Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-05-25

sportsmen visiting the state, Scott
pointed out that 1t was also an oppor-
tunity to interest wealthy visitors In
the resources Of Montana and thus
attract more capital to the state. To-
day. under the leadership Of Montan-
ans Inc, progressive Montana news
papers, business men and other resi-
dents are following out this program Of
advertising Montana to the world. This
program has been bringing results and
In recent years the tourist business
has mounted to a major industry In
Montana.
'Few people realize that the fish and
game Of state Is one Of its most
attractive and profitable resources"
Game Warden Scott announced In his
report OF Jan. 1, 1908. This Is due
principally to the fact that they have
given the question very little thought.
It Is true that every person enjoys
to either hunt or fish and embraces
every favorable opportunity to do so;
but the matter of game and fish pro-
lection. or its value, Is seldom con-
sidered
This, in our state, comes from en-
toying abundance and plenty and the
greater portion of the people seldom
think Of the future, but only enjoy the
present with little thought that in .
short time their source Of pleasure viii
come to an abrupt end unless some
Montana today is one of the great
est game sections In the world; this Is
especially true In regard to large
game, and we should make every eff
fort and endeavor to preserve and pro-
tect it, for, as an advertising medium
It cannot be overestimated. It Is the
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and leaving, each year, more money
than any person at first thought would
imagine.
Big Money Men Are Hunters
There Is hardly capitalist or rich
man in the east who does not enjoy
the sport Of fishing and hunting, and
who does not look forward each year
to the pleasures Of his hunting trip. If
he is looking for large game, and he
almost always Is, he finds that the
west or northwest affords the best OPP
almost all species Of bear can be found
in the Rockies; that the lion and
cougar are also here; that the noble
elk Is found by the thousands; that
the black and white tailed and mule
deer are plentiful; that on the crags
and peaks can be found the almost now
extinct Rocky Mountain sheep; that
the Rocky Mountain goat Is also found
in larger numbers than In any other
stately moose, too, frequents these
haunts; that most Of the animals ma
tive Of North America are there, such
as the wolf, both timber and prairie,
the coyote, lynx, bobcat, fox, swift,
martin, otter, beaver, mink and all
others; that the feathered game Is
more plentiful, the grouse in the high
pheaSants along streams, |
quail and prairie chickens in the val
Ieys: that on the lakes and rivers ducks,
geese brant and swan are found by |
the thousands.
aside from its game resources the /
finest trout fishing can be had. Almost |
every little rivulet and mountain stream /
s abundantly stocked with the little /
;peckled mountain trout, while In the I
larger streams and rivers, the three
and four Founders are to be found, with /
not a few Of the larger ones, which
finding out these things he naturally |
considers the west for his next hunt /
ng trip In the fall and at last decides
% come to Montana.
Few people in the east have any
dea Of the actual conditions as they +
,xiSt in the west, especially those rela-
i've to the people or the geography
# the country 1t Is taken for granted,
md generally understood, that the
)eople are inferior, intellectually and
ocially, and that the country Is made
lp of rugged mountains and barren
plains, fit only for stock grazing, and
hat the water Is mostly alkan With
such as these the eastern
iunter usually begins his journey. He
S assured Of good hunting or he would
lever have attempted to endure the
lardShips he expects.
In Receptive Mood
ct should not be forgotten that the
ocial attitude Of these men, brought
nto the state solely with view Of
is entirely different from
What is usually known at home. There
S a comradeship known among sports
men; the humblest hunter or fisher
nan is a hale fellow well met they
re friendly and approachable They
re in q racaOfiVe mood and thev will