The Baltimore County union, the Towson news. (Towson, Md.) 1909-1912, 1909-10-23

State Game Laws.-At nearly every ses-
sion of the Maryland Legislature during the
past so years-or for sessions when the memory
of the Oldest lawmaker runneth not to the
contrary-there has been something doing in
way of reforming the Stategame laws, says the
Baltimore American. The Maryland game
laws have been almost as fearfully and won
derfully made and remade as the State oyster
laws, which is putting the statement pretty
strong. When the Legislature assemblies next
January an attempt is to be made to have a
uniform game law passed for the entire State,
which it is proposed shall supersede and replace
the various county laws now in force. 1t is
exceedingly doubtful whether this can be &C
complished, as most of the counties cherish
| the ancient prerogative of making the game
laws to accord with local ideas.
If the commission which Governor Crothers
| has appointed can devise some method that
will result in making game more abundant as
| plentiful as in the days of the Misunderstanding
| CUNT will thereby have demonstrated its
| usefulness. AS the cover for rabbits and quails
| has been destroyed by agricultural progress.
| the destructive capabilities of the gunnery used
| by huntsmen has increased. The shortening
of the open seasons for hunting small game
has not resulted largely in lessening the annual
| slaughters. If the hunting period were limited
to ten days. it is likely that there would be
| multiplied crusades during that brief time that
would not leave swamp or thicket un-
searched.
1t will be difficult to devise any game law
| that will be generally respected, no matter what
| pains and penalties may be provided in the en-
deavor to assure its effectiveness. 1t is safe to
| say that there never was game law in this
| State whether general or local, that was not
more or less ignored The best that can be ex-
| pected from game law is that it will be par
tally effective at least, that is about the best
| that has ever been accomplished by the devised
and revised statutes for the protection and
preservation of game.
Prohibition Party Nominees.-The Pro-
| hibition Party of Baltimore county held mass
| convention at Govans last Saturday afternoon
and nominated local ticket, filling all the
offices but that of County Surveyor, as follows
Clerk ofthe Circuit Court-Joshua V. Brown,
Fourth district.
Treasurer-Robert D. Moore, Eleventh dis
trict.
Sheriff-Frederick Il. Hartman, Thirteenth
district.
County Observation-Disclosures Guthrie,
Tenth district; Louis James, Fourth district,
ard Robert Caron, Fourth district.
House of Delegates-A. Griffith Lee, Tenth
district; William ]. Johnson. Third district
George A. Heinecke, Ninth district; John l.
Wright, Third district; James K. Francis,
Eleventh district; John Grace Twelfth district
James A. Francis and John Grace have de.
| clined the nomination for the House of Dele.
gates. No reason is given for their action
Their places have been filled by the nomination
of William s. Norris of Govans and ]. Howard
Flayhart of Towson.
A Serious Accident and Singular Co
incidence.-The Belair Egis of last weel
said mr. Milton E. Smith, well-knowr
citizen of Hartford and one of her leading far
mers, was dangerously injured at his hom'
near Norrisville on Tuesday. While pickinl
apples he suddenly fell distance of 16 or II
feet. breaking his collarbone, injuring his lunl
and probably causing other internal injuries
From the fact that his brother Melville lost hi
life in exactly the same way on the same dal
of the month some eighteen or twenty year
ago the injury is calculated to cause degree Q
nervousness which would not otherwise exist.