The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1912-11-19
Game Laws Will Be
Revised AT Salem
Conflicts WIN BE Eliminated To Aid
Sportsmen, According to State
Cane Warden Finley.

Oregon game laws VIII probably
undergo . complete rsvision THE COM
Ing winter at the hands Of the lsgis-
iaturs. II plans that state Came War
den Finley 10 nov working on mature.
lie 10 engaged In carefully going over
all the existing statutes psrtainins
TO the propagation. protection and
killing of game Of the state, rscodify-
ias and revising. 0lAring inconsis.
tenciss that are held to bs distinctive
OF Orsgons present code are being
eliminated fos the purpose Of giving
hunters equal rights everywhere.
Ablsss regarding the shooting Of
dasts and deer are receiving special
Iattenti0n.
The ssasral state code says that
deer may - sAos all over the state
frVm August Let TO November iss.
The limit for each hsntsr = ave. A.
the present tine there exists . sep
arats code applying TO wallova.
uni0s. umatilla. Grant. Harnsy end
MalAsur counties. The whole sxtrsms
eastern portion Of the state. which
allows The shootiAs Of dssr oaly from
|ssptsmbsr 18th to Novsnbss Let.
dtasrsnce for hunters Of adjacsnt
countise Of one and . half aoaths.
|It b maaifsstly Impossible 70 saforce
|such . code. the gAns wardsa holds.
For instance. the character 0e por-
|tions Of Morrow ana Unasilla ceun.
|tiss b exactly the sane. especially
aloas the two adjaesat bordsrs. Game
10 Just - pisatfully h each. Yet
huatsrs Of Unatills eaAt cross the
line 70 Morrow 70 hunt and take their
game back With them. There are
many violations here. and the game
department Of the state b almost
rovsrisss.
aams a Duck ohessAng
Duek shooting regulations are
lDoeh the sane. II Clstsop. Colum-
bia. Multnomah and oshsr counties
OF the valley south TO Coos ana Garry.
shoosias begins osOtsabss isth aal
lasts until January lstA. A. the prss-
cat tine n wasAiastea eoussy hsas-
srs cannes 90 after dseks sntil Oeto-
Der ist and the ssasea lasts uaeil
February 18th. By rsasoa Of shis Q
ulaa easnot eoos froa WasAiAgtoa
icounty and KIN ia MsltAooah ssa-
son. sad On the other haad. after the
ssason closes u AultaoaaA The Port
land gunner cannot % - wsshiagtca
county 70 huae The dbesioiaatiea
liss In the fscs that msa froa either
OF the counties. huntins IN the other
opss ssasoa. cannot take their game
back hons with then In the brief
period preceding OF Subsequent 70
their own season.
Ia Laas and klamath counties
identicslly the same conditions OBJ
tain The counties are Of the same
contour. have the high altitude elt-
mate and In all respects game coadi-
tions are similar. II Klamath coun-
y duck shootiag y allowed between
septsmbsr lst asd February Let. II
Laas county the season b bstwesn
Ssptsnbss isth 70 March 9Th A.
arbitrary lias. sometimes . tree, In
dieatss vhsss . aaa nav shoot ssd
carry gsms during certain portions
OF the year. Hatssseias views OF
Eocks Of ducks Just scsoss the line
have proved unsssistably tsnptias
10 great many tiass. - the helpless
Game wsrdsns Of the two couasiss
viii amrm.
The game commission should be
lsiven more authority on the game
laws Of the state. There has been .
hshs back and forth ia the Legislature
for number Of years over the game
question. and hardly anything In the
way Of progress hes besn accomplish
sd. Every man who goes 70 the lssis-
istuss invariably has . pet measure.
and some Of The legislation that has
bssa developed shows that the max
srs Of the bill bad - knowisdss Of
conditions. The ash and game con.
mission b looking ct this fron a
seisntiAc standpoint. IL men are
constantly studying these thinss out |
The ecnnission should have the same |
power that h given the raiiroad com |
mission. u should b allowed 70 |
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