion. The salaries
pair at present are:
state game. warden, $1,000 and
expnses, $10w0; first chief. $1,000.
and expenses $500; second chief.
$1,000, and expenses. $500; third
chief. $1,000. and expenses 5000;
clerk, $1,000; two Others to care for
two hatcheriea. $4,000
1.-The county warden receives 50,
per day for 15S days. Very sensi-
bly, they put in their time during
the nice weather and then seek other
employment during the balance of
the year. These county wardens do
not get enough pay, and our game
law win not be success untf, the
dputy wardens are kept in the
field all the time they can possibly
be kept there, and to DO this the
pay will have to be fixed at figure
somewhere near commensurate with
the service required Of them. The
81 ate cannot expect to get good men
to work during good weather. and
then have to work at something else
the rest Of the time. At just the
time fine men ought to be in the
field the $50 days have expired and
the county practically is without a
game warden.
GAS a result Of the spending OF the
vast sums of money I have mention
ed we have had the streams OF the
streams Of the state stocked with a
few million fry Insofar as the
propagation of game is concerned
the state has made failure. having
only a few more birds (pheasants).
than were bought last year. for all ;
the outlay. Had the game warden
distributed a few pairs las they did /
in some OF the other states). in the
localities that are adapted to these
birds. he would Rave had instead at
least 1000 birds to propagate next
season.
"1n conclusion: We now have
state game warden, three state depu-
ties, one superintendent OF hatch
cries, one clerk, two other parties at
least to look after and care for. two
extra hatcheries for which there Is
Just about as much use as for two
extra reform schools or lunatic as
ylnms. and all for the purpose OF
using up the good money put up by
the sportsmen Of the state. To
good many this looks very much like
A case Of graft Boise States
man.