The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1920-07-23
Iudge Miles Calls Meeting
Of Sportsmen of the State

ton, o co and fish in Eastern Arkan-
Of sam have for the past year been
sss s.b - chagrined over the wanton de-
niue m1aunct;on of game and fish due TO
sso action of the legislature IN pull
tne sSe teeth out of the game law,
ing tb thev have been pushing move
anu nt ' 70 get the representatives and
men. " from the Eastern Arkansas
semTi ssmnt;es together with view TO
eoul,,o ua;ng through the next general
passmSSl an air-tight law that will
sssi sssllv protect the wild LIE IN the
iers serests and the game fish IN the
streams in this section OF Arkansas.
ss.o %so onnosition to game and fish
,.us lnu has always come from the rep
ias iNaa"artatiyes from the hill counties
i'.soro there is no game or fish to
SrOtect 1T is now proposed to get
pI Isw applicable to the counties in
Eastern Arkansas only and permit
The counties comprising the remand.
~ ~ If the state to have any kind OF
same and fish laws they want or
s sone at all. if they desire none. 1t
I argued with much force that the
neonle residing in the hill counties
ppuobt not to object to the people
vssiding in the bottom counties pro-
tecting their game and fish, and
i IS hardly probable there will be
any serious opposition from the
senator's and representatives from
the other sections of the state to
the effort to secure adequate game
and fish laws for Eastern Arkansas.
Judge Lee Miles of Little Rock,
member of the state game and fish
commission, entertains views along
this line and has called a meeting
Of those interested in the protection
Of game and fish, the meeting to be
held in Little Rock on Thursday and
Friday of next week. 1t is hoped
several representative citizens from
Lee county will attend the meeting
and take part in the formation of
an organization to secure the pass
age of protective laws. Portions
Of Judge Miles letter that will be
read with interest, are as follows:
There isn't a man who reads this
letter who cannot remember the
time when game was more plentiful
than now. You know places where
once you fished and had no trouble
in, getting all the fish you desired
along with the pleasure of the sport
when now you can't get any fish.
You can recall where once you could
60 and shoot squirrels to satisfy
your sportsmen's desire, yet where
today you can find few or no, squir-
rels at all. You can look back at
the time when you could hear the
gobber in the spring of the year
not great distance from where you
now live, yet from these woods the
gobbler's voice has disappeared. You
recall the passing of the deer from
certain territories, and while you
have missed him, you possibly have
not stopped to think of the possibili-
ties of replanting him with other
game that is disappearing. Probably
you have not considered enjoying
the sport again in the same terri
tory under proper laws properly
enforced.
Ask yourself the following ques-
uons: Would it be any pleasure for
me to see once more the great flights
Oi passenger pigeons that once liv-
ca here, and the elk and buffalo
.nat once filled our forests? They
nave passed forever from Arkan-
saS' yet do | want to be numbered
among those responsible for the ex-
ermlnation of the remainder of Ar
KANSAS wild life? Am | one of those
VINO desire to withdraw all protec-
uon from the existing game and
sne II no rest from the chase dur
ng the entire year, until it is ex-
aausted and gone? Would it be
suy consolation to me to see more
sarne sau IN Arkansas twenty years from
tS ~" than there is today and to know
fna @ - 4 was in some way responsible
sS' M ~ II you are not willing to
orOst rOuIuer the responsibility of this
s,'at work, to whom can you look
rsr provide for you and your child
before you?
,D. am calling this convention of
ip'itlhen Il tI to assemble at Little Rock
ooleu ne county court house at ten
Jnln JS,OcS so on Thursday and Friday,
b"y hoy ~ and 30. am arranging to
ono present at this meeting some
esr o from ron the Biological Survey who
and ;ull ;n us of many of our needs
jno Illustrate those needs by NOV
JOIN p'pp'ures. hope also that Mr..
Amar;a narnham, president of the
paest;n pstican Game Protective and Pro-
B. bbsssil0n saS Society of New York. will
intaran.e: oie 10 tell us something very
We s.lhg ms.g and instructive. and that
as Will GlSy have such additional talent
we WI w;n make the association one that
we "n -. never forget. In Arkansas
consiSos Sse Inexperienced, and to a
4 ;slaole 1nn;sole extent we are still
men pmg n, IN the dark. The gentle
this ssa VINO | expect to get here for
irn1Sociation and for your en-
the hnent hanesn.t will be able to give us
perienenn Oeneilts of very valuable ex-
Us r"Se, snS They will be able to help
''YOn, '',u their help is what we need.
Convent. eOtt support and activity in this
has hssS hss,on will do for Arkansas what
er, srs srsn done for states much old
Arkansaa. what What MUST be done for