Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-05-24
" EDWARD B. REYNOLDS

share It's pleasures as the reCre-
on center of the United States
ii visitors. Since the days, even
tore the coming Of the white
%, the residents of the state con-
Fred Il a sportsmen's paradise
protected what they consid-
"a its greatest asset the game
Us. animals and fish.
be first conservators of game in
ANA were the Indians. They prob
did not consciously practice game
rvation, but with the laws of nat
election they carried these prac-
out. Game was killed when 1t
prime, either for furs or for meat
never wantonly destroyed. Prob
the first active demonstration Of
conservation took place in the
when the Crow Indians protest.
he wanton slaughter of game by
81. George Gore and his party.
q letter dated July. 1856, Col. A. j.
than. then Indian agent of the
sr Missouri. wrote to the superin-
Int of Indian affairs at st. Louis
Sir st. George and his men killed
bears and some 1000 buffalo. elk
deer. What particularly aroused
that the white men left the car
Is Of the slain animals to rot on
prairie. The Indians in retaliation
81 st. Georges game hog" tactics
I'D raid in which they ran off a
q number of his horses.
nee that time many Montanans
"a arisen in defense of the states
nal assets in wild game and laws
been passed protecting the game
that the state has managed to
rtain its reputation as one of the
test natural recreation areas on
North American continent. Today
lists from foreign countries as well
he east, middle west and west coast
/ Montana to hunt and fish as well
Etew its scenic delights.
"a. the turn Of the century Montana
q its first active steps as a state to
tsrye its recreation facilities. A
6e law was passed in 1901 that eff
F.rely curbed the ruthless slaughter
[inimals and birds and w. F. Scott
appointed the first game warden
Montana. BY January l. 1908 Game
EDEN Scott was able to report an
fease in all varieties of animals In
Ertana. The first game laws pre-
TED the killing of animals for their
e and the shooting of fowls while
4 we're producing young: 1t also add
4 70 the fish life of the state by
EEching program OF stocking
sams. This program Is being car
a on today in a much larger form.
N the same time that Game War
4 scott was busy guarding the wild
4 of the state he was launching a
Erpaign to interest Montanans IN
.fprtising the recreational pleasures
their State. He spoke strongly on
advantages Of having the state
En far and wide as mecca 1or
6ters. advantages, which he declared
kild benefit every resident OF Mon
Ia In pressing this campaign. Scott:
sort of one-man chamber OF
.nmerce. pointed to the state OF
k!ne as an example. Maine had ad-
kissed its forests and mountains as
sspo-tsman's paradise and was reap
! the benefit in the dollars Of visit
i sportsmen.
Attracts Capital to State
IN addition to the money spent by
trtsmen visiting the state, Scott
knted out that it was also an oppor-
Eitv to interest wealthy visitors IN
resources of Montana and thus
l-act more capital to the state. 10
j.. under the leadership OF Montan-
Inc, progressive Montana news
|pers, business men and otner resi-.
hts are following out this program OF
ETsrtising Montana to the world. This
ngr3m has been bringing results and
recent wears the tourist business
[ mounted to a major industry In
En' ana. x,.,, a
Few people realize that the fish and
me OF a state is one OF its most
rractive and profitable resources;
sme Warden Scott announced In his
mort of Jan. /, 1903. This Is due
rncipally to the fact that they have
len the question very little thought.
is true that every person enjoys
either hunt or fish and embraces
erv favorable opportunity to do so;
. the matter of game and fish pro-
ction, or its value, Is seldom con-
tered.
This. in our state. comes from en-
ing abundance and plenty and the
eater portion Of the people seldom
ink Of the future, but only enjoy tne
esent with little thought that IN e
ort time their source OF pleasure VIII
me to an abrupt end unless some
DIVISIONS are made to protect 1isn
Montana today is one OF the great
lame sections in the world; this is
true in regard to large
me. and we should make every Ell
Il and endeavor to preserve and pro-
i it. for, as an advertising medium
cannot be overestimated. It Is the
,ect cause of bringing into our state
d leaving, each year, more money
an any person at first thought would
agine.
Big Money Men Are Hunters
There is hardly q capitalist or rich
N in the east who does not enjoy
! sport Of fishing and hunting. ana
10 does not look forward each year
the pleasures Of his hunting trip. II
is looking for large game. and ne
most always Is, he finds that the
ST or northwest affords the best op..
rtunities in this line; he finds that
most ali species Of bear can be found
the Rockies; that the lion and
agar are also here; that the noble
is found by the thousands; that
: black and white tailed and mule
ar are plentiful; that on the crags
d peaks can be found the almost now
tinct Rocky Mountain sheep; that
|. Rocky Mountain goat is also found
larger numbers than in any other
ality in the United States; that the
tely moose, too, frequents these
UNITS; that most Of the animals ma