The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-04-04
LOCAL SPORTSMEN'S FEAST
AND TALKFtST DRAWS CROWD
Representatives present from Seattle
and Wenatchee-Much interest
Is Shown

The local Sportsmen's association
held a meeting on April 2nd in the To-
cal Red Cross rooms that was well at
tended and was chock full of interest.
The usual routine of business was
covered and about twenty new men,
bers taken in but the boys are still
out after more members and hope to
get every sportsmen in the locality in
terested enough to join.
One of the most interesting features
of the evening was the short talk by
County Game Commissioner Gunther,
who stated that this county produced
about 100000 cutthroat trout eggs
while the rest of the state was able
to produce only 100000 eggs of the
same variety. OF the vast number
produced in Chelan county only about
100000 were planted here, and ap-
proximately half of the balance were
exchanged with other localities for
other varieties. This shows that
Chelan county has an opportunity to
develop into the best fishing grounds
in the state if we are able to keep the
eggs at home and it is up to the sports
men of this city and surrounding coun-
try to get together and demand that
the cutthroat fry be planted in the To-
cality from which they are taken. The
county game commissioners are in IA
vor of this and trying to protect our
interests but it has developed that
they are at the mercy of the state
game warden and it is believed that
if everyone works together they can
get them out from under his control
and keep these fry at home.
Mr.. A. A. Payse, chairman of the
Legislative Committee of the Wash
ington State Association, was pres
ent and described the work of his COM
mittee in defeating the game laws pro-
posed by the State Warden. He also
told of the inefficient handling of the
game dl1dlIS III OIilSI SOdiSACo oiAN
congratulated US on having a game
commission in this county that had
secured the excellent results shown.
Among other things, he stated that
the King County Game farm had tried
to raise Chinese Pheasants and had
succeeded at a cost of $50 per bird,
due, he intimated, to the inefficient
supervision and free-handed squan-
dering of the sportsmen's money.
The Local Association decided to
send two representatives to the meet
ing of the State Association at Sc
attle on the 23rd of this month and
thus get in better touch with the
sportsmen of other counties of the
state and get the inside dope on what
they are doing and intend to do so
that we can work with them for the
best interest of the state as we'll as
protect our own interests should
they be involved in any propo-
sition put up at the meeting. The
names of the two delegates has not
been announced because of the desire
to secure two who could get away and
would be able to properly present our
side of any question arising.
The matter of the establishment of
a local reserve for deer came up and
it was decided to try to get the entire
county organized and working to-
gether so that we can properly pre-
sent this urgent matter to the District
Forester, who we are advised, has
the power and is willing to set aside
a certain territory for the purpose of
reserve and thus keep the sheep off
the breeding grounds of the deer.
Sportsmn who like to hunt deer and
have raved at the gradual decline in
the number of deer in this locality
should attend the meetings and turn
in their ideas so that some definite ac-
ton can be taken to secure the proper
reserve and protection according to
their ideas if such ideas be the best.
Join the local aossciation and help.
1t will get you lots farther than set
ting on a bench and deploring the in
creasing number of sheep in the coun-
try and the decreasing number of
deer.
We are promised a bunch of Hun
garian Partridges and Chinese pleas
ants for this county and can get more
if the association gets together and
makes a demand for the birds.
J. A. Haverstick has sold his Dryden
ranch, consisting of 13 acres of or
chard and splendid buildings to Ward