The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-07-25
LIMIT TO 20
FISH PER DAY.
PARK SUPERINTENDENT HAS
MADE NEW RULING
FOR FISHING.

a lew uayS ago marx SKINNER OIL
Great Falls, two young men from
Iowa and Gre from st. Paul, who
were his guests. passed thru Kali
ispell on their way to Glacier park
Ivy automobile. They were accom-
panied here by Alfred Peel
er The party came back to
Kalispell last evening, says the In
terlake, red hot with indigna-
ton at the treatment they said they
had received land the ordering Of
Skinner out Of the park because he
was alleged to have caught more
fish in enc day than a regulation per-
mitted. The visitors left for home
this morning, and will advertise Gla-
cier park as good place to stay
away from.
This is the story as told by one
OF the party, who said.
Wednesday morning four Of US
went couple of miles up the stream
that emDties into the lake at Gla-
cier hotel. fishing. After fishing a
while two Of the party decided they
would. go no further and turned ov-
er to the others the fish they had
caught. Later in the day a mounted
ranger accosted the two who were
fishing and inquired how many fish
thcv had each caught. They said
they Gid net know exactly, but had
81 that all four had taken. Skinner
said he was quite sure he had
caught 81, as he had kept count as
he took them. Peeler had caught
Is, according to his count, and the
rest were what had been turned over
to them by the others who had been
with them earlier.
THE rarger told US no one was
allowed to take more than 20 fish
in dap, and that Skinner would
have to leave the park at once. We
explained to him that we knew moth
ing of any such regulations, and had
seen no notices anywhere regarding
1t. The ranger said it made no diff
ference. that he would have to get
out. and he marched us ahead of
him down the trail to the lake shore,
and we We're ordered to get on the
boat and keep going.
At the foot of the lake we asked
whether Skinner could not See the
superintendent and talk the matter
over with him. but the reply brought
back from his office was that the
superintendent was busy. and would
not talk with us. That Skinner
would have to get out of the park at
once. We then asked If we could
not stay long enough to- get some
supper. as we had had nothing to
eat since early in the morning, but
were CURLY refused, and ordered to
get out. The order to go was only
as to Skinner. but of course the rest
CT us went with him. land we walked
over to Bolton and stayed there all
night.
I'm the morning we went back and
called on the superintendent, but
got no satisfaction from him. He
said Skinner would have to leave.
That he had made a regulation that
no more than 20 fish could be taken
In day. and that he was going to
make an example of somebody. That
If Skinner came back to the park he
could only enter after receiving per-
from him.
I'VE saw no notices anywhere pro.
hibiting the catching of more than
20 fish. although Superintendent
Chapman told US such notices were
posted. Lewis, of the Glacier hotel,
said he knew nothing of such a reg
ulation, and he could not find any
one who did. We had no intention
OF violating any regulations, and
feel that the action of the park Of
ficials was arbitrary, unwarranted,
and unreasonable. We thought at
least we should have been given
hearing. and not be run out of the
park like lot of convicts.'
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