The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-23
The TIMBER WOLVES ARE
KILLING OUR BIG GAME
Carlos Avery Suggests That BeItrami
County Pay Additional Bounty On
Wolves.

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Carlos Avery, executive agent of the
State Gume and Fish commission,
relative to the killing Of game by
wolves, in which suggestion is made
that Beltrami county might offer a
small bounty for the destruction Of
wolves, in addition to the bounty
offered by the state.
The financial condition of Bel
trami county is such that it is hardly
probable that any bounty could be
offered on the part of the county for
the destruction of wolves,
The communication from Mr..
Avery encloses letter from Albert
Smith of Otto on the shores of Red
Lake, and is as follows:
st. Paul. Jan. 20.
a. G: Rutledge, Esq, Bemidji,
MINI.
Friend Rutledge:-I take the
liberty of enclosing you a copy of
a very significant letter received
this morning from Albert Smith,
who resides on the east shore of
Red Lake, and whom 4 think you
know. This letter emphasizes the
importance of more effort being
made looking toward the destruction.
of wolves.
I believe that in many sections
the wolves are more destructive on
game than any other one agency,
fand it would appear that if the
matter were properly presented to
your Board of County Commission
ers, and the evidence laid before
them, that in the interests Of the
game of your county and Of your
agricultural interests as we'll, that
bounty would be provided for. The
state bounty is not sufficient to in
duce trappers to make a business
of hunting wolves.
An effort will be made to get
this state bounty increased, but it
is impossible to state whether it
can be done or not.
I believe that any effort which
you may exert in this direction
will be in the public interest and I
am sure that it will be thoroughly
appreciated by all who are interested
in the game of the North Woods
Very truly yours,
| Carlos Avery,
Executive Agent"
MR.. SMITHS LETTER.
Otto, IS, 'O9
State Game and Fish Commission,
Saint Paul, Mimi.
Gentlemen:-I have just returned
from cruise across the Big Bog ly-
ing north of Upper Red Lake, where
the caribou make their home, and I
find that in T-155-32 there are 10
head of these animals, and in T-156-
80 there is herd of about Is or Is.
Then again in T-156-33 there is a
small herd of eight. saw this herd
and counted them while could only
counted the others by their tracks.
The snow is about two feet deep
here now, and the timber wolves are
killing the moose off in large numbers
on the Rapid River. l have been
there for the past month looking
over land, and found several cases
where the wolves were chasing moose
and where the moose were dragging
the wolves while they were cutting
their ham strings. Hunters and
trappers do not try to kill them as
this county, Beltrami, does not pay
any bounty, and the state bounty is
only 81. so, so it doesn't pay to bother
with them as they have to be taken
so far in order to secure certificate,
and those wolves weigh about LIS
pounds each and must be taken
whole before town clerk. But with
this deep snow, and the prospects of
more. | am afraid moose and caribou
will be scarce before spring. I am
going back up there next week, and
shall kill some of them anywayto save
the game as much as, possible. But
there should be a good bounty on
those timber wolves.
Yours truly,
Albert Smith. !"
Personal Property Tax.
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