Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1950-02-24 | Page 4 | Pelt Smuggler is Fined $295.00 as Ag. Dept. Cracks down on Offenders

Pelt Smuggler Is Fined J295.00 As Ag. Dept. Cracks Down On Offenders First arrest in a state-wide crackdown on predatory animal Delt smugglers was announced fhis week by J. H. Crofts, state agricultural commission chairman. chair-man. A pelt smuggler was fined $295.00. At the same time, Mr. Crofts announced that bounty payments pay-ments during 1949 on Predatory animals totaled $26,970.00; less than half the amount paid bounty hunters in 1948. . The agricultural commission chief said the decrease was due to a decrease in the number of predatory animals in the state He pointed out that since 1946 when bounty payments totaled $121,000.00, the number of predatory pred-atory animals turned in for payment pay-ment has decreased steadily.