Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-11
TRIO OF HUNTERS
MEET HARD LUCK
Fortune Put the Game Warden
On the Trail OF Local
Nimrods.
ELK MEAT CAME VERY HIGH.
Aftcr killing Their Game. They We're
arrested and Had 60 Buy It.
They Learned a lesson.

Hunting iu Idaho without a. license
is expensive pastimc. as a trio Of good
fellows from Salt Lake found out last
night when grabbed by Game Warden
stephens at the local station and fined.
lhey had three elk aud one deer I'm
thFir Possession ana when caught in
open violation OF the law. pleaded gull
" and paid fine OF $50 each. Tho
Total amount was si59. the 50 being for
costs. Following the proceedings the
gentlemen took the matter Ina A good
n''ured light and figured out that with
'ne expenses of the trip and the fines
their game had cost them about 81 "a
Pound. Tney had On the ncigborho9d o.
1000 pounds
Thus saith the Post. AN Idaho Fails
newspaper. in its issue Of Yesterday
The Post goes into lengthy detail re-
garding the hunt Of the salt Lake
sportsmon and quotes Game Warden
stephens as saying that for some time
me had his eye ON "a trio of sports hunt
iHb Wlthn his bailiWiCk lie was com
WINGED that they We're not Idaho resi-
uents ana as such entitled TO hunt with
license costing 81. A license for nom
residents would have cost them sos
apiece. or as the situation resolved H.
F''' il would have been CHEAPER bv S2S4
10 theN had taken out the license as
theN should have done. But 10 s1ye
money. perhaps. IL was Thought bettor
70 take the cheaper license and the
'h.nce which appears 90 have gone
with IL.
WARDEN on THE JOB.
The hunt was being pursued near
'll1"l,' ana after the QuaTy was
Dagged, ii was quietly loa,ied on 10 Tho
traln. The hunters also took tho train
lhey ala not know IT, but the game
warden was also passenger. AT Idaho
f1liS the party was arrested The
iiiihf@ were given as a a. Perkins a
large furniture manufacturer of Rattle
creek. =. A. sorenson OF the n
FURNITURE company OF this city. and w
L.. campbell also of this CITY. A nor
llon OF their game catch had been ex-
pressed TO this city and the remainder
was being shipped I'm choice cuts as
bdgsage A crate OF antlers was also
among the shipment All the yanns an5
the antlers we're conhscated by the war,
den.
The Post says
ne prisoners were taken before IA,
court OF Judge Daniels where Count,
Attorney W t. Mcconnell preparec
ihe complaint Attorney r. J Brigg.
acted as counsel for the hunters Upon
me showing each Of the hunters plead
ed guilty to the charge ~ hunting with
out license and paid a fine OF $40 A
check was given for the total amount
of the fines and costs. Sa59 The prs-
oners were released and were enabled
To take the train home last night The
game that was cOnfsCated was sold Ia
them under the law. and the warden
felt a little compassion FOR the sports
men. all Of whom were good natured.
though somewhat aggravated over tho
occurrence. They were sports right
and paid the price as though they were
accustomed 10 that sort OF thing"
The prosecution was on count
charging no license" the fact that
they had Idaho licenses not affccting
the case In that the hunters were uon-
residents. Under the circumstance.
the warden declares. the three got on
exceedingly easy as many other counts
could have been pressed.
A TWO WEEKS HUNT.
Perkins. Sorensen and Campbell were
out on the trip two weeks ana during
that time had seen much game. ana
had very good luck When they got
ready % go home they secured three
good bull elk and a deer. and carefully
skiuning out the heads for mounting
purposes and taking care of the meat.
packed everything nicely so that b
would not occasion any trouble FOR tho
game warden and then checked most
OF IL as baggage
Alas and alackl the ways Of the
sportsmen are sometimes streWn with
n good many obstacles and they were
caught with the goods and checrfully
admitted the error Their experience
proved rather expensive II was esii-
mated that they had about q thousand
pounds OF meat and taking into con-
siderution the fact that they were out
ON expense for two weeks. and had paid
literally for guides. and then had On
come through with "a fine and attor-
ncys fees the hunting trip cost them
pretty close % $1,000
They stated that they had not been
spared on the trip either. but had ems
countered "a good many rentecl hold
up gratis promoted by Montana and
other guides who are operating I'M the
hunting country north NJ here. bat
they were out after game and dug ur
sr#f q.