Arizona republican., 1916-09-30
Where the People
 May Have Hearing
Greer. Apache County, Ariz.,
 September 25, 1916.
O The Arizona Republican,

SepleIlDtl AO, l'i"' To The Arizona Republican,
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 Should the proposed Act Relating to inc Preservation of the Fish and Game-on the official ballot Nos. 306 md 3O7 receive a majority of the ,otes at the coming election, great injustice would be done the settlers of this high, White mountain coun- trv. Owing to the late spring and ,arlv autumn frosts, they seldom succeed in harvesting good crops, and are largely dependent upon outflttlns md guiding Arizona. and eastern, and coast sportsmen, for a living. These sportsmen annually leave m the country hereabout a number Of thou sands of dollars, and they, and the ;ettlers. are well satisfied with the game laws as they are, with one ex- eeption. they would like to have the trout fishing season extended one month. to October 1. The trout in hese streams, the Little Colorado and it's tributaries, and the Salt river and ts feeders. are salmo pleuriticuS, and Salmo irideus, both spring spawners, Q no harm would be done by ex- tending the open season one month. md the fishing during September would attract many sportsmen who
  If the close season months, as it is now.
 The proposed amendment to the game laws would shorten the open season to one month, October, and this would shut out a large number of sportsmen who can get away from their business only in November. A few weeks ago, Frederic Vim, supervisor Apache national forest, surveyed a large number of sites here l for long term lease-33 gears at $T per year, for parties who would like | 10 build summer homes in this high | cool country. An article in the Los | Angeles Times regarding the sites | 1as brought him applications foi | them from all over the country, most V from sportsmen who state tha1 1 the October and November shooting the main incentive for them tC l 1uild here. Few of them would lease the sites were they to De limited t l one month of open season, and to one | puck deer instead of two, and to two l turkeys instead of three gobblers, the | allowance under the present law But if the present game laws hold | md the trout fishing season is ex
 ended month, a large colony ot Arizona and outside sportsmen vii juild here. to the great benefit of tho settlers. the merchants of Springer l vile. and to the state at large.
 There is really no reason why tho | open season should be shortened tC | )ne month, and the game limit bt | cut down. Owing to the vigilence O | he forest rangers, and the stat, deputy game wardens, and the trap ping of predatory animals by fores | service employees. the game is rapid ly increasing. The limit on turkeys
 or instance, may well be set at si, | gobblers, for as many males q. | emales are annually matched. and i
 IS well known fact that for success
 ul breeding purposes there should b, about one gobbler to ten hen turkeys
 As to the resident fishing anC ihooting licenses. the people her,
 re unanimously of the opinion tha
 dults should pay S2 per year, ant
 he children be exempt. A s2 li
 ense would create a fund that would
 make possible the building of a stat
 hatchery for stocking all the north
 'rn Arizona stream, -y.:h trout t,
 he full limit of the food waters. Las lutumn the United States Fisl
 Hatchery, at Denver, allotted onl,
 ix thousand rainbow trout to tn Little Colorado. when the numbe
 mould have been at least one hun
 fred thousand, and it is doubtful any can he obtained for this sectiol this season.
 Your very truly
 | JAMES WILLARD SCHITI r,Z