The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-23
FISH AND GAME CLUB.
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10, was favored by local sportsmen. Mr..
Cressy also told of the inadequacy of the
present law regarding the trapping of
mink. As the statute now reads, the
open season is in the spring when the
mink are practically in their poorest.
condition. He favored change in the
law so that the open season would be in
the fall
Harold w Mason spoke in favor of
the Vernon hatchery and said he hoped
that when Representative-elect u. X.
Lynch went to the legislature he would
work on this proposition, which wonld be
appreciated by both the club and the
county.
DIR. L. S. Edwards told of the desira-
bility of having the club do all it could
for the county, and he pleaded for good
craftsmanship among the men who fshed
Mai F. w. Childs thought the club
could do a lot of good in connection with
the stocking of the streams. He disap-
proved of the planting of small fry in
the streams He was strongly of the
opinion that more streams should be
closed for n number of years TO give the
fish chance to grow and increase
Representative-elect Lynch favored
raising trout nearby in Windham
county. The fry, he said, cannot live
after the perilOus journey that has TO be
made from the hatcheries He spoke in
favor of the Vernon hatchery, saying that
if one were in operation there we would
have fish. The northern part of the
state was much better off than this sec
ton because of its comparative nearness
to the hatchery. He promised the club
members that when he went to Mont
pelier he would do anything he could for
the betterment of the clubs interests
Regarding present license fees, he ia
vOred an increase from $1.25 to S.
saying that the extra money would go far
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hatchery at Vernon. He favored also the
raising of nonresident licenses.
John l.. Stewart interrupted the
speech-making at this point sufficiently
long TO entertain the club with violin"
solo. He then told of recent vacation
at Spofford lake. where he caught an
unusual bass, which he lost the next day
when he visited Keene, y H.. where he
was entertained by certain Keene Off
cials.
DIR. George F. Barber was in doubt as
to the wisdom of fish hatchery at YER
non. The location was long way from
the nearest house and il would be expen-
sive TO operate. He narrated an instance
where fry were left high and dry on a
bank after n storm as they did not know
enough to get down into the wafer, with
the result that hundreds. perhaps thou
sands. of them were eaten by the crows.
Rollin $. Childs. though not a member
of the club. was asked to speak and his
talk was one of the best of the evening
He deprecated the policy of the commits
sioner in stocking the streams with fry
He pleaded for practical men at the head
of our state fish department. saying that
it is just as easy To talk 10 them about
fish matters as il is To whistle psalms
to a dead mule. Stocking the streams
with fry is useless. needless and result
less. he said what we need is practical
men at Montpelier men who can tell the
difference between horn pout and a
red-eyed herring.
were vocal selections by Dickinson
Tinker, accompanied by Il. w. Snowden
at the piano. Mr. Snowden also gave
several unique piano solos, which were
particularly enjoyable and which earned
him several rounds of applause.