The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-04-12
SILL PRESIDENT
OF SP0RTSMEN
IRVING d. SILL ELECTED HEAD
OF STEVENS COUNTY
ASSOCIATION
Organize to Protect Game Interests
And to Further Clean Sport
Many Prominent Members

Irving d. Sill of Colville was
elected president of the Stevens
County Sportsmen's association or
ganized Tuesday evening at a meet
ing in the courthouse. Forty-five
signed the adopted constitution as
charter members and the following
additional officers were appointed:
Vice presidents, Frank Chase of
Chewelah, P. M. Cartier Van Dis
sci of Springdale, DR.. J. r. Hend-
ley of Marcus, A. V. Downs of
Northport; secretary c. f. r. Os-
trum; treasurer, F. L. Renoehl of
Chewelah.
The object and purpose of the or
ganization as given in the preamble
to the constitution is to promote the
propagation and protection of game
and game fish; to promote the in
terests Of legitimate sport with rod
and gun; the determination of ver-
min detrimental to game and game
fish; to cooperate with the farmers
in the determination of vermin and
pests detrimental to domestic an
imals and crops; to enforce the laws
for the protection and propagation
of fish and game within the state
and to secure such further legisla-
tion in this direction as may be
needed.
DR.. r. S. Wells acted as chairman
at the gathering Tuesday evening.
Senator Harve C. Phipps made an
interesting address on the domesti-
cation of wild game and this was
followed by talks from Game Ward
en- c. J. Rhode, F. L. Reinhoehl, L.
G. Keller, Senator W. Lon johnson,
Commissioner Henry Hughes, and o.
w. Noble. w. A. Baker read mes
sage from Game Commissioner C. F.
Strobe inviting the members of the
Sportsmen's association to attend
meetings of the game commission at
any time.
An executive committee compos-
ed of DR.. r. S. Wells, Thomas As
pend, H. T. Wentz and A. I. Kul-
zer was appointed and is to meet
on the third Tuesday of each month.
The regular business and social
meetings of the association are to
be held each year, an annual meet
ing on the third Tuesday of April
and meeting on the third Tuesday
of September. These meetings are
in charge of the executive commit
tee.
Any person may become a men,
ber of the organization according
to its constitution if accepted by a
majority vote of members of the
executive committee and the pay
ment to the treasurer of a fee of
one dollar, his dues for the current
year. It was decided that boys
under sixteen might become men,
bers and their dues made fifty cents
a year..
Charter members of the Stevens
County Sportsmen's association are:
Albert I. Kulzer, A. w. Haynes, E.
w. Burrows, w. A. Baker, F. M.
Baughman, F. L. Reinhoel of Che
welah; W. Lon johnson, Osee w.
Noble, George Stenger, c. L. Baker,
R. S. Wells, F. J. Van Buren,, J. w.
Henderson, Thomas Aspend, F. Leo
Grinstead, H. J. Peter, w, C. Viii
wock, Frank Kostka, Mike Wright,
D. K. .Nuck, Lester Manning, L. J.
Artman, I. w. Eklund, Glenn Snod-
dy, J. B. Miller, C. J. Rhode, C. H.
Keller, Dale Jones, Henry Hughes,
J. H. Newhouse, E. R. LaVigne, H.
T. Wentz, I. D. Sill, C. F. R. Ostrum,
L. B. Donley, w. E. MacBoyle, Earle
T. Gates, L. G. Keller, G. w. Ped
dycord, Leo Gordon, l. ]. Lasswell,
Chas. Noe, C. A. Buchanan of Col