Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-01-28
HUNTING AND FISHING ARE THE
GREATEST OF SPORTS.

/ this district realize that Wnen tney pick
up the trlsty old rifle or fishpole and start
out into the mountains for day or more OF
hunting or fishing that they are one OF mil
lions so engaged in this nation Statistics
are said to be dry reading but nevertheless
statistics oftentilnes release notes OF gen
uine interest. Government figures recently
issued state that approximately Ii million
neople hunt and fish each year III these
United States. And those figures do not IN
cIude the countless boys and girls who also
enjoy these age old sports. It is estimated
that another million boys and girls also de-
rive great pleasure in these healthful pas
times.
What an army of people that IS! And
what worlds of recreation and what count
less hours of sport do they derive from this
pastime that mankind has followed through
the ages! The same estimates referred to
state that beyond question fishing and
hunting attract many more people than does
any other sport of the present time. Base
ball has its ardent fans and players that run
into the millions, golf also has its enthus-
lasts, football is growing in popularity and
in attendance, but none OF these can claim
adherents equal to the number that love to
fish and hunt.
Hunting used to be necessity III the
early days of the race. Then a man went
out and with crude weapon OF trap killed
wild game in order that he and his family
might have meat to eat. While hunting is
with us a recreation, with the primitive man
it was a necessity Though advancing civil
ization has relieved man Of much OF the
need Of hunting the love Of the chase was
firmly implanted in the blood of the race
during the days of necessity and the race
has never lost the liking for what now has
become a sport This love Of the chase has
even inspired some Of the merriest music Of
great composers
We in this favored section lay claim to
having one of the greatest game sections in
all the Northwest, and delightful country
in which to spend hours in the out Of doors
storing up health and enjoying recreation.
Every year the number who enjoy this sport
here increases and in an equal degree the
toll on the wild life grows heavier. The real
sportsman while realizing that he is part
and parcel of the greatest sport III the nation
will take care to live up to the rules Of the
game and will not wantonly kill and thus
destroy this great asset. With this idea III
mind, let's close this editorial with quota
ton from Grover Cleveland, one-time presi-
dent Of this great nation and famous fish
erman. President Cleveland wrote, III
sFishing and Shooting Sketches:'
II believe that those who belong to the
sporting fraternity, and are actuated by
genuine sporting spirit, are neither cruel
nor greedy and wasteful OF the game and
fish they pursue; and | am convinced that
there are no better conservators of the SEN
sible and provident protection of game and
fish than those who are enthusiastic in their
pursuit, but who, at the same time, are reg
nlated and restrained by the sort of chival-
ric fairness and generosity felt and recog-
nized by every true sportsmen
PROSPERITY CANNOT BE BOUGHT