The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-04-17
ROD AND GUN CLUB
ELECTS new OFFICERS
ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE TO
SECURE A GAME WARDEN
FOR THIS SECTION
WILL HOLD CROW SHOOT
NORRIS NEWSPAPER ALLEGES
HUNT is SPONSORED BY BIG
POWDER COMPANY

The annual meeting of the Sank
Centre Rod and Gun Club held in
the Community Club rooms Thurs
day evening of last week and was
attended by large number of
hunters, fishers, and others interested
in the conservation of game and fish.
The following officers were elected:
PRESIDENT. A. Walker.
Vice Presidents. P. Hansen, Jr.
Secretary-Dr. Russell Cooper.
I Treasurer-Jos. Miller.
Capt. of Gun Club-Alex Benson.
Capt. of Rod Department-V. G.,
Wedge.
During the course of the meeting
it was brought out that application
had been made for pike frye for
Sank Lake, Fairy Lake, Lilly Lake,
Long Lake, and Middle Birch Lake.
Several years ago the club pur-
chased long distance casting targets
which were placed in Sank Lake.
Last year these targets were loaned
to Park Rapids and they have Lx-
pressed a willingness to purchase
them if they are for sale. In view
CT the fact that comparatively little
interest is taken in this form of
sport in Sank Centre, V. G. Wedge
was authorized to sell the targets to
tire best possible advantage.
The club went enthusiastically IN
record in favor of securing a ga. lie
warden for this section, if possible.
The members cannot see any good
reason why game warden Sho .ld be
located at St. Cloud and another at
St. Joe while western Stearns Co III
munity, where the lakes really are, is
left largely unprotected. H. A. Falk
was authorized to appear before Gov
ernor Preus and urge the appoint
ment of warden for this section.
In the course of his remarks, Mr..
Falk stated that the average Sank
Centreite did not appreciate the good
things he enjoys in natural resources.
He urged that live committee be
appointed to see that the game and
fist: laws were enforced and to re-
port violations to the authorities to
the end that game and fish be prop
erly conserved.
The annual state wide crow hunt
is billed to take place Sunday,
April 20. While considerable in
terest was expressed in favor of
eliminating the crow as far as
possible, the proposition to start
the hunt Easter Sunday met with
general opposition. However, a
nunt will be organized and will .con-
TRUE for several days, probably. This
matter is in the hands of committee
to be named by President Walker.
In commenting on the state wide
crow hunt editor James Morrison Of
the Morris Tribune comes to the
rescue of this unpopular bird with the
following editorial in the last issue of
his most excellent paper:
In order to kill off some crows
(and incidentally sell some gum
powder) one of the powder COM
panies is circularizing the coun-
try offering prizes for a crow
killing contest.
The crow is not bird of good
repute. His garb is forbidding,
his song is not musical, and he
is such an inveterate thief that
he will steal from his own kind.
His presence at complaining
time materially interferes with
the percentage of germintion.
But the most of the summer his
food consists of insects and small
animals, and if his fondness for
grain and seeds is curbed in the
springtime, he will before the
season is over render valuble
service in destroying the vermin
of the fields.
The crow has a place in the.
economy of nature, and man has
suffered many times in wantonly
destroying that balance of nature
which holds in check one pest
against another.
To kill the crows in order that
business might be provided for a
powder company would prove a.
serious mistake.