BOUNTIES. 



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by the board of county commissioners of Eolette County may be taken 

 as an example of the law under which the bounties were paid: "That 

 a bounty of 3 cents each be paid for the killing of each gopher within 

 the following described territory in the county of Eolette. * * * 

 The tails of all gophers caught to be preserved and taken before one of 

 the officers hereinafter mentioned, and an affidavit made and subscribed 

 before such officers, setting forth that the gophers were killed within the 

 boundaries of said territory, and since the passage of this resolution, 

 and the several officers hereinafter designated * * * are instructed 

 to carefully examine the persons making such affidavit as to the truth- 

 fulness of their statement set forth therein, and such officers to preserve 

 the tails of the gophers so caught and return them together with the 

 affidavits taken by them." 



Under the above resolution county warrants were issued to the amount 

 of $1,940.85 for 64,095 gopher tails produced and verified by affidavits. 



The following table shows that ten counties now included in North 

 Dakota expended $37,248.16 for the destruction of spermophiles, while 

 three counties now in the State of South Dakota paid $2,247.86, of 

 which $74.63 was spent for pocket gophers. 



Table showing bounties paid on Spermophiles by Counties of North Dakota. 



County. 



Rate. 



Date. 



Total amount 



paid on 



spermophiles 



and other 



animals. 



Total 

 bounty 

 paid by 

 county. 



Remarks. 



Barnes — 

 Benson — 

 Bottineau 



Cavalier 



Griggs . . . 

 LaMburo. 



Nelson . 



Ramsey 

 Rolette . 



Towner 



Cents. 

 3 



; 2 



3 



; 3 



! 3 

 t20 



< 1887 



I 1888 



1886 



1887 



1886 



1887 



C 1887 



{ 1888 



( 1889 



1887 



*$9, 000. 00? 

 6, 000. 005 



300. 00> 

 1, 200. 00S 



400.00^ 

 1,100. oos 

 1, 800. 00' 



700. 00' 

 3, 500. 00 

 5, 200. 60 



$15,000.00 

 1, 500. 00 

 1,500.00 



6, 000. 00 

 5, 200. 60 



1886 

 1887 

 1887 

 1887 



1888 

 1889 



177. 32^ 

 4, 363. 25$ 



774. 05 

 1, 940. 85 



396. 21> 

 395. 88 >' 



4, 540. 57 



774. 05 

 1. 940. 85 



792. 09 



Total 37,248.16 



S July 7 to Aug. 6. 

 \ Apr. 11 to June 11. 



May 1 to July 1. 



Bounty withdrawn. 



" County has expended thousands of 

 dollars to destroy the gray 

 pher." — George R. Fralick, 

 Moure, 1ST. Dak., Aug., 1888. 



;july to September. 



'April to July. 



May and June. No bounty in 1888. 



June 8 to Sept. 6 ; gray gophers pre- 

 dominated about 4 to 1. 



E 



* Approximate. tPer dozen. 



Table showing bounties paid on Spermophiles by Counties of South Dakota. 



County. 



Rate. 



Date. 



Total amount 



paid on 



spermophiles 



and other 



animals. 



Total 

 bounty 

 paid by 

 county. 



Remarks. 





Cents. 

 3 

 2 

 1 



1888 

 1887 

 1886 



$1, 800. 00 



412. 00 



35.86 



$1, 800. 00 



412. 00 



35.86 



3 per cent pocket gophers. 

 5 per cent pocket gophers. 



Hyde 



Potter 







Total 



2, 247. 86 



Includes $74.63 for pocket gophers. 









