The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-11-30
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IL years a former member Of the
Montana fish and game commits
sion, made a Numerous and inter-
iesting talk. He Is strongly against
the spreading Of poison for grass
hoppers and rodents for the reason
that many game birds also are
poisoned.
One of the most interesting talks
OF the evening was made by Robert
Yelowtail, superintendent Of the
Crow Indian reservation. He told
OF having grown from babyhood
on the Crow reservation and of
having, when a small boy killed
deer and other game animals al
most in his own dooryard. Fish
and game of all kinds, with the
exception Of buffalo were very
plentiful when he was a young
man. He told of his lifelong
ambition to stock the Crow reser-
walton with wild game and of
having prevailed upon the federal
government to donate to him for
the Crow tribe of Indians so buf-
falo COWS and four buffalo bulls,
and that he this week is making
two trips with nine auto trucks to
the buffalo ranch in the Yellow
stone National Park to bring these
buffaloes to the headgate at the
Big Horn canyon, where they will
be unloaded and trailed to the
range in the Big Horn mountains,
where he hopes to in the course of
a few years see this nucleus grow
into many hundreds of bison,
which will furnish meat and hides
for the use of his people. Supt.
Yellowtail expressed himself as in
hearty accord with the efforts of
the Big Horn County Rod g. Gun
club to reStock the streams with
fish and propagate wild life and
pledged his support and assistance
along this line. He stated that
he expects in time to have planted
on the Crow reservation moose and
wild turkeys.
william C. Keil of Billings, a
member of the Montana Fish &
Game commission, spoke at some
length on matters of interest to
all sportsmen. He stated that the
fish and game commission were
not influenced by politics, their
sole endeavors being for proper
administration of the work of the
commission to the best interests
of good craftsmanship.
M. L. John of Hardin spoke from
the farmers viewpoint and stated
that the Chinese pheasants are
really doing much damage to
farmers and he hoped that when
sportsmen came out his way to
hunt, thev would shoot to kill and
not merely scare the pheasants,
as he believes there are now just
as many birds in his section as
there were before the open season.
K F. Macdonald of Helena,
superintendent Of state fish hatch
cries. and John Scofield of Big
Timber, superintendent of the fish
hatchery at that point. made in
teresting talks.
The last speaker Of the even
ing was Kenneth Roahen. of Bill
ings, federal game warden, who
spoke on migratory fowl. He
stated that due to drought condi-
tons, the ducks were not 50 num-
erous this year as usual and that
consequently not so many birds
were killed. He said that up to
October /, 100000 federal stamps
had been sold at 81 per. and that
while later statistics were not yet
available. the government hoped
the total number of stamps sold
would reach 100000. AT the close
Of his speech he took the crowd
with him tn the court house hall.
where he showed several reels Of
moving pictures Of wild life.
These pictures are verv interest,"
ing and informative. and NJ. Roa-
hen has promised to bring them
tn Hardin sometime in January
and exhibit them for the benefit |
Of the public school pupils.