Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-10-09
GOVERNOR SAYS
GAME LAWS Up
TO LEGISLATURE
Governor Moore Sends An
Open Letter Concerning
The Game Department.

'If game laws are not what they
should be, that is matter for the
Legislature, and / have said repeat
edly that would approve legislator
that would better conditions" states
| Governor G. @. Moore in an open let
ter to DR.. A. e. Weaver, Secretary of
the Idaho Fish and Game Protective
Association.
The text of the letter follows:
As per your suggestion in our con-
versation yesterday, / am writing you
concerning our State Fish and Game
Department under the management of
our State Game Warden, and as
shown by his records, during the past
twenty months.
In the past twenty months fish
hatcheries have been constructed at
Ashton and Cascade and one is now
in course of construction at Grange
vile. A field station has also been
constructed at Henry's Lake and is
being maintained for Matching. With
in the time mentioned Approximately
$4,000 has been expended from the
| Fish and Game funds on these per-
manent constructions. This includes
$4,000 to $4,000 for the Grangeville
Hatchery now under construction.
In 1923 approximately eight million
! fish were produced in and distributed
from state hatcheries and successful
ly planted in Idaho waters. In addi-
! ton. several million more were SAL
vaged from streams and planted in
other streams Yet the operating ex-
/ ~, 1000 nm fn fhn nrpCpnt
| time in 1924 is $4,000 less than for
/ 1921 and 1922. There are more elk.
deer and fish in Idaho this year than
in any recent previous year, and
more money has been spent in perman-
ent improvements in the department
| in the past twenty months than in the
entire twenty years previous notwith-
! standing the loss of revenue from
change in the law as to women's and
/ boys licenses.
As TO the loss of fish at Magic Dam
during the past season, l will say
this loss was anticipated by the State
| Game Department early in the Sea
son when drought conditions appear
ed and every effort possible was
made to save them, and, under the
conditions, they rescued as many as
it was possible to do.
Concerning game wardens in work
on control of foot and mouth disease
1 will say that one warden only for
! q short time was placed to guard a
! bridge and that was at his own re
quest, that he might be earning some
| thing during his period of recovery
from frozen feet. And when trouble
arose at the penitentiary, five pris'
oners escaping and a riot threatening.
I designated three men from the
Game Department to assist at the
prison, two of whom remained part
of two days and one, Mr.. Rich, having
had long experience with prisoners
remained possibly a week. This was o
serious condition which threatened
riot, and l was fully justified in des-
ignating men from any department
any where in the state, or from out
side any department, to serve at that
I time.
Neither the Sheep Commission mol
sheep men have spent nor dictated
the spending of a single dollar Of
Game Department money. The Sheer
Commission is a separate state de
partment, financed by tax on stock
Twenty-Five cents of the amount O.
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