The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-03
THE OAKLAND CLUB.
Report of the Committee on Fish and
Game Submitted.
PRIZES OFFERED FOR AEATNESS IN YARDS.
The Efforts of the Club in Securing Better
Mail Facilities Have Been Successful
New Members Admitted-yice Pres
ident Jones Presided at the
Meeting.

this week the presiding officer was
Mr.. Scott L. Jones, vice president of
the Club. The attendance was up to
the average and the interest taken in
the work and success of the organiza-
ton has in no wise relaxed.
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee held prior to the regular as
sembly of the members, Hon. r. Il.
elected members. Besides the above
other business of Importance was
transacted.
Elsewhere in to-day's REPUBLICAN
we publish list of prizes offered by
the committee on improvements Of
of the Club. We trust that the prizes
offered will be an inducement for the
property owners to enter into friend
ly rivalry and to keep their premises
neat, clean and attracti
The special committee appoiated at
the April meeting to confer with the
postal authorities for the purpose of
securing better mail facilities for the
town made report in which it was
stated that the object for which the
committee had been appointed had
been attained and that hereafter mail
would be dispatched east on train No.
2 at o'clock a. IN.
The illustrated booklet which had
been copyrighted and published by
Mr.. Percy Proctor in the name of the
Oakland Club will be on sale at the
drug stores and Stanton's news stand
the latter part of this week. The
booklet will sell at IL cents per copy
and the proceeds will go into the treas
ury of the Club.
The report of the committee on fish
and game, ex-Mayor Jamison chair
man, was read and adopted unani-
mously. The report dealt with ques-
tions of interest not only to the citi-
zens of Oakland but of the whole
county and we give space to it willing
ly. The report follows:
Mr. President and Gentlemen Of the
Oakland Club:
Your committee on game and fish
desire to submit the following report
of what they have done, of what they
expect TO do and such suggestions as
seems proper to them to be made to
the Club in discharge of their duty
as such committee.
Garrett county from time immemo-
rial has been recognized as the home
of all kinds of game, both large and
small, usually found in the Eastern
part of the United States. In the
dense thickets surrounding our beau
tiful glades thousands of deer in years
gone by found ample shelter and
protection from the attacks of man,
the biting blasts of the wintery
or md tho hnnf of fhn on
sun. In the beautiful brooks to be
found on every hand they laved their
sides in the cooling waters and re-
tired to hidden spots to enjoy the
wild life which nature gave them.
In the lofty and inaccessible fast
nesses of the mountain ranges the
bear found a home entirely his own
Seldom indeed in those days was he
disturbed, and only when he descend
ed upon the flock of some sturdy
pioneer and carried away the lambs
from the fold, was he pursued to his
den and became the prey of the hun
ter. Birds which now are valuable
to the epicure probably on account
of their rarity, were then to be found
in coveys and flocks more numerous
than the domestic fowls which now
surround the farmers yard.
From every hill and mountain side
gushed forth sparkling streams Of
the purest water and as they descend
ed into the valleys and by their unity
became first rivulets, then brooks and
finally rivers, afforded a home such
as could no where else be found for
countless schools of trout, which dar-
ted here and there through the pools,
over the rifles and down the falls.
Hunting and fishing in those days
was source of delight and made a
living that kings might envy.
In these days of progress when the
forests are being rapidly cut away
and the woods transformed into
fields, the haunts of the game are
encroached upon to such an extent
that in order to preserve the rem
nants of what is now left, it becomes
necessary by artificial propagation to
keep up the supply of trout and to
import birds that the sportman may
have successful and pleasant days
outing.
The Legislature of Maryland has
wisely inaugurated a Commission of
Fisheries upon which devoles the
duty of supplying our streams with
trout fry, and if the supply continues
| to be placed in the streams which for
some years past have been deposited
| in them, we can see no reason why
| the number of trout in our streams
should not equal the supply they
contained in early days. In 1899 the
number of brook trout placed in the
waters of Garrett county by the Fish
Commission was 227 200 and Rainbow
trout to the number of $4,000. Your
committee is informed that during
this present spring nearly one hall
million have been deposited in oul
streams. For these results we feel a
word of commentator is due the late
Commissioner of Fisheries Mr.. A. F
George. But we look for greater re
suits from the present Commissioner
and his most efficient deputy, oul
brother Clubman, Mr.. r. II. Brown
ing, who has to-day entered actively
upon his duties, and your committed
is informed is making preparation t.
install a complete Matching housC
upon the waters of Deep Creek. L
is our unanimous opinion that hatch
ing trout for replenishing the streams
of Garrett county at hatchery, anC
using their native waters, and thu
spawn from mothers taken from on
! own ctraams will racult most bpnpfi