Williams news., 1915-02-04
SOME POINTS ABOUT
 THE NEW GAME LAW
Points of Interest Taken From Proposed Law, Most of Which Will Probably be Retained in Law as Finally Passed, by State >Legis- lature

lature
 No individual or association of individuals shall be permitted at any time or in any manner to ac- quire any title in or exercise any dominion over any wild running game animals or birds, but all such shall be and remain the property of the state.
 The words ''hunt" and thunting'' are defined to include pursuing, shooting at, killing or capturing any wild game, and lesser acts as disturbing, marrying, worrying and so on, whether resulting in the talk ing of game or not, or any act of assistance in the taking or attempt ed taking of any game.
 The word possession is defined to mean that if there be any per son, or two or more persons, any of whom with the knowledge and consent of the rest, has any game bird, non-game bird, game animal or fish, or fur-bearing animal, in his custody or possession, it shall be deemed to be in the custody and possession of all of them,- and if this be at such time as it is unlaw- full to take or have same, such fact shall be prima-facia evidence that such person or persons killed or took such game illegally.
 "Game fish" include trout, bass, crappie, grayling and Williamson's white6sh.
 The word resident" means any citizen of the United States, or any foreign born person who has legally declared his intention to become citizen of the United States, who has resided in the state of Arizona for period of four months next preceding the date of application for license to hunt and fish.
 Arizona is divided into two game zones, the Northern and the South ern. The northern zone lies north of the Standard north of the Gila and Salt River base. the southern zone south of the same.
 The game animals protected at all times by the proposed law are: mountain sheep, mountain goat, antelope, elk, deer, and beaver. It is doubtful if the attempt to make the year long closed season on deer
 will stand. There has been such strong sentiment against it that 1t seems probable that it will be changed. The News has not yet
 heard what change may have been
 made in the law on this animal.
 Under the present law, deer are in-
 creasing rather than decreasing.
 Among the game that would be
 protected at all times are pheas-
 ants, grouse, bob-white quail, wild
 turkey, wild pigeons and "sand-
 peepers."
 The non-game birds protected at all times are all wild song or in sectivorous birds.
 Open seasons are as follows: [ Ducks, geese, coots and shore birds, open season from October 15 to February 1.
 , Trout, bass, crappie, catfish, open season from July 1 to October l. Gamble's Valley quail, doves and T white wings, open season, October | 1 to February l.
 /, . Jack rabbits and cotton tails, Oc > tober 1 to February l. T. These are the regulations for thu f f northern zone. They are mani 7. festly unfair. Closing the season ? on doves until Oct. 1, would il II effect prohibit the shooting of then e ct all in Coconino. The doves d p not come until June andthey leav' d before Oct. 1. This law reads tn
 same for the northern as for tn
 southern zone.
 :. That the man or men who pre-
 pared this law was mentally def