The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-03
Movement to Prevent determination of Prairie
Chicken; Game Warden Will Cooperate


damage. to farm crops. The enact
ment of this bill into law, would in
no way interfere with the farmers
privileges and operations. On the
other hand, if the birds increase in
numbers they would soon solve for
him the problem of the potato bug,
the grasshopper, the cut worm, and
various other noXious insects. EX-
perts employed by the United States
government after careful inyestiga-
ton have found that the birds which
are fast becoming extinct, namely
the quail and chickens are natures
friends and allies TO the farmer be
cause of their fondness for insects
Examinations have revealed that in
the stomach of one quail killed in a
field in Pennsylvania there were
found he remains of l21 potato
bugs. II has also been established
that a single quail will eat on an
average of $1,000 insects and five
million seeds in single year. In
the stomach of prairie chicken kill
ed in various states, there has been
found in the aggregate many thous-
ands of insects that are detrimental
to the farmers interests. Prairie
chickens devour millions of grass
hoppers and large quantities of weed
seeds In Kansas. Iowa. Minnesota.
the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Okla
homa and other states, which still
have few prairie chickens left,
would each set aside a few town
ships in each county in which no
shooting would be allowed at any
time, and then enforce such laws rig
idly, the prairie chickens could be
saved The people would soon learn
to respect these laws when they
realized that this beautiful game
bird was again rapidly increasing
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In a few years these birds viii
range out over the surrounding Coun-
try and afford good shooting for
those who love the sport.
From statistics carefully compiled
by the government, We learn that
the farmers are losing annually more
than a billion dollars by reason of
the ravages of insects and these bugs
are increaing because the birds of
nature supplied to feed upon the in
furious bugs and worms have been
rapidly killed off by INSCRIPTIONS
and over-zealous sportsmen.
The farmers of the middle west are
paying out in good hard-earned cash,
fourteen or fifteen million dollars
yearly for paris green in an effort
to kill the potato bug. While the
examination of the stomach OF
prairie chicken and quail shows
that this chicken and the quail are
the natural enemies of the potato
bug. So that if these birds were
carefully preserved and were allow
ed to again exist in the great num-
becs in which they did live years
ago there would be no potato bug
pests or grasshopper pests in any
state in which they live.
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Cruce proves this one thing, that
the promises he made before cleo
ton We're not merely vote-catching
promises but that he intends to
make good on every statement or
place the responsibility squarely up
on the shoulders of the representa-
tiyes elected by the people. Lee
Cruce has the coulnge to do right
on every proposition and that is a
degree of courage not possessed by
all men who hold office. 1t elimi-
mates Mr.. Cruce from the political
class if he has ever been placed
there and places him firmly in the
statesman class.
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