EDITOR'S CORNER 



IDAHO'S NEW GAME LAW. 



The Idaho Legislature has passed a mod- 

 ern, up-to-date game law, and it has been 

 approved by the Governor; so that that 

 State now has a proper provision for the 

 protection of its game and game fishes and 

 its songbirds. 



This new law provides for the appoint- 

 ment of a State game warden and for a 

 number of deputies, and that they shall be 

 paid reasonable salaries. It limits the num- 

 ber of birds and animals which any man 

 may kill in a day to a reasonable figure. 

 For instance, no man shall kill more than 

 15 quails, 18 grouse of any species, or 3 

 geese or swans, in one day. No man shall 

 kill more than one bull elk, one mountain 

 sheep, one goat, one antelope, or 2 deer 

 in a season. No man shall hunt in that 

 State without first having procured a li- 

 cense. The fee for resident sportsmen is 

 $1 a year, and for non-residents $25 a year. 

 The fee for a fishing license for a non-resi- 

 dent is $5 a year. The sale of game of all 

 kinds is absolutely prohibited at any time. 

 and no game shall be shipped out of the 

 State at any time unless accompanied by 

 the man who killed it. 



All sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, city mar- 

 shals and police officers are made ex officio 

 game, fish and forestry wardens. 



The one serious objection to this new 

 game law is that it does not prohibit en- 

 tirely the killing of antelope at any time. 

 The League made a strong effort to have 

 that animal protected in Idaho for at least 

 5 years, but the law makers decided to per- 

 mit each hunter to kill one antelope each 

 year ; such provision having been urged 

 by many thoughtless and reckless ranch- 

 men. 



There is one amusing provision in this 

 new law. It is that each hunter is allowed 

 to kill one ibex each year. I assume this 

 carries with it permission for Idaho hunt- 

 ers to go to Africa or India on hunting 

 trips, if they have the price. 



CAPTAIN KELLY IN A HOT FIGHT. 

 Luther S. Kelly, better known to West- 

 ern men as "Yellowstone Kelly," and an 

 old time contributor to Recreation, is 

 now stationed at Surigao, P. I., where he 

 is filling the position of Provincial Treas- 

 urer. Judge Taft reports to the Secretary 

 of War that in March last 10 prisoners who 

 were serving sentences for various offenses 

 in the local prison, escaped, and that, with 

 70 or 80 insurrectos, they attacked the con- 

 stabulary barracks, killing 2 Americans and 

 capturing a large quantity of arms and 

 ammunition. Nine of the Americans re- 

 treated to the Provincial building, where, 



under the command of Captain Kelly, they 

 barricaded the building and stood off the 

 attacking party, with the few guns and 

 other weapons that could be hastily got to- 

 gether. A sharp fight was kept up for 18 

 hours, at the expiration of which time re- 

 inforcements arrived from a neighboring 

 town and the insurgents were put to flight. 

 Captain Kelly is an old time Indian 

 fighter and scout, and has always been 

 equal to any emergency that has arisen 

 where he has been in command. He is a 

 member of the League of American Sports- 

 men, and is well known to thousands of 

 good people in this country. 



Mr. F. M. Halstead, of Berkley, Va., was 

 arrested some months ago, by county offi- 

 cer H. F. Grinalds, for shooting quails be- 

 fore the opening of the legal season. He 

 was tried before a justice of the peace, and 

 claimed exemption from the law on the 

 ground that he killed the quails on his own 

 ground, because they were destroying val- 

 uable seeds which he was raising. The jus- 

 tice denied the validity of this claim and 

 fined Mr. Halstead $10. He refused to 

 pay the fine and appealed to the Norfolk 

 county court. Judge Portlock, in deciding 

 the question, emphatically reaffirmed the 

 State ownership of wild game, confirmed 

 the decision of the lower court, and Mr. 

 Halstead paid his fine. There are thou- 

 sands of farmers in this country who claim 

 the right to kill game on their own land at 

 any time of year, but it would be well for 

 all of them to learn this important principle 

 in law, namely, that live wild game does 

 not belong to any man because it chances 

 to feed on his land occasionally or to walk 

 or fly across it. 



Two more fish law violators have come 

 to grief. These are Frank Brower and 

 Irvin Walker, of Noble county, Indiana. 

 They were spearing in Loon lake, when 

 Deputy Fish Commissioners R. D. Fleming 

 and Jas. F. Flamilton, of Marion, made a 

 sneak on them. The men had a double- 

 barreled shot gun with them, and the offi- 

 cers heard them boasting of what they 

 would do to any man who might attempt 

 to interfere with them. At this point, the 

 officers advanced on them and ordered them 

 to throw up their hands. Brower attempt- 

 ed to stand the officer off with a spear, but 

 in a minute he was looking into the muzzle 

 of a 6 shooter, so both men quietly surren- 

 dered. They were taken to court, where 

 they were fined $38.80. Not having the 

 change in their pockets, they were locked 

 up in jail. 



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