The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-01-08
STATE SpORTSMEN
SEE need TO IN
CREASE GAME FEE
MONTANA SoLONS TO BE ASKED
TO INCREASE LICENSES TO
CONTINUE PERPETuATloN
OF WILD LIFE
RELEASE 40 P4EASANTs IN CAR
BON COUNTY DURING 1880;
MANY MILLION TROUT
LIBERATED FROM lo-
CAL HATCHERY

During the year 1880, lao Chi
nse pheasants We're released II
Carbon County, according to in
formation furnished the Carbon
County News this week by B. F
Gerry, secretary of the Montana
q Specimens Association. The in
PRODUCTION and future liberation Of
these birds will insure county
sportsmen of good upland bird
shooting in future years.
During the past five years sew
eral million trout have been lib
Grated from the state fish hatchery
in Red Lodge.
If this work is to be continued,
along with other activities nee
essary for the perpetuation of our
wild life, additional funds must be
made available for the operations
for the state fish and game de-
partment, according to Mr.. Gerry.
This can only be accomplished by
an increase in our fishing and
hunting license fees, as no part of
the tax money is spent for this
work.
Montana sportsmen, fully CONVEX
SAINT with the fact that immediate
steps must be taken to provide ad-
equate revenue to continue the con-
scientious campaign of wild life
conservation if the Treasure State
is to continue as playground for
all America, have risen in a great
group to impress upon the state
legislature the necessity for in
creasing the hunting and fishing
license fees.
Thirty-six organizations in 90 |
of the Sc counties of the state, ac-
cording to Mr.. Gerry, have endor-
sed the action of the increased IL .
.cense fee. Five clubs have taken
negative action, they being the Red !
Lodge Rod and Gun Club, clubs !
at Great Falls, Hobson, Lima and !
Moccasin. All clubs however agree
that an increase is mandatory.
Reports from the majority of ! !
clubs indicate that the split Ii l
cense fee is favored. This plan :
tentatively provides for a fee of /.
~ for fishing, So for hunting small
game and birds and 81 for big
game, with the provision that the !.
deer and elk tagging system be |
adopted. Other clubs have ex- I
pressed themselves in favor of a :
flat fee of So, some favor 81 and :
eett l So and yet others have left q
the arleant gnen in order that T
members of tbs legislature may .
use thei. best judgement. +
With the funds of the State
Fish and Game Department at the h
lowest mark in years and with 0
more licenses purchased during
he 1929-1930 biennium than at any
line in the history Of the depart
ment, demands are growing by
caps and bounds for more trout
rearing ponds, the restocking Of
more streams, the construction Of
more dykes to impound waters for b
fowl, increased capa- o.
,ity of the battery of Ia fish hat H
cherries and the release of more lo
game birds, Montana's streams q
nave been whipped as never before B
Turing the last two years, by res CT
dent and eastern visitor alike. De tt
spite the fact that commercial re- c.
ports indicate a comatose condi- tt
ion of industry, the business of OF
.aking fish and game from Mon S
ANA waters has continued brisk, a.
until memories of the passenger Ia
pigeon, the antelope, buffalo and
he prairie chicken are causing o.
tir among sportsmen that is felt n,
throughout the state. The sale of II
esident licenses reached the peak in
n 1929 when 83,388 were sold at q,
z. In 1880, according to figures
ust completed, the total reached >,
2,331-only slightly below the q,
929 mark despite the commercial s,
Ipheaval throughout the nation. .
fishing license sales
maintained corresponding in L
rease. w