Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-01-12
WOULD REVISE FISH AND
GAME LAWS OF IDAHO
Senator Hill Of Jefferson County, Suggests Num-
Der of Changes Sheriffs to Act as Deputies
Counties to Get Part Of Licenses.

| care of it. and 1t will be to their i'm
terests 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 IL
censes and place them in the county
where they will be convenient to the
people to obtain, he being response
BILE for all licenses sent him by the
state, and this will save considerable
| expense that now goes to those es-
pecially favored by the present depu-
ties and others.
Cut Down Hatcheries
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 a dog has need of more tails
than one. This would eliminate a
lot of expense. The law should
require a man before he should be
appointed superintendent OF hatch
cry to be a man skilled i'm fish cul-
ture and have knowledge of this sub
ject. AS at present political ap-
pointees to these positions usually
know nothing of the work they are
to do and costly experiments result,
with much waste of money. II this
was done we would get more and
better results from three hatcheries,
than we do now from six
Raise Non-Resident License
"I am In favor OF making non
residents pay $500 for a fish and
game license in Idaho. like Oregon,
Washington. 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 Spokane sports in the north
who use Idaho for this purpose. pay
their proper proportions, and would
cause to be paid into the game de-
partment many thousands of dollars
not now received, which could be
used for the better protection of the
game. Every county would then
have men to enforce the law, where
as, now there is about a dozen special
chief deputies who skylark around
over the state and play politics. and
a resident deputy scattered here and
there over the state, who cannot pos
sibly take care of the game and en-
force the law.
Against Commission
Some talk OF a commission in
stead OF the present warden, but I 4
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 bet
ter results. I am informed as at
present we have about so on the pay
roll of the game department, or at
least this many in summer time. We
are paying just as many men in the
state almost as we would under my
plan.
Under the present plan many
parts OF the state are never visited
by game and fish officers, and the /!
slaughtering goes on. The local sher- /
ifs and deputies are more familiar
with the country in their counties |
and could watch these places better.
The sheriff and his deputies have to /
make frequent trips over their coun-
ties after criminals and performing
other duties and they could always /
be on hand to look out for violators
of the game laws without more ex-
pense. They also know more of this
who are likely to attempt to break T
the game laws. and this plan would
take the department out of politics
more than any other. The counties
which have more game as an asset
would reap more benefit from the
same. 1t would be very popular and
produce beneficial results like the
auto license law as changed two years
ago. 75 per cent of the money from
licensing automobiles goes TO the
counties and 25 per cent to the state.
and the county officers enforce this
law much better, because they are
on the ground and see that every
owner Of an auto pays his license
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