Show BOUNTIES ON BEASTS AND BIRDS SHOULD the governor Gorer nor approve the bill passed by the legislature providing bounties tor for the destruction of wild animals and aud that class of birds that devour the crops the voz vox jubilant will be heard in those sections of the territory aitor y afflicted with them under this law it will be competent for the inhabitants to unite sport with a double profit the devotees of the gun and the club will aie be able to find healthful not to say hilarious recreation ju in putting the extinguisher upon certain clauses classes of pests while they reap a monetary consideration from the re suite salts ot of the sport besides saving the crops and in some instances their sheep and young cattle the first section of the bill designates the varieties of beasts and birds on whose heads a price hu has beben placed it to is as am follows see sec L I 1 be it enacted en actea etc the several county courts within the respective spec tive counties in this territory are hereby authorized and empowered by an order made of record upon toe the minutes of such county court to offer and pay rewards tor for the destruction deat ruction of wild animals and english sparrows within their respective counties not to exceed one dollar each on lynxes gray array wolves and wild eats cats fifty cents on coyotes five alve dollars on mountain lions HOBS and bears two cents on jack rabbits and squirrels ten cents on muskrats maalis dinki and ad weasels five cents on gophers and one quarter of a cent on english sparrows were it not for the closing proviso of et the bill section 4 the policy of the measure would be doubtful f ahat hat very wise part of it em empowers the be several county courts either to reduce by order the price of the bounties or shut down upon the whole business at discretion the necessity of this precaution will be evident at a glance as without it the bounty business would be liable to abuse and to run some of the coun counties tiek into an expense tuat would be harden burden 1 some we are afraid another sinister tei lea tureman turc aidy result an inc increase nuin tier of latal mud and other accident A of buc i would be au an unmixed ier is api heavy as I 1 lc 6 is r it is to be presumed pre that teara aud and mountain liolis will wU loot not A popular even at tio Il alices ices most people are deterred una of the wilty of toe tables belog being abe brask hunt the mau man without any referee to a monetary consideration 1 |