The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-12-09
FOR PROTECTION
OF STATES GAME
NJ. $. CARPENTER, SECRETARY
SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
DETAILS YEARS WORK
support Came From Many Promi.
nent Contributors; Clubs Were
Organized in IS Towns and Cities;
Campaign Against Enemies Of
states Wild Life.

Work of the past year in the Mon
tana Sportsmen's association was re-
viewed in all details in the annual
report Of Secretary M. 8. Carpenter,
OF Missoula, at the annual meeting
of the association held in Helena
recently.
The organization of this associa-
ton was completed upon the 25th
of October, 1920, and upon the 3rd
OF November your secretary started
soliciting funds with which to set the
machinery of the organization in
motion, meeting with considerable
success. Among the prominent con-
tributors were the permanent wild
life protection fund of the Russell
Sage foundation. the American Game
Protective and Propaganda associa-
ton, Outdoor Life magazine, and a
few prominent national sportsmen.
A number of clubs came promptly
to the support of the new association
to the extent that it's real work was
started early in December.
The report then details legislation
secured through the association for
the protection of game.
Clubs Organized.
During the past year he has par
ticipated in the organization of clubs
at Augusta, Boulder, Three Forks,
Drummond, Rosebud, Hardin, Bird
ger, Glasgow, Ennis, Stanford, Hob
son. Cascade. Fort Benton, and Belt,
and in the reorganization of clubs at
Bozeman and Great Falls. Existing
clubs at White Sulphur Springs,
Helena, Big Timber, Belgrade, Mis-
soula and Red Lodge have, upon his
solicitation affiliated with the state
organization and fully paid their
dues. The clubs at Anaconda and
Lewistown have paid a part of their
dues, and the clubs at Livingston and
Phillipsburg have voted to affiliate
but have not perfected organization.
One life membership has been receiv-
ed, that of Frank Conley of Deer
Lodge, who on November 10, 1920,
sent US his check for $25. The as
ISOLATION has two members who have
paid for five years each. William ].
Mackensen of Yardly, Penn, and Sam
P. Eagle of Yellowstone, The as
ISOLATION has sold but one single year
membership, that to Lee Browning
of Warland.
Upon suggestions contained in a
circular letter issued from the Sec
retary's office last spring instituted
and carried on campaigns against
the common enemies of our valuable
wild life. to the extent that literally
thousands upon thousands of these
common enemies were DESTROYED,
with the very gratifying results that
in many localities of the state our
game. song and insectiverous birds
were permitted to rear their broods
largely unmolested, thus very ma
terially increasing the number OF
these birds in Montana. One club IL
reported to have destroyed $4,000
magpies and crows, including eggs
OF the same. Another is credited with
destroying between four and five
thousand in single days drive
against these well-known enemies.
Another small club killed five hund-
red adult birds within a radius of
five miles of town in their first con-
test. Still another small club count
ed eighty-six coyotes among the
victims of its contest. This CAM
paign against the common enemies Of
our valuable wild life was instituted
with the idea, and recognizing the
fact that it must be continued year
after year, and it is the plan of the
secretary's office to make the cam
paign of 1922 great deal more eff
fective and iar-reaching than the
one of 1921.