The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-19

ported from the whole state Windham
county is responsible for 10.
This county also claims to have as
good brook trout fishing as has any of
the other counties of the state, IL not
better. The mountain streams IN TINS
county are almost innumerable, and
while they are fiShed hard and often by
large number of resident and rapidly
increasing number of nonresident an
glers. they yield many a limit catch of
the speckled beauties, and thousands OF
average fair catches, and still hold up
fairly well under the stiff punishment
they get. One reason for this is that the
six-inch law is now very generally oD-
served here. and another reason is the
liberal and sytematic stocking done by
and under the supervision of the Wind
ham County Fish and Game club.
Replenishing depleted supplies and ed
ucating SportSmen to observe protective
laws is the only way to keep the hunt
ing land fishing good enough to attract
those interested. The mountains, wales,
streams and lakes, well inhabited by the
natural deniZens thereof, are assets that
should be guarded zealously, that they
may bring rare enjoyment to all lovers
of the great outdoor world.
What has already been done in the
line of protection? The laws. with a
few changes that may soon be made,
the situation when fearlessly and inn
partially enforced. OF the II counties
in this state only two, Addison and
Windham. have county wardens who de-
vote their whole time to the work on Il
salary basis. Naturally the cost of
warden service in these two counties is
greater than in other counties, but the
results attained are also very much
greater. In the other counties the
county wardenS devote only a part of
their time to the work. Local deputy
wardens are employed more or less in
all the counties and there are in the
state at present two special deputy
wardens. one located at Nergennes and
the other at Burlington. who devote their
whole time to the work on a salary of
81 900 each per year. working anywhere
in the state when assigned on request
of county warden. 1t has not been
necessary to use these special deputies
in Windham county to any great extent.
although one of them has done a little
work here. but not very recently. On
the other hand some of the Windham
county wardens have put in considerable
time on special work outside their own
county.
According to the commissioners report
the total cost of warden service in the
various counties for the two years ending
June 80. 1920. was as follows: Addison,
S5,346.Tt; Windham, $5.301.77; Chit
tenden, $4,273,O7; Essex, $3,6S0.7S:
M Wa $2,SOS:o o.; r. Rutland. 81
81. 966.35; Bennington. 81 ,S34.01
Franklin. $1,53S.61: Orleans. $1,36S.27
Grand Isle. SS19.02: Orange. $646. sc
Lamoille. $4J9.J2.
Now glance at the totals turned in to
the state during the two years from the
different counties in fines and costs col
lected from law-breakerS: Windham. 81.
654.S5: Addison. $1.357 90: Benning-
ton, $525.09; Washington. S3T0. 40; Els
sex. S:552.3 30; Rutland. $500 %; Orleans.
S306.91: Chittenden. 1897 .0S; Windsor,
S1G2. 70; Franklin. $97.26; Orange,
$69.2S: Caledonia. S13.; Lamoille.
SD. Is; Grand Isle. not one cent.
In the amounts turned in to the de-
partment for licenses Rutland county
leads proudly with S13.45T.95 for the
two years, and Windham is second with
so, 1881. The others are: Windsor,
S9.9SI 50, Bennington, $9,51S. 20;
Washington. S9,419. 40: Caledonia. So
51S. 20: Chittenden, S5.SS4. 40: Addison.
So, 164.15; Orleans, $4.S9O.55: Frank
lin. 81 .4G6. 50: Orange. S4.307: Essex.
S40TS; Lamoille, S3,T23.S9. Grand
Isle 5000.
From these figures it will readily be
seen that the part Windham county takes
in fish and game matters is an important
one. Figures are not available by coun-
ties for fur-bearing animals. but it is
estimated by the largest handlers of raw
furs in the state that the value of pelts
taken and sold in the state last year
was $36G.2J0. and Windham county fur
nished its share. This county has an
excellent supply of cartridges and small
game. There are no figures for the
amount of fish taken. but the aggregate
of catches during the past two years in
this county was far ahead of the aver
age.
In number of artificially Matched fish
distributed in the state Windham county