Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1911-02-09
For a Resident Hunters
License.

read communication signed CIT
izen and Taxpayer" Having
fished the streams in this section
each summer for fifty-five years,
and romed the mountains in
search of game for forty-five years,
fatter myself that | know little
something about what is best to do
to protect both game and fish. In
the first place the petition circulat-
ed against the proposed Resident
Hunters License" bears lie upon
its face as it refers to fishing
license. The Fish Commission has
nothing to do with this matter,
as it is fathered by the game Com
mission alone. 1t also recited that
the petitioners believed such law
to be unconstitutional. Strange
what Websterian intellects they
must possess as thirty-fve states
have now the same law and it is
doing good work and has never
been declared to be unconstitutional.
He, Mr.. Taxpayer, selects few
names from the number signing
the remonstrances who | admit
are very good citizens, but why not
publish the entire list and let us
know who they are that propose to
pass judgment upon this proposed
law, suggested by men who have
made a life study of the subject.
1t is very easy matter to get
signers to a petition, no matter
what the object may be, as men
often sign thoughtlessly and with
out consideration. He. Mr.. Tax
payer admits the necessity Of pre-
vention Of forest fires and the de-
struction of noxious animals and
would have the state appropriate
for this purpose. Now this is not
fair to large majority of the citi-
zens and taxpayers of the state
who never fish or hunt and who do
not care continental if there are
any fish in the streams or deer on
the mountains. No, rather let us
who love the chase and who cast
the fly go down in our pockets and
pay the enormous sum of one dol
lar for whole year to propagate
and protect the game. Men who
live in the cities and counties
where there are no game but who
desire to hunt must pay this dollar
and it will be used in some eight
or ten counties in this section Of
the state.
ONE WORD A. To BIRD LIFE.
Anyone fifty years of age living
in this mountainous country can
remember how, when young, upon
awakening in the morning could
not go to sleep again for the CON
slant chipping and q song of the
robin, pewit, wren and other birds
too numerous to mention
Neither did they know anything Of
the many bugs, insects and worms
that are now a constant menace 60
the farmer and fruit grower. At
that time the only menace to the
farmer was the cut worm and the
wire worm, the former only coming
TO the surface 10 do It's work dur
ing the night asld the latter con
stautly doing itS work beneath the
surface. where the lrathercd tribe
could not reach II. The neglect of
care for the birds has lrd % the
present conditions, all brought
about by the careless hunter and
the failure to provide at an times.
for the destruction 81 nuViuus
animals aud the prevention uf forest
fires, that destroy thc eggs aud
young birds. Now, Mr. Taxpayer.
YOU engage in an iridesceut dream
ii you think for one moment that
YOU can ever get hack oar forests
with an the blessings n restored
climate. We cannot do this. but
we can get the streams and muuu
tain- populated Nith ashland game.
II we go about it in che right way
aud not show ourselves tu BE- a lot
81 cheap skates unwilling to