Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-22

ut times. He stopped $32S5 out of
Iaptain Conrad's pay and practically
told the officer he should have known
n some mysterious way that the gov
rnment had an order slowed away In
a vault somewhere that extra duty pay
lad been cut out.
Captain Conrad was over five years
trying to get back his $32.S5, and he
stuck to the task like the good fighter
that he is. Permission finally was
granted by the secretary of war, the
lieutenant general OF the army and
the quartermaster general to Captain
Conrad to try to get bill passed by
congress to reimburse him for the
robbery perpetrated by Uncle Sam
some time prior to the Spanish war
1T Is hard worl. to get away from
this matter of claims before congress
without saying just word about
Arthur G.. Jewell of Bellevue. Neb
Some years ago horse belonging to
Mr.. Jewell was shot by United States
troops who were at target practice
MIR. Jewell filed claim for $50 The
horse was not killed by the rifle bull
let that hit him in the withers, but,
according to Mr.. Jewell. the animal
was incapacitated for further farm
work. To prove the validity Of his
claim for damage to his property Mr..
Jewell kept the wounded horse alive
for four years, spent many dollars In
forage for him and brought him before
several army boards of inquiry to
show that the bullet hurt the beast
$50 worth The house committee on
claims had before it volume of docu-
ments, several veterinary affidavits
Dr. T. s. Palmer who for years has
had charge of the general matter of
game bird protection for the depart
ment OF agriculture frequently has
sent out warnings to the effect that
the wild fowl Of the country were be-
ing exterminated rapidly and If this
valuable food supply assets were to
be saved something must be done to
check the slaughter Of the ducks and
the geese.
A Massachusetts member of con
gress aided and abetted by western
member had had plans before the
house for years which he thinks if put
into effect will compass the salvation
of the ducks the geese, the swans and
for that matter all birds that are mi
gratory In their habits If this plan is
ever allowed to reach the floor of con-
gress for debate there will be moro
constitutional points raised than were
brought up during the rapid fire of
verbal interchanges between the great
constitutional lawyers of the senate
when the railroad rate question was
under consideration.
There was success in getting the
bird saving plan before congress, but
not in the form that would allow
open discussion in the house The bill
was drawn. introduced and sent to the
committee on judiciary where it was
the subject Of both humorous and Sc
rious comment II this bill were ever
to become law 1T unquestionably
would tend to save the game birds of
the country from determination and
congress has been told. what most
people have realized, that the game of
the United States is valuable econo-
mic asset and that 1t is possible to
eat the game birds and still have
them. In other words 1t is held that
II indiscriminate slaughter can be
checked and pot hunters be forced to
limit the size Of his daily game bags
that posterity will be allowed to know
what a wild duck looks like.
The member who fathered the meas
use said that the only way to save
the game birds was to pass a national
law against their destruction except in
certain short, close seasons OF course
the general understanding Is that the
states alone must legislate on the
game birds within their borders The
western members declared that mas
much as game birds were migratory
and took their flight from one state to
another they were subject to the laws
governing interstate commerce, "A
railroad" he said. Crosses a state hne
and Uncle Sam has charge of legisla.
ton affecting It. The same rule and
the same right apply to birds"
Now 1t may seem the extremity Of
foolishness to the layman and posi-
bly, to most lawyers. but some shining
legal lights in Washington held that
the reasohing Of the father Of the bird
protection measure was good reason.
ins and that the chances certainly