The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-12-30
STATE GAME LAW
AID TO GAME HOGS
JAKE DE HART SCORES STATUTE
THAT PERMITS SALE OF GAME
HEADS AND SCALPS
Calls Attention to What He Consid-
ers Most Dangerous and Destruct-
i've Measure to Wild Life Ever
Presented to a Legislature, Which
Passed by Big Vote.

The villainouS tooth hunter hal
been calling for much consideration
at the hands of the good ~citizenry
of Montana of late.
And but recently we have had the
pleasure of reading a splendidly writ.
ten article contributed to the press
by our friend, Mr.. Shaw, forest SUI
pervisor of the Absarokee forest, rel.
alive to the elk situation in the vicin-
ity of Yellowstone park, in which
Mr.. Shaw calls attention to the work
of the poacher who kills this king
of all game animals for their teeth
alone.
I simply refer to this part of Mr..
Shaw's article, believing he has over
looked a section of the Montana
game laws presented to the legisla-
ture and passed by an overwhelming
vote, to-wit: House Bill No. TIA.
A Bid for Poachers
This horrible measure legalizes the
selling of game heads and scalps-
an idea that has been opposed by all
true sportsmen and all lovers of wild
life for many years, and as a bid
for poachers to get busy from the
viewpoint of commercialization, there
is no comparison. 1t calls for no
more exertion on the part of the
poacher to get a scalp or set of ant
lers, worth ten times as much, as it
does to secure a set of teeth.
This infamous measure will go
down in history as being the most
dangerous and destructive measure
to wild life ever proposed by a rep
re~sentative to a Montana legislature.
Should Repeal 1t
All good sportsmen should get
busy and lend their most earnest eff
forts in assisting in having this blot
ON Montana's craftsmanship remov-
ed from the statutes of the state.
After submitting the above, my
mind is called to the fact that L was
addressing a letter to the author of
this measure soon after it became a
law, and with the hope of being able
to remoye from his mind the awful
possibilities of the measure referred
to, I added to my letter a set of rules
as 'The S~portsman's Creed"
1 am submitting at this time,
that my suggestion and the
great American sportsman's creed
might have a tendency to increase
the flow of the milk of human kind
through the veins of the repres-
entative and father of this foolish
measure.
The Sportsman's Greed
"Let me pause In these moment
.us days and think with wonder and
how the spirit and activity
Of the American pioneer hunters and
have given US the Ameri-
ian soldier-that splendid type of
he land of the free and the home of
he brave. I want my boy and his
comrades and the boys of the future
receive this heritage of gun and
'od.
must be idealized to a love of
nature and a thoughtfulness for the
meaning and preservation of life.
Feeling this, l record my unalt-
,rable belief that a sportsman
hould:
sNever in sport endanger human
ife.
Never kill wantonly or needlessly
II brutally.
"Obey the laws of state and ma
ion, work for better laws, and up
old the law-enforcing authorities.
Respect the rights of farmers and
roperty owners and also their feel
ngs.
always leave seed birds and game
4 covers. :
Never be a fish hog. 6
discourage the killing of game I
DR. commercial purposes by refusing '
purchase trophies. i
STUDY and record the natural his i
Dry OF game species in the interest '
science. {
"Love nature and its d%enizens and |
g a gentleman. |
ITO this ideal I %consecrate myself q