Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-24
SPORTSMEN WILL
ORGANIZE HERE
HUNTERS AND FISHERMEN GE 7
TOGETHER TO WORK FOR
THEIR INTERESTS.
ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
Organization When Perfected viii
Work for Game Farm In This
Section-Committee to Re- o..
port Next Friday.

The hunters and fishermen OF wa
pello county are going to have al
organization of live fellows who viii
work as a unit in securing Legislation
and in backing up the work of tn
Iowa Conservation and Sportsnlen
league in its main object which is tn
protection and propagation OF sons
birds. fish and game, and the con
servation Of lakes, rivers and fores
reserves. At the preliminary meeting
held in the Courier committee room:
Friday night, a good representation O
the sportsmen of Wapello county was
present and committee of six mem
bers was appointed to draw up by
laws, constitution and all matters with
reference to the organization or a
county society. This committee viii
report next Friday night. at mon
ster meeting Of fishermen and hunters
in the rooms of the OttumWa CONNER.
cial association. Farmers, professional
men, butchers, bakers, druggists
clerks and bankers were present last
night and all expressed keen desire
to be affiliated with the county organl-
Zation.
Deputy Game Wardens w. A. Hitter
man and AL Potter were also present
and from these officials some valuable
Information was secured. They are In
heaty accord with the proposed organl-
zation and will aid all they can to per-
feet the county society. The commit
tee appointed to prepare all articles
dealing with the organization is COM
posed Of 10 Jaques, Will McElroy, A.
L. Reynolds, Il. Odenwalder, w. A.
Kitterman and AL. Potter. The COM
mittee received numerous suggestions
last night and on next Friday night,
January 27 will present to the as.
sembled sportsmen some plan OF
organizing into body which they
hope will include every hunter ana
fisherman in the country.
Farmers Are Needed.
TO the farmers of the county, the
organization will extend most cor
dial invitation to become members. 10
them they will look for the feeding
and sheltering of quail in bad weather
and for assistance in breeding OF birds.
Farmers whose property is posted are
especially urged to affiliate with the
county body, ais the promoters OF the
association want to work Win the
rural residents OF the county instead
OF against them. The organization VIII
stand behind the game wardens or the
state and will aid them in prosecuting
all violators of the game laws. one
enthusiastic hunter stated last night
that he was in favor of the members OIL
the association notifying the game
wardens whenever they ran across
man who deliberately violated the
laws Of the state.
TO Work for Game Farm.
One of the things to which the
county association will turn its atten-
ton is to the securing of game farm
for this section Of the state. southern
Iowa affords the best possible al
vantage for the breeding of game birds
In It's forests and in the makeup OF
the citizens, whom the sportsmen
last night declared had no. superiors
In the entire state. Aside from the
agitation for game hatchery, the as
ISOLATION will also urge Game Warden
Lincoln to supply the streams OF TINS
vicinity with fish and the fields with
game birds. Deputy Warden Hitter.
man stated that the state warden nad
an order in for 10000 Hungarian part
ridges and that he thought 1t would
not he a difficult matter to have some
of these sent to this locality. Some or
the men present last night also fav-
ored a law providing that fishermen
pay state license.
The sportsmen of the county are
urped to make no engagements for
NEXT Friday night in order that they
might be present at the meeting IN the
Ottumwa Commercial club rooms and
nartfcipate in the forming of the
county organization.