Evening journal., 1914-11-17

Louisiana protected elk until 1919 and
removed robins from the game list, and
Maryland amended the non game bird
law TO protect herons and egrets. Sew
eral States provided term protection on
/ a few species: Massachusetts protected I
quail for five years in Essex county; /
| New Jersey, wild turkeys and female I
/ English ring.neck pheasants until 1919; /
/ New York (by regulations OF the Con-
servation Commission) phcasants inl
nine counties for two years. Ohio,
hungarian partridgcs until 1918, and
Rhode Island, all game for five years ON
Warwick Neck.
In Canada Alberta removed
antelope and Hungarian partridges
from the game list for several years
Ontario, quail. Hungarian partridges
and phoasants for two years, and by
regulation extended the closed season
on deer for three years in four coun-
ties and protected squirrels and
ruffed grouse for three years in two
counties Saskatchewan removed an
telope and whooping cranes from the
game list.
Open Seasons.
Open seasons were curtailed on
certain species in Louisiana. Massa-
chusetts. Ontario, British Columbia
and Manitoba.
Louisiana adopted the plan which
has previously been tried in Pcnnsyl-
yania and other States of having a
uniform open date for all game birds.
Ohio, which closed the season
throughout the year on doves in 1913,
provided a short open season from
September l to October 2O Ontario
heightened tho season one month on
upland game. and British removed
protection from bears for two years,
shortened the season two weeks on
caribou. and curtailed the season two
weeks on moose i'm certain districts.
Export and Sale
Louisiana shortened the sale sea-
son on water fowl. snipe. coots and
rail to include the last two months
of the open season
The industry Of raising game in
captivity received impetus In New
!, York by q modification in the law
! permitting domcsticated game to be
killed and sold at any time. Vir-
ginia made IL unlawful for non-resi-
n dents to sell water fowl taken on
" Back Bay, and Manitoba repealed the
A HIONlnlOl UlOIiblAtn AH1 htAAN vi
-, ducks prior TO October /. Rhode
u ~ Island prohibited the export of raj
.. and water fowl.
Bag Limits.
nj Few provisions in the new legisla.
- tion affect the bag limits. Louisiana
10 Increased the limit on squirrels from
10 to 10 day: Virginia. for the hrsi
= time. prescribed limit of 80 a day
on water fowl taken on Back Bay
Princess Anne county, and Ontario
fixed yearly bag limit Of 200 on
ducks.
Licenses.
New Jersey enacted a combination
license law. effective January 1. 1915
to cover hunting and fishing and pro-
hibited the issue of hunting licenses tC
applicants under IA years of age
Virginia now requires both residents
: and non-residents TO obtain licenses
to hunt wild fowl on Back Bay. AL
berta increased the resident bird Ii
cense fee from Sl25 to S2.25.
Game Refugees and Farms.
\ In tne agricultural appropriation
, bill Congress made provision for tn
establishment of national game pre-
serve in Sullys Hill National Parl
= i'm North Dakota. Two nationa
bird reservations have recently bee
,a created by executive order--Smit
-, Island. WASH and Blackboard Is
70, land. Ga. Under regulations of tn
N, Secretary Of Agriculture proiectio
ont of deer on five islands in southeaster
Alaska was extended for two year.
elei and protection was given sheer
N a moose and caribou on the west ha
of the Kenal peninsula, thus pract
vi cally making these areas refugees fC
,r3. big game.
ek The legislature Of New York auth
n orized the Conservation Commissio
II ~ 10 establish game refugees on inclose
4. State lands, except in the Adirol
p dack and Catskill parks. and mac
nd provision for the establishment {
i,af four new game farms. The trespal
)M laws relative TO private reserve
were also strengthened. Pennsylyan
has established a new game reful
- on state lands, making six in a
Wisconsin has recently inclosed a 3
- acre game refuge in the northern pa
"a of Villas county. near Trout Lah
u Louisiana prohibited hunting on ce
4 tain school lands. Manitoba curta
4 ed the limits of the Riding Mounta
8 game preserve by about one-third.
q In Massachusetts farmers we
u permitted under certain RESTRICT"
q to kill deer and pheasants, which q
likely TO damage cultivated crops
- New Jersey the batting of wild TO
is prohibited.
In California under a decision
n the court OF the Second Appellate d
trict the game law of 1913 was a
'"ee nulled. The effect of this decisi
i1o eliminated game district No. Z. a
restored the same seasons and
oek' six districts provided in the act
1911.
In Oregon. on account of the II
- usually dry season, the govern
. under authority of law, closed
Iasj deer season during the latter part
20, "a. August. as many forest fires were
.si.I ported 10 have been started by ca
'niyl less hunters.
ass Federal Laws.
- Provisions in the agricultural {
. preparation act approved June
1914 for the expenditure of $4,000
establishing a national game presei
on Sullys Hill National Park. MOI
= Dakota. and $4,000 for enforcing
k~a act for the protection of migrate
birds.
,vs Federal Regulations.
lo4 Proclamations of August 81 2
all October I amending the regulate
of the Department Of Agriculture /
! der the migratory bird law; rsgu