Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-28
NEW GOPHER BOUNTY
IN EFFECT THURSDAY
Stock Confinement Law Also
In Force Outside Of Open
District.


All laws passed by the last legislature
which did not have an emergency clause
viii become effective tomorrow, May
2sth.
To the boys and girls Of the county,
as well as some other folks, tine law re-
garding the bounty on gophers and
moles is of special interest When the
bounty law was originally passed sever
al years ago there was & ten-eent boun-
ty on the sealps of gOphers and mOles
The legislature Of 1917 found this was
geing into the fund too fast and the
law was amended to read five cents for
the sealps Of gOphers, moles and gray
diggers Business fell off and the tax
raised for this bounty in Marion eoun-
ty was not all used
Beginning with tomorrow, the bounsy
on gophers and mOles is again placed n,
ten cents, but the gray-digger win be
obliged to part with his scalp for five
cents as in the past.
The office of the county clerk is pre-
pairing for a great rush of business as
il is pretty well understood that a good
ly supply of gopher and mole scalps
have been harvested largely, but have
not been presented for redemption,
awaiting May 29th.
Another law to become effective to-
morrow Is in regarding to dog running
at large. If any town, voting nrecinet
or county is not satisfied with the pres.
ent law there may be called an election
to decide whether dogs shall run at
large or not. For county, there must
be 100 voters sign the petition calling
for the dog question to be placed on the
ballot. For voting precinct, only 10
qualified voters need sign and for
town or city, only 20 voters. The dog
question may be voted on at any spe
cia OF general election.
Another law to become effective to-
morrow is in regard to stock running at
large. In some parts of the county, this
law is not very popular, especially in the
Gervais section. The new law provides
that cit shall be unlawful to permit
to run at large cattle, horses, mules,
sheep, goats OF hogs or to permit to go
lands of another without permission, in
Marion county," The exception TO the
law for Marion county is in the eastern
part and is described as beginning at a
point 20 chains east Of Mehama, thence
north for q few miles, thence west to
the willamette meridian, thence norm
on the meridian line to the township
line Just east Of Silverton, thence essr
to Butte creek, and thence along IN,
eastern boundary line of the county toI
the southeastern corner, then west TO-
the point just east Of Mehama.
In those parts Of the county not in
cluded in the exception If any cattle
or sheep or hogs are found running at
large, they may be taken up and the
owner notified. While holding the stock
for redemeption, it win be legal to-
charge so cents day for cattle, horses
or mules and 25 cents day for goats,
Sleeps or hogs.
After stock is taken up, the owners
must be notified the following day but
if the owner is not known, notices must
be posted i'm three public places and also
published in a paper. The stock inss
later be seld at auction and the proceeds
taken for the payment Of the party who
took dp the stock and the newspaper
notice. The balance Of the money may
be held by the county court TO be later
returned to the party who owns the
stock. The party who took up the stray
stock is entitled to purchase at the sale.
As the law stands, beginning with to-
morrow, no stock of any kind will be
permitted to run at large in the county,
excepting iu that portion from Mehama
north to a point few miles east of
and from that point directly