The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-12-22
BANQUET FOR LEAGUE
BOOKED IN FEBRUARY
GAME PROTECTORS GET TO.
GETHER FOR SESSION
Meeting Last Night to Discuss Proposed
Legislation; Law to Keep Does From
Getting Killed Suggested; Change in
Opening Date of Hunting Season Not
Favored; Gives Poachers Advantage

Although no quorum appeared at
the Heinrich hotel last evening, in
response to the call for meeting of
the Southern Minnesota Game, Fish
and Bird Protective league, those
that did appear had very interest
ing discussion of several of the prob
lens in hand, and it was decided to
take an adjournment to Thursday
evening after Christmas. At that
time good turnout is hoped for,
and indeed is very necessary, for the
plan is to discuss what legislation for
the protection of game should be
enacted by the coming legislature.
Another project is to have a ban
quet of the league some time in Feb
ruary with some good speakers from
other cities, for the purpose of arous-
ing more interest on the part of the
people in what the league stands for.
Those present at last nights meet
ing were DR.. F. E. Heidel, F. W.
DarsOw, H. A. Patterson, Professor
G. H. Trafton, DR.. F. l.. Stephan, j.
d. Duane and George Pond.
Protect the Does.
H. A. Patterson said the league
ought to go on record in favor of the
passage of a law to protect the does.
The, state of Wisconsin he remarked
has had such a law during the past
two years. This law has tendency
he argued to reduce the NUMBER of
fatalities resulting from mistakes on
the part of hunters, and he quoted
figures of fatalities in various states
to substantiate this claim. He said a
hunter would not be so apt to mistake
human being for deer, il the law
required him to look and see whether
he was shooting at buck or a deer.
Saving the does would mean saving
many deer for the future. Mr.. Pat
terson remarked also that Wisconsin
was going to have a law prohibiting
less than three inches in length. This
was for the purpose of preventing
the shooting of fawns.
Report of the Secretary.
DR.. F. l.. Stephan, secretary of the
league, gave his report of the meet
ing of the executive committee of the
Minnesota Game Protective league,
which he attended, at st. Paul last
Thursday morning. At this meeting
the committee went on record in
favor of having the hunting season.
which now opens on September Z,
open on September Is, SO as to con-
form with the opening in some other
states The committee also favored
raising the license fee for hunters to
So for hunters Of all ages, instead of
having it 81 for those of age and
nothing for minors. 1t was planned to
have the additional money thus
raised go for bounties to be offered
for the determination of the great
horned owl, crow and some species OF
hawk 1t was thought that by the eX
termination of these predatory birds,
the prairie chickens and cartridges
would be saved The committee fav-
ored closed season on the chickens
and cartridges for three years.
Fee Had Been Made $50.
DR.. Stephan further reported that
tie fee to join the state league had
been mad $50, but the league would
receive in return fifty subscriptions
to The North Woods and Wild Life.
Each branch was entitled to direct
or on the state league executive
committee. Another action by the
state executive committee was to
recommend that the names of the
branch leagues be changed so as to
conform with the name of the state
league.
DR.. Stephan read a letter that he
had received from Frank D. Blair,
field superintendent of the Minnesota
Game Protective league, stating that
the doctor was elected. a member OF
the state board of directors. The
Southern Minnesota league was re-
quested to confirm this action.
The members present last evening
seemed in favor of all the legislation
that was desired by the state COM
mittee with the one exception of that
of making the game season open on
September Is instead of September
7. There was a general opinion that
this would give too good chance to
poachers, who would get a chance to
the game too far in advance of the
lawful hunters. DR.. F. E. Heidel and
George Pond spoke against this pro-
p0Spd change