The Washington times., 1924-01-18
ORGANIZE Ne v.
. COUNTY GAME.
ASSOCIATION
Montgomery Sportsmen Elect
Officers and Oppose Sale
Of Rabbits.

ROCKVILLE. Nd, Jan. 49,
Forty Of the leading sportsmen of
Montgomery county met in st.
Mary's Hall here last evening and
organized the Montgomery County
Game and Fish Protective Associa.
ton. These officers were chosen:
President, Watt Farmer, Of Red.
land; vice presidents, Windsor
Adams, of Bethesda; Thomas d.
Griffith, of Laytonsville, and Rosser
Butler, Of Poolesville: secretary.
treasurer, Reuben Riggs, of Rock
vile. The gathering unanimously
adopted a resolution favoring en-
actmenf by the legislature now in
session Of q law prohibiting the
sale Of rabbits anywhere in the
State.
e. Lee LeCompte, State game
warden, attended the meeting, gave
q talk on the work of his depart
ment and answered numerous 0ues.
tons. He said that arrangements
had been made to supply this coun-
ty with between 800 and 800 rab-
bits from Kansas and Missouri for
restocking purposes, and also an.
nounced that about 200 Hungarian
quail would soon be sent here to
be liberated with a view to deter.
mining whether they can survive
this climate and are desirable for
propagating purposes. He stated
that he had been considering the
advisability of establishing q game
preserve and said he would return
to the county In the near future
and see what arrangements could
be made to buy or lease a suitable
tract Of land for such purpose.
Clyde Harris, deputy game war
den, called the meeting to order
and introduced Robert l.. Tolson
as the presiding officer, the latter
conducting the proceedings until
the election Of the president. It
was dcided to meet again the even
ing Of Wednesday, January 80, to
adopt a constitution and bylaws.
Senator Arthur Capper Of Kan
sas will be the principal speaker at
the annual meeting of the Mont.
gomery county farm bureau, to be
held here on Friday, January 25.
He will speak at the afternoon ses-
sion and will tell of the benefits
of cooperative marketing and buy.
ing and discuss other matters per-
tanning to the welfare of the farm
er and dairyman. George M. Hunt
er, president of the Montgomery
County National Bank Of Rock
vile, will speak on the relation of
banks to farm bureaus, and Mrs.
H r. Baldwin, OF Washington, will
also address the gathering The
home economies and community de-
partment of the bureau will pro-
vide a program for the women in
attendance.
The funeral of Mrs. Jennie Peter
Beall, wife of James J. Beall. who
died at her home near Darnestown.
this county, aged fifty-nine years,
took place yesterday afternoon from
the family residence, many persons
from various parts of the county
and elsewhere attending. The Rev.
J. w. Lowden, pastor of the
Darnestown Presbyterian Church,
conducted the services and burial'
was in the Darnestown Cemetery.
Mrs. Beall was a daughter Of the
late Alexander Peter.
The stockholders of the German
town Bank held their annual meet
ing at the banking house at Ger
mantown, this county, on Tuesday
and elected the following directors:
Andrew H. Baker, Thomas c. Dar-
by, Charles E. King, Charles T.
johnson, the Rev. o. E. Gilling-
ham. j. Wellington Boyer, A. r.
Selby, Charles A. Boyer, E. NJ.
Beall, Upton d. Nourse, ]. Forest
Walker, William A. Waters, F. i.
Hays, E. D. King, Smith Hoyle, H.
L. Watkins, and William Waters.
The directors reelected officers as
follows: President, Andrew H. Bak-
er; vice president, William A.
Waters; cashier, John A. Slower;
assistant cashier, ]. H. Pumphrey.
Charles M. williams, former
member Of the board of county
commissioners for this county and
a leading farmer of Poolesville dis.
trict, died suddenly Wednesday