Arizona republican., 1914-02-19


 to September 1st. A protest was Arizona and this was changed to lead from January 18th to October 1st, but was not the change recom- mended by the sportsmen.
 owing to the mild weather this winter, large ducks did not come down to this section from northern Arizona until the latter part of Janu- ary, in large numbers, and February has always been the choice mallard month here-the time when the ducks are fattest and in best condi- tion for the table Under the state law the duck season does not close until April 1st.
 To show the sentiment of the peo- rle of the middle west we reprint below an article published in the Sportsmens Review. of February H. 1914 a weekly magazine published at Cincinnati. Ohio:
 Missouri Duck Hunters Oppose
 Federal Law.
 The biggest and most enthusiastic meeting of sportsmen held in Kan sas City in years was held in Arter's hall. thirty first and Holmes streets, Monday night, February ,. The meeting had been called by officers of the Social Target and Hunting club. to get the duck hunters of Kansas City, and the states of Kan sas and Missouri together to protest against the unjust. unfair and dis criminatory migratory bird shooting regulations promulgated by the Bio logical survey of the agricultural de- partment. Ever since the first of January, when the federal law put a ban on duck shooting in Missouri. sportsmen talked of nothing else but how they were to get relief from this unpopular prescription of their rights to enjoy duck shooting as they have done heretofore No concerted action had been suggested, everybody was waiting for the other fellow, till the Social Target and Hunting club took the bull by the horns and called the meeting. The daily papers helped 10 spread the news, and when time came to open the doors of the hall there were fully three hundred duck hunters on hand. They quickly filled every seat and many stood through out the meeting, so great was the in terest
 "Dr Ragan of the Social club called the meeting to order and explained it's purposes. Dr. Ragan was elected permanent chairman and w. L. Moore secretary. pr. Ragan stated that the meeting wanted to devise ways and means to secure for Kan sas and Missouri hunters some duck shooting this spring. that they had had none in the fall, and thought they were entitled to a little now. Jim Head of Moberly made a stirring talk, telling of his work to get the embargo lifted. He was asked to read a copy of his famous letter to Secretary of Agriculture Houston. He told of the reply to this letter, written by pr. Palmer Of the Biological survey. and said all he could get from Palmer's letter was | How old was Ann? Who struck Billy Patterson" and What became 1 of Charley Ross?' But no satisfac- ton as to a change in the law ID. G. Phillips, duck hunter of Moberly, told how ducks were being shot in his. part of the state every day. He had talked with several | deputy game wardens and all had | announced that they would take no part in prosecuting duck hunters, who did not violate the Missouri law, hich allows them to shoot ducks till ! May 1. Mr Phillips said many hunt CTS were ignoring the federal regu- | lations, as they did not believe they would stand the test of the courts, and while he said that all true | sEortsmen wanted to obey any just ] law, he thought this was a case for another Boston tea party That the Biological survey had put the regu- 1 lations off onto Missouri and re- fused to change them-that the fed | eral government showed no dispOsi- 1 ton to arrest any one so as to give l the hunters a chance for a test oi
 the law, and that the bolder of the
 hunters were going ahead and en- I l held back to find out whether the l law would be modified or knocked l out would get no shooting He
 showed the injustice of such situ ation, and advised that all duck
 hunters go ahead and shoot ducks
 the same as they have always done 1 MT. Phillips remarks were loudly
 arplauded
 MT Rooney, president of clut
 at Archie, an attorney, said he had been shooting ducks and was going | to continue to shoot them. He de-
 clared that the law would not stand , the test of the courts, and he strong | ly advised all hunters not to be de-
 tered from their sport, but to gC