Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-11-10
SOME EXTRACTS FROM REPORT
OF GAME woRDEN THAT
WILL INTEREST
.FRIENDSOF FISHAND GAME
Cites Neighbor State of Minnesota as
Being Worthy of Copying in
Ideal laws FOR Game
and Fish

Pierre-State Game Warden w. r
Bancroft, has just issued his annual
report for the year ending June 80.
1910, which is comprehensive and
touches upon all meters PERTAIN
to his department. and will in crest
all true sports and those int astcd in
the protection and proisag ation OF
game.
The report says in part:
The last legislature, in recognizing
this fact by passing practically new
game and fish law and creating the
office of state game warden-in fact,
department of game and fish, only
rightly followed in the footsteps OF
other prog essve states that tave ear
lier recognized the necessity of bet
ter laws for the protection and propa-
cation of our game and fish.
"The results of the first years
workings of our game and fish laws
have proven satisfactory on the whole
but with needed legislation to amend
the present law still better results
may be obtained. The enfor; ement
of the existing laws has been as good
as could be expected. In some coun
ties the law has been well enforced.
while in others the destruction OF
game and fish has gone on nearly as
great as in former yeas, with but
few exceptions due to inefficient coun-
ty game and fish wardens be 'ng
recommended for appointment by the
different boards of county commission
ers. but they are fast being 'weeded'
out by the state game warden.
zone thing certain, South Dakota
must follow in the footsteps CT NJ n
nesota-one of the most progressive
states in the west when it comes to
protecting game birds and ANNA s.
and that is to prohibit the spring
shouting of migrating waterfowl,
"The recommendations made in this
report for needed amendments to the
present laws are made solely to i'm
prove the laws and to make the laws
more effective for the better enforce
ment and still greater propagation OF
our game-both large and small-and
fish as we'll. The present game and
fish laws now on our statute books
should all be codified into one general
law. as there are at present many
conflicting as we'll as Inconsistent sec-
tions. Solely on this account are MANY
of the provisions almost impo sib to
make hold good in the courts, and as
$500
find it almost impossible to do good
work along certain lines.
For the first years workings of the
new game and fish law there have not
been as many arrests as your state
game warden believes there shon'd
have been Only seventy-f1ve T5)
arrests and twenty-seven (27) seiz-
ures were made. In many instan es
there has been a gross disregard OF
evidence submitted TO justices of the
peace, while in other cases the states
attorneys have been lax in their pros
ecution. In few cases the fault has
been with the county game warden in
not securing sufficient evidence upon
which to make a good case.
'However, | look for much better
enforcement of the law during the
coming year, as many county game
, wardens were before new at tie bust
ness but are now better posted and
more experienced in dealing witt
game and. fish violators. The st te
game warden expects to personally
cover much larger territory this sea
son than ever before. using an auto fol-
this purpose In this come ton
would urge an amendment to the pres.
ent law establishing an office deputy
in order that the office work may be
properly locked after during the alb
sence of the state game warden OF
t. field work"
, Of the seventy five arrests made
i zines were paid in siyty-fve, and swt
: were dismissed, the other being founc
not guilty
> The number of hunting licenses was
, as follows:
Resident hunting licenses, &c ls9
, bringing in s261sa Non esident II
I censes for small game, 1873 in cash
, s27A5: nonresident. big game, IL, II
r cash. $500. Nonresident fishing IL
}, censes, 81: in cash, SCI. Non-le- id lei
r trapping licenses, ]: in cash, 5000;
J. The largest number of hunting II
! censes was issued in Day county. J..
). 256: the smallest in Gregory county
Child Fatally Burned
: Mitchell-The -year-old daugh
, ...1- IF Irwin King who lives on