The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-09-28
PROBLEMS Of
GAME WARDENS
1900 VOLUNTEER GAME WARDENS
ENROLLED-NEW COMMISSION
Err WOULD COORDINATE Eff
FORTS OF THE MANY VOLUN-
TIERS.

Minnesota today has 1900 volunteer
game wardens but few of them are
known to the full-time salaried game
wardens, George w. Mccullough,
state commissioner of fish and game
said Friday advocating a change in
| system.
Present methods do not make for
efficient or co-ordinated service in
which the volunteers figure as large
/ ly as they might, he said. Under the
states new plan of district wardens,
each with definite area for which
| responsibility is fixed, the volunteer
| system could be made over, Mr. Nc
| Cullough believes.
| He suggested that each club of
| sportsmen and conservationists be
given the unofficial authority to rec
ommend one of their members who
would be chosen in a club election, for
| appointment as warden for period of
one year.
At the end of that term the club
membership could itself determine if
the volunteer warden has made any
real contribution to game law enforce
ment in the community. 1t could then
| either reflect the volunteer for an
other year or select another member.
| Other members of the club would be
/ expected to cooperate with the volun-
| teer warden.
| Mr.. Mccullough stressed that the
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the district chief employed by the
state and that the system can only be
successful with the closest coopera-
ton of volunteers with the regular
| forces.
81 feel that without question this
system would provide a great i'm
provement over the present method.
Today some volunteers are doing ex-
cellent work and have for a consider
able period of time They watch for
outlaws in their communities vigi-
lantly, but others are accomplishing
Aittle or nothing, "Mr Mccullough
said.
In the meanwhile Mccullough is
expecting good results from the states
new system of district wardens. There
are 81 districts in the state under this
plan each with a directing head in
stead of central state headquarters
at the commissions offices. Expense
| CT travel and communications are both
being reduced by the new method Nc
Cullough said.
Arrangements have been made so
that wardens can be quickly trans
| ferred from one section of the state
to another. For instance, for the OPP
ening of the deer season, November
| 10, many extra warciens will be need
ed in northern Minnesota and it is
expected that number of those sta
toned in the southern portion of the
state will be moved.
Following is list of district head
| quarters, the names of district chiefs,
and the number of wardens in each
district excluding chiefs at present
employed:
District No. 1, Rochester, Rex r.
Robinson, chief warden, wardens;
No. 2, Mankato, John Macbeth, chief,
7 wardens; No. 8, Window, D. P
Brady, chief, wardens; No. 4, APP
pleton, E. D. Olson, chief, wardens;
No S, Litchfield, Sam Warner chief,
8 wardens
No. 6, metropolitan area ST. Paul,
Joe Brickner, chief, 16 wardens; No.
7, North Branch, F. w. Stoneburg
chief, wardens; No. 8, Little Falls,
l. M. Totten, chief, 9 wardens; No. TO-
Wheaton, A. G. Klawon, warden;
No. II, Alexandria, j G. Waters
chief, wardens; No. IL, Bemidji,
Charles Masoner, chief, wardens;
No. IS, Aitken, B. A. Golf, chief,
wardenS.
No. ID, Duluth, Joe Twaddle, chief,
5 wardens; No. Is, Grand Marais, Ar
| thur Johnson, chief, wardens; No.
16, Winton, william A. Hanson, chief,
Z wardens; No. II, Hibbing. ]. Stat
terry, chief, 8 wardens; No. Is, Grand
Rapids, j. P. Murphy, chief, ward
ems; No. 10, International Falls, John
Cline, chief, 2 wardens; No. 20, War
road, Dick Williams, chief, wardens;
No. 81, Crookston, William F. Munich,
chief, wardens.
j. c. Douglas, of Anoka, has been
designated as a special warden. In
few instances is there more than one
warden located in single vicinity
One of these is at Grand Marais where
| all of the district wardens, six inclu-
ding the chief, all live at Grand
| Marais.