The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-06
Sportsmen Have
Annual Program
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and many people flying their own
planes. This will make possible, he
said, a great influx of people into
the mountains and outdoor spots of
the West The tired business man
OF the cities will be able to step
into his plane on a Saturday and
within a few hours be resting in
some mountain vacation spot, and
yet be back in his office Monday
This will mean heavy toll on the
fish and game resources of the
West. He said that Montana Of
ficials have this in mind and are
already planning to take care of the
problems that will arise at that
time.
Praises State Commission
Dell Fewkes of Troy, state repre-
sentative, spoke in an Informative
way on the workings Of the Pitt
man-Robertson act. This is an act
that provides for cooperation in
wildlife management by the fed
eral government and the states, the
funds coming from tax on guns
and ammunition. He said about
100000 had thus been provided for
Montana and that the program was
alreadv under way. One of those
projects was a thorough study and
mapping of game resources, to be
followed by plans for its develop
ment and conservation. He paid
tribute to the state commission. He
said he believed they were sincere
men, trying hard to serve the state
and he considered that they were
succeeding. He said il he had any
criticism to offer it would be that
the commission had not paid enough
attention to the control of preda-
| tors.
Mr.. FeWkes said he felt there is
a real duty resting on the sports
men and that is to see that wise
program of game management is
ADOPTED and capable men chosen to
administer it. do not turn your
fish and game management over to
| bureaucrats but see that expert
enced men are given that job" said
FeWkes.
Mr.. Boyes then introduced Mr..
Libbev but first explained that l..
S. Garrison, the man who had been
expected to give the main address
of the evening, had been called to
Los Angeles by news of the critical
illness of his aged father. Mr.. Lib
bev had consented to take over in
Mr. Garrison's place.
Shows Wonderful Views
| Mr. Libbey then held the closest
attention of his audience with the
showing of large number of views
of Glacier park, all of them in nat
ural colors and most beautiful. They
included not only dozens of out
/ standing scenic views but also views
Of wild animals in the park and
some of the floral resources Of that
great outdoor play ground. Mr.
Libbey accompanied the showing
with running description of the
views and comments on Wild1ife
matters that were most interesting
Some of the information Libbey
gave out was that mountain goats
are on the increase in the park, as
are also mountain sheep. For quite
some time the mountain sheep were
on the decrease They were winter
fed and the. numbers continued tc
drop. Feeding was stopped and the
number is now increasing. Libbey
said it is believed that feeding the
sheep brought them together in
close association and resulted ir
the spreading Of diseases that some
of them might have. This killed of
greater numbers of them.
/ Naming Of Garden Wall'
| Mr.. Libbey also showed view OF
the Garden Wall and told how il
came to get that name. Long years
ago a company Of tourists were Wis
iting the park and camped in view
of the Wall one night They were
singing song popular in those
days, Over the Garden Wall" anc
one of them remarked, well, there's
a garden wall you'll never gel
over" referring to the rampant o.
mountains. Ever since that particu.