Montana labor news., 1950-07-20
Citizens Of Montana

a. cnearcd IA an cndcavor tn
a.. imaic and dc>rroA Montana game
ieil, III defiance ii the wi>hr, oi
h. hnur lidc hunters and sports
zen 81 the state, This charge la, F..
.cuil, been confirmed b. the III
%lu>urr that III 4 secret meeting
Icld .hom May 2irl. last. Il com
program ii game slaughter
s aerrcrl upon and ordered by ihc
ulnmis>iuu. and ha> been withheld
the publ, inr iwo mouths
anul i disclosure VA, forced bs
iur a>,pclation \ total 81 l.OSa
'ln,> and lawns are proposed Ia la
He'd III the tour "a areas called
tic l.ir Hole. lack Greek. Wall
{ rcvk and Rub, River. 1t had al>a
proposed 10 Kill oil 10 head ri ell
IA Bull mountain where the herd /,
holding il, own Anollict
laughter ii elk i, proposed OH
lcc,cr mountain III the immediate
vicinity oi Butte.
These decisions were made IN pr
,.tlc concla,c between the Fish and
,Anc commission and a hand picked
group representing nu recognized
group OF sportsmen. but merely III
lAiluals
Representative, ri the knckA
Mountain. Npnrt,mcn's association
requested To- participate hut wcr,
e>eludcd aud lltcrward wcrc not
msormcl al the action taken until
lie ntnost pressure a placed upon
the commission.
These decisions are no, proposed
Ia be mad, public until Just bciortl
le hunting ,ea>on commence
When I'll i, hoped by the tommis
,ien and their ha,Acr,) it viii he
too late Tor the >poi,smen 10 do
anything about II There IS time.
hnwcscr. Tor the commission TO IL
.,ind Of be forced To- rcscind 1t,
action
Governor Bonner has been rc
pca,cdly requested to take the action
within hi, power to rcmove the de
>lrntlivc influences which noN con
troll the state commission. The
Rocky Mountain sportsmen's assoc
ia,ion has patiently awaited an an
nomnccmcn, of his intentions. 1t nov
la, become a question whether COY
crnar l%,onncr will act AT all. or
whether the ,portsmcn Will have
have to mark him down a. indii-
lcrcnt OF hostile To the oycrwhelm-
Ing majority al >portsmcn who op
pnse the killing al does and lawns
and who oppose the slaughter OF
,elk, To make room iur more sheep
and cattle on the public lands. He
also made Il promise that he would
all a public hearing last May May,
lune and the greater part oi luly
have passed without calling this
meeting.
The iaw ii Montana i, PLAN on
what constitute, i lottery So our
attorney general, we are informed.
has had before him ior some time a
request from the Governor OF the
state OF Montana as to whether al
not the taking oi Antelope by lot.
terry is legal, W. must giNc the
governor credit for this move oi
his part. Vet our Fish and Gam,
commission have had the audacit,
Ia promulpatc an order to Kill =.
500 antelope under the lottery syS-
tenn Just think Of it. And thi.
i more antelope lllan ever VA
killed in the history Of Montan.
before. The antelope belong to al
Of the people. But the Fish ant
Game commission does not want /,
give every citizen oi Montana al
qual chance TO get his antelop,
inder his regular big game license
No, the fish and game commission
are Hungry Tor Money. They wan
special permits Tor the taking o
antelope. And they apparent,
haven't gotten over the shock OF thi
loss oi S20.0O0.00 brought about b,
he action oi James +. Murray. Mik,
Mansfield. Governor Bonner an,
he Rocky Mountain Sportsmen wh,
topped the illegal killing Of S.N0l
Il our Yellowstone National parl
Tx herd last fall when ii MA.
brazcnly boastcd by them that the,
would receive this amount IRON tn,
carcassus before the slaughter wa
stopped. So we are sick and tire,
II political decisions and in polite.
generally aS they apply to the l'isl
and Game department and we Ar.
also sick and tired oi actions on tn,
art Of representatives Of the [. :
Forest Service in Montana maxim,
recommendations To our Fish an,
Game department 10 slaughter on
~ game herds including does an,
lawns.
Now we have good news ior YOU
The United Rocky Mountain sports
mems association are sponsoring
picnic To be held at beautiful l.ch'
lake 40 miles ives, 81 Anaconda
august o. 1850. Sportsmcn and thei
ami,ie> vii have a real ~gcl-to-eeih
.r parte Al Echo Lake, Sunda,
august o. There will be trap shoot
ing. horseback riding. and boa
racing. .And there will be iun Ia
everybody,
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