RICE MEN ANGRY 
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Sending of Federal Game 
Warden to Willows Condemned 
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“It’s An Outrage,'’ Says C. L. 
Donohoe, Who Predicts Heavy 
Loss to Growers 
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“This Is an outrage. Some of the 
rice growers- can figure on losing 
one-half of -their crop/’ 
This is the way C. L. Donohoe, at- 
torney and ride grower of Willows, 
describes the announcement of the 
State Fish and Game Commission that 
the Biological Survey of the -De- 
partment of Agriculture, Washing- 
ton, D. C., is sending out a Federal 
Game Warden to Willows to arrest 
and prosecute any person who shoots 
and kills ducks before the opening 
of the season, October 16th- 
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Inspector Was Shown. 
"I don’t understand this,” says 
Donohoe. “A Federal Inspector, A. 
Wetmore, has been in this district 
studying the situation. This man 
was in attendance at a recent meet- 
ing of rice growers here, at which 
time the growers explained the dam- 
age done by ducks. 
“A lot of the rice damaged by 
ducks will not be worth harvesting. 
Any man can come and in five min- 
utes see the damage done by ducka” 
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Notification Sent. 
The State Fish and Game Com- 
mission announces that it has re- 
ceived a letter from the San Fran- 
cisco office of the Commission, stat- 
ing, in effect:. 
“We have to-day received a tele- 
gram from B. W. Nelson, chief of the 
biological survey. United ' States De- 
partment of Agriculture, Washing- 
ton, D. C., that a United State! Game 
Warden Is belhg sent to Willows to 
arrest and prosecute all violators of 
the Federal laws for the protection 
of ducks.” 
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Deny Aslced Warden. 
At the local office of the Fish and 
Game Commission denial was made 
that the commission bad asked the 
Government to send the warden to 
Willows. 
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May Be Test Cane. 
State Senator Claude F. Purkltt of 
Willows to-day expressed the belief 
that a test case would develop If ar- 
rests were made by the Federal War- 
den. 
The growers will lose their erops 
if they don’t keep the ’ducks out of 
their fields. ’ 
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