Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-11
STATE AND FEDERAL REGULA-
TIoNs COVER WIDE RANGE OF
SUBJECTS.
WARDEN AlNsHAW ISSUES
RESUME OF STATUTES
Attorney General cosson Issues Orders
to County Attorneys. to Stop Raffles
Of All kinds-Held to Be Gambling
Governor Clarke Does Personal In
vestisation in Behalf Of Woman.

4 Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines. Nov. il-State Fish and
Game Warden Elmer C. Hinshaw. of
/ Spirit Lake, has complied neat little
booklet giving the Iowa fish and game
laws. the federal migratory bird regu :
/ lations and the Lacey bird law. the
latter s federal regulation, khich are
now in force. Many Of thess ews took
effect July I. 1915.
The United states Laws and regula-
tions relating 20 migratory birds speci-
~ the open season for all migratory
/ game birds - &c trc-. Sept 10 Dec.
10. None - the following birds may
+ be killed before Sept. l. 1918: Band
tailed pigeons, little brown. sandhill
and whooping cranes, swans. curlew.
wood ducks ana all shore birds except
the black breasted and golden plover,
Wilson or jack suipe. woodcock and
greater and lesser yellowiegs. Shoot
ing on the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers is prohibited and shooting mi
gratory birds after sunset o- before
sunrise is prohibited.
The Iowa law also prohibits shoot
ing between sunset ana sunrise on any
waters OF the state from any boat,
canoe, conveyance or device what
ever.
The Iowa law says the following are
defined as game birds. Swan. geese,
brant. river and sea ducks, rails,
coots, mud hens. gallinules. shore
birds. snipe, woodcock, sandpipers,
tattlers, curlews, wild turkeys. grouse.
prairie chickens, pheasants, partridges
and quail. 1t is unlawful to take Hun
garian partridges or Monaghan. ring
neck. English or Chinese pheasants
prior to the first day of October. 1917.
The season for taking game birds
and animals is set forth in the law as
follows Native grouse and prairie
chickens may be taken from Sept.
TO Dec 1 woodcock may be taken
from July 10 to Jan. /. Ruled grouse.
pheasants wild turkey and quail may
be taken from Nov l to Dec. Is. Wild
ducks. geese, brant. rail, plover. sand
pipers and marsh or beach birds may
be taken from Sept. to April Is. Gray
fox or timber squirrels may be taken
from Sept. I to Jan. /. Beaver. mink,
otter and muskrat may be taken from
Dec. / to April l.
Attorney General Cosson IS sending
out notices to county attorneys that
all raffles should be stopped, as they
are gambling pure and simple IN the
eyes OF the law. Many complaints are
coming into the attorney generals Of
fee that ranles are being conducted
in various parts of the state. Every
thing from a house and lot and auto
mobiles down to candy is being put
up to be raffled off and numbers sold
on them. This must be stopped the
attorney general says and urges the
county attorneys to use whatever
methods are necessary to put them out
of business
Governor Clarke put on his overcoat
and rubbers and took his umbrella
yesterday morning and went out in the
rain to personally investigate the COM
plant of Mrs Mathis Sherman. of 101
East Twelfth street, and q neighbor
that they had been without city water
for two days because capitol extension
workers had cut off their connection
with the city water mains The gov
ernor lost no time in ascertaining the
facts in the case and ordering T. E.
McCurdy. in charge Of capitol extern
sion improvements. to put a force Of
men to work at once and relieve these
people of their plight.
1t seems that graders laying out tho