The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-12-29

cense are sold.
Again the injustice to the non
resident hunters was brought up.
The various phases of this section
of the game laws came in for a
good share of ripping up the
back At present the nonresi-
dent hunter is given a license for
$25 to hunt and kill deer and
moose. This is one animal more
than the local hunter is allowed.
However, to offset the discrep-
ancy i'll favor of the nonresident
hunter, the latter is allowed to
ship only the head of his moose
for mounting purposes. Claims
are made that III order to get
suitable head the hunter kills sew
eral animals before getting head
that suits him. This is not always
the case but it has been proven on
various occasions that a hunter
shoots at moose every time and
trust to luck as to whether the an
imal has horns or not.
The nonresident hunter should
be allowed to take his game home.
This would have tendency to
satisfy them whether a COW or
bull was secured. Indians and old
woodsmen also make the claim
that by killing off the bulls moose
are rapidly becoming extinct. 1t
has been shown that moose do not
breed in the herd but that each
bull selects a cow and that these
are the only ones that breed. The
result is that yearly more bulls
are killed and that calves are be-
coming less. 1t is also said that
where there is one bull moose in
the woods there are dozens Of
cows. E
The suggestion was also put be-
fore the meeting that the lines of
the present game reserve be made
one township east of the present
location. This is advocated on &C
count Of the location Of the road
leading to the Stoney hunting
country which runs in AID out Of
the reserve in one township and
that in one spot on the highway
you are allowed to shoot game
and mile or so further on you
are again in the preserve and
few laps further on you! are out
again. This is very confusing and
game wardens working ION COM
mission can find this a very pro-
life spot. By showing the reserve
lines six miles east at this place
the road would be clear all the
way through.
The chairman of the public af-
fairs committee reported no pro-
gress on the matter of opening the
Washington School auditorium for
public uses and stated that it was
the sense of the chairman that bet
ter Instructions as to what was
needed before the school board
was approached on the matter. A
special committee consisting of
Jas. Moonan, Peter Schaefer and
John A. Harri was appointed to
look into the matter and report at
the next meeting. The discussion
of this matter became general and
the opinions expressed were
varied. 1t simmered down to the
point that the auditorium should
not be requested for public uses
provided this would interfere with
education and the sense Of those
present was that agitation be be-
gun towards the erection Of new
city hall and auditorium similar
to the one maintained at Eveleth
by the city and also the matter of
establishing a social center. We
still maintain, however, that the
schools are public property and
should be for use of the public
providing this can be consistently
done.
The secretary made his report
of receipts and expenditures for
the year and the same was en-
Enthusiastically received. The re.
port showed the club in good