Arizona republican., 1913-10-03
SCARCE
 THIS SEASON
Such is the Report of Frank W. Rogers, Who Advo- cates a Closed Season fOl. Five Years and More Protection

Arizona is just twenty years be hInd the times in her game laws was the statement made yesterday by Frank w. Rogers, state game warden.
 She is just twenty years behind. because she has put off protecting her game and her sOngbirds that long after the time was ripe for protec- ton"
 These were the words that pre- ceded the remark that the reports of the plentitude of game in the hills this year, Were all reports. and that fl the words of the old timers and of the pioneers in the mountains could be believed. game is moro scarce this year than ever it has been before, and than it ever should be again. In fact there is scarcely any game.
 These reports that there are so many deer in the woods, and that they are seen here and there by the dozen, are the reports of young and enthusiastic fellows who seeing a few deer, perhaps by accident. surmisc that there must be thousands if ten may be seen so easily. They are the reports of the few brought to eager cars in the cities, and circulated to the enthusiast who will leave in few days for his hunting trip
 But the authoritative reports. the reports of the pioneers. and of tho men who live in the hills and with the wild animals of the hills-thesc reports from these men tell another story. They tell of the scarcity of deer, of the occasional deer where
  and bands of deer, and of the almost total lack of antelope. Also they say that all game, big and little. is fast being eXterminated.
 Asked the best remedy for this condition, Mir Rogers replied. "'rhe best that l know, is that the season on deer be closed for at least five years, and that the season on all other game which is becoming scarce be closed long enough to allow new start Then when the season is again opened make it short and the limit low. and enforce the laws.'
 There is another step which the speaker suggested as perhaps the best for the propagating of big quan- titles of game in the state That is education. Into the schools of the state into the children of the state. instill a love for the wild animals. love to see them alive and free in their haunts. and q desire to help tN keep them from being exterminated. There are many ways of bringing about this instruction. Let the teach CT devote a little time to the student. telling of the wild animals and or their habits and little pecuHarities. " hen the child is little older. take him to the woods, and show him na- ture in all her wonders, and instaiU in the child as he grows the love for the wild and the growing This is the best way to reach the people and to insure supply of game in the future. Education will do more to- ward perpetuating the game in Ari- zona than will all the laws that the legislatures of the next fifty years can produce
 But Mir. Rogers dwelt most on tho would be, the supposed sport He is the most despicable of all the lawless men that the game warden has to deal with. He is the fellow who kills for the fun Of it. who will shoot into q flock of doves for the mere pleasure of seeing how many he can kill with certain load and q certain gun, and will then leave the number of birds inert to rot in the sun ne is the fellow who ruins the hunt ing of the state for the other fellows At him the laws of the state are aim ing more and more each year. and there will be every attempt made by the officers of the state to catch ami bring to a speedy punishment tn" men who kill tO kill