The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-06
Sportsnnen \
Have Annual
Program
Rod and Gun Club
Sponsors Affair That
Is Always Popular.
BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF
GLACIER PARK SHOWN


GLACIER PARK SHOWN
Conservation of Wildlife does not
mean non-use but wise use and
perpetuation, said Don S. Libbey,
superintendent of Glacier national
park in bringing his address to a
close Saturday night before meet
ing of the Libby Rod and Gun club.
Mr.. Libbey further said in his clos
ing remarks:
Il should like to place this chal-
lenge before you You have prob
ably read. as have, of instances
where metal monuments in cities
back East and elsewhere have been
discarded and melted down for the
metal that was in them. Those mon
uments were considered to have
out lived their purpose and there
fore they were discarded.
There is probably not a family
in this community, probably but
few people listening to me tonight
but who has son, father, broth
er in the service. How much better
it would be for us who remain at
home to see that a superb monu-
ment, not of metal but one that will
last for all time, is erected in mem
ory of the great service these men
are performing for us and our ma
ton who are fighting our battles
today. | should like to see great
wildlife preserves built up and de-
veloped as monument to these men
and boys, monument that could
be enjoyed by those who return and
monuments that would be everlast-
ing. leave this challenge with you,
that you see TIT cur wildlife is
conserved and wiDnly used and that
great preserves ~ built up for wild
life perpetuation.s
Mr.. Libbey's address was the fea-
ture number of the annual program
given by the Libby Rod and Gun
Club. The sffair opened with an
excellent dinner .1erYed by the
Women of the Moose in Moose hall,
and at which lbs men participated
Band. Entertains
Afterwards the group gathered on
the main floor and listened to a
short program by the Libby high
school band under the direction of
Bert Skakoon. This was much en-
joyed, as the music by the band al
ways is.
A. j. Agather, president of the
club, spoke briefly, thanking his
committees for their excellent work,
and then turned the meeting over to
e. M. Boyes, chairman OF the COM
mittee in charge of the evenings
program. Mr.. Boyes presided in an
able manner and first asked num-
Der of local men to stand and take
bow" because of outstanding work
in fish and game matters. These
were George Ripley superintendent
of the. local fish hatchery; w. E.
Dexter, longtime leader in local
wildlife matters, Kenneth 0. Fail
lang, newly appointed deputy game
warden for Lincoln county, and Ray
Ellingwood, retiring game warden.
Also introduced was Elmer Phillips,
former Libby man but now superin-
tendent of state fisheries.
Others introduced were two men
who were in Mr., Libbey's party
They were Dave Cannavina, for
ester and in charge Of Wildlife man
agement in Glacier park, and A. "a.
Henry, assistant engineer Of the
park. Also in the party was Mr.
Libbey's son, Don Libbey, Jr., a
high school student who expects to
90 into the armed forces soon.
Planting Larger Fish
Mr.. Cannavina was asked to speak
for a few minutes and told some of
the things wildlife men had learned
in fish and game management. The
principal point in his interesting
talk was that when small fish fry
are planted the percentage of loss
is about 95 per cent but that as
larger fish are planted the percent
age of those that are saved grows
rapidly until one finds that above
80 per cent Of and inch fish
are saved for the enjoyment of the
sportsmen.
Mr.. Phillips was also called on
and as usual had lot of informa-
ton to leave with the sportsmen.
He said the. state fish and game de-
partment had big postwar plans
for the Libby hatchery, that there
would then be some very worth
while developments here. He also
said the state commission had been
able to secure enough horse meat
and other foods to supply all the
state hatcheries, plenty of refriger-
alton facilities were available. AS a
consequence, all state hatcheries
were running to capacity and he
felt sure this years output would
be up to normal This was not true
of number of other states. The
only thing he feared, said Phillips,
was a possible difficulty in tran
sportation when it came time to
plant the fish.
Air Age Coming
Mr.. Phillips also touched on a