Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-18
COMMISSION OPENS
EIGHT COUNTIES To
FALL BIRD HUNTING
Game Officials Deny Petition
to Open Other Counties
to Create Preserves.
(Tri6une's Helena Bureau.)

Helena, Aug. 17.--Petitions asking
for the opening of Glacier, Choteau
and Roosevelt counties to prairie
| chicken shooting were denied by the
fish and game commission at its meet.
ing held in Bozeman Wednesday, ac-
cording to Game Warden c. A. Jak-
ways upon his return from that place.
, At the sametime orders we're issued
for the opening of several counties
| and parts of counties to the shooting
of grouse and other game birds from
| October / to October Is, 1922, rs
follows:
Fallon. Yellowstone, Carbon. Rich
land, Park. Sweet Grass, Musselshell
| and Rosebud on all varieties of grouse;
! Granite county. north of the Northern
Pacific railway. on blue grouse only
Ravalli county. from a line passing east
! county and Mineral county on blue
grouse and ruff grouse or native
pheasant. Petitions for the opening of
| Willow Greek and portions of Gal
latin, Madison and Broadwater coun-
ties were disallowed.
Neal Appointed Warden
A petition was received for an open
season on chickens in Dawson county
but as a remonstrance. about equally
signed. was also received the commits
sion took no action on the petition.
1t was decided that in the future
the commission would recognize no
petitions for the opening of any dis
trict or county unless the same shall
be signed by at least 30 per cent of
the number of licenses issued in such
district.
The commission again granted the
right TO the hunting of deer on the
west fork of the Bitter Root, as al
lowed last year, but denied q petition
for the changing of the deer hunting
season on the east fork of the same
river.
Bruce Neal of Gilman. was ap-
pointed a deputy game warden for the
district surrounding the Sun River
game preserve. his duties to begin Sep
TENDER 1. and NJ. NJ. Mahurin was
appointed game warden for the White
Sulphur Springs district for a period
of four months from September 1.
Modify Gun Law
The order permitting the carrying
of firearms across the Sun river game
preserve was amended 10 provide that
firearms may be carried across the
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open season for hunting only. with the
days before and three days after the
open season, and that the firearms are
not to be used for any purpose within
the preserve"
The action of the game warden in
closing Little Prickley Pear creek, from
Canyon Greek postoffice to the head
of the stream, including tributaries
was approved by the commission, and
it was ordered that in the issuance of
for SEEMING the Yellowstone
between Billings and Laurel. a
be inserted requiring hat an
honorary or paid game warden must
the parties doing the sein-
ing.
The commission recommended the
proposed game preserve petitioned for
by the Madison county fish and game
club and instructed the secretary to
attend the hearing at the county seat
as required by law.
Allow Antelope Preserve
Wallis Huidekoper of Wallis. Mont, |
granted permission to take and
retain antelope within an Enclosure on
ais ranch with the understanding that
ne report the number taken, their in
,rease from time to time, and that
such antelope be considered at all times
rs the property of the state.
Inc commission accepted and eX-
thanks for the offer of w. A..
lark, Jr.. of S1,67j to assist in the
construction of a fish hatchery at
Ovando, together with the granting of {,
4 free lease and free water by the
game warden. G.. A.. Jakways, and
the offer of Marcus DAILY. Jr..
or the leasing of his hatchery for a
of years.
The commission authorized the game
warden to proceed with the instalIa-
of a fish exhibit at the state fair
It a cost not to exceed 5000 and the
furnishing of fish or other desirable
xhlbits for the Midland Empire fair
I BILLINGS