Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-09
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about at the next election. consequent
ly would be good politics" also.
SHOULD MAKE NO EXCEPTION

about at the next election, consequent
ly would be good politics. also.
| SHOULD MAKE NO EXCEPTION.
| Il am told the revenue that accrues
from the people and flows into the fish
and game department. amounts to APP
proximately $4,000 annually, and is all
spent by this department. That it is
the only revenue that does not go into
the same general fund of the state.
cannot see why an exception should be
made in this case, 1t allows this money,
no matter how much, to be used by the
game warden without being checked by
some higher authority, and is not right,
| it seems to me.
Il cannot see why a special set of
police officers or game wardens should
be provided over the state to enforce
the provisions OF the fish and game
laws any more than the liquor or other
laws that make certain acts criminal,
all of which the sheriffs of the state and
their deputies are required to enforce.
l therefore, believe that the present
law should be repealed and a new one
enacted that will better enhance the
| fish and game Of the state, and pro-
vide for better protection.
WOULD REVISE SYSTEM.
Therefore. am going to work for a
change in the law that will provide for
a state game warden as at present.
with one deputy or office assistant and
that the sheriffs and their deputies be
required to enforce the provisions OF
this law, and that a percentage Of the
money arising from licenses, fines and
forfeitures be turned into the counties,
say rs per cent, with the balance going
to the state; and that portion going to
the county will pay the expenses the
counties will be put to in enforcing the
law. Some of the counties will have to
employ an extra deputy sheriff part Of
the year, and others will need no more
than they now have. In those sections
of the state where game abounds more
abundantly they will receive more
money and will thereby be paid more
fully for taking care of it, and 1t will
be to their interests to do this. The
plan would be more flexible and fit the
varied conditions existing In the state
better than now. The county clerks
should be made the party to issue the
| licenses and place them in the county
where they will be convenient to the
people to obtain, he being responsible
and this will save considerable ex-
pense that now goes to those especially
favored by the present deputies and
/ others.
CUT DOWN HATcHERlES.
| THE state game warden would have
charge of the state in general and of
the fish hatcheries. We have six Of
these now and do not have need for
more than three. any more than dog
has need of more tails than one. This
would eliminate a lot of expense. The
law should require man before he
should be appointed superintendent OF
a hatchery to be a man skilled in fish
culture and have knowledge of this
subject. AS at present political APP
pointees to these positions usually
know nothing of the work they are o
do and costly experiments result, with
much waste of money. If this was done
we would get more and better results
from three hatcheries than we do nov
! from six.
RAISE NON PRESIDENT LICENSE.
IT am also in favor of making nom
residents pay S. for a fish and game
| license in Idaho. like Oregon, Wash
| ington, Utah and Wyoming do; and
| this would make Salt Lake sports who
come up here by the thousands on the
| Short Line summer fishing trains to
the Island park country, and the Spo-
| kane sports in the north who use Idaho
| for this purpose. pay their proper pro-
| portions, and would cause to be paid
| into the game department many thous-
ands of dollars not now received. which
could be used for the better protection
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then have men to enforce the law,
whereas. now there is about dozen
special chief deputies who skylark
| around over the state and play poll
tics. and resident deputy scattered
cannot possibly take care OF the game
and enforce the law
COUNTY REPRESENTATION
1.-THE four counties that used to con-
stitute cd Fremont, now have enc dep
uty. whereas under the kind OF law
propose there would be at least eight,
and each county would vie with the
others to better enforce the law. This
deputy we now have at Ashton has to
travel all over thes1 counties placing
licenses at different places TO be sold,
and then he goes around and collects
the money after they are sold, which
incurs much travelling expense. In
this territory named. between $4,000
and $4,000 is taken In for licenses
fines, etc, and about $500 comes back
up here to pay a deputy and the bal
ance goes TO Boise to BE- used for poll
teal purposes. This is not justice to
the people up here In the game coun-
try
AGAINST COMMISSION.
Some talk of a commission instead
of the present warden, but / am
against creating SO many boards and
commissions. We have too many now,
and some of them should be done away
with. This would be just as expensive
and produce no better results am