The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-06-07

million acres OF lano, anu OF tniS
amount there is a third of million
acres of lakes, and at the present
ent time there is not a single acre
where duck can rest in peace from
the hunter except during the closed
season. The game breeders propose
to make it a permanent resting place
on 400 acres, and they will spend
some money to build dams and make
more lakes and reservoirs on the
farm, and this makes it CONNER
cial' because money is expended. Be-
cause It has a commercial aspect,
some of the uniformed sportsmen,
so-called, are organizing to prevent
the formation of this resting place
consisting of about one-tenth of one
per cent of the lake surface Of the
state, or seven acres out of every
million acres of the landed surface
Of the state. They make the claim
that when hunters pay their dollar
for a license to hunt in Idaho, they
should be permitted to hunt on ev-
cry last acre in the state If they
wish, and that no duck should have
protection for his life on any spot
however small. The game breeders
association is content to raise ducks
for them to slay whenever the ducks
challenge the hunter by flying out
over that part of Idaho not included
in the 400 acres of the game farm.
They propose to buy or trap ducks
and give them a painless amputation
of fin, and then protect them for
life while they keep up the beautiful
game preserve and pleasure resort
supply of ducks in the beautiful
for southern Idaho. 1t will affoI
more ducks for sportsmen to shoot
at than if the hunters were permit
ted to go on slaughtering them from
behind the barbados as at present,
and the thousands of peoples who
visit the game farm for pleasure
will find more joy in seeing myriads
of wild ducks everywhere than mere
ly seeing them flying across the
country in spring and fall in their
migrations.
Happy Pets Yield Profits
Owing to the increasing scarcity
of the fur-bearing animals thruout
the world, the price of furs is steadi-
ly increasing The high price of furs
in turn makes hunters pursue the re-
naming animals with ever increas-
ing severity, with the prospect that
they wilIrapidly become extinct like
the buffalo. The game breeders as
ISOLATION proposes to assemble by
purchase and otherwise as many as
they can handle of suitable breed
ing stock of the fur-bearing species
adapted to this climate, and as the
young animals mature they will be
loaned to members of the associa-
ton over the state who have studied
and qualified so they can give the
animals suitable care while they get
start of the same species in their
park, grove or grounds, and then
the parent stock or their equivalent
in the younger stock will be returned
to the association to be loaned to
other applicants who have learned
how to raise them and who wish to
start a herd of their own at their
homes. This has been done years
ago in the case of elk by the Harri-
mans in Island Park and in the case
of wild geese by A. c. Trude in ISL
and Park. 1t is now proposed to
extend similar privileges to every
family in the land as fast as the
families become members of the as
ISOLATION and thru the organization
secure the literature and training
that enables them to go about it
to raise the wild crea-
lures and preserve them in healthy,
happy condition.
The next chapter will be devoted
to a study of the work as it applies
to the several kinds of creatures
already being assembled in the game
preserve and soon to be available as
loans to qualified members. Any
one desiring to join should make ap-
plication to Belle Silversmith, box
1888, Boise, Idaho.
Ito Be Continued)
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