The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-04-24
Blackfoot Sports
men to Plant Fish

About fifty men met at the X. p
hall on Tuesday evening to receive
the report and suggestions of a COM
mites from the Knights of Pythias
lodge regarding the future activities
for stocking Bingham county streams
with fish. M M. Farmer was the
| spokesman for the lodge and pre-
sided at the meeting. R. E. Thomas,
state game warden was present,
from Boise, William Hayes, assist
ant chief deputy, OF Pocatello, hav-
ing charge of six of the southeastern
counties; Lewis Robbins, deputy
game warden of Bingham county;
r. o. Graham, vice president of the
Idaho Sportsmen's association, of Po-
catello; Mr.. Newcomb, president of
the Bannock County Sportsmen's as
ISOLATION, of Pocatello; A. ]. Snyder,
of Springfield; Elmer Stephens,
| president of the Bingham County
Sportsmen's association, of Black
foot; Senator l.. R. Thomas; c. c..
| Clark, president of the BlackfOot
Chamber of Commerce, and many
other local men.
Chairman Farmer reviewed the
activities of the X. P. lodge of the
past year, planting fish in Wolverine
and Brush creek, and said they have
arranged with the fish and game de-
arranged with the fish and game de-
club to trap trout in our streams,
take the spawn and weekly transport
the product to the fish hatchery, re-
ceive back half of the hatch and
transport them to the streams. In
this way they hope to plant half a
million trout in our streams this
year, vastly more than could be OBJ
tanned without trapping the fish, and
the work is now under way. A trap
has just been built in Wolverine, and
men and materials are ready to go
on to other creeks.
The beavers have built hundreds
of dams in the streams and thus
made a network Of storage reservoirs
where once the water ran of without
delay. 1t is impossible for trout to
get over the higher dams, so they
will be planted all along the stream
and left to multiply. In few years
all these streams will be a rich
pleasure ground for the public in
stead of being depleted and barren
as most Of them are now. Blackfoot
river was once well stocked, but has
been overdone by fishermen and not
many remain. The local clubs and
lodges are endorsing the plan,
Rotary and the American Legion
having just Joined the movement,
and by cooperation of all public
spirited persons the work will be
carried out as rapidly as nature will
permit.
A number Of speakers responded,
j. H. Early, Mr. Loveless, A. j.
Snyder, c. C. Clark and Messrs. New
comb, Graham and Thomas, of Po-
catello and Boise.
Briefly stated, the work under !
taken is to preserve the fish and
game for future generations as well
as for the present, to destroy preda-
tory fish and birds that kill of or
prevent the Matching of the valuable
ones, to govern people SO that they
will be real sportsmen instead of
fish hogs and mere slayers of fowls,
to enforce the fish and game laws, to
protect pheasants and other fowl
needing fair play In summer and
feed in winter when snow lies deep,
to train hunters to be more careful
of human life, to exercise care to
protect stock in fields, to enter no
fields or premises to hunt without
the owners permission, and In gen.
eral to stop the waste and irritatiOns
arising from exercising the privileges
Of the sportsman.