The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-03


of members of the League of Amer
1 lean sportsmcn has been launched
in an effort TO prevent the eXterml-
nation of the prairie chickens. TO
this end bill which carries with 1t
provisions for protecting this bird
is to be introduced in the legisla-
/ ture OF almost every state in the
union during the next few months.
Lon NJ. Frame, state game and fish
warden of oklahoma, has been in
communication with &. o. Shields
of New York, president of the League,
in the interest of this measure and
as a consequence the League Is to
| lend its influence 10 secure the pas
slge of The bill in Oklahoma. In
I speaking of the proposed measure,
| Saturday. Mr. Frame said:
The intentions to introduce bill
| TO provide refugees for prairie chick
ems and other useful birds. The meas
nre will provide that the north tier
of townships according to the gov
ernmcnt survey in each county of the
state and where the townships are
not regularly surveyed then a strip
of territory six miles mide across
the north side OF each of said
counties, will be designated and set
apart for bird refugees for the pur-
pose of protecting the prairie chick
ems and other useful wild birds as
may take refuge in these townships.
1t shall be unlawful to kill, tnp or
snare at any time or in any manner
iniure such birds that may take
refuge or be in the territory so des-
ignated as refugees. provided that
such designation as refugees shall
not in any manner interfere with
the lawful use of the land included
in such refugees.
The bill shall provide that there
shall be no shooting or hunting
in the refugees and that any person
found with a gun or ammunition
on the fields or forests of same,
will be compelled to sshow that he
is not engaged in hunting wild birds
in violation of that act 1t further
provides for fine OF $500 for
each prairie chicken or other useful
wild bird killed in the territory set
aside as refugees
1T is a we'll established fact that
the paririe chicken is one Of the
most industrious bug-eaters and that
during tine winter they live almost
wholly on the seeds of noxious
weeds that the farmer has to com
bat during the summer. This bird
has been valuable food asset for
some years. but it is almost on
the very verge of determination, and
the League of American Spcrts smen
together with the game wardens
OF the various states are to make
strenuous effort in all states to Sc
cure the establishment of laws which
il IS believed would result in rapid
increase Of this bird and of its be-
coming abundant all over the prairie
states. The prairie chickens take
readily to the advance of civiliza-
ton. Il loves to feed in and around
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The state department of highways
can easily be made the most i'm.
portant department of the state. 1t
should be strictly removed from par
tisan politics, the man at the head of
that department should be man
who has given vast amount of
study to practical road building: he
should be a man who will employ
engineers and other help on the ba-
sis of merit and not be guided by
political preferences. 1t is not say
ing too much TO state that every
farm can be doubled in price by
giving IT proximity TO market. The
question OF good roads is of vast
concern to the people of the state,
the best brains of the state ought
to be used in producing roads and
progress in state affairs demands the
removal of the road question from
the thousand townships and concen-
trated into one department which
shall be made responsible for the
roads.
The Chicl1asaw Compress company
has added five dollars 10 the prize