The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-07
GAME WARDENS
HELD MEETING
FIFTEEN DEPUTIES OF THE v. p
CONFER IN MARQUETTE
DISCUSS MATTERS OF
INTEREST.

Marquette was the mecca for the
game, fish and forestry wardens OF the
upper peninsula Saturday and Sunday
all of these state and county execu-
tive officers having been called togeth-
er in this city by State Game Warden
C. S. Pierce, to talk matters over OF
mutual interest. All fifteen of the up
per peninsula wardens were in attend
ance. as were Mr.. Pierce and Chief
Deputy Smith and c. X. Hoyt, of Mus
kegon. a deputy warden who is also an
attorney and an expert in the interpre-
tation of laws applying to the state
game wardens department.
This is the first meeting of the kind
ever held in the upper peninsula
though meetings of all the game war
dens of the state have been held at
least twice previously. This year, Mr.
Pierce decided that it would be prefer
able to have the game wardens from
the upper and lower peninsulas meet
separately and a meeting of the depu-
ties whose territory is below the straits
will be held within a short time.
Sessions were held Saturday after
noon and evening and both forenoon
and afternoon Sunday. AT the Satur-
day sessions Mr.. Pierce considered
principally the duties and authority o.
the deputy wardens, explaining num-
erous points of the law that are OTTER
made 1
very clear to the deputies what thel
duties were and what he expected q
= them and gave many valuable sugges
: lions as to effective practical method
: in carving out their work. Oppor
" tunity was given to ask questions a
= any time, which frequently was mad
p" use of during the discussions.
;, Forest Fire Prevention.
Forest fires and duties of deputlt
~ I'm respect thereto was the subject
the Sunday morning session. M
ID Pierce gave a very plain talk on Il
~ subject of forest fires and made
> clear that he expected his deputies
. do their uttermost to prevent fore
~ fires, during the coming summer. /
told them that in dry seasons he e
pected them to drop their work
game and fish wardens and to 81
. :. their entire time to preventing a
:. fighting fires
= The best way to stop forest fires
= to prevent their being started, said \
= Pierce. In dry seasons he advised
tho gtInprNig 81
). :. i'm their territory, who are fire ward'
ex officio, and get them working
cid prevent fires being set and also
iclx their rounds to talk TO settlers as mt
mr. las possible with reference to the ola
ga ger of starting fires in dry times.
orc emphasized especially the advanta
of getting the supervisors interest
stating that experience had shown q
or the supervisors were able to acco
plish more than any other officers.
Settlers Start Most Fires.
"Inasmuch as dry times are the m
favorable times for clearing land
said Mr.. Pierce, there is always
ng. great temptation for settlers to st
ice. fires at such times. In my judgmC
DIS. the majority of forest fires have tn
M origin with settlers who are clear
off their land. 1t is absolutely agai
hat the law to start fire for such p
n.y. pose when conditions are such |
his there is danger of It's spreading
the This law should be enforced. 1t is
be ing pretty we'll enforced i'm the lo'
M neninsula now. and the result has b
ces a marked reduction in the forest
ers loss in the last few years The &C
rye ing summer l am DESTROYS of haV
,et- this law equally well enforced In
upper peninsula.
$ a ct is in the enforcement of this
mes that the supervisor is most valua
,at- I have found that in townships VIII
uns the Supervisors get after the sett
mas who set fires in dry times that V
av- few forest fires occur Drummond
land was formerly noted for its tol
fires and it is even asserted on g
authority that instances were knC
where the settlers started fires y
posely i'm order to get paid for putt
One Them ont. Since Supervisor Els
took hold of the matter however
rior ditions have been different and
,uld summer there was not a single TO
lsk- fire on the island Three prosecute
lght were all that were necessary to
star the carelessness there and the $;
nd" r,rincinle applies almost universe
the "The game wardens should get