The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-12-10
Game Protection Favored.

Game Protection Favored.
A caller at the Banner Office Tuesday
was Mr.. T. F. Greene of Minden, one of
the agents for the State Conservation
Commission. The four parishes directly |
under his supervision are Ca,.do, Bos-
sier, Webster and Bienville, but he is
also often directed to visit other sections
of the State to investigate reported
abuses and violations of the game laws.
1t will be of interest to many of the
readers of the Banner to learn that Mr..
Greene reports that the sentiment in
favor of game protection in the territory
under his supervision is growing, and
this is more particularly true of the.
parishes of Bienville and Webster,
where, he states, the better class of citi-
zens not only closely observe the game
laws but assist in the spotting and con-
viction of all violators. For dynamiting
fish alone total of eleven convictions in
Webster Parish and three in Bienville
Parish have resulted. Those found
guilty were given road sentences of from
one to seven months. Our impression is
that the majority of these are recent
convictions.
That's the right spirit. The man who
resorts to the use Of dynamite to procure
fish is not sportsman and, in addition
to that, in killing many thousands of
small fish he cannot secure and would
not make use of if he could thus wastes
and contributes that much toward the
depletion of natural food supply that
belongs to all the people, and should re-
main theirs to take in a legitimate and
sportsman like manner for all time. 1t
is a practice that should be checked, as
should all other wasteful and unfair
means of taking both fish and game.
Shortly after Mr.. Greene's departure
we learned from the apprentice in this
office that some INSCRIPTIONS person re-
Gently put India berries or some other
poison into the waters of Cypress and
Caney Bayous to kill fish. Aside from
the great number OF dead fish left in the
! streams to contaminate them and thus
prove nuisance, two of Mr.. Sid
Adger's COWS died as result of drink
ing the poisoned water. There's your
illustration of what unexpected harm
can result from such thoughtless and
unfair practices. Aud this matter and
all others of like nature should be
closely investigated.
| Mr.. Greene asked that we call atten-
ton to the necessity of procuring q
license to hunt outside the ward in
which one resides. Also, it is necessary
to procure license to trap, the oper
season for trapping being from Novem.
Der 1st to February 10Th, and the price
of the license So. One is subject to {
fine for violation of any section Of the
game laws. However, this information
and summary of the State game law
were given in recent issues of thu
Banner.
A large placard left at this office b.
Mr.. Greene contains this information
which should prove Of interest to all:
Setting fire to the woods or gras
, lands owned by another or by the Stat
is punishable under the laws of Louis
lana by a maximum penalty of $1,000 an
imprisonment for FIVE years.
1t is also a violation of the law for
} land owner to permit fire to escape fror
his own property to the lands OF another
The Conservation Commission of Lou
isiana warns all persons against viola
. tions of these laws, as found in Sectio
j of Act 26f of 1910.
Attention to the following rules wi
prevent prairie and forest fires:
Start camp fires only in safe places
and extinguish them before leaving.
Do not drop burning matches c
{ lighted tocacco where they may caus
a fire.
Put out any fire discovered or repol
] it to the nearest officer.