Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-11-01
About $50 Representative Yer
monters Attend Annual Feed
at Montpelier.
ADDRESS BY DR.. PALMER
speaks OF Modern Game Protection
Great Demonst rntion for Sen. Proc
tor who Believes Love of sport
ncflcInI-Maxwcli Evarts
Wants VI. state Park.

Montpelier. oct. 31.-Thc annual ban
quet of the Vermont Fish and Game
league was held this evening in Armory
hall. and was attended by about $50
of the representative men OF the State.
The AFFAIR was II success the well served
banquet being followed by excellent
speaking. Tho Whittier orchestra fur
nishcd music while the guests dined.
Hon. Frank l.. Fish of NerEennes,
president OF the league, raped tho din
crs to order and in a happy manner told
somcthing of the league. His refer
cncc to President Roosevelt as having
been in recent years guest of the
league and of the presence Of Snator
Proctor at the banquet brought forth
hearty cheers for both. President Fish
introduced Hale X. Darling of Chelsea
ms toastmastr. Mr.. Darling acquitted
himself with honor in that difficult role.
LieutGov. Prouty responded In a brief
and dignifcd speech for the State.
DR.. r. S. Palmer of the department of
agriculture and biological survey of the
national government was one of tlrc
guests of honor and delivered an inter-
est!ng talk on modern game protection
with special reference to this State.
He referred to the earlist hunting and
fishing rights in the country beginning
with 1929 and he said that Vermont had
always taken active and prominent part
in the development and protection of
game and fish He called up the ex-
cellent laws OF the State with the record
of the taking of $500 deer in the past
ten years. He spoke of the result and
benefits OF judicous legislation. fostered
by healthy public sentiment. His sketch
of history of the general game and fish
laws of the country was most inter-
esting and enlightening and he made
several valuable suggestions for the pre-
! servation Of game and relating to the
granting of licenses to nonresident hunt
ers. DR.. Palmer's remarks were heartily
applauded
Maxwell Evarts. chairman Of the
committee on fish and game of the
| House, told of the vcxations arising
from the many bills referred to that
| committee and spoke in a humorous
vein OF some of the conditions con-
! fronting sportsmcn. Seriously speak
ing he said that in Il good sportsman
would invariably be found Il success
! full business man. He favored the pro-
lection of game and hoped that when
the State Rot to making appropria-
tons that it would grant an appro-
priation for n great public park where
game and fish could be propagatcd
and protected. He would propose as
n toast Vermont State Park, Il Yer
mont state fair and n Vermont State
| Improvement society which would be
the greatest treat the State ever had.
Mr.. Evartss speech was warmly re-
| ceived.
! r, A. Lawrence OF Rutland read reso-
| buttons on the death of Gen. w. Y. NJ.
Ripley of Rutland which We're adopted,
John w. Titcomb of the United States
bureau Of fisheries received a warm well
come. He reviewed the early history of
the league and told of the work OF his
department in Washington and the ex-
ccllent work being done in Vermont.
The POSTMASTER here called upon Yer
mont'S foremost citizen Senator Proctor,
who was Cheerctl for several minutes as
he came forward. He spoke of the effect
of tho love of sport on man and believed
that it benefited him physically mentally
and morally and the effect was healthy
and good. He thought fishermen should
be classod with artists instead of sports
men as fishing was high art. He told
of the turning loose of the original II
deer in 1873 and the great results for
sportsmen from It. He referred to the
recent government appropriation Of 500
600 for n trout hatchery and believed
that it would be of great benefit TO the
| State and nation.
| The speeches We're closed with one by
r. r, Flynn of Springfield, who spoke
| in humorous vein and kept his audi
encc in roars of laughter ending with an
eloquent tribute to the State.