MIGRATORY BIRDS, JACK RAB
-BITS, AND A LITTLE POLITICAL
MELANGE IN THE U. S. SENATE
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Mr, Kendrick."ATriee Senator from
Maryland spoke a-little while* ago of
^ the better, game.-protection in foreign
i* countries. ..l.ealL-the Senator’s atten
tion to the fact. that, it is unnecessary
to go so.far from home to find really
practical and effective .examples . of.
.. what may ha done, through the laws 1
of .the .State, in protecting such-game
. as is not migratory. There is today
published by the Game Commission of
• - Pennsylvania a-pamphlet showing
-what, has been done in protecting the
......game of-that-State.
..Mr* Rruco. .-1 should, like to read it.
JVtr^Kandkickj.- It js-one of the most
iaterestingi.and .most conclusive -ex
amples. ofi-the wisdom, of. .protecting
v wild life-thni can be found in the lan
guage. -.Not onljahss jt proved pos
sible an.d-^wa»tic*bb to protect the
i. , different- soacies of-game, but it has
; proved-tremendously profitable from
th<-^tandpcint of increasing the food
■ supplyw Under tfae present-conditions
. in Pennsylvania almost anyone can se
i cure- at a. .nominal cost a license in
tc seasorufor-huniing. What is mor.e-im
1 portant^i almost anyone can secure
game after; ha- has. procured such a
.license.
. iMr.i Keucc-.cMiPresident, 1 •find
the .statement of- the Senator from
V Wyonong-.mosf. interesting. I am not
:.. fajwliafitteith-the-iwethods resortf d to
l* by P<a>n*alvania.for-the protection of
gt-gamfey-ibiii HA*av» somera.familiarity
v withattuena thods resadted to by.mther
States ofatht Unioniforiha same pur
}• j»s-.
Mi rV.it'g. riVfrr President; '-will-cthe
f: iUowtsr rrom Maryland-permit me to
i malceanjnquii"
II Mrj Bruce. Certatnh.
jlrMf’l'tbijnff!- ffHe Senatoru has been
l -been innf oi cthe Chamber—»t he miura-j
t tory irtdetheulaw anadted pur
s jjKteiWi.tfitoeu:. . BatiEititntS Senator
!- kso'fcstha’t-nthelTdli which istir.v- under '•
< disKirsKiow doBS’hipt protect piu/’fjpiry
L bfefls 7* IiWfcilt it arfm\ contribute to
f the ajst irfiisnnientt ot sanctuaries, it
s;.:. •attach(ts- these a sanctuaries
j provisions for shooting' grounds.
Mr. Bruce. I understand that.
-■ ’‘-Mr. King. It does not protect, lut
t seems to be rather a bill in "the in
t; terest of shooters. I offered an amend
t ment to strike odfc the word “shoot
ing,” so that the birds may be pro
t. tected;athat the sanctuaries should not
1' be 'made available for the shooters.
That has excited the most violent op
position from those who have been
the proponents of the bill.
Mr. Bruce. The object of the bill,
as I understand it, is twofold: First,
t to establish bird sanctuaries—rand of
ti that feature I approve unconditional -
i \ly. My attention was called, I think,
s.uBCnje years ago, to a wild fowl aane
t cuary in England, and a more inter
5 . esting.hpot I do not think that I have
• ever hadebrought within the range of
my vision- There one saw many of
, ii tteode nbdaiitiful, graceful, swift-mov
’ artg creartures circling about in the air
o’- or djreasting the waters, and alto
gether presenting a seene of activity
— and animatiotusueh as might have de
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Geo. Mutchler
Proprietor
lighted the soul of any man who is
not wholly dead to the appeals of an
imated nature.
Mr. Caraway. Mr. Presidtent, may
L interrupt the Senator from. Mary
land?
Mr. Bruce’. ’ £’eitajnlv,
Mr. Caraway! tl< do not want the
Senator quite to-sanction the state
ment of the Senator from Utah (Mr.
King), because I do not think it is
quite accurate. This hill dogs pro
pose to protect migratory, birds .dur
ing -the helpless period. The sanctu
ary law that we now have merely pre
vents the shooting of them in certain
places at. certain, times; but this-hill
goes further and proposes to acquire,
either by purchase or by lease, places
where the birds may propagate. It is I
a propagation measure, and not quite
what' the Senator from Utah indicat
ed, merely a place for people to hunt.
Its primary object is to furnish the
birds sanctuaries where they may
propagate and increase.
Mr. Bruce. That is what I mean by
saying that the object af this bill h?
twofold, and, first of all, to establish
sanctuaries and propagation centers
for bird life. That is the thought of
the Senator from Arkansas, and I
think that it is entirely sanctioned by
the provisions of the bill. Then the
bill proposes to establish shooting
grounds where licensed members of
the public may shoot, under proper
regulations looking to the conserva
tion of. the game on-them.
Mr. Caraway. Does not the Sen
ator, think that that is merely a sec
ondary lpurpose and effect of the hill ?
The. bill is not.intended primarily to
establish, a place where one may hunt,
but it is primarily to-establish a.place
where wild life..may propagate and
then spread out all aver the eonutry.
>Mr. Bruce. J. think so.. In..other
words, to establish.iwhut might - be
called l‘bird-“set d >pk>ts ’
■* Mtvi/Laraway. That ucrwhaolutely
all it is. No.ome .belie ves-that. the
huivtiotr grounds themselves will be of
such .area and be so numerous that
they will furnish sportsmen n^Ji.ce in.
which to toto find.hii (Is and shoot.
It .merely intends to protect w ild life I
and lat lit .-become more numejous, and
then people -may hunt it wherever
they hnd it.
Mr. B cue ft Ti suppose one object is
to shod-that if shooting allowed over
an cares he properly regulated and
safeguarded, it will not work any un
due destruction of bird life.
Another illustration. Take the part
ridge or quail. It was an extremely
abundant bird in Southern Virginia
and Maryland in my early life. I my
self, though by no means a crack shot,
have shot as many as 40 partridges
on my father’s plantation in Southern
Virginia in the churse of a day.
I know it does not do for any man
to speak-too freely of his prowess, as
a hunter. I recall a story that is told
of Lord Norbury, of Ireland; as I re
member, someone once said to him, “J
brought down 25 hares this morning,”
and received the reply, “Begad, sir,
you must have fired at a wig.” So I
am not going to wander olF into a
dangerous field; but not only have I
myself when a youth hagged in South
ern Virginia in the course of the day
as many as 40 partridges; but onwne
occasion my brother, on the same
shooting grounds, bagged as many as
65; and yet today so diminished in
numbers in this part of the country is
the partridge that they are not al
lowed to be sold in the morkets of
Washington at all. Some years ago,
as we all know, partridges were a.
very common article of food on the
breakfast table, and my father used
to laugh to scorn the old saying that
it was impossible for any man to eat
a partridge every day for a month
without becoming nauseated, becaus«=
for 25 or 30 years he had done that
very thing during the partridge sea
son. Now, hoiwever, if we want seme
partridges for a dinner party c oi*
merely for an ordinary domestieAhn
ner, it is impossible to obtain them in
Washington at all without violating
the law.
I might go on in the earner way to
show the total extinction nor.'iethe
grave diminution in point of- nlimners
of various other formrf of biikl-(life,
but I shall cease, Ik it not, however,
a timely, expedient, find in every re
spect a proper thingrtfofc ther-Jtoderal
Government to extend'the aegife ofi its
protection over migratory bird life in
this country? One thing is certain
that the States as a .whole have not
made a successful eiyjpriment of bird
conservation, and i£ the power of the
Federal Government is not adequate
to that object there is no other age.npy
to take up the task.
In view of these oensiderations,
wHicfi T .have advanced in a. more -or
less desultory way, it seems to me.
that the pending bill is one that
should conmfind the full, the unquali
fied, nay. the earnest and enthusiastic
approval of every member of this
bedy.
Mr. Shipstead. Mr. President, 'I
have read this bill carefully; and if
there is anj thing objectionable in it.
it roust hr; in its administration. I
believe that there is a grave misun
derstanding of the hill /as to -w hat it
seeks to accomplish.
1 am not going to take up the iime
of the Senate to go into any. rhapsod'
of the heauties of. outdoor life in the
United States. ,J think any
thing about any subject.at all I know
something about the wild life, of
America. -Kver since .1 was a hoy i
have enjoyed it. .1, have aeon .it grad
ually diminish nd idisa.pneai. When
I think of what we used to do 2t> or
30 years ago 1 am .ashaineii.®^ all tlie
game which I havedsillcd: t/ukin those
days we did it >because we.’ did not
know any be tter; «e did; it.because w e
thought it was a. Hwk of-distinction
to go out -and; kill a lot of birds in .a
day. When we become-alder, however,
we acquire another point of view, i
have come now to a period in lift
where I am perfectly satisfied ;U> go
out and get a couple of ducks in tr.
day’s time, or, if J do noti get, uny at
all, I can enjoy the. outdoors. ;The joy
of many days in- the groat 'outdoors is
dulled by ri gretfuk memories of the
many wild, fowl, I have killed..i Many'
years ago J came to. the conclusion
that the joys of. outdoor slants do not
consist of killing. .1 douLt if .a killer
can enjoy the outdoors* -If the ilrf
life of Amoricr is going-toibe permit *
ted to. vanish entirely, a wonderful
source of recreation which the people
of America have for enjoying the out
doors will be lost, to future genera
tions.
l wish to call the aitjewiicir, of taie
Semite to .a very .few .thingv that .1
think; are misunderstood about this
bill. I_«an not find in ±his bill that,
any shooting.is goipgUwix; Dermitted
in the--sanctuaries or; places >>f refuge.
Refuges or sanctuaries sand shooting,
grounds.are entirely .distinct.
Let 'nh say -a few words on" the
question of bird refuges or- sanctu
aries. The birds.'tarci’ti up.in the Hud
son Bay region, im Northern ’Canada,
and in Northern United States. In
the fall they start te migrate south.
I have seen in the early morning
flocks of 200 or 30X) ducks come down
from the north. They very likely
have been on the wing all night; they
are tired; they want to come down to
rest and to feed, but there is no place
for them to alight; there is no refuge
for them.
I have seen them ssvi ngfrum-u* half
or a mile in the air to go down, to a.
lake, but there they found some hunt
ers with .abunch of decoys...and they
started shooting at them before they
hit the water. The ducks would go
up in the air again and fly to another
lake, possibly a mile or a mile and a
half distant, where they would come
down, but hunters there would start,
shooting at them. So the flock of
ducks would b e.kepfi flying from one
lake to another, until finally they
would fly high: tin the air again and
seek some-place a considerable dis
tance farther on. where, the chances
are they .would, have the same experi
ence. There is. no place of rest, no
place wheto they may feed, no place
of refuge;, there it no sanctuary for
them. As a result t he ducks keep on
going if they are physically able to
go. .but the chances are that the next
year there is no dues flight m that
region, and the people of that part of
the country lose the .sport the in
spiration,.’the pleasure, and privilege:
of hunting ducks. So under this bill,
along the avenues or trails of migra
tion the Federal Government will
have the right, after the permission
of the State has been granted thereto,
to-purchase grounds to be used as
. refuges where no one ca n shoot.
It seems to me that is all that the
bill provides for, so far as refuges
aTe concerned,-and also to protect tin
birds on their breeding grounds, to
have certain areas where no shooting
-shall be done.
.. As to the other proposition, about
public shooting grounds—
Mr. King. Mr. President, will the
Senator yield?
Mr. Ejhipstead. I yield.
Mr. King. Will the Senator con
§ent to an amendment or a series of
amendments directed toward the same:
end which relate to tfee question of
shooting ground-;? For inatance, thf
title of th* fcifl contains this la nguagc :
'‘To furnish * * * fond*, for -of
tab Hitting such areas and. the * * *
establishment of public shooting |
ground ‘
Will the Senator agree to an
amendment to striko out that part of
the title providing far shooting
grounds ■ and that part of section 4,!
line 1),-which contains the words ‘"or !
putdr sheeting grounds,” Roinat sec-1
tion 4, with that 'amendment, would
read: ‘That the ' Secretary of Agri
culture is authorized to purchase or
rent sum areas.as have item approved
for purchase or rental by tree commis
sion,. at t.he price -or prices fixed by!
said 'commu.ticn, and to acqurr. by
gift 01 devise, for use as migratory ■
bird refuges, areas which he shall de- 1
termini to h suitable for such pn»
poses"—
■ -Linjiuiii , o» course, then, the'pui i
pose of the r>iII to the acquisition of
lands t.y he nelu for- refuges tor ibi
. giaui-y nird-, and no* to furnish
shooting gr .duds'for sportsmen and
I to furnish <: market tor the gnns-and
[ shells' ana ammunition of du Pant .am
a lot oj ether tich -manufacturers who
have tiecn sjiending many, many thou j
sands- «j dollars to lobby for legists
tion br this character ferdftti past ,0
or 12'year . Also, in other sections ol
the bill, it would 1. necessary to
'strike out th. "uvords "shooting
grounds, ’ so ,.s tc make tne bill what
the cienatot from Maryland (Mr.
Bruct> so. ms in regard it, as being
bill for tin .equisltkm of lands to be 1
held ia§ refuge-., fox migratory birds.
In oLHer words, is the Senate., inter
esied in the preservation of these mi
gratory birds, or is tu interested it
rfumisning stioofiijg . grsuon.*- to»
sporbsm. n V
i«.r. tvomnson or ArKansa.^ SI I.
Prcsidcm, will the Senator yield
rifchtrtfiereTh*r Senator’s lasb.statt
merit, that ine provisions af this till I
relating to stioirtrng grouritif: artr for
the benefit ..f rich sportsmen, is in my
,uiagtneni entirely*'inaccurate. Quite
the. .contrary is true Under present
conditions, and c ircumstances that are
welt within .the mum.) ed*er of aJ I .or .us
nearly «il< of. the shooting /ureas in
the various States: are passing into
the ownership m no
that art eontcoll. d by men .hi .. at
least sufficient .WT.uth to aeqains meni
hejrship in these-i!lui s.h1t i* nertectly
appar* ut .that 11 the uTcfinpry mar I
wi:o is net-a ‘elun niemdet’j dno no >
abh K 'acquire ti e rights and privi ;
leges of the shoornnp i-iuns, istoenjo\
any sport .at..all it must wi eon I
through piihlic si. acting.ground-.
There its..a jjoOo deal that? tali: m I
said in support 6t the proposal - to ]
limit Federal leg isle won > i< gam e h
refuges. On the t • h> r hand, the ben-|
efit of .the legist utiu . flit*, nenefit of
the conservation ot game, would thei ;
accrue to.the miembets of shooting !
PROFESSION AX,
Mrs.^Jean McLean
Nfttar* Pubhf
iToktttna, Alaskc
Du Rand’s
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Gale and
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bIu.’jb, to- the-deprivation of the ordi
nary citizens^.. So that when we an
alyst*: the bill as respects the provi
sions -relating to game refuges and
public shooting igrounds, it appears
that the subject has been given a
good.deal of-consideration, and that
the measure iS_-non written from the
standpoint, of the rich sportsman, but
rather f'-om the standpoint of the av
erage man who i« no . able to enjoy
the privileges of duos
(Continued in Next Issuei)
“I can tell withoat asking whether
John has won or lost at’ poke* thf
minute he comes homd,”
"If he ftas lost ne throws his pants
across the foot of. the bed. -If he has
won,he puts them under his nillow."
Mice to Pay School Ta>
To AH Whom This Mav Concern:
In accord with Chapter ?y. S. -.«iot
Laws of AIhs'sh l*tlS, ar.fi hiii •ndqtHDt-.
thereto, nil male persons bet-wet i the
ages of twoacy-noe and ?» > wb.c
are nut ‘^sailors in tho United S»ate
navy or revenue cutter service volun
leer firemen, paupiera or in ane p r
sons,’* ars re urred to pay. an annu
Sebool tax of five dollars ($5i
This la:: is due and payable after the
and deduct c» herein sp-ei’:»■<! within
first Mood a v in the-month of April ai.c
shall be paid before the bi-st day o'
May, providing joo are in the Terri
tory of Alaska ou said 1 rsi , tf if not
the lag is d e within thirty "iys siftet
vour arrival in Alaska or within tec
days after written or oral demand it
made ottos you by the r, Im r tax col
lector. Ya.tec. not paid in uvcordanct
with the foregiang per uire nerts shal
become daliii tirat. and each-pr-rson df
iinquent shall be subject to at fide o:
two do lars.
All persons, crnm and oorpo. .n inn
employing labor m Alaska shall fur
nish to ctdleciors Er-list'O, all employ e;
sub-cct to tax. and - cut ploy era of la bor
as abiwesc outr are authorised by pro
visions o’ raid act to deduct amount o'
the tau from the wages of each em
ployee who is subject- thereto. f any
of sush employers*shall -fall to repot
the period designated for payment o
satd ta;?, the. said-employers of labot
shall be eui.-y of a misdemeanor itm
subject -Oo a doe of front $n(j to AnOti.
All-pentose.-subject to, uad refusing
or neglecting to t>ay. said ta . are sub
ject to a dua of i35yor-ituprAsou-netu it
jail for period-of- one month and ai
saeh eapf >yo;'s-of labor as here n se
out., stho aeglect-or-eefese -to ollec.
said tar from employees- n;a» ... pro
further penalty .of $2>/nr each -suet
tax.
Tax receipts will be fumiehed by tht
tax collectors
Dated it Takobna. Alaska, this .i s
iav of -Msty. TS?/;
•' Duly -authori ted and - ualifieii
Alaska Territorial- hlohuel Tax
Collector for Tokctca T istriut.
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