Montana labor news., 1950-01-05
S%tanton's Answer
Butte. Montana

Mr.. I'D. G. Nawter, Editor
Montana Labor News
Butte. Montana
Dear Mr.. Nawter
1t is appreciated that you made
available to the undersigned the
letter OF Mr.. $. +. Whitwor,h oi
Dillon, Montana. opposing the aiui>
III this Association with reference
to game conservation.
Mr.. Whitworth's letter contain,
offensive personalities concerning
the membership OF thi, association,
not naming anyone, OF course, but
a%ttributing to "a Jew members the
practice OF poachine and violation
OF Law. Ii 50, the laws and the
lax enforcement officers OF Beaver
head County must be available To
prove his charges. and if they have
ever been proved i'll any court, even
a Justice OF the Peace Court, NO
reference is made to such incident
it therefore is merely the unsrp-
ported word oi this shccp-man that
our members are gamc-law violators
and our Officials misrcprcScnt their
membership No reply to tins type
Of abuse is required further, bu,
since personalities have been brought
in. it may be said that we under
stand Mr.. Whitworth has his e.
%icnsivc land holdings rigidly posted
against amy hunting, fishing or tres
passing. that his attitude toward all
sportsmen is one OF unremltting hos
tility. and that he represents NJ one
but himself.
These characteristics are further
borne out by what Mr.. Whitworth
DOES NOT SAY in his letter. ic-
that he is opposed to any trans
planting OF game animals. The po-
>ition Of this Association at all
times has been that EVEN If TILE.
WINTER RANGE IS O\ERPOP
UI.ATED-as to which we ask
prooi-even so, the REMEDY Is
BY TRANSATLANTIC MD NOT
BY SLAUGHTER. 1t is not denied
that there are many areas III the
state where there are no elk a. dll.
where there is forage Tor elk, and
where the potential injury to live
stock interests does not exist. Eut
Il certain type OF livestock operator
the type which, like Mr.. Whit
worth does not like to be called
'prcdatory-does moi want elk to
lie ~transplanted even To such areas
He said his ilk want the elk killed
oil. NOT TO CONSERVE TIL.
CAME But TO EXTERMlNATE
1T. The best proof OF this is his
own letter, which we hope all our
members will carefully read.
Another proof OF insinccrity IS the
claim that all game animals "dle
IRON disease" This is the old lake
that the livestock association last
May proclaimed in its rump meeting
at Missoula. That association ha'
been repeatedly challenged by u
to produce one iota OF evidence II
game has died oi disease in the
neiehborhood oi Mr.. Whitworth
sheep. the sheep should be inspected
first OF all, before we go into tn,
question Of alleged starvation.
According to the clipping from th'
Montana Standard the sheep and cat
tlemen have about 10 to | the hes.
Of it on the public lands N9.5S'
acres OF livestock, 6l.3o7 acres iol
game. This clipping is FURNISHED
to Mr.. Whitworth 20 show how IN
fairly he and his friends are beinl
treated. They only have ten to on
the best OF it,
The Whitworth letter is just tn
same as all the others 'on-with-the
slaughter propaganda that this As
ISOLATION has been fighting. II con
sists OF loud and repeated claims
with no proof to back it up. 1t !
easy to talk about counting tn
carcasses' and then say they die.
Of starvation and disease. when the
know full well there is no proof tina
such was the cause OF death. bu
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