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THE MASON COUNTY JOURNAL FRIDAY, JANUARY 9; 1920
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Probing a Scandal
NARaS
Hen. Albert Johnson.
Representative Johnson of Washington state, the chairman of
the House on immigration, is conducting a searching investigation of
Ellis island, which has revealed the fact that a largo percentage of
dangerous aliens, who have been ordered deported, are still in the
United States and enjoying absolute freedom under a nominal bond.
His committee will push legislation to make more effective both the
deportation and im igration regulations affecting alien anarchists.
lXtr. Johnson was one of the members of Congress who entered the
military service during the recent war. lie laa newsPaler man ot
Hoquiam, Washington.
TELLS HOW HUNTERS A[4 ABUSING GAME
LAWS AND DEPLETING COUNTY OF DEER SUPPLY
DEWATTO MAN SAYS AUTHORITIES NEED CO-OPERAT10N
FARMER RESIDENTS WHOSE LIVES ARE ENDANGER-
ED BY RUTHLESS HUNTERS
OF
Dewatto, Wash., JanumT 1, 1920.
Editor of Journal:I have read the
letter of the Executive Chairman
Washington State Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation, which appeared in the Jour-
lml of November 21st. Now I do not
rofess to be either a Sob)men or a
antel and do not presume to knew
just wl'at the "attitude" of The
Sportsmen's 'AssociatiOn or the Ma-
son County Game Commission, should
be. 1 believe, however, that. even
an opinion as to how our dinlcult
game question shouhl be settled,
houlcl be based on the fuIlest possi-
ble knowledge of the facs obtain-
able, if said opinion is to be of value.
I submit the following sworn
statement, hol)ing it may receive the
consideration of the Washington
State Sportsmen's Associationl and
all others who are interested in
game.
Sworn Statement.
I, Irving N. Betz, being duly
sworn do say, that the allegations of
fact in the following statement are
true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief, that the opin-
ions and estimates are my own true
and honest opinions and estimates
and are not meant to deceive. I
have been a resident in that part of
Mason County which lies north and
east of Hood Canal since 1900, and
am familiar with conditions past and
present on the northern two,thirds
of this area. I have hunted on, that
area in every year since 1900. The
first farm work that I saw done in
that area was by a settler who was
repairing a fence around his garden.
I estimated the fence at eight feet
high: When questioned he said he
had built it to keep the deer out
but that they had squeezed through
somehow and were destroying his
garden, in every year that I have
lived here I have seen crops that had
been damaged by deer.
Have seen damage to the following
in manner stated--Pears: All leaes
and fruit to height of six feet or
more; apples, best of fruit and part
of leaves and twigs eaten as high as
they could reach; blackberries, ten-
der tips of young canes eaten back to
where they were one-half inch in
diameter, heavy damage. Timothy
and meadow soft gras, eaten and
trampled when small, after heads
appeared seed stalk bitten off at first
Joint, a part of stem near Joint eaten
and head dropped to the ground, dam-
age to these grasses very hard to
estimate. Red Clovers, small and
mammoth, leaves and stems eaten
when tender, after blossoms appear
In 1900 there were many deer in
this region, though settlers told me
they were not so plentiful as a few
years before. I was told that some
hounds had been kept at a logging
camp near Dewatto and that a great
many deer had been killed by the
parties who used the hounds. In
1900 it was still lawful to run deer
with hounds but the settlers would
no longer permit it. From 1900 to
1910, deer were hunted in every
month of the year, a part of the set-
tlers obtaining their principal supply
of meat that way, and hunters from
outside points hunted here, in season
or out as they wished, Between 1900
!and 191.0 there was an increase in
*l the number of deer on this area. I
estimate this increase as about 20
per cent.
Since 1910 there has been a heavy
decrease in population, only one
small school being maintained where
formerly there were three. Out of
season hunting has decreased among
the settlers. I believe there has
,een times in the last year that I
have not heard a shot for a month.
I estimate the quantity of deer in
this region as about one-fourth to
one-half what it was in 1910. This
year hunters were arriving for a
week before the season opened and
in the last two days of eptember I
heard a great many shots, more I
believe than in the preceding eleven
months. I believe that the number
of hunters in this region October 1st
was greater than the entire popula-
tion at any time in the last nineteen
'ears. Some of these hunters stayed
the full month of the open sesaon.
I talked with many hunters who
called at our store, and nearly all
complained that the deer were scarce,
or hard to get. I hunted several
days and made the same complaint;
I did not get a shot at a deer this
season. I am familiar with the ap-
pearance of wounds made by high-
power rifles and I looked closely for
same at every opportunity, I saw
such wounds on about one deer out
of six or eight. I do not know why
this was. Possibly some of the hunt-
ere were using flash lights and shot-
guns, buckshot wounds are not very
conspicuous. During the hunting
season I heard many shots when i
was veT dark.
(Signed) I.N. BETZ.
Signed and sworn before me, P.W.
Nonce, Justice Peace, Dewar(o, Wash.
In the above are the salient ele-
ments of the game situation that
have been brought to my attention.
A word as to what significance I
they are eaten, deer apparently pro- attach to them it not out of place.
ferring them to any other part. I Taking the year 1910 as a point for
once examined a four-acre field of a rough division, prior to that time
red clover, second crop of the first
year, it had been in full bloom a few
days before. I searched carefully for
fully five minutes or more before
finding a bloom. The next year's
crop was eaten about the same as the
first year's• The third year there
was very little clover to be found and
I believe the loss of that meadow was
due solely to the destruction of the
bloom by deer. Alsike clover and all
small bloom varieties that I know,
are eaten by deer. Cabbage, eaten;
arrots, tops eaten, some being pulled
though the State owned, the game it
did not exercise its rights as to sup-
ervision or 'compensation. Wisp would
take the game could and who could
did. Time, quantity or methods wore
purely individual or local affairs.
Under these conditions every resident
had a lively personal interest in
keeping the range well stocked with
deer. If 100 deer ranged on a square
mile a number equal to the natural
increase of 100 deer could be easily
taken each yaer. If 50 deer ranged
on this square mile only the increase
of 50 could be taken each year and
up; turnips, have seen a field fifteen
yards by two hundred and twenty it would require more time to get
yards, totally destroyed; beets and them. If 10 deer range on a square
mangels, tops eaten when small :and mile only the increase of 10 can be
crop ruined; potatoes, leaves and taken and if no more than two o,
part of stems eaten; small grains, I three still hunters are on that square
have seen many fields that have been :mile at any one time they will pay
seriously damaged, but owing to the dearly for every deer that they get.
1)eculiar habits of deer when feeding If dogs are used the number of deer
o these grains I am unable to make can be still further reduced with a
a estimate oft he damage in any corresponding reduction in the fu-
instance. Lure supply.
In 1900 the city of Seattle had i times when he could not get the deer
about 80,000 inhabitants• The Hood that was bothering him and some
Canal steamer made three trips a :farmers might abuse the privilege.
week and a full day was required to Where the farmer elected to build
reach this point. A few well to do deer tight fences it weuhl be just far
business men made occasional hunt-ithe state to pay the difference in
ing trips out here and a very few lees( and maintenance between the
stray hunters from ether points
wouhl make single trips• If they
did not bring (logs the settlers were
always willing to aid tl:nn. Witi
the limited number of hunters in
that period all that was necessary to
keep te range stocked was to pre-
vent the destructive hounding. The
original stock could not le seriously
depleted by straight still hunting. In
the later period, roughly speaking
since 1910, the State has paid some
attenttion to game, open season con-
stantly shortened, bag limit set, hunt-
ing with dogs or lights made unlaw-
ful, wardens employed who have
shown varying degrees of ability and
diligence. Conditions have changed,
however. 500,000 people live within
one-half day drive of this point. Not
only the wealthy business men, but
mechanics, clerks, day laborers, come
here to hunt•
Results--the settler who obeys the
law finds that he may take two deer
each year, if he can get them. He THE MARKETs-.--
pays the same license anti is amen-
able to the same rules, as a hunter Portland.
from a distance who may have paid Oats--No. 3 white feed, $65.50 a ton.
no taxes and has not contributed a Barley--Standard feed, $73 a ton.
thing to the maintenance of the deer. Corn--Whole, $72; cracked, $76.
The keen personal interest of the 1
settler is largely gone• If (leer be- I Itay--Willamette valley timothy,
come numerous his crops are more / $26@28 per ton; alfalfa, $31.50.
heavily dmnaged, greater numbers of I Butter Fat--68@69c.
hunters are attracted to the vicinity, I Eggs--Ranch, 60e per dozen•
flash light hunters kill his stock, ill I'oultry--tiens, 28@33c.
he g..'oes n the woods be dresses up 1
like'an organ v.'rin(ler's monkey and] Cattle--Best steers, $10.75@11.25;
at that cannot be sure that some ex- good to choice, $10@10.50; lnedium to
citable hunter will not kill him for good, $9@9.75.
a deer.
No other class of people are in
position to render such valuable aid
to the state authorities in the pro-
(action of the game as the people
who reside in the game fields. That
aid cannot be developed to its max-
1mum as long as manifest injustice
is done to members of that class.
Causes for irritation must be .remov-
ed or apathy will exist where whole-
hearted support should be obtained.
Of such causes I place as first in
importance, that the local people are
seeing their own hunting ground rap-
idly and surely spoiled$ second, the
present extensive use Of lights in or
around enclosed fields and on the
areas where the farmers stock range,
imperiling his stock, himself and his
family; third, the damage 'to crops
without chance of recomp6nse. Some
states pay for damage done crops,
but I doubt if it works well. The
habits of deer in feeding makes it
very hard to see just what they have
(tone. Permitting the farmer to kill
and use the deer found in his field
might work, but there would be many
type built and that of a lawful
fence. As to hunting' with lights, I
believe it will be hard to stop it in
the open season. If about eight days
ut the dark of the moon were closed
,.'ame wardens wouhl ?,ave fair chance
to step this (lanrerous and wasteful
practice. The present htw as to bag
limit cannot be enforced. As to
keeping the range stocked, it cannot
be done by sto01)ing all hunting for
eleven month of the year and then
letting an army of hunters kill an
mlimited numher of deer in the re-
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
Traffic through the Panama canal
in 1919 exceeded that of any previous
year•
(htbrielle d'Annunzio's treasurer
has fled from Ftunm with a million
francs, according to fl report.
Wages of $10 a da.v for Journeymen
bricldayers in San Francisco have
been ai)l)rO.wd by the eml)loyers.
President Wilson has signed the Mc-
Nary bill continuing the United States
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sugar equalization board through 19 0.
I The county recorder's books show
that one of every three babies born
l in San Joaqutn county, Cal., during
i
1919 was Japanese.
maining month. Secretary Alexander of the depart-
It is not when or why or how deer ment of commerce estimates that the
are killed, but how many, that mat-
ters. Closed periods of two or more trade balance of the United States for
years will increase the number avail the year 1919 will be approximately
able but will not work as well as z $4,000,000,000.
limit the number that may be killed The United States ranks second to
in a given district and setting the Great Britain in the number of mer-
limit low enough that the breeding chant vessels entering the port of
reselwe will be always large.
IRVING W. BETZ. Buenos Aires in 1919, Norway being
third ..... -
th)gs--Prime mixed, $14.50@15; me:
dium mixed, $14@14.50; pigs, $11.50@
13.0.
Sheep--tastern lambs, $13@13.50;
valley lambs, $10.50@11; ewes, $6(.@7.
Seattle.
Hay--Eastern Washington timothy,
$38@39 per toff; alfalfa, $35.
Bntterfat--75 @77c.
Eggs--Ranch, 55@60c.
Poultry--Hens, heavy, dressed, 45c;
light, 38c.
Hogs--Prime, $15.25@15•75; medium
to choice, $14@15; pigs, $12.50@13.50.
Cattle -- Beat steers, $11.50@12;
heifers, $8.75@9.50; calves, $7@15.
Coal Output Picks Up.
Washington.- Coal production is
again sufficient to meet current re-
quirements, aocording to the weekly
report made public by Walker D.
Hines, director-general of railroads.
Tobacco Habit
Dangerous
says Dec(or ConnoJr. /ormery off
Johns liopkins hospital. Thou-
sands of men suffering from fatal
diseases wouhl be in perfect healtl,
to-day were it not for the deadly
drug Nicotine. Stop the habit t:ow
before it's too late. It's a siml)te
process to rid yourself of the to-
bacco habit in any form. Just go
to any up-to-date drug store an4
get some Nlcotol tal)lets; lake
them as directed and 1o; the imr-
nicious habit quickly vanishe..
Druggiots refund the money if t h-y
fall. Be sure to read large and in-
teresting anneancenlent Dy Doctor
Conner soon to al)pear In tilts pi-
per. It tells of the danger of nlr:)-
tine poisoning and how to avoi(l it..
In "the meantime try Nice(el tat)-
lets; you will be surpri*.(t "at he
result. Nicotoi is sold by (irugi:ts
everywhere under an irob-,.t,t
money-back guorant.ee. Yotlr lr,
gist has it or can get i1 ft. (j,
fl'ol any wholesale druggts "
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