Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-11
FEDERAL LAWS APPLY TO
ENTIRE STATE OF IOWA
NJ Spring Open Season IN interior
Federal Statute Piain-Seetiens Of
National Statute Leave No Room For
Doubt a. 70 Regulations on Ducks
and-other Game BirdA
Special TO -..imes-RepuoI.can

Recsnssy Judge Green wrote IN reply
TO .hGp.Iiss that !. applied only 70
the Missouri xnd the Mississippi While
in terms ta> law does SO apply, there
are regulations under the law which
apply i, to the whole stare. DR.. Palmer
Of The department Of agriculture said:
No spring shooting OF migratory
birds Is permitted under TIE law any
where IN Iowa, have wired State
Warden Hsnshau this morning 10 this
eneste
Oh Primer pointed out tAat there
were several regulations under the law
which had the force Of Law, and that
the prohibition against spring shoot
Ing everywhere were sweeping. He said
licenses issued n Iowa for this spring
would not b good un,c next fall.
Soenfai 10 Tmes-Re publican.
Des Mo!nes, March Ill, IS re-
ported that because OF publication IN
tho state Of erroneous or ca-eiessiy
framed statements regarding the FED
eral bird law, making certain closed
seasons for the protection Of ui-a-
tory game and insecc.vs-ous birds,
there Is much confusion among hunt
ers. The instruction cards issued by
the Agricultural department, 6, Wash
tngton are ver7 plain
Congressnan Green, OF Iowa IS one
Of those recently quoted as declaring
tass ths federal laws prohibiting
spring duck shooting II Iowa do not
apply % the Interior Of the statA A
puusa Of tho hE Shows Sir. Green
70 be r.1stnto1msd
A. applied - Iowa the following are
designated 6 the open seasons, dur
ing whieh tine birds may be killed:
Waterfowl, open season. Sept. i
Dec. Is
Rails, ceess. GalrnuleA Sept l.
Dec. /
woodcock. Oct Idea l.
Shore birds, blackbreasted and gold
en- plover. tacksnipe, yellow legs Sept
Insectiveeous BIRDS protected in
definitely.
Band-tailed pigeons, cranes, swans,
c,,rley. smaller shore birds and wood
ducks protected until Sept 1, 1918.
Shooting prohibited between sunset
and sunrise; or al any tine On Sec
tions Of upper Mississippi and Missouri
rivers.
These are the general regulations
for the breeding zone, IN which Iowa
is located. There are exceptions. but
none OF them apply IN Iowa For me
vintertng zone, down south, differ soc
regulations have been made.
River Provision Confused.
The main source OF confusion as 70
the regulations has come from me sps-
cial provision for protection OF al
birds all the tine On the tno big rivers.
This regulation reads:
"a closed season shall continue be-
tween Jan. / and Dec. q, both dates
inclusive, Of each year, on all miEra-
tory birds passing over Or at rest on
any OF the waters OF the main stream
Of the following navigapia rivers, To-
wit: The Mississippi river between
Minneapolis and Memphis: and the
Missouri river between Bismarck ano
Nebraska City; and or the killing OF
can.,,re Of any such birds on Of over
any point within the limits Aforesaid,
from, any boat. raft OF other device
floating Or otherwise, III OF on e-"'
such waters"
Applies 70 All Game.
This prohibition as to hunting along
the rivers applies TO ali game and in
sac.,yerous birds and for all time
Bu, the closed and open seasons IN
+he interior Of iowa are referred TO IN
other sections Of the regulations. Inc
c,osed seaso-, designated to be COM
r,a.e until Sept. I, 1918, IS speclhcails
IN the following birds: Band-tallec
r;geons little brown, sandhill anc
vhooping cranes, swans, curiew' ant
all shore birds except the olack'
breasted and golden plover wilson o.
iacksnipe, woodcock and the greater
and lesser yellow legs. 1t also IN
cIudes wood ducks
The migratory game birds are hstee
nc follows: Waterfowl, including orant
Wild ducks. geese and swans; cranes
intending little brown sandhIl ane
uhooninz cranes: rails, including coors
pall;nules. and sora and other rails
shore birds, including avocets, cure"
dowditchers, godwiis i'ae-s "Sste
catchers, phalaropes. ployer. sanopiper
snipe, stills, Surf pirds, tuf'is1oHeS
wflIet. woodcock, and yellow legs: pig
cons. including doves and wild pigeons
The insectiverous birds are desig
mated: Bobolinks catbirds, .chickadees
cuckoos, flickers, flycatchers, sros
peaks. humrning birds. kingiets, mar
.ins, meadowlarks, nighthawks or bull
bats. nuthatches, orioles, robins
shrikes, swallows, swifts, tanagers
dtmice, thrushes, yieres. warblers
warnings, whippoofwiiis. wood peck
ers. and wrens. and all other perchint
birds which feed entirely or Chiefly Oh
insects
Oshsr Provisions Of Law.
Il will be noted, as above, there ar
certain open seasons for all the na!gra
tory game birds except as to pig
cons, cranes. smaller shore birds ant
81 wood ducks az to which the closes
season continues Ave years.
Bus as to all the insectiverous bird
~numefated above and all others which
I've chiefly on insects. there 10 = per