Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-01-25
The Open Forum
IRE SHEEP WORSE THAN BEARS!

Editor Herald Permit me to reply
to A. C. F's. letter under the caption
of Are Bears Worse Than Sheep"
1t all depends upon the view point
of the man answering the query. A
cattle man would undoubtedly answer
mo"
was asked by the editor who ar
rived at the meeting of the Boundary
County Fish and Game Protective as
sociation too late to hear the discus
sions leading to the adoption of the
various resolutions to supply him with
notes of the arguments used by the
members. L did so, and probably as
a matter of convenience the arguments
were credited to me instead of the
members participating. However, with
the exception of the fire arms resolu-
ton in which ! took no part, stand
for them all
/ I have made it a rule to approach
problems in fish and game conserva-
ton from the biological standpoint
rather than that of the sportsman. In
1 the official action of the association
nothing positive was stated They
simply said: Whereas we believe and
+ it is commonly understood that sheep,
etc"
The statement was made that deer
driven from the Buckhorn and Queen
mountain ranges go into Canadian ter
ritory. OF course no one said or be
lieves that all of the deer do so. nor
that they always go north but A. G. F
has given a most excellent reason why
they should.
at is proposed to drive out the very
useful sheep" says A. C. F. Why.
bless you brother, no one wants to
drive out the sheep. Read the reso-
lutions again and think you will be
with us.
do not feel competent to discuss
the gun registry question but it strikes
me that gun is just as dangerous as
arsenic or dynamite and both are
under very strict registry laws and no
one questions the wisdom of the law
Even the merchants yard stick must
be three feet long and his scales are
subject to inspection. Causing dis
satisfaction" of course. If there were
no registry we would be getting short
weight. etc; any one could buy poison
and dynamite and moonshine
AS the saptain says, "Dod gastit. I
got a suspiciousness" that the sheep
A. c. F. heard bleating on the ridge
were not on the Buckhorn or Queen
mountain ranges. There the great
droves of Oregon sheep range over
considerable territory and must neces-
sarily destroy-not by eating but by
trampling the nests in the ground.
Bears are Gods creatures just the
cn DC mo N cd. 80
fawn for breakfast. We ought to
concede to the birds and the deer and
even the bears a $3.50 chance. I COM
mend to A. c. f. the reading of James
Oliver Curwood's story of "Kassan"
and "Baree, the Son of Kassan." No
one can read them without being a
better man for the reading No CON
sideration Of dollars and cents shall
ever cause me to betray that love of
nature inherent in me-a love for the
birds. the flowers and for all nature
And now brother A. G. f. repeat with
, me true sportman's creed: "To this
ideal consecrate myself: That sport
shall not be mx only aim; that my re-
I ward shall bel the thrill of the chase
and the glory of the heights. and in
the whistle of the stag; in the music
OF the murmurlng stream ana the lear
of the playing trout; in the gold Of
autumn's woods and the whirr of the
: ruffed grouse; in the sweet soft scent
. that breathes from off the sea and il
: the beauty and silence of the lionel,
hills and dells" G. w. Fl. Heideman
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