The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-26
Com. Stewart Cave s..t
Talk on Conservation
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Talk on Conservation
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said the 1000 acres owned by the
government at Fort Smelling will be
made a game preserve. Mr.. Stew
art urged the people of every com
munity to get together and organ
ize game preserves and preach the
gospel of eliminating the crow.
Commissioner Stewart said he
was gratified to meet up with the
good people of communities like
Sank Centre. He urged the group
of the Community Club to be good
sportsmen and observe all the game
laws in every particular. A circu-
lar letter will be sent to tourists
urging them to be careful to OBJ
serve all game laws when they
come into the state. The taking of
only fish one can use is a mighty
good rule to follow.
Mr.. Stewart went on record as
being opposed to winter fishing. In
no case should fish be allowed to
be caught after Jan. 1. He said
with the cooperation of the people
of the state the fish will be brought
back numerically to their normal
level.
He urged the reducing of the
duck limit. He said plans were
in the making to make 1900 acres
in the. Thief River Falls district in
to a game preserve and feeding
grounds for ducks and prairie
chickens. This tract is the largest
natural breeding grounds in Min
nesota.
Attention was called to the drain
age by hysteria which enveloped
Minnesota 20 years ago. The open
bitches destroyed much of the
natural breeding grounds of the
state to make very poor farm land.
The game and fish department will
expend 100000 to bring back the
water taken out oy foolish drain
age laws.
If the bill now before the Mime
sofa legislature passes it will be
unlawful to shoot ducks after 200
p. m. any day during the season.
The Chinese pheasant, Mr.. Stew
art, said, are very prolific breeders.
He said from $4,000 to $4,000 pleas
ants will be Matched by the state
this year.
The Commissioner said that Min
nesota had more deer today than
40 years ago; Northern Minnesota
also has more beaver.
Mr.. Stewards talk was very IA
vorably received. "
Director P. w. Hanson and his
boys band played three delightful
marches during the evening.
City Attorney L. L. Kells was in
troduced and explained at length
the proposed legislation asked by
the railroads to force the truck
lines off highways running parallel
with railways unless they charged
the same freight rate as did the
railroads. He explained the Sc
we're handicap with which Sank
Centre was working under with the
Fargo rate coming law Mr.. Kells
conservatively estimated that the
truck lines are saving the business
men at least $4,000 annually on
less than carload shipments from
the Twin Cities. This condition
was completely reviewed in the
Herald of last week.
At this point President Parker
read the following letter from Pres.
ident G. M. Mullen, of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce:
Sank Centre, March 4, 1881
Mr.. w. M. Parker, President,
Sank Centre Community Club,
Sank Centre, Minnesota.
Dear Mr.. Parker:
In compliance with instruc-,
lions from the Junior Chamber
of Commerce it is my pleasure
to pledge the full cooperation
of our organization to the Com
munity Club.
It is not our intention to re-
place or detract from the i'm
portance of the Community
Club of our community. You
have done and are doing valu-
able things for the City of Sank
Centre and the surrounding
territory. It is our belief that,
with the cooperation and sug-
gestions of your Club, we can
prove or valuable assistance to
you.
Comparatively yours,
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
c. G. Mullen,
President
There were about dozen of the
members of the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce present at the dinner
President Mullen was introduced
and he verbally reiterated what he
had said in the letter.
". L. Burgess explained the neeG
of suitable band shell in the City
Park. He said the Community
+. Club committee had investigated
and found that one to meet Saul
Centres needs could be erected
for about $500. He recommended
that the matter be brought to the
attention of the City. This was or
dered by rising unanimous vote
President Parker explained the
organization at Melrose the Tues
day evening preceding of Dis
trict Boy Scout Area which wa:
fully covered in the Herald of last
! week,
Chairman j. B. Schoenhoft
chairman of the membership com
nittee. said that there were "a
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