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Show I GOVERNOR SIGNS NEW BOUNTY BILL I r I Tbhe bounty bill Introduced by Day i' y of Iron received executive approval yesterday The act appropriates $80,-Hj $80,-Hj 000 annually for bounty purposes. In $Vrf addition to this fund a tax of 5 mills I , Hi Is placed on sheep and goats and one of 4 mills on all range horses and cattle Hj The bounties specified in the meas- I uro are as follows: j vj For each bear, mountain Hon, cou- gar, gray, black or timber wolf, $15, for each coyote, lynx or wildcat, 11.- I B0. r , If the fund becomes exhausted the H stato auditor Is to notify the vari- . I !i oub county clerks and no more certifl- I cateB for bounty claims may be is- H ! Bued thereafter. There Is at pres- I ent a total of bounty claims unpaid . of approximately $60,000. The new law provides that these may be paid I out of the fund created by the acL With the new law the sheepmen I and cattlemen believe they can con- I duct an effective campaign against the I predatory animals that are said to be I I Increasing, and which are bo destruc- I I tlve to livestock. In the original bill I I a bounty of $50 was provided for the J destruction of each gray wolf. It is ' 3 haWJ b hattlemen that the gTay wolf Ih the most dangerous foe stock own-era own-era have to contend with. Happily there are few of them, but their increase Is greatly feared. fI In some of the c ounties the coun- ,5a ty commissioners add to the Btate bounty and mortj additions are made Gp9 by stockmen's associations. Thus In IL .Kane county the total bounty for the destruction of a gray wolf has reached reach-ed $175 In spite of this tempting reward, C. John Smith, representative representa-tive from Kane, said that only one gra wolf had been killed last year. The gray wolf, it Is said, often kills as many as 15 calves In a single night. Five or six cows or horses are also frequentl numbered among the gray wolf's victims In one night when he gets Into action. |