The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-08-15
State Game Officials
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and wants to get acquainted with The
district. He asked Troy men to helu
him in distributing fry through that
area.
NJ D. Rowland, former state senator,
spoke of the support Lincoln county
had always given the commission in
the legislature and said he was glad to
have the commission here to see the
country and hatchery
An illegal Practice
VIM Farris then raised the question
Of the promiscuous planting of fish by
unauthorized persons. This is resulting.
he said, in bass and sunfish being scat
tered in waters where they do not be-
long, they are taking the water. with
the result that the trout are decreasing
in number. State Game Warden Me-
Donald remarked that it is against The
law for individuals to plant fish from
one body of water TO another and that
the law should be enforced.
Deputy Game Warden Darlington
was asked what could be done 10 cure
the evil Of spot-li lighting. He replied that
he had followed the game business %or
a number of years and that he never
found anything quite so hard to handle
as spot-lghting. He said apparently the
best remedy is to educate the public
against It.
P G Gutensohn Of Whitefish. COM
mission member, SPOKE humorously FOR
few minutes and ended by leaving a
good THOUGHT with the sportsmen He
opposed the introduction of foreign
species Of fish and game. said nature
had placed certain species here that
seemed TO thrive. and said the wise
thing to do was to propagate native
upland birds and native trout, The
species nature had planted here
Marshall Murray was asked to speak
as representative Of -Athe Eureka
sportsmen. no one from Eureka being
present Mr. Murray said about his only
connection with game had been on the
prosecuting end when law violators
were taken into court. He said he had
helped Eureka sportsnen in drawing
up the papers for the game preserve
they had secured in that section He
closed by stating the commission could
expect the same cooperation from Eu-
reka sportsmen that they had always
received from Libby and Troy.
Orrin Frost, Of Eureka but working
in Libby for the present. was called
on. He said he had acted last fall as
assistant game warden and remarked
Mr.. Darlington was correct when he
said spot-lghting was most difficult 10
handle
Andy Baumgartner of Great Falls,
another commission member, said he
/ law enforcement and asked everyone
i to get back of the game warden and
give him hearty support. He said he
had seen the Gradual disappearance of
game and remarked that would make !
u conservationist of anyone. He blamed
the grazing of sheep in the forests FOR
the destruction Of forest cover. the
earlier driving of the exposed soil, thus
reeuliine in streams going dry.
1 j ], Harper of Anaconda, likewise
a commission member, spoke at length
IN most interesting vein. He said he
had seen the day when game was
plentiful and he also had seen it dis
appear He urged everyone to cooperate
in game conservation. Harner also laid
much blame on sheep He said dis
tricts in the forests on the eastern
slopes had been over-grazed, with the
verdure up to mans knees before the
sheen came, But the grazing sheep had
cut the roots TO the underbrush, The
brush had died. exposing the soil 20
the winds. eventually leaving nothing
but gravel -shrubbery all dead. He
closed by urging all sportsmen "for
your own future and for your chill
dren's future to support the game
warden in his work Of saving the came
and fish for our own use and FOR ihat
Of the future generations.
Game Warden Speaks.
Kenneth Mcdonald, state game war
den. then spoke at some length on
general game matters He said This sec
ton was d paradise for wild life and
for the sportsmen, but he stressed one
serious problem that would be fac
ing the district. That was the increasing
number of hunters and fishermen that
would be called here by improved
roads, to deplete the supply of fish and
game. He also urged the public to CO.
operate in game conservation. Some
had mentioned the need for more war
dens, but Mr. Mcdonald said that was
impossible under the present income
In order to stop spot-lighting and other
violations the earnest cooperation of
every citizen of the state is required,
he said He spoke of the problem Of
yc,mg boy violators and suggested that
such boys be quietly talked to with the
object of arousing in them recognition
OF the value of conservation and en-
listing their interest in that fine work
Mcdonald said sunfish had been taken
off Fhn unp,n fieh lief aJ,d ,fruad avery.