The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-04-05
AGREE ON UNIFORM.
GAME ANDF|sH LAWS

Important conclusions were reached
at the joint tri-state game and fish
committee meeting at Madison last
week, including the following.
The three states Minnesota, Wis
consin and Michigan, win open the
deer season on November Is. with the
length of the open season to be decided
by each state independently. There
will be no open season for bear ex-
cept during the deer season.
The closed season for lake trout
will include the month of October in
stead of November as now. Drift nets
in interstate rivers viii be prohibited.
The wolf bounty will be $40 for
adults and cubs alike, the method of
marking the pelts to be agreed among
the three conservation departments.
The brook trout season in Minnesota
and Wisconsin will be May /, except
in Lake and Cook, counties Of this
state where the opening date is May
IS.
Holders of small game licenses in
any of the three states will be permit
ted to shoot from shore to shore when
after migratory fowl The three
states through their conservation de-
partments will ask the Federal gov
eminent for survey of the vermin
situation to ascertain the cost of a
program of determination through
Federal departments.
The Minnesota law governing the
spacing of nets in commercial fishing
is to be changed to conform with the
Wisconsin law, requiring 1000 feet
between nets in interstate waters.
The open season for ducks is to begin
October 1, and the bag limit per day
viii be fifteen, with the same num-
Der as the possession limit.
The group agreed TO hold similar
meetings during sessions of the three
legislatures.
The only ground on which the three
groups could not reach a working
agreement was the herring fishing in
Lake Superior The Minnesota dele
CATION urged a closed season for her
ring in interstate waters during Nov
ember, the spawing month, but the
other states would not agree.
A compromise proposal by Repre-
sentative Warren E. Hastings of Two
Harbors that Wisconsin set aside GER
tain waters for spawning beds with
a closed season during part or all Of
tee finally decided to leave the prob
lem in the hands of the conservation
departments of the three states to
threSh out.
The joint committee included the
following legislators and state officials
of the three states. Governor Kohler
acting as chairman:
Michigan-G R. Hogart, director Of
conservation; r. E. Cstton, secretary;
Hugh Green, chief game warden;
F. L. Westerman, superintendent Of
fisheries; Norman r. Horton, Ches-
ter NJ Howell, Philip OConnell, Or
vile Atwood, Arr Woodruff and
Charles Richardson, senators; Ed
ward Sargent, Conrad Netting, e. D.
Birkholm, j. H. Read, G. H. MILL
man, j. r. Tagan, w. 81. Green, WILL
lam Thomas and Philip Miller, as
semblymen.
Minnesota w. Mccullough, chief
game and fish commissioner; G. w.
Turnham, Fred Bessette and II. A.
Larsen, senators; w. Z. Hastings H. r.
Atwood and j. j. McNulty, represen-
tatives.
Wisconsin william G. Mauthe, con-
servation commission chairman; Has
kell Noyes, commissioner lotto Lemke,
commissioner; Matt Patterson, acting
director of conservation; II. L. Nc
Kenzie, chief game warden; B. o.
Webster, superintendent of fisheries;
Merit White, w. 81. Markham, James
A. Barker and Elmer Hall, senator's;
L. L. Thayer, Joseph Huber, Frank
Fronek and e. E. Husband, represen-
tatives; Gustave E. Reingans, Charles
L. Lacy and F. E. Moul, assembly,