Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1912 — Crow Bounty Proving Big Expense in White County. [ARTICLE]

Crow Bounty Proving Big Expense in White County.

White county baa paid out $316 in crow bounties since the first of the year. As only S2OO had been approppriated.tbe county council had to appropriate S3OO more and now only >lB4 is left. The county council does not look favorably on paying a bounty of 10 cents and have petitioned the commissioners to reduce the bounty to 7 cents pgr crow. The White County Democrat publishes the following in connection with a discussion of the crow bounty situation: "Crow, hawk, wildcat, wolk, bear and fox bounties are no new thing, however, the plan having been tried in nearly all the states of the union for the purpose of getting rid of these pests. The state of Maine, the most easterly state of the country, now pays a bounty of $5 on bears and wolves and $2 on wildcats. As far back a? 1830 the legislature of Maine sought to rid the state of crows through paying a bounty, but when $15,000 w§s paid out in a short time, the plan was abandoned as too expensive."