anaheim-gazette 1912-11-28

FISH AND GAME PROTECTION IS NECESSARY ASSOCIATION ADVISES SHORTENING OF SEASON AND CURTAILING OF BAG-LIMIT DEER AND OTHER GAME HAVE BEEN REDUCED ALMOST TO VANISHING POINT An article on "California Game Laws," published in one of the San Francisco papers, was so entirely misleading, and so filled with erroneous statements, that it would not be fair to the 150,000 odd hunters of the state to ignore it entirely. Little need be said about the great slaughter of game that has gone on throughout the United States; everyone who knows anything regarding game conditions in the country is aware that many varieties of game have become practically extinct, and that where formerly game was plentiful, there is now a scarcity. Here in California the game is disappearing as it has in various other states; and if the present rate of decrease continues, it will be but a few years when our state will be absolutely barren of game. In order not to deplete the supply, and still allow the people a reasonable number of hunting days during the year, it will be necessary to lessen the number of a species that may be killed in one day and to shorten the season during which that species may be lawfully taken. It is true the game belongs to the people of the state; but it is likewise true that it is the sportsmen of the state who pay for its protection. The in other words, the season and bag limit should be made consistent with the breeding capacity of the game. In some foreign countries the ownership of game is vested in the owner of the land on which the game abounds. Scotland, for example, has no deer law, but the deer are given protection by the owners of the forest in which the deer are found. There are killed in Scotland every year nearly 7,000 deer. The 99 deer forests cover something less than 2,000,000 acres. In California, with its area of over 158,000 square miles, of which perhaps one-half, or about 48,000,000 acres, is suited to deer, less than 10,000 deer were killed last year. Is it not possible to develop the game in our own state so as to permit the taking of a bag limit that will more nearly approach the numbers killed in European countries, in which game has been shot for hundreds of years? Last year throughout the United States there were killed probably 25,000,000 ducks. Allowing for a moderate increase of five birds to the pair, this means that there will be nearly 100,000,000 less birds to come back this fall than there would have been had there been no shooting last season. How long will the supply last at this rate? In California at least 1,000,000 birds were killed. Over one-third of these were used by the various markets of the state. Thus, estimating the same rate of increase, of five birds to the pair, we have approximately 1,000,000 less ducks this year than would have been the case had the sale of ducks not been allowed. Other conditions must also be taken into account. The number of hunters is increasing from two to five per cent each year; facilities for getting to what were formerly inaccessible places have increased; it now being possible for a man with an automobile to go one hundred miles or more away from the railroad in a few hours' time; game country in which a gun was never heard a few years ago is now FAIR WILDLIFE EXHIBITION $175,000 TO BE GIVEN PRIZES AT THE TLE SHIFT MEN FROM ALL OVER GETTING READY ANIMALS A telegram has been Columbus, Ohio, stating Harmon, in addition to port as Ohio commissionation, will send in a legislature on the subject Governor-elect Cox has low Harmon's recommence telegram further state insure an appropriation. The live stock department is now fully working condition chief of that department. "My part of the exert well under way," said "The directors of the set aside $175,000 for stock, and all over the getting ready to shoot sheep, swine, poultry, and cats at San Francisco." "Few people realize of the live stock indie poultry, it represents the United States alone lion people represent in any division of tha live stock owner wi the price of the trip nation to come to San exposition than any oitor." In order not to deplete the supply, and still allow the people a reasonable number of hunting days during the year, it will be necessary to lessen the number of a species that may be killed in one day and to shorten the season during which that species may be lawfully taken. It is true the game belongs to the people of the state; but it is likewise true that it is the sportsmen of the state who pay for its protection. The fish and game commission does not receive one cent of support from the general tax levy, as we learn from a letter recently received from the commission, nor any appropriation from the state legislature. Its revenue is derived solely from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses, and from fines imposed for violation of the fish and game laws. Is it not just, then, that the sportsmen be allowed some voice in the question as to whether game shall or shall not be offered for sale? All moneys derived from the sale of fishing licenses are expended for the support of fish hatcheries and are not used for the protection of game. Unlicensed hunting is permitted in but 13 states in the Union, and the privilege is confined to residents only; in but one state, Florida—is it extended to include non-residents. There are none who would approve of placing a hounty on game animals; yet allowing game to be offered for sale amounts practically to the same thing; it puts a price on the head of each quail, duck, deer, or whatever game is in season; and is an incentive to those so inclined to hunt for the open market. The market hunter is not a producer; he is the reaper of a crop that should not be offered for sale. In the experience of the California game commission and every other state game commission, the market hunter is one of the chief game destroyers throughout the country. It was the hide hunter that killed off the buffalo; the aigrette hunter has almost exterminated the white heron; the market quail hunter has reduced the number of quail in our own state to almost the vanishing point; and unless prevented, it will be the market duck hunter that decimates the ducks to such an extent that they can no longer be classed as game. More than 95 per cent of the market hunters do not stop at the bag limit; thereby violating a law that is one of the most important, as well as the most difficult of enforcement. The game laws should be so drawn that allowances is made for the killing of the surplus without encroaching been the case had the sale of ducks not been allowed. Other conditions must also be taken into account. The number of hunters is increasing from two to five per cent each year; facilities for getting to what were formerly inaccessible places have increased, it now being possible for a man with an automobile to go one hundred miles or more away from the railroad in a few hours' time; game country in which a gun was never heard a few years ago is now over-run with hunters; ranchers are crowding into all parts of the state and the breeding ground of the game is thus becoming less and less; guns have been perfected, until it is now possible to fire five shots into a flock of birds almost before they are aware of the presence of the hunter. Is it any wonder that the game is diminishing in numbers? The wonder is that there is any left. FOUND HIS GIRL IN JAIL Former Resident of Olive, Failed to Show Up For Marriage Ceremony The tangled skein of fate was thrown about Amanda Meierhoff on last Monday when she was arrested in Los Angeles for passing fictitious checks for $55 to buy her trousseau, was loosed Tuesday when she was married to Julius Danielske, who pluckily stood by her during her tribulation. In addition to the horrors of arrest and wounded pride, the girl was one of the prisoners at the city jail Tuesday when all expected that at any moment it might be blown to pieces by dynamite. Deputy District Attorney Hammon told the girl at his office Tuesday, whither she went with her father, that the checks she passed will be saved and used against her if she transgresses again. "But I like your pride in not wanting to ask your fiance for money to buy your trousseau," he said, "and I believe the ends of justice will be well subserved if I allow you to go, as a kind of probationary measure." The bride is 21 and lived at Olive. She had made an appointment Monday to meet Danielske downtown and go then for the license. She did not appear and later he found her in jail. College President—You can't get into our college. You aren't qualified in the entrance requirements in Sanskirt, Greek, or calculus. Prospective Student—No, but I am very well grounded in reading, writing, and arithmetic. College President—Great Soot, man, you don't need a college education. "Few people realize of the live stock indoors poultry, it represents the United States alone lion people represent in any division of this live stock owner we price of the trip nation to come to San Francisco than any other." "The display made by the United States exhibits will be the new China, Japan and Cohibits that will attract The United States with saddle and draft horse type and the American." "Besides the exhibition try, in all probability government display of Wales and Australia will exhibition." "The dairy demonstres the world's eyes to this milk production. Po special feature." "There will be no live stock shcisco in 1915. An effort to put the animals we seen and not have sight and access as an amount of real co-operation not enced, is being given by the agricultural record associations. The American Berks has set aside $2,000 millions at the San Francisco amount $200 in exto great St. Louis. It is planned to send petition to the mayor of Philadelphia on At present there are hood of 4,000 petitions than a mile in length is expected that whities are received tha neighborhood of 350 children attending tha and public schools Sir Thomas Lipton sage to the people o"I am sure that you will draw all the quarter of the world what a great countrythe Pacific Coast,brought closer by I look on this canal ever performed by all in my power to fof your exposition." We Do All Kinds of Stunts With Tires Few are so bad that we can't repair them. Patching, plugging and vulcanizing are pie to us. We will take your bicycle apart, clean it, retire it, and give you a practically new wheel at a small cost. If you want good work at good prices, bring your injured wheel to HOUT'S. Wm. H. Houts FAIR WILL HAVE LIVE STOCK EXHIBIT $175,000 TO BE GIVEN AWAY IN PRIZES AT THE CAT-TLE SHOW MEN FROM ALL OVER WORLD ARE GETTING READY TO ENTER ANIMALS A telegram has been received from Columbus, Ohio, stating that Governor Harmon, in addition to a favorable report as Ohio commissioner to the exposition, will send in a message to the legislature on the subject, and that the Governor-elect Cox has promised to follow Harmon's recommendation. The telegram further states that this will insure an appropriation. The live stock department of the exposition is now fully organized and in working condition. D. O. Lively is chief of that department. "My part of the exposition work is well under way," said Chief Lively. "The directors of the exposition have set aside $175,000 for premiums in live stock, and all over the world men are getting ready to show horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, pet stock, dogs and cats at San Francisco in 1915." "Few people realize the importance of the live stock industry. Including poultry, it represents $5,000,000,000 in the United States alone. Take any million people representing or interested in any division of the exposition, and the live stock owner will have not only the price of the trip but a bigger inclination to come to San Francisco to the exposition than any other possible visitor." "The display made by the people of Presidents of all the leading universities of the United States will meet in this city during the exposition year. The invitation extended by Dr. A. P. Lange, dean of the faculties of the University of California, in behalf of President Charles C. Moore, of the exposition, was unanimously accepted by the learned delegates to the Fourteenth Annual Session of the Association of American Universities, just held in Philadelphia, at the University of Pennsylvania. Among the prominent university presidents present at the Philadelphia meeting were Presidents Hadley of Yale; Lowell of Harvard; Remsen of Johns Hopkins; Juda of the University of Chicago; Vincent of the University of Minnesota; Hibben of Princeton, and Smith of the University of Pennsylvania. The University of California and Stanford University will jointly act as hosts for the 1915 meeting. MILLIONS IN OIL LANDS Title to Southern California Properties at Issue Before U. S. Supreme Court Title to oil lands, valued at the stupendous figure of $500,000,000, is said to depend upon the outcome of the legal controversy which opened in earnest at Washington this week before the Supreme Court of the United States. Edmund Burke filed before the court his printed argument in favor of a claim to a portion of the land in controversy, scathingly arraigning the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, also fighting for the property. The case will be argued, orally, January 6. The Southern Pacific claims this land under the land grant act and Interior Department patents which contained the provision "excluding and excepting all mineral lands, should any such be found in the tract." The validity and effect of this exception is receiving unusual attention because of its having been included in the and grants to other railroads for decade after decade. Mr. Burke con- "Few people realize the importance of the live stock industry. Including poultry, it represents $5,000,000,000 in the United States alone. Take any million people representing or interested in any division of the exposition, and the live stock owner will have not only the price of the trip but a bigger inclination to come to San Francisco to the exposition than any other possible visitor. "The display made by the people of the United States and the foreign exhibits will be the most interesting. China, Japan and Corea will have exhibits that will attract much attention. The United States will show American saddle and draft horses, the cavalry type and the American trotter. "Besides the exhibit from this country, in all probability there will be a government display of Arabian horses. Wales and Australia will have sheep on exhibition. "The dairy demonstration will open the world's eyes to the possibilities in milk production. Poultry will be a special feature. "There will be nothing stercotyped in the live stock show at San Francisco in 1915. An effort will be made to put the animals where they can be seen, and not have them as difficult to sight and access as the usual exhibit. "An amount of ready and enthusiastic co-operation, not heretofore experienced, is being given my department by the agricultural press and the breed record associations. Even this early the American Berkshire Association has set aside $2,000 for special premiums at the San Francisco exposition, an amount $200 in excess of that given to the great St. Louis fair." It is planned to send the Liberty Bell petition to the mayor and city council of Philadelphia on Thanksgiving day. At present there are in the neighborhood of 4,000 petitions extending more than a mile in length on this reel. It is expected that when all of the petitions are received there will be in the neighborhood of 350,000 names of children attending the parochial, private and public schools of California. Sir Thomas Lipton, on his arrival in sage to the people of that city: "I am sure that your great exposition will draw all the people from every quarter of the world, and show them what a great country you have here on the Pacific Coast, which will be brought closer by the Panama Canal. I look on this canal as the greatest feat ever performed by man, and I will do all in my power to forward the interest of your exposition." S. S. McClure, editor and owner of McClure's Magazine, is enthusiastic. Southern Pacific Railroad Company, also fighting for the property. The case will be argued, orally, January 6. The Southern Pacific claims this land under the land grant act and Interior Department patents which contained the provision "excluding and excepting all mineral lands, should any such be found in the tract." The validity and effect of this exception is receiving unusual attention because of its having been included in the and grants to other railroads for decade after decade. Mr. Burke contends that all oil lands is mineral land. According to the brief filed today, the interpretation of exception would determine the Southern Pacific's claim to oil land worth more than the entire railroad itself. The brief charges the railroad with attempting to control the mineral development of California through dummy corporations and suggests that if it would stop this it would have more time to devote to the carrying of passengers and freight, "just as it has greatly enhanced its value since the few years it was relieved of the political control of California." The railroad, it is contended, would have the courts hold land to be more valuable for "agricultural" purposes than for mining when the land had hundreds of oil wells spouting forth their riches. WILL CALL SPECIAL SESSION President-Elect Wilson Will Start Revision of Tariff Downward President-Elect Wilson announced in New York on Saturday that he will call congress together in extraordinary session not later than April 15 of next year, to revise the tariff. In his statement made public on the eve of his departure for a four weeks' vacation in Bermudas, he says he has determined upon this course, not only because he was elected on a platform which declared for an immediate downward revision of the tariff schedules, but also because he feels it is due to the business interests of the country that they should be relieved of all uncertainty as to the general purpose of the incoming administration at Washington. While the platform declared that the Democratic party believes that any other tariff than one designed for revenue purposes is wrong, cognizance was taken of the fact that a policy of protection has so ingrained itself into the commercial interests of this country that it would be unwise to attempt anything more than a gradual elimination of the duties considered obnoxious. The demand that this gradual re- APPOINTS WOMAN DEPUTY Dr. Ida Parker Carries a Gun and Will Catch You If You Don't Watch Out Dr. Ida Parker, of Orange, has been appointed a deputy sheriff by Sheriff Ruddock. The appointment is the first in the county that has gone to a woman outside of the assistants at the sheriff's office and the county jail. There are already two women deputies in the county. They are Miss Nellie Bacon, who is employed in the sheriff's office, and Mrs. Boynton, wife of the jailor, who acts in the capacity of matron when women prisoners are confined in the jail. Dr. Parker applied to the sheriff for permission to carry a revolver, stating that her profession as a physician called her out nights, and that she desired to carry a revolver for her protection. Sheriff Ruddock offered the deputyship, which not only allows the carrying of a weapon but gives Dr. Parker authority to make arrests. The popular doctor is well qualified for a deputyship. She is capable in use of arms, a good marksman and an enthusiastic hunter. She is self-reliant and courageous, and if opportunity arises for the exercise of her new authority, may be depended upon to enforce it. "So you want to marry my daughter?" "Yes, sir." "Got any money saved up?" "Yes, sir." "Could you let me have $5000 on my unsecured note?" "I could, but I wouldn't." "I guess you can take care of her all right. She's yours, my boy, and here's a five-cent cigar." ANAHEIM STEAM Fitted with the most up-to-date machinery for turning out the best work on short notice and at moderate prices. Patronize home industry, especially when you get just a little bit better service Sir Thomas Lipton, on his arrival in sage to the people of that city: "I am sure that your great exposition will draw all the people from every quarter of the world, and show them what a great country you have here on the Pacific Coast, which will be brought closer by the Panama Canal. I look on this canal as the greatest feat ever performed by man, and I will do all in my power to forward the interest of your exposition." S. S. McClure, editor and owner of McClure's Magazine, is enthusiastic over the 1915 exposition. He thought the exposition site was admirably adapted for exposition purposes and that the "court plan" for the protection of visitors from wind and fog solved an architectural problem. Discussing prospects of California he said: "I believe that your exposition will give a tremendous chance to the people of all the nations who know little of the West, to learn something about this great country. There is no state that lends itself so well for exposition purposes as California, because of its ideal climate, history, beauty, scenery and quality of the general spirit of the people. "I know that you will make good in your tremendous undertaking of this great celebration, because you have the initiative and will go to it. "In California you have everything to look forward to—it offers you a great future. In so many of the countries of Europe and in many places of the East they have much to look backward to, but California is looking forward, that is the key-note felt in traveling up and down your great state from Los Angeles to San Francisco." ALL RIGHT. Retched LITTLE ORANGE COUNTY change from a wind-swept desert to probably the most productive county of the State. 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