Arizona republican., 1910-03-31

d climate correspdiidns exactly In
 range to that of their native htnd D We ourselves are the only reason why none of this precious game can ever [ live in our wild plains. So intent are | we on destruction that we have be come the wonder of the world. We | have dynamtcd our fish, killed all our I buffalo. carried off even his bones in I train loads. then came back with herds of cattle. tramped out and ate
 out the finest natural grass ever 1 known. When it was eaten level with | the ground, for fear it might, with it's great rccupcrative powers, renew it. : self, we have put that curse of God. i the sheep, to tear it up by the roots and Enaw to death every little shrub left by the cattle. l have seen forest
 fires 4O miles wide burning in the | Sierras to make early grass for herds of sheep If it were known that a herd of cland were on the Rio Grandc. a thousand guns would he after them and their hides sold to the nearest tannery. even a rare bird would sure ly be slaughtered Again and again have known of individuals trying tn introduce useful birds and animals: their fate is always the same. only a national law and q changed public opinion can make il possible tn ever either save what animal life we have or introduce new and valuable addi- tions.
 The man with natural and whole some love for sport and all forms "f sturdy life is confronted by the ruth less pot-huntcrs, who gather the eggs and feathers of every bird that flies. l and trap. poison and kill every ami ual within reach for the immediate gain. To this class must be added a small number of simply destructive men who kill and kill and let the game rot where 1t falls. men wh" use a stick of dynamite tp get d mess of trout. killing one hundred and catching maybe three or four All these men naturally hate game laws. l Still another class looks upon all sport i and paStmc. especially hunting and l fishing. as SD much time wasted. l re- | member an old farmer in Iowa saying | he would be glad when the last duck ! was shot and the last fish caught. as ! then. maybe. he could get his boys i to attend to the blowing. Well. he 1. has his wish. His house now stands l where il did in my boyhood. Not a l duck. nor goose nor a plover ever | passes by. Scarcely bird. save the | ominous raven. ever breaks the si- | lence The prairie chicken and quail 1 are all killed. they sometimes ate the corn. The once clear stream is now 1 the wallow of his favorite breed of . hogs. Everything is as he planned it. yt-Ira hogs. more corn. His wife is dead. ! his boys long years ago left the farm His one happiness is when he goes into the hog pasture and calls 'Suke. Suke. Sock. Sock" in quavering voice. more dismal tn hear than the cav of the crows Naturally he. is against any game laws. and will poison the first covey of quail that cross his Cornfield. Another element that op- poses every form of hunting and fish ing is the representative people who are teaching the rising generation that all life is sacred and that animals should not be sacrificed to the de nands of man. These people would T. find in India this conCeit of prutec- f. tion to life carried out to the full Even the vermin that infest the ma | tIN.S may not ne klil'N- " utu they II become iraolerablc they are picked off and laid in the hot dust. their belief being that if God intended the pests to live He would cool the dust. other wise they perish at His will. not heirs.
 In the animal world nature seems to work out the essential end by means apparently harsh. If it were not for he natural enemies of the great game lcrds. they would increase SD fast that
 here would be no food supply. and starvation would be their end. The ,reater part of the grass eating ami nals are not long lived. With the lcat of summer the old must die of hirst and weakness. But as it is i low arranged. the lion and leopard md many other enemies kill in one instant or. at most in q short, sharp fight. in which the animal can feel 10 pain Its not vet emaciated body ives food and life to others. Fur hormorc it is among the sick and