The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-11

with muskrats on nv placo
for a permit to catch the saw "pplled
G. A. Jackways finally gavo
permit to catch same, ButIl?9 n at a
you catch the rats send then, o1yer
office. AS do not see anvtbin ~ ms
the law about sending the c,1ra5s IN
pelts to the Gamewarden'e ofe; Iat
wrote to him for where he 0 Ta4iee
authority to order the musl<ra@ 49, 20 MS
his office, he fails to enliob+on ' 70
in that regard. '''' me
Early in November 1922 7 ,rro4
c. A. Jackways that trappino I'VE Ne 70
rat in November ought to bo ,'''SA,
back to December LIST as r,,,sl,l p4l
are not prime in November in M 9f .'1S
tana and extend the time in sn LII
to April 18th or May LIST. Also F tbngss
ought to be law against tras SI,e.e
trappers. In answer to this q pass
Jackways had a law passed nrobib;t
ing muskrat trapping till N ovon,I''-
1st, 1925 but never a thing I aboS.
trespass trapper. 0u'
Lively ~ OACSh -. A. JackWavs
breaks into print saying what he WIZ
do. / read in the Powell CONT,
Post that he intends to divide M
tana into two districts and put sto+o
trappers out having no regard for
private property. For my part 7 oh
ject to Mr.. Gamewarden MAKING
fur ranch out Of my place. for bie
benefit, after fixing up, paying taxes
and living on the place for over 90
years and l think other farmers feel
and think the same way.
Like a Hydra our game warden
department of Montana raises IT,
head above the people, appointed 70
office and responsible to no one tbo,
pass orders and rulings for the neo
pie to obey, there are so many don,t
and does and penalties.
To compare the game law of 1921
2 and of 1924, first and second ie
sue of c. A. Jackways as state game
warden, in the last issue C. A. JacIa-
ways got many new laws not bene-
fit to the farmer, and If he gets the
ear of this next legislature WHY bsif
the farmers will have to move off
their places so the fur animals CON
grow for the game warden fund
There is a lot of printers ink used
for the printing of the game laws.
the more law, the less right the peo.
pie have. 1t tells Of duties and of
power and rights the game commits
sion, and the state and the deputv
game wardens have to do. But +ba
main thing is their salary. The state
game warden pulls down $4,000 with
$4,000 for expense, besides that the
state furnished a buzzwagon to ride
over the country, and the deputies
do not fare very bad, with from fif-
teen to eighteen hundred dollars per
year and $500 for expenses.
Many taxridden farmer could do
fine, if he could go to the State treas
ury for the state game warden's
$4,000, or if he could only get the lit
tie $2100 to $4,000 of the deputy war
den, and there is so much print in
the paper about helping the poor
farmer. But our game warden is
more concerned about his salary than
the farmer. Where the average far
mer pays about one-fifth of his in
come in Taxes, the game warden en-
I joys his to the fall. AS far as / can
see, about II to Is men make fat
living out of the game business.
whereas the rest of the people pay
IN. There IS strong rumor that c.
A. Jackaways, in the beginning of
his term and Tom NARROW. chairman
/ OF the game commission, killed
deer IN the summer at Cottonwood
lake below Ovando. The game de-
partment opens and closes lakes and
creeks at their own sweet will. even
coming in on private property, as
they did at my place.
Mr.. G. A. Jackaways has an official
beaver trapper to trap for the fish
and game fund, and not many beav-
( ers escape it. Also in the fall the
game wardens have two weeks layoff
with pay of cOurse) to go and hunt
and get their elk and deer, after be-
ing paid to protect them.
G. A. Jackaways owns a telephone
line from Helmville to Woodwork.
and had this Avando deputy fix his
line at State expense, as his salary
did not quite reach.
AS | mentioned before, I applied
also for the right to trap the musk
rats on my place, but did not get per-
init before February. During a part
OF December, 1923 and January. 1924,
was at the hospital in Missoula and
during that time my place got trap
ped clean. About $1,000 worth of
rats on my place were trapped, and
below me the beaver was trapped out
and altogether from 5000 to $500
worth of fur taken out of about 211
miles of creeks.
| This shows that the game warden
department is certainly efficient-tO
draw their salary.
l cannot see what good it is to pro-
tect the muskrats for two or three
years, for as soon as the law is open,
they are all trapped in about two
weeks IN November when the fur is
not yet prime. But the way trespas-
sing is going on their won't be many
rats to be caught, at the same time
the farmer has no protection.
G. Drummer,
Ovando, Mont.
Stolen by Trespass hunters or