Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-12-13
may ABOLISH OFFICE
PROPOSE LEGISLATIVE MEASURE
FOR DISPOSAL OF GUN IL
cENSE REVENUES.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capitol City, the Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts OF
the Sunshine State.

Huron.-Under the provisions of a
new game and fish law, drawn up by
the sportmen of the state meeting in
this city, all of the county game war
dens will be out of a job as soon as the
proposed measure becomes effective.
The meeting Of sportsmen called in
this city by State Game Warden w.
E.. Bancroft has concluded it's business
n adjourned. The meeting drafted,
section by section, a new game n
fish law, which was copied in many re-
spects from the Minnesota law, with
such differences as were necessary.
Suggestions were also made for the
expenditure of the game fund, and a
state game commission was suggested.
A. A. Coburn of Deadwood, A. l.. wy
man of Yankton, +. l.. Bramble OF
Watertown, T. FL. Null of Huron, Fred
Youngberg of Bookings, E.. Norbeck
of Pierre, and Charles Woodland of
Sansarc, made up the committee on
drafting the new law, together with
the. state gamewarden. The meeting
recommends a state game n fish
commission, made up of three men,
one Of whom is to be the state game
warden. These commissioners will
serve for six years, one to be elected
every two years.
Under the proposed new law the
county gam wardens will be dis
pensed with, and the state commission
will employ such help as is needed to
enforce the laws. It is believed that
special agents representing the state
can do better work than local men in
his capacity, and in the new arrange
ment there will be a considerable sal
airy saving. The open eason for prai-
RE chickens has been changed, it now
being from September I to December
l.. This was don because of the more
or less migratory nature of these
birds, under the old law the southern
part of the state getting no chicken
shooting before the close of the short
season. The season for grouse will
now be from September 20 to Novem-
Der 20, which is the same as the deer
season. For deer The bag limit re-
mains the same, one animal. Neither
has any change been made in the
provisions regarding licenses. Fol
fish the only closed eason now is dur-
ing the months of April and May.
Regarding the uses to which the
state game fund be put the meeting
made several suggestions. The amount
of $4,000 should be expended for a
fish hatchery, located somewhere east
of the Missouri river. From expert
ments carefully made it has been
found that game fish will not pass
through fshways in dams, and the
only way in which the streams Of
South Dakota car be kept well stocked
is by having a fish hatchery. 1t is rec
commended also that $4,000 OF the
fund be used to fence in several thou
SAND acres of Black Hills land and to
procure a supply of elk from Wyo-
ming to stock the preserve with. The
idea in this connection is to raise as
much of this game as possible, when
ever the preserve become overstocked
turning it loose. A last $1,000 is rec
commended to be expended for the
propagation of wild fowl in the east
ern half of the state. This refers to
all game birds, but especially to pleas
ants.
From the rapidly with which the
game fund has accumulated in the
past, it is believed that ample money
will be obtainable to keep these three
suggestions up, particularly with the
addition of that saved on county game
wardens' salaries.
Official Figures on State Ticket.
Pierre.-The official vote on the
state ticket shows the following fig
ures:
Goyernor-Frank M. Byrne, $3.50;
- 70 oEn. n w Dy1tfnr-
field, 1899; Samuel Lovett, 3,479.
Lieut.. GOVERNOR. l.. Abel, 61,S74;
o. D. Anderson, 45,509; Ed. Cochran,
1857; B. H. Wright, 3,744.
Secretary of State-Frank Glasner,
63,S37; N. F. Stewart. 42,7S2; Geo. f.
Sheldon, 3,243; Leroy Hixson, 1882.
Commissioner of Lands-F. F. Brink
er, $1,000; John ]. Halligan, 1885;
D. N. Mccullough, 3,036; S. N. Goodfel-
low, 1882.
superintendent of Instruction-C. G.
Lawrence, 64,711; L. M. Powers, 42,245;
Lois Wilson Jellies, 3,147.
State Treasurer-A. W. Ewart. g.
COZ; F. B. Cannon, 44,42s; W. j. Heb
erlein, 3,Os2; NJ. G. Opsahl, 1856.
Attorney General-Royal C. John
son, 66,553; w. A. Lynch, 42,762.
State Auditor-Henry B. Anderson,
65,124; ]. P. Croal, 1925; w. ].
Loucke, 3,765.
File Election Expenses.
Pierre.-Two more candidates have
filed their election expense accounts,
E. l.. Abel, the Republican candidate
for lieutenant governor, showing his
expenses to have been S2S2.5O, and
J.. j. Murphy, the Republican candidate
for railway commissioner, making a
showing of $273.
Gets Water Permit.
Pierre.-A permit has beer granted
Mike Seppala of Buffalo, Harding
county, to appropriate water from
Fanny creek for irrigation of 80 acres.
Pardoned by Byrne.
Pierre.-Lieut Gov. Byrne, as acting
governor, granted a pardon to Philip
Medley, who is serving a jail sentence
in Davidson county on a larceny
charge. AS acting governor he also
signed the certificates of election for