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A Son 9s Letter to His Father

(Published to promote a better understanding betiveen living jathers and their sons)

Dear Dad:

I am ivriting this to you, though you have been dead thirty years.

From your seat in the Place Beyond I hope you can see these lines. I feel I must
say some things to you, things I didn't know when I was a boy in your house, and
things I was too stupid to say.

It's only now, after passing through the long, hard school of years; only now,
ivhen my own hair is gray, that I understand how you felt.

I must have been a bitter trial to you. I ivas such an ass. I believed my own
petty ivisdom, and I know now how ridiculous it ivas, compared to that calm, ripe,
wholesome wisdom of yours.

Most of all, I want to confess my worst sin against you. It was the feeling that
I had that you "did not understand."

When I look back over it now, I know that you did understand. You under-
stood me better than I did myself. Your wisdom flowed around mine like the ocean
around an island.

And how patient you were with me! How full of long suffering and kindness.

And how pathetic, it now comes home to me, were your efforts to get close to
me, to win my confidence, to be my pal!

I wouldn't let you. I couldn't. What was it held me aloof ? I don't know. But
it was tragic — that wall that rises between a boy and his father, and their frantic
attempts to see through it and climb over it.

I wish you were here now, across the table from me, just for an hour, so that
I could tell you how there's no wall any more; I understand you now, Dad, and, God!
how I love you and wish I could go back to be your boy again.

I know now how I could make you happy every day. I know how you felt.

Well, it won't be long, Dad, till I am over, and I believe you'll be the first to
take me by the hand and help me 'up the further slope.

And I'll put in the first thousand years or so making you
realize that not one pang of yearning you spent on me was
wasted. It took a good many years for this prodigal son — and
all sons are in a measure prodigal — to come to himself, but
I've come. I see it all noiv.

I knoiv that the richest, most priceless thing on earth, and
the thing least understood, is that mighty love and tenderness
and craving to help ivhich a father feels toward his boy. For
I have a boy of my otvn.

And it is he that makes me want to go back to you and
get down on my knees to you. Up there somewhere in the
Silence, hear me, Dad, and believe me.

MONTANA WILD LIFE

The Official Publication of The State Fish and Game Commission

VOL. III.

HELENA, MONTANA, AUGUST, 1930.

NO. 3.

Fish Goedltioes at

©towo

THOMAS N. MARLOWE of Missoula,
Chairman of the State Fish and
Game Commission, has written a
communication to the Montana Standard
of Butte in which he describes spawn-
ing operations at Georgetown which
were recently referred to in that paper.
Mr. Marlowe's letter also tells of the
findings of Dr. D. R. Crawford of the
College of Fisheries in Washington, who
recently investigated the lake.

The letter follows:

"In the July 18 issue of your valued
paper there appeared an article telling
of the splendid work which the Butte
Anglers' Club is and has been doing in
restocking the streams in that vicinity.

"The Fish and Game Commission ap-
preciates very much the consideration
given the Butte club for the fine work
it is and has been doing, and we, like-
wise, appreciate the good work being
done by a number of other clubs
throughout the state. Too many of
our sportsmen believe that when they
have purchased a hunting and fishing
license their obligation, so far as the
conservation and propagation of fish
and game are concerned, is at an end.
But this is not true of the membership
of these clubs. In the article referred
to, mention was made of the recent loss
of fish in Georgetown Lake and the
idea advanced that the Butte and Ana-
conda clubs, together with the Com-
mission, should make a thorough in-
vestigation of the conditions causing
this seemingly useless loss of fish so,
as I take it, to prevent its recurrence.
The statement was also made that at
least some of the sportsmen in that
vicinity were of the opinion the loss
was occasioned by improper spawning
operations in the Georgetown spawning
station.

"In this connection, I beg to state
that ever since I have been a mem-
ber of the Fish and Game Commission,
extending over a period of more than
10 years, I have kept in close touch
with the spawn-taking operations at
Georgetown Lake. The work there has
for many years been under the direct
supervision of Dr. I. H. Treece, veteran
fish culturist of the Northwest, and I
do not believe there is a fish culturist
in the country who more thoroughly
understands the spawning of fish than
Dr. Treece. The fact that he has
brought up this station from one taking
only 7,000,000 native trout eggs in 1922
to one taking nearly 40,000,000 in 1930,
speaks louder than words for his ability
and foresight along this line. The

Montana Makes
New Spawn Mark

MONTANA'S State Fish and Game
Commission, through whole-
hearted cooperation of experts
in charge of spawn-taking opera-
tions at three great stations, has
established a new high mark in the
history of the department for spawn
taken by artificial means. A total
of 49,561,214 game fish eggs have
been distributed in the 15 state
hatcheries to be reared and later
distributed in Montana streams. The
1930 census gives Montana a popula-
tion of 533,509. This means that
about 90 fish will be planted for
each man, woman and child in the
state. The Georgetown station, at
the mouth of Flint Creek, the largest
of its kind in the world, this year
produced a total of 44,218,924 eggs,
divided as follows: Native trout,
38,849,764; grayling, 5,064,344, and
rainbow, 304,816. The Lake Ronan
station produced 2,221,174 rainbow
trout eggs. The new station at Lake
Francis, near Valier, produced 3,-
121,116 rainbow trout eggs. The sta-
tions and hatcheries are operated
under supervision of Dr. I. H. Treece
of Anaconda and John W. Schofield
of Big Timber, experts employed by
the State Commission.

spawn-taking operations carried on
there in 1930 were carried on in the
same manner as in other years and
heretofore we have had no unusual loss
of fish due to spawning. The question
then arises, why, if the spawn-taking
operations of 1930 were carried on in
the same manner as in other years,
should the loss of fish there this year
be caused by spawning operations? An-
other thing, when a fish is injured in
spawning, it usually dies within a short
time after the injury is sustained. After
the fish are spawned at Georgetown
Lake they are placed in Flint Creek
above the traps, so that they will not
come back into the traps. When they
are placed in the stream they ascend
the same just as though they had never
been spawned. They stay there a num-
ber of days and then descend the
stream through a by-pass made for that
purpose, and go into the lake. The
dead fish were found out in the lake
and not in the stream where one would
naturally expect to find them had they
been injured to such an extent during
spawning operations as to cause their
death.

"Still another thing, more than 500
large rainbow trout were taken from

Georgetown Lake after they had been
spawned, were then taken by truck to
Echo Lake, located a few miles from
there. Inquiry was made of the resort
owners of that lake regarding the con-
dition of these fish, and we have been
advised that none of them died. A
large number of fish from Georgetown
Lake were taken by truck to the pond
at Anaconda to be held there for ex-
hibition purposes at the various fairs
over the state. None of these fish
died.

"It so happened that at the very
time this loss of fish in Georgetown
Lake began to occur, the Commission
had at Anaconda Dr. D. R. Crawford
of the College of Fisheries, University
of Washington, who has had a number
of years' experience in studying the
diseases of fish. The Commission had
employed him to conduct scientific in-
vestigations in Montana during the sum-
mer of 1930. He was also employed in
a similar capacity last summer. Dr.
Crawford was immediately detailed to
Georgetown Lake to investigate the con-
ditions there and to ascertain whether
these fish were dying as the result of
spawn-taking operations, and I am
pleased to quote from the report re-
cently received from him on this situa-
tion:

" 'Examination of many of the dead
fish showed there were no internal in-
juries due to handling. There was,
however, very evident signs of disease,
probably from minute animal parasites
which are known to attack all species
of fish everywhere in fresh water. Out-
breaks of such diseases are usually
very sudden and follow a very charac-
teristic course of development which
results in sudden death of many fish.

" 'That the deaths were not caused
by rough handling should be easily
shown by the fact that this year the
spawning fish were in very fine con-
dition and that the dead fish have been
found in the lake and not up around
the spawning pens where it is reason-
able to suppose they would have been
found soon after stripping.

" 'It is not believed that there is any
cause for alarm. What has been tak-
ing place is a natural result of crowded
conditions in the lake and can be ex-
pected every year. It is simply nature's
way of reducing over-crowded popula-
tions.

" 'There is nothing in the water such
as pollution of any sort that accounts
for such diseases. They are known
everywhere under any sorts of condi-
tions. There is every assurance that

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there will be as sudden a check to the
death rate as there was rise in deaths.'

"Prom this article you will note that
in the opinion of Dr. Crawford the con-
dition existing at Georgetown Lake is
caused by the over-crowding conditions
rather than by the handling they re-
ceived in spawning. I therefore believe
that from the foregoing report and
statement of facts you will realize that
the unfortunate loss of fish in this lake
was not due to spawning operations as
suggested in the article mentioned."

Henry Hedges Follows Dad's Park Trail

Forest Denizens
Escape Drought

GOVERNMENT scientists assert that
of all the creatures of earth, not
excepting man, denizens of the
forests probably are least vulnerable to
danger and discomfort from the drought
wave.

"The animals have no thermometers,"
said E. A. Preble, biologist of the Bio-
logical Survey. "They may pant a bit
in the deeps of dry forests, when the
sun is overhead at noon, but they do
not get excited over anything short of
actual lack of food or water."

However, Dr. W. Bell, director of
biological investigations for the bureau,
forecast a shortage of water and food
for wild animals this year. Nesting
birds, pitiable victims of forest fires,
he said, probably were able to escape
because their young were already on
the wing when the drought set in.

Fires in the great eastern woodlands
have disturbed officials of the Forestry
Service. Since January this year 1,301
blazes have destroyed 46,270 acres of
national forests east of the Rocky
Mountains, while throughout 1929 in
the same area there were only 456
fires, which burned 12,415 acres.

Dr. Bell saw the possibility of harm
from these fires to deer, squirrels, rab-
bits, raccoons and skunks, and to ruffed
grouse, doves and dozens of species of
small winged creatures.

Dr. Bell said ducks on the North-
western breeding grounds — teal and
mallards, pintails, scaups and canvas-
backs — would suffer from a food short-
tage if unbroken aridity in September
should bring about a scarcity of insects
and water plants. But their young are
beyond harm from temperature or fire,
he emphasized, for the nesting season
is over.

Deer and antelope in the Far West
also may be endangered by continued
drought and heat, he continued, as they
mav have to travel far in search of
water.

LATE MODELS

A balky mule has four-wheel brakes,

A billy goat has bumpers,
The firefly is a bright spotlight,

Rabbits are puddle jumpers.
Camels have ballon-tired feet

And carry spares of what they eat,
But still I think that nothing beats

The kangaroos with rumble seats.

IN SPITE of the fact that his father,
Cornelius Hedges, was a member of
the Washburn-Langford-Doane ex-
pedition of 1870, generally given credit
for thorough discovery of Yellowstone
National Park, and the fact that he has
lived more than half a century in Mon-
tana, a comparatively few miles from
the park boundary, Henry Hedges,
rancher near Saco, Montana, is a guest
in the park this year, marking his first
visit. Mr. Hedges, who is 64 years old,
is accompanied by his wife and son,
Frank, foreman of his Montana ranch.

"Though I had heard father tell of
the wonders of the Yellowstone time
and again," Mr. Hedges said, "I had no
idea of the park's magnitude or its
phenomenal possessions; I now realize
the reason the stories of the early ex-
plorers were discredited. This wonder-
land simply is beyond description."

Cornelius Hedges, then a banker, and
at one time governor of Montana Ter-
ritory, and N. P. Langford, who was
solicitor-eeneral of Montana Territory
and afterwards, for a number of years,
superintendent of Yellowstone Park, are
credited with first suggesting the Wash-
burn expedition and Mr. Hedges is given
credit for being the first man to sug-
gest setting aside this region as a na-
tional resort.

The result of the demands of Mr.
Hedges and others finally took shape,
after the national government had sent
out the Hayden party of 1S71 to take

scientific data, in the act of March 1,
1S72, which created Yellowstone Na-
tional Park.

About half of the names used for
the physical features of Yellowstone
Park were given by members of the
Washburn party. They named Old
Faithful because of its apparent regu-
larity and dependability; they also
named Castle, Grotto, Riverside, Bee-
hive and Giantess geysers.

Other prominent members of the
Washburn expedition were Henry D.
Washburn, who had been a major gen-
eral in the Civil war, chosen as com-
mander of the expedition; Lieutenant
Doane, who commanded a military es-
cort of five men; Truman C. Everts,
who became separated from the rest
of the partv south of Yellowstone Lake
and wandered for 37 days with little
food or shelter; Samuel T. Hauser and
Jake Smith, who was picked up at the
last minute at Virginia City, starting
point of the expedition. In all, 19 men
were in the party.

Many specimens of the park, taken
out by his father, are in the posses-
sion of Henry Hedges. A diary, kept
by the older Hedges during the park
exploration, was turned over by the son
to the Historical Society of Montana.

Cornelius Hedges, who celebrated his
golden wedding anniversary in 1912,
died that same year at the age of 76.
Mrs. Hedges died four years later.

Bacon and Beans Beneath the Pines

HERE'S a glimpse through the pine needles along Mill Creek in western Mon-
tana when the beams from a sinking western sun light up the table just be-
fore the cook shouts the clarion call of the soldier and angler, "Come and
get it." It's a scene that makes city folks yearn to get away from grindstones
and pavements.

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« IS THIS JUSTICE ? bv

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THE REMAINS OF THE CARCASS
WHEN THE R.IFLE AND HUNTING
KNIFE. MAD DONE. ITS WOftK

mi DOE DEER. KILLED OUT OF SEASON BY THOS E BUkXH 6-
S WALTER. ESKILDSEN. THE HIND QUARTER. TAKE.N AMD
SI REMAINDER. LEFT IN WOODS.

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE DOE-,

MOTHER. OF TWIN FAWN5 L^

SLAUGHTERED 6Y VANDALS.

WHILE Montana's State Fish and
Game Commission, every mem-
ber of the Department and thou-
sands of Treasure State sportsmen are
extending unqualified cooperation in
law enforcement and preservation of
wild life, untoward influences are com-
bating these wholesome activities, at-
tempting to tear down that which has
been constructed. Sportsmen of Lin-
coln county and its environs, as well as
lovers of the out-of-doors of the entire
state, have sustained a shock that has
caused their red blood to chill, with
the revealing of details of a dastardly
crime against nature, against Montana's
state laws, against those things which
are held almost sacred, and against in-
fluences and impulses which are strictly
American in principle. In order that
this crime mav be known to thinking
men and women of the state, that they
may ponder over machinations and com-
plications involved, the details are here-
with given publicity.

The story is told in the group of
pictures above.

Walter Eskeldsen and Tom Burch of
Gateway, Mont., are the men involved.

According to the report of Deputy
Game Warden W. J. Dorrington, who
was called to investigate the crime and
make the arrests, these two men shot
down a doe deer, the mother of two
fawns, during the closed season last
month, hacked off the hind quarters of
the dead mother deer and left the re-
mainder of the meat and the two fawns
in the woods to become the prey of
predatory animals.

A tell-tale .303 Savage empty car-
tridge and the bloody trail led to con-
viction.

When confronted, Eskeldsen admitted
his guilt to the deputy.

Burch was accused of being an ac-
cessory and likewise admitted his guilt.

Eskeldsen was taken before Justice
of the Peace H. H. McGovern at Eureka
on the charge of killing a doe out of
season. He pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to 30 days in jail.

Burch was charged with being an
accessory to the crime and was given
a like sentence of 30 days.

Sportsmen of Lincoln county, aroused
by the heinous crime, were gratified
when the violators of laws against state
and nature were handed jail sentences.
But, through inner workings, their ex-
ultation was to be short lived. After
bringing down the condemnation of the
community on their heads, these two
law violators were released on payment
of a fine of .$25 and costs, through the
activities of men charged with the ob-
ligation of upholding the laws.

The story of the release is told in
copies of letters dealing with the trans-

The Galloping Gallatin

HERE'S a stretch of the beautiful
Gallatin River, as pictured by Al-
bert Schlechten of Bozeman. It's
a long riffle that sweeps around the
bend where the big natives are taking
the fly during these limpid August days.

action. After Deputy Dorrington had
traveled some 250 miles and worked
three days to bring about the convic-
tion of such men as should never be
allowed in forest or field, their crime
goes unpunished except for the pay-
ment of a minimum fine and they are
again free to commit depredations.

W. A. Holder of Eureka addressed
the following letter to William Her-
bert, prosecuting attorney of Lincoln
county:

"In the matter of the State vs. Tom
Burch. He is in my employ and I need
him on the work I am conducting. I
have been over to see the Justice, and
upon his advice I am writing this letter.

"It appears that an offense was com-
mitted and the guilt admitted and that
some punishment is required by law.
However, it is hard times, both busi-
ness and labor are having a hard strug-
gle to keep busy and if there is any-
thing that you can do that will tend
to relieve the situation I certainly will
feel grateful to you for what you
can do.

"Burch has a family, and of course
the county will have to give them help
while he is imprisoned, and if you find
a way to relieve the burden on his
family it looks as if it would be no
wrong.

"This will of course work a hardship
on my business, but if the fine must
be paid in full I will do it but if there
can be credit given for part of it I
surely will appreciate it. Write me
promptly and I will get busy at once."

Then the county attorney proceeded
to answer the request of Mr. Holder.
The copy of the letter follows:

"When I received your letter this
morning I immediately went down and
investigated the case against Burch and
Eskildsen. That was the first I knew
that they bad been arrested.

"After going into the facts and cir-
cumstances I decided to do what I
could for the boys and I called up Mr.
McGovern and talked with him, and he
agreed to reduce the fines to $25.00 and
costs and give them time in which to
pay same. I thereupon ordered their

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release from the county jail and Tom
has returned home in company with his
wife and Jesse Ross.

"This is all that I could do and I
was glad to do that and help the boys
out."

Hence, in following up the plan to
minimize the sentence for the crime,
the prevention of which deeds costs the
sportsmen of the state thousands of dol-
lars annually, the county attorney ad-
dresses a communication to the jus-
tice of the peace, informing him just
what steps to take and what entries
to make on his court docket. The copy
of the letter follows:

"In the matter of the State of Mon-
tana versus Thomas E. Burch, and Wal-
ter Eskildsen:

"Pursuant to our conversation over
the phone and your order I have had
these men released and discharged from
the county jail. They will appear be-
fore you this afternoon and you can
make an entry in your docket as fol-
lows:

" 'It appearing to this Court that the
defendants have not heretofore been
convicted of any crime, and that the
ends of Justice do not require the full
payment of the fine imposed, or the
serving of the sentence,

" 'NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HERE-
BY ORDERED that the fine of $75.00
heretofore imposed against each of said
defendants be, and the same is, hereby
reduced to $25.00 and costs against each
of said defendants, and,

" 'IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that
the defendants be, and they hereby are,

given and allowed days from

the date hereof in which to make pay-
ment of said fine and costs.

" 'Dated this 30th day of July, 1930.

Justice of the Peace.'
"The law allows you to reduce or
suspend any fine or sentence, when in
your judgment the ends of Justice so
require.
"With kindest personal regards, I am
Your friend,

County Attorney."
And that's the story.

STABLE WORK A JOB

"What's your occupation?" asked the
Judge.

"I ain't got any," the witness replied.
"I works in a riding stable."

"Well, don't you call that an occu-
pation?" asked the Judge.

"No," came the rejoinder, "that's a
job."

"Which of the parables do you like
best?" said the minister to a boy in
the Sunday school.

"I like that one where somebody
loafs and fishes," was the unexpected
answer.

CAN'T BE DONE

Constable: "You'll get it now, all
right. The judge will take away your
license for sure."

Ethyl Gass: "Oh, no, he won't, con-
stable. I haven't got one."

Alcohol Is Bad
for Snake Bites

IF YOU are bitten by a venomous
snake don't run or get overheated,
excited, or take alcoholic stimulants,
for either of these conditions speeds
up the blood stream and distributes
the poison much quicker throughout the
system, lessening your chance of life.
Apply first aid measures, bleeding and
suction of the fang wounds, and get a
doctor as soon as possible."

Thus Carlos Avery, president of the
American Game Protective Association,
epitomizes advice gathered from many
sources, in an effort to reduce the dan-
ger of snake bite.

Venomous snakes of the United States
are the rattlesnake, the copperhead,
the cottonmouth or water moccasin,
and coral snakes. These snakes and
their sub-species range in practically
every state; only Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont are nearly or quite
free of them.

Contrary to belief, venomous snakes
range where population is thickest. The
rattlers and copperheads are notoriously
thick in five of the most densely popu-
lated states, New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Massachusetts and Penn-
sylvania, according to Dr. Raymond L.
Ditmars, recognized as one of the great-
est authorities on snakes. Water moc-
casins inhabit the south, living princi-
pally along streams and swamps; the
coral snakes are southerners by choice.
Copperheads range in the eastern,
southern and southwestern states; and
the rattlesnakes cover practically the
entire country.

"Most snake bites are on the arms

or legs," Mr. Avery said a survey of
treated cases show. "And because of
this a. lone person can usually admin-
ister first aid to himself. This should
consist of applying a ligature or tourni-
quet a few inches above the bite; most
any strong cloth will do or even a
shoelace. Do not apply it too tightly,
but firmly enough to retard circulation
returning through the veins toward the
heart. The tourniquet should be re-
leased every 10 or 15 minutes for about
a minute, else gangrene may set in.

"A cross cut incision should be made
at each fang mark. Use a clean knife
or razor blade and cut all the way
through the skin about one-fourth inch
deep and one-half inch long. Some of
the venom will escape with the induced
bleeding. Then apply strong suction to
these incisions. Many sportsmen now
carry an ordinary breast pump that can
be bought at any drug store for a few
cents; if the mouth is used there is
danger of repoisoning through bad
teeth or raw places in gums or walls
of the mouth. With either method suc-
tion should be kept up for twenty min-
utes of each hour for fifteen continu-
ous hours or until swelling ceases. In
anv event get a doctor as soon as pos-
sible.

"Alcohol increases circulation and
distributes the poison much more rap-
idly. Many authorities now condemn
an old method, that of injecting potas-
sium permanganate, which is now said
to be of no value as an antidote, and
don't, for your sake, depend on snake
bite 'cures' or home remedies; most
are founded upon fiction or supersti-
tion.

"Remember these are only first aid
measures and recommended as such;
play safe and get a doctor as soon as
possible."

Montana Lures Eastern Tourists

WHILE Montana's fish and game prove a magnet that attracts thousands of
eastern tourists to the Treasure State each year, the Indian and his tepee
continue to be interesting. The picture above shows a group of tourists
around a camp fire with the Indian tepees in the background.

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War Veteraims Aire Aetive le Conservation!

YOUNG men who made up the per-
sonnel of the expeditionary forces
of the United States and Canada
in the World War were by a great ma-
jority outdoor men and sportsmen. This
is particularly true of men from the
western states and Canada. A great
majority of these young men were fa-
miliar with outdoor life, sport, and the
use of firearms when they entered the
service. They were, therefore, not nov-
ices in the use of implements of war.

Since the return of the soldiers from
Europe the activities of former service
men have centered in the American Le-
gion in this country and the Canadian
Legion in Canada. This tremendous
body of young, vigorous and active men
is the greatest force for promotion of
worth-while public welfare projects in
existence. Conservation of our natural
resources is a matter of the most vital
interest to the future welfare of the
country and it is encouraging to note
that the American Legion is taking an
active interest in many phases of con-
servation affairs. This has been par-
ticularly manifest with reference to
care and protection of wild birds and
animals, in which most members of the
Legion take an active interest. A few
of the activities in which the Legion
has recently been engaged follow:

The famous Canadian Legion has
joined the American Legion in an ef-
fort to bring about the setting aside
of a large section of the Rainy River
watershed in southern Ontario and
northern Minnesota as a great interna-
tional recreational area where re-
sources may be conserved and where
wild life may propagate and be saved
from extinction. In this enterprise the
Minnesota Legion has been particularly
active.

More than 3,000 of the 10,000 posts
of the American Legion in different
sections of the country are taking a
definite part in the movement to estab-
lish sanctuaries where wild life can
multiply, supervised shooting grounds,
and the conservation of natural re-
sources.

Legionnaires, who lived in the open
while serving the colors, will look
with interest upon a recent project to
restore fish and game to its former
abundance made by the Batesville,
Mississippi, Post No. US, of the Legion.
The reserve that has thus been estab-
lished promises in time to become a
Valhalla for sportsmen over the coun-
try. It includes a fish and game pre-
serve with adjoining public shooting
and fishing grounds, open to all who
obey the conservation restrictive meas-
ures. Similar projects have been under-
taken by the Legion in Tennessee, Con-
necticut, Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Montana and to a less degree in a num-
ber of other states.

Wisconsin has been one of the pioneer
Legion states where a widespread and
successful program of reforestation and
conservation has been undertaken. Not

long ago the state deeded to the Min-
nesota Legion 3,500 acres of timber and
lake land, chiefly in Oneida county.
Here the Legion has developed a for-
est preserve, refuge for wild life and
a breeding ground for game. It has
been equipped with proper fire protec-
tion and replenished with wild grains
and forest trees. The tract has nine
small lakes within its borders and five
along the edges.

Since 1921 the New York American
Legion has been developing a wonder-
ful tract of more than 5,000 trees in
Herkimer county. A paradise for duck
hunters was provided by the Legion in
a project undertaken near Billings,
Montana. Steam shovels were utilized
to throw up a dam 11 feet high and a
quarter of a mile long, impounding 240
acres of water. The Legion selected
this shooting ground after studying the
duck flights which went up the Yel-
lowstone River. Wild rice and grains
were sown. A sluiceway was built to
lower the water at nesting time.

The Legion in Connecticut has car-
ried forward a successful project of re-
forestation. It is built around a tract
of 500 acres set aside for the Legion

in Berkshire Hills on the west branch
of the Farmington River. This tract
has become a paradise for campers,
anglers and hunters.

In all projects along this line under-
taken * by the Legion a dual purpose
has been served. Upon these projects
the World War disabled have found a
place of recuperation. The Legion has
been materially aided in its reforesta-
tion and other projects of a conserva-
tion nature by the Boy Scout troops,
many of which are sponsored by Legion
posts. Through every channel at its
command the Legion is seeking to bring
about a wider public consciousness of
the need of protection of wild life.

Melissa: I'll never go fishing with
Fred again.

Belinda: Did he try to make love to
you?

Melissa: That's just it. He didn't do
anything but fish!

MEASURING THE DISTANCE

Visitor: "How far do you live from
the clubhouse?"

Golf Bug: "Not far. Two drives, an
approach and four putts."

A Scenic Spot In Gallatin Canyon

ONE of the joys of motoring between Montana's national parks is glimpsed in
this strip of scenery en route from Gallatin Gateway to Yellowstone Park.
The view is taken from an ordinary vantage point looking up the famed
Gallatin Canyon, the highway winding along the tumbling stream where the native
trout are rising to a fly. The picture was taken by A. Curtis for the Milwaukee
Railway.

Montana Wild Life

Mootaoa Fish aodl d

G. T. Boyd, Great Falls. .Commissioner
Jos. L. Kelly, Anaconda. .Commissioner

Game Cominniissioo

W. K. MOORE, Billings.. .. Commissioner
E.A.Wilson, Livingston. .Commissioner

Thomas N. Marlowe, Missoula, Chairman
Robert H. Hill, Helena, State Fish and Game Warden, Secretary

MONTANA WILD LIFE

The Official Publication of the State

Fish and Game Department.

Published Monthly at Helena, Montana.

FLOYD L. SMITH, Editor

Subscription Rate $1 per Year — 15 Cents per Copy
Advertising Rates on Application

Copy for advertisements subject to approval of State
Commission and must be in the hands of the editor at the
State Capitol building, Helena, on the 15th of the month
preceding publication date.

VOL. Ill

AUGUST, 1930

NO. 3

WILD LIFE Oi\ THE HIGHWAYS

THE season of vacations is at its peak. More than
40,000,000 Americans spent their vacations last year in
the great open spaces. An even greater number spent
their vacations this year in the great outdoors, it is esti-
mated, according to the American Game Protective Asso-
ciation. A healthy trend is shown toward Americans "See-
ing America First." Steamship bookings are running sev-
eral thousands behind the figures of the same time last
year.

The vacation season always means the killing of an
enormous number of wild creatures. Some of the slaughter
is unavoidable, but much of it can be avoided by exercising
ordinary care. Highways are strewn with the bodies of
wild birds and animals, killed by automobiles. A particu-
larly large number of rabbits and song birds are killed,
the greater number at night. Headlights blind them. Avoid,
if one can without endangering human life, striking these
helnless creatures, and thus help to conserve wild life for
the enjoyment of yourself and others.

A mother black duck and her thirteen ducklings re-
ceived unusually chivalrous treatment from a motorist re-
cently. The mother was leading her brood across a well-
traveled road. Three men riding in an automobile stopped
as the brood, strung out, struggled across. They got out
and acted as traffic policemen until the brood was safely
across. Several cars were held up and the occupants of
all but one took the action kindly. They were restrained,
nevertheless, from running over the brood. Millions of
motorists will undoubtedly face similar situations for the
summer is the season of babes in the wood, field and
swamp, and, unfortunately, on the highways too. Be care-
ful of the wild life.

You can't law game back; you've got to raise it by creating
the right kind of environment for it to thrive.

SPORTSMEN USB BAEBLESS HOOK

DIFFERENCES in human nature are shown by fisher-
men throughout the country. While violations for
catching undersized fish are reported increasing as
the season advances, more and more sportsmen are resort-
ing to the barbless hook, playing their fish and releasing

them after a good fight without ever taking them from
the water.

The "minnow catchers" have been so busy this season
that R. G. Parvin, Game and Fish Commissioner of Colo-
rado, among others, has issued an appeal for better sports-
manship.

"Trout under seven inches are not fit for human con-
sumption," Mr. Parvin said, "and when one is caught it
should be carefully removed from the hook with wet hands
and returned gently to the stream. If handled with dry
hands the protective film of the fish will be removed and
a fungus will gather, which eventually kills the fish.

"The real sportsmen of the state are doing all possible
to stop the catching of short fish," Mr. Parvin continued,
"for they know that these little fish will be large enough
to afford better sport if left in the stream another year
or two."

Ten-cent fools with half-cent cigarettes cost the United
States millions of dollars, untold numbers of lives of wild folk
and some human lives in forest, grass and brush fires every year.

COMES NOW THE NOSE PUFF FOR DEER

EXAMPLES set by California orchardists in shooing
deer from their tracts may well be studied by Mon-
tana fruit growers annoyed by the cunning animals.
This may sound like minus zero in boudoir accoutrements,
but ranchers in the mountain districts declare that it is the
very last word in style. It's a cheap luxury, too. Deer are
falling for it in herds.

Here's how you fashion this very latest creation. Take
an old heavy woolen blanket or overcoat, tear it or them
into strips, roll into neat wads and secure firmly with a
piece of wire. Then what? Very simple — dip the wads into
undiluted sheep-dip or creosote, being sure that the mate-
rial becomes thoroughly saturated, and hang each "puff"
on a different fruit tree. Be sure that the material does
not touch the tree as it will burn the bark and wood.

But why select a fruit tree? Because deer are very fond
of fruit and have a habit of raiding orchards and giving
the farmer something else to worry about. It is a problem
that is causing no end of discussion.

Experiments performed by Gordon H. True, Jr., of the
California Division of Fish and Game, show that deer enter-
ing the orchards to feed on the fruit, take a sniff at the
scented "puff," bound away and forget all about the food.

The "puffs" should be sprayed or redipped about every
three weeks, according to True. Where this method has
been followed as outlined, control has been almost 100 per
cent. Woolen material must be used because it retains the
liquid for a longer period.

A small fish in a wet hand and returned to the water is
worth dozens of the little fellows, unfit to eat, on the string;
every adult female spawns thousands of eggs, and, if given a
chance, will repopulate her waters.

MILLIONS OF FISH SAVED BY WET HANDS

MILLIONS of small fish may be saved this summer to
grow into large fish if anglers will follow one sim-
ple rule — wet the hands thoroughly when taking lit-
tle fish off the hook preparatory to releasing them back to
the waters. Of course the small fish should be handled
gently and released" under water, not thrown back. A dry
hand disturbs the protective film of the fish. If this is
broken, fungi attaches to the body of the fish and eventu-
ally kills it. Thousands of anglers that have been wetting
their hands declare that millions of small fish have al-
ready been saved by this practice.

Montana Wild Life

EGGS PUKED OFF THE BUSHES

THE statement that fish eggs are gathered from bushes
and other plants along the streams of Connecticut
River may require a degree of faith but it is sub-
stantially true. More than 60 million yellow perch eggs
were collected last spring by Supervisor Even W. Cobb
and his assistants and incubated in the state fish hatcher-
ies. Yellow perch deposit their eggs in ribbons which
attach themselves to any brush or other plants that may
be growing in the stream. It often happens that the egg's
are deposited during a stage of high water and if the water
recedes before the eggs hatch they are left hanging high
and dry and, of course, die.

If your nose is close to the grindstone rough, and you hold
it down there long enough, in time you'll say there's no such
thing as brooks that babble and birds that sing. These three
will all the world compose: just you, the grindstone and your
stubby nose. — Mrs. Bert Mendenhall, Holter Dam, Mont.

CONSERVATION

EVERY state game commission has adopted some sort
of conservation program. The conservation division
of Ohio is preparing to launch one of the most care-
fully outlined and extensive programs in the country the
coming year, declares Perry L. Green, director of the De-
partment of Agriculture. The education department of the
conservation division has interpreted the meaning of con-
servation as follows: Conservation means to save for
future use; to repair the damage of extravagance; to use
without abuse; development without wasteful exploitation;
to salvage and preserve our depleted natural resources
and hand down to posterity a rehabilitated country because
we have learned to think into the future. Past genera-
tions thoughtlessly squandered our heritage of forests,
waters and wild life. As a patriotic duty to our country
and to future generations, we must now endeavor to con-
serve what is left to us, not only for ourselves, but for
future generations who will come after us and audit our
accounts. Conservation means restoration.

What America needs is more wild life in the fields and
streams and less in the city.

DEER MORTALITY IN MICHIGAN

WILD life must have more attention and care than
merely furnishing sanctuary or preserves. Success-
ful propagation on refuges is often impossible unless
definite steps are taken to eliminate over-crowding and
study disease so that man may control it. Deer furnish
just one of the many examples.

"Death due to pneumonia, and with stomachs full of
good feed," is the way the game division officials of Michi-
gan's Department of Conservation summarized their find-
ings in a recent investigation of numerous dead deer. A
detailed examination was made of 16 carcasses.

The report reads: "All but one of these were of small
fawns — small in size and in frame as well as low in weight
— evidently the runts of the season's increase. All of the
16 examined had full stomachs at the time of death and
with one exception the stomachs were well filled with
cedar browse — excellent deer food. In only three cases
was there any appreciable proportion of fir or balsam. All
of these deer showed serious congestion of the lungs, in-
dicating that pneumonia had been the cause of death. Local
residents agreed in reporting that just previous to the
deaths of these deer there had been warm weather fol-
lowed by a sudden and severe drop in temperature — from
barely freezing to many degrees below zero."

While many thought that the deer died from lack of
food, examination of the carcasses does not indicate it.
Research can bring the actual causes to light. Heavy con-
centration of deer in limited areas often spells trouble.
Deer "colds" or pneumonia may be contagious.

Pennsylvania and Arizona are in worse trouble than
Michigan, but different, and are experimenting, but so far
no simple or easy answer has been found. Montana like-
wise has its problem.

"Live trapping to remove the surplus deer, scattering
them early in the season so as to make some of them use
neighboring and uncrowded swamps, the planting of new
stands of cedar, buying up yarding areas so as to prevent
further cutting and various other schemes may prove of
value," says the Michigan report.

BOY SCOUTS AND WILD LIFE

BOY SCOUTS of Montana are keenly interested in the
preservation and conservation of wild life. It's part
of their creed. In Ohio, with a population far greater
than Montana within a much smaller area, a campaign is
now being waged to enroll all Scouts in the state as
nature guardians. Each Scout who enrolls pledges himself
to aid in the conservation program. The pledges are printed
on cards and read as follows:

"Upon my honor as a nature guardian, I promise to take
care of natural friends, the birds, fish and all useful dumb
animals, the flowers, the trees and the forests. I will do
my best to protect them from abuse and hard usage.

"I promise not to rob a bird's nest, nor to willfully kill
a bird, an animal or a fish in violation of the law, nor to
abuse or bully a dumb animal; and I will strive to keep
others from doing these things to the best of my ability.
I will endeavor to prove myself a friend to all living things
that are harmless.

"I will put out camp fires started by myself or others,
and I will do my utmost to protect forests from destruc-
tion, because forest fires not only destroy the trees and
underbrush, but also burn birds and animals or their nests
and dens.

"I will familiarize myself with the game and fish laws
of my state so as to be able to govern my conduct and to
advise others, and in every way possible I will do my level
best to protect the inhabitants of the great outdoors. All
of this I faithfully promise upon my word of honor."

LIFE IS LIKE THAT

Charlie Riley's grandbaby wants to know why vitamins were
put in spinach and Cod liver oil instead of in cake and candy.

TRAINING FOR GAME MANAGEMENT

A MORE thorough research into the little-studied sub-
ject of wild life management, which is such an im-
portant part of this country's new conservation pro-
gram to restore its forests and wild life for generations
yet to come, is the objective of many new courses of study
being instituted by colleges and schools of forestry and ani-
mal husbandry throughout the country.

The trend of this concept of conservation by the aca-
demic leaders of America is exemplified in the statement of
aims, made by the University of Michigan faculty, which
reads in part: "The School of Forestry and Conservation
includes in its activities the entire range of problems con-
nected with the management of forest lands and waters,
and the utilization of their products. Full consideration is
therefore given to the scientific problems involved in the
production and handling of forms of plant and animal life."

Emphasis is put upon the training of professional stu-
dents, which will be supplemented by extension activities
aimed at acquainting the general public, and particularly
school children, with the importance and underlying prin-
ciples of wild life protection. Research by regular mem-
bers of the faculty, special investigators, and graduate stu-
dents constitutes an important function of the school. A
specialized group of students will be trained in the field
of forest zoology, including entomology.

The state universities of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Mich-
igan have established fellowships for research in game bird
management.

A college of fisheries has been maintained by the Uni-
versity of Washington for a number of years. Cornell Uni-
versity, Bowdoin College and many other schools have long
encouraged research of value to fish culture and game
breeding. A school for training in game breeding has been
established at Clinton, N. J.

Federal and state governments are spending more money
and passing more laws for wild life protection every year.
Montana and some twenty states are now maintaining one
or more game farms for the propagation of wild birds and
animals.

In rainy weather or when the season for fishing is over, re-
pair whatever damage your tackle has sustained. — The Art of
Angling.

10

Montana Wild Life

TRAPSHOOTING stars from far and
near — from Calgary,. Alberta, on the
north to Salt Lake City on the
south, from Minneapolis and Kansas
City on the east to Seattle on the ex-
treme west coast — participated in Mon-
tana's thirty-seventh annual tournament
at the Butte Gun Club's range July 17-
18-19.

Guy Egbers, of Livingston, member
of the Helena club, which won the an-
nual State Telegraphic Tournament,
baffled the light and wind to break 150
consecutive birds in the first six events,
comprising the Butte Gun Club special,
for classes. Egbers set the pace for
Class A. E. W. "Ted" Renfro of Dell,
veteran member of the Butte club and
an international champion again this
year, tied with J. J. Robinson of Ana-
conda and Ross Mace of Spokane, each
breaking 147.

In Class B, A. C. Ellinghouse of Sher-
idan led with 119; Fred Young of Butte
and R. S. Crandell of Billings followed
with 14S each.

In Class C, L. L. Croonenbergh of
Missoula set the pace with 141. Second
in this class, on scores of 138, A. J.
Davis, Jr., of Butte; H. Barnhill of Mis-
soula, and C. J. Adami, Jr., of Butte.

In the races for high averages for
the tourney Egbers started in front of
amateurs with his 150, followed by El-
linghouse with 149, and Young and
Crandell with 148 each. Among the
professionals C. L. Flannigan of Great
Falls led with 14S, while C. A. Voight
of Calgary broke 147, and F. J. McGan-
ney of Salt Lake City broke 145.

Ted Renfro picked off the historic
Butte Rod and Gun Club medal with 39
out of a possible 40. Joe Latimer of
Butte won the Klepetko challenge medal
for doubles by breaking 19 out of 20,
after four shoot-offs with Nick Birrer
and H. Snyder of Sheridan.

As a final event for the opening day
the miss-and-out medal awarded by
Fred Young was contested for by a
field of thirty, with Nick Birrer the
winner.

Fred P. Young, Butte jeweler, who
has been noted as a bird hunter, but
who never before won a major prize
at the traps, won the most coveted and
bitterly-contested-for prize of them all
— the state singles championship and
local, state and national prizes that go
with il. Young led the field after the
first 100 targets had been shot on Sat-
urday, with a score of 98. His 96 ran
his total to 194, a good score consider-
ing the high winds that prevailed, and
enough to win by one. Guy Egbers of
Livingston, 1929 champion; Nick Birrer
of Lima, and Sheridan, and E. J. Boe
of Great Falls, tied for runner-up, each
with 193.

Egbers turned in the high run of the
tourney when he opened with a perfect
string of 150 in the Butte Gun Club
medal event.

V. W. Rothrock of Billings, who won
the state doubles championship, and

Montana Champions

Singles — Fred P. Young, Butte,
194x200.

Handicap — Lee J. Yealey, Shelby,
96x100, from 22 yards.

Doubles — Virgil W. Rothrock, Bil-
lings.

Women's Champion — Mrs. D. G. Sti-
vers, Butte, 163x200.

Junior Champion — Robert Poore,
Butte, 78x100.

Professional — Charles L. Flannigan,
Great Falls, 194x200.

All-around — E. W. Renfro, Dell,
331x350.

Grand Average, All Targets — Ted
Renfro and Nick Birrer, Sheridan,
tied, 481x500.

Otto A. Schulz were high guns in the
singles race Sunday, each breaking a
perfect string of 100.

Mrs. D. G. Stivers of Butte, defending
singles champion among Montana wom-
en, was third in the 1930 race Satur-
day, but Sunday beat more than half
the shooters who had gathered from
eleven states and Canada in breaking
91 of her second 100 and retaining the
title with a score of 163. Mrs. Otto
Schulz of Sheridan was second with
14S, and Mrs. Joe Latimer of Butte
third with 147. The handsome trophy
for women, awarded by but not con-
tested for by Mrs. Stivers, went to
Mrs. Otto A. Schulz as runner-up.

Among the competing professionals
Charles L. Flannigan of Great Falls won
with 194. C. A. Voight of Calgary
broke 193. F. J. McGanney of Salt
Lake 179, and H. L. Owens of Butte 140.

Junior honors for the state were won
Saturday when Robert Poore of Butte
broke 78, his brother Jim ranking sec-
ond with 76.

In the annual championship handicap
race, L. J. Yealey of Shelby won with
a score of 96, from the 22-yard line.
Jack Boehme of Missoula was second
with 95. Leading scores for out of
state in this event were: J. D. Ankeny
99, R. Mace, Spokane, 98, and C. L.
Kerr, Sheridan, Wyoming, 96.

In the greatest team race ever held
in Montana, the Great Falls club won
the added trophy for the shoot-off for
the eleven teams in the Montana Stand-
ard's annual telegraphic trapshooting
tournament, and W. R. Wilcoxson of
Great Falls the high average prize.

In the shoot-off Great Falls, Sheridan
and Butte tied for first place with
scores of 293. Other club scores were
Billings 2SS, Helena 281, Anaconda and
Missoula 277 each. In the shoot-off for
the three tying leaders, Sheridan and
Great Falls again tied, each with a
three-man score of 73, while Butte
dropped out with a count of 70. A per
feet score by C. E. Clark gave Great
Falls the final shoot-off, title and tro-
phy with a score of 73 against Sheri-
dan's 72.

E. W. "Ted" Renfro of Dell won the
all-around championship at the 350 titu-
lar birds — 250 singles in regular and
Brownlee medal races and 100 doubles —
with a score of 331.

For one of the few times in recent
years the grand average laurels for the
entire tourney stayed within Montana,
this highly sought title and accompany-
ing trophies being divided by Renfro
and Nick Birrer of Sheridan, each with
481 of a possible 500. Joe Latimer of
Butte missed the last of the 500 birds
he fired at or he would have made it
a three-way tie.

Garfield Tonkin of Billings was
elected president of the Montana State
Sportsmen's Association and Billings
was chosen as the site for the 1931
trapshoot at the annual meeting held
at the New Finlen hotel. More than 300
attended the banquet and dance.

C. H. Smith of Butte, secretary of the
association for thirty-eight consecutive
years, was again elected and received
an ovation when he was called upon for
a brief address. C. O. Campbell of Bil-
lings was elected vice-president.

The Montana Standard was compli-
mented by the association for its ac-
tivity in fostering trapshooting in the
state and special mention of the paper's
interest in sponsoring the annual state
telegraphic shoot was made by J. A.
Poore, chairman of the meeting.

Fred Kessler, Ed. Walker and Reyn-
olds Prosser, members of the Helena
Gun Club, were awarded the Montana
Standard trophies given to the three
men who were on a telegraphic shoot
team the greatest number of times.
Earl Fry of the Dupont Company pre-
sented the awards on behalf of the
Standard.

Archie Bigelow of Ogden, Utah, one
of the pioneer trapshooters of the West,
sketched briefly the history of trap-
shooting in America and especially in
the West.

The scores:

MONTANA STANDARD TEAM

SHOOT-OFF

Sheridan

O. A. Schulz, 100; first shoot-off, 24;
second shoot-off, 24. N. J. Birrer, 97;
first shoot-off, 24 — 73; second shoot-off,
24 — 72. R. Ellinghouse, 96—293; first
shoot-off, 25; second shoot-off, 24. R.
Forester, 93. L. Schulz, 95.
Great Falls

L. J. Yealey, 93. C. E. Clark, 97;
first shoot-off, 24; second shoot-off, 25.
*E. J. Boe, 99—293; first shoot-off, 25—
73; second shoot-off, 24—73. W. R.
Wilcoxson, 97; first shoot-off, 24; sec-
ond shoot-off, 24. Gus Frazer, 88.
Missoula

H. Barnhill, 88. L. J. Croonenbergh,

93. J. Boehme, 90 — 277. S. Richards,

94. A. Bradford, S3.

Helena
R. H. Hill, 92. R. Prosser, 95. F. E.
Kessler, 89—281. Ed. Walker, 91. H.
L. Hart, 94.

Montana Wild Life

11

Billings

V. W. Rothrock, 100. R. S. Cranden,
91. R. A. Prater, 92—288. C. 0. Camp-
bell, 96. G. B. Selvidge, 92.
Butte

Joe Latimer, 98; first shoot-off, 22.
C. G. Staples, 98; first shoot-off, 23 — 70.
E. W. Renfro, 97—293; first shoot-off,
25. Ben Holter, 92. Fred Young, 96.
Anaconda

J. J. Robinson, 91. G. T. Jones, 86.
Wm. Hasley, 97—277. J. R. Tonsor, 88.
E. C. Schwartz, 82.

*Cup winner.

2nd half

Stale

Singles

Champ.

O. A. Schulz 100

V. W. Rothrock

E. J. Boe

E. L. Ford

Joe Latimer

*C. L. Flannigan..

C. P. Staples

C. L. Kerr

Guy F. Egbers

100
99
98
98
98
98
98
97

A. P. Bigelow . . 97

Ross Mace 97

J. D. Ankeny 97

N. J. Birrer 97

E. W. Renfro 97

E. J. Morrison 97

W. R. Wilcoxson .... 97

W. Hasley 97

G. E. Clark 97

•C. A. Voight 96

Angus McLeod 92

Tom Sproat 96

A. C. Ellinghouse 96

W. Fultz 96

C. O. Campbell 96

Fred Young 96

D. L. Lafferty 96

R. Prosser 95

Les Schulz 95

G. W. Macartney S5

*F. J. McGanney, Jr. 86

L. J. Yealey 93

R. H. Hill .....'. 92

M. D. Chatfield 71

F. E. Kessler S9

Eil. Walker 91

C. V. Gruner 94

H. Snyder 96

F. A. Henningsen... 77

Mrs. Latimer 72

A. D. Bradford 83

R. W. Forrester 93

J. A. Poore 85

C. C. Goddard 94

H. Barnhill 88

L. J. Croonenbergh 93

J. Boehme 90

J. C. Ryan 90

Wm. O'Malley 92

A. J. Davis, Jr 90

G. T. Jones 86

Mrs. Stivers 91

S. J. Tomcheck 90

G. B. Selvidge 92

R. A. Prater 92

H. E. Coffaa 91

D. Haupt 90

O. Huntenburg 90

Ben Holter 92

C. L. McNeal 91

F. Tolson 84

J. J. Leary 87

R. S. Crandell 91

D. Davies 92

Geo. F. Shea 74

H. L. Hart 94

B. Stine 87

C. J. Adami, Jr 90

Gus Frazer 88

H. L. Hale 88

Mrs. O. Schulz 74

E. C. Schwartz 82

J. J. Robinson 91

C. H. Smith 83

C. A. Tuttle 85

*H. L. Owen 71

Hart Pease 97

S. J. Richards 94

A. Schulz 84

J. R. Towsor 89

C. D. Merchant 84

W. J. Roy

Jim Poore ....

D. G. Stivers

W. B. Gleed

A. V. Safely

♦Professionals.

Totals on
State
Singles
Champ.
191
190
193
195
192
194
186
188
193
196
187
189
193
191
167
189
189
191
193

1S9
ISO
181
192
194
188

189
167
179
1S7
iss
14S
185
178
180
183
158
147

182
170
176
175
180
177
173
184
181
178
163
170
185
184
176
172
170
179
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Birds

Guy Egbers 150

A. C. Ellinghouse 149

R. S. Crandell 148

Fred Young 148

Ross Mace 147

E. W. Renfro 147

*C. L. Flannigan 147

*C. A. Voight 147

J. J. Robinson 147

N. J. Birrer 146

H. Snyder 146

O. A. Schulz 146

E. L. Ford 146

Joe Lattimer 146

C. E. Clark 145

D. L. Lafferty 145

J. D. Ankeny 145

J. Boehme 145

»F. J. McGanney, Jr 145

Sam Sharman 145

W. Hasley 145

Geo. B. Selvidge 144

Wm. O'Malley 144

C. L. Kerr 144

V. W. Rothrock 144

L. J. Yealey 144

R. H. Hill 144

W. Fultz 143

J. A. Poore 143

W. R. Wilcoxson 143

C. F. Staples 143

J. R. Tonsor 142

Ed. Walker 142

F. Tolson 141

Les Schulz 141

L. J. Croonenbergh 141

E. J. Boe 141

C. C. Goddard 140

C. O. Campbell 140

E. J. Morrison 140

Mrs. D. Gay Stivers 128

Steve Tomcheck 138

J. C. Ryan 109

A. J. Davis, Jr 138

D. G. Stivers 133

Dan Haupt 133

Otto Huntenburg 131

Ben Holter 135

C. L. McNeal 126

H. Barnhill 138

C. J. Adami, Jr 13S

Gus Frazer 135

»Earl A. Fry 119

G. T. Jones 129

F. W. Peckover 130

E. C. Schwartz 132

Tom Sproat 137

R. A. Prater 137

H. E. Coffaa 136

D. Davies 130

Geo. F. Shea 126

H. W. Briggs 72

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C. H. Smith 135

C. A. Tuttle 133

"H. L. Owen 120

G. W. Macartney 118

Geo. Gruner 125

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M. D. Chatfield 134

Fred Kessler 138

C. V. Gruner 135

J. J. Leary - 137

Jim Poore 84x100

Robert Poore S5xl00

W. B. Gleed 122

F. A. Henningsen 98

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11

MOONLIGHT RIDES

Fair Rider: "Let's take a look at
the moon, dear."

Her Companion: "Darn the luck, I
forgot to bring it."

took

ARE YOU ONE?

A harmless lunatic leaned idly over
the gate of the asylum fence watching
a fisherman continuously casting into
the stream and retrieving his lure;
finally the following dialogue
place:

"What you doin', mister?"

"Fishing."

"Catch anything?"

"Not yet."

"How long you bin fishin'?"

"Eleven hours."

"Come on IN!"

Contract Let for
Red Rock Dam

CONTRACT for the construction of a
dam about 100 feet upstream from
the bridge over Red Rock River
near Lakeview, just below the outlet of
Lower Red Rock Lake, regarded by
sportsmen as the finest migratory water
fowl shooting area in the state, has
been let to Blaz L. Lugan, Jr., of Mon-
ida and Fay Selling of Lakeview by the
State Fish and Game Commission.

Construction of the dam is one of the
projects in the program of the Com-
mission to conserve wild life. The dam
will retain the waters of the Red Rock
Lakes at such a level that migratory
waterfowl will remain there during the
year, their nests will not be left stranded
during low water and the ducklings
left prey to carniverous animals and
birds.

Many duck shooting clubs have lodges
around the lakes and the State Com-
mission has acquired a site which will
be retained as a public shooting ground.

Plans and specifications were drawn
by J. S. James, state engineer, approved
by the Commission and completed
through the activity of the Butte An-
glers' Club, Anaconda sportsmen and
other clubs whose members enjoy fall
shooting. The dam is to be completed
by October, 1930.

Nick J. Birrer of Sheridan was also
a bidder.

Now You Tell One

MONTANANS who spend their time
thinking up fish stories will have
to go into long deliberation to
beat one told in Livingston by Thomas
L. Huxley, former pastor of the Baptist
church there. The Reverend and sev-
eral other men say that the story is
true and are willing to go on record for
the truth of the statement.

Three boats filled with ardent fish-
ermen were whipping the famous Dailey
Lake in search of trout. At the time
the "fish story" opened, the boats were
near together. In one boat was seated
Taylor Darroch of the Upper Yellow-
stone Valley with two other men, in
another was Rev. Huxley and a com-
panion. The story says that Mr. Dar-
roch hooked a large trout and ap-
parently securely. The trout, however,
had other intentions and didn't relish
the idea of making a fine dinner for
the Darroch family. He gave one mighty
leap out of the water and plunged
bottomward near the edge of the boat.
Snap! Off goes the leader, hook, fish
and all, and Mr. Darroch said, "An-
other swell catch has gone amiss."
Then the impossible happened, says
Huxley. Maybe through the force of the
dive or for other reasons the fish came
out of the water on the opposite side
of the boat to land squarely in the
vessel without the aid of human hands,
and Mr. Darroch recovered leader, hook,
bait, fish, and all. And the fish made
a lovely dinner for the family.

12

Montana Wild Life

PICTURES of prehistoric cave men
with which we are familiar may
not inspire us with admiration of
our primitive ancestors. We do not
really know just what they looked like,
what their thoughts were, what their
activities and customs of life except
from reasoning and deduction. Students
who have delved into the dim past
have learned certain facts, however,
so that we have what is undoubtedly
a fairly accurate conception of the kind
of creature primitive man was.

Written history covers but a brief
span in the history of the human race.
Back of this modern era of a few thou-
sand years there stretches a vast pe-
riod— no one knows how long — during
which the human race was developed.

It was during this long period of de-
velopment that certain traits of human
character which we call instinctive be-
came fixed. Many of these inherited
instincts are extremely useful and
should be carefully preserved.

In competing with the forces of na-
ture, wild and cruel beasts, and other
savage men, life must have been a
continuous battle. That man persisted
and spread over the earth was because
he learned to make use of the forces
of nature and, by superior intelligence,
to triumph over his competitors.

The tendency of our pampered and
artificial modern life is to eliminate
from our unconscious memory much
valuable subconscious knowledge, but
a great deal can be done to retain it
by spending as much of our lives as
possible in primitive surroundings. A
canoe trip in wilderness country will
do much for the man who always gets
lost in the woods, and who is fright-
ened and confused when out of sight
of familiar landmarks. There is in
most of us sufficient latent primitive
intelligence to learn how to maintain
ourselves in the wilderness if we do not
permit it. to become atrophied by long
disuse.

The point is well made in the follow-
ing remarks by John B. Burnham, for-
mer president of the American Game
Protective Association, and a seasoned
explorer and outdoor man.

Mr. Burnham says in part:

"In thinking over something to say,
it has occurred to me to speak about
the debt which the hunter owes to his
primitive ancestors for the mental and
physical heritage which makes him a
better animal than the game he hunts.

"I have often been struck when away
from civilization with the manner in
which my companions automatically
group themselves into two classes, the
fortunate ones who have not lost their
primal heritage and the unfortunate
ones who have, and who are therefore
incapable and unhappy in surroundings
which should be natural and bring them
the keenest pleasure. Barrie used the
contrast between these kinds of people
very effectively in his play 'The Ad-
mirable Crichton.'

"As the human embryo repeats in its
development the advance from the most
simple form of life to the most com-
plex, so, after birth the history of the
human race is repeated in the growth
of the child to manhood. Any healthy
boy baby raised in the wilderness has
in him the capacity to become another
Mowgli. The instincts which played so
important a part in the lives of then-
first ancestors are strong in children.
They have the sense of direction and
when fear is removed, a natural com-
radeship with animals, and their bodily
senses are not dulled as they may be
later on. Even their fears are those
of primitive man. Their mud-pies and
dams which they build and their liking
for dirt and their unaffected frankness,
their joy to paddle in water and roll in
the snow are all primitive traits and
are natural and admirable

"Not only has the child an innate
sense of direction which if not prac-
ticed disappears later in life, but he
also is endowed with a better coordina-
tion between hand and eye, a sense of
balance and aim which if not cultivated
will be lost later on. The child learns
to ride a bicycle or steer a car much
more easily than an older man who
has neglected his outdoor opportunities.

I have seen a 12-year-old boy in one
lesson learn to break 60 per cent of the
targets thrown from a hand trap and
alongside of him a successful business
man whose eyes are good enough to
play a fair game of golf succeed in
hitting only one out of 50. The fortu-
nate men from my viewpoint are those
who have learned early in life to love
field sports and who therefore have
retained in measurable degree some-
thing of the heritage left them by their
two-fisted ancestors. Such men I be-
lieve have more real happiness in life
and are nearer to God than those who
get their pleasures in less natural
ways."

OR A PEANUT TREE

Bride (at butcher shop) — "I want
half a pound of mincemeat, and cut it
from a nice, tender young mince,
please."

Visitor: "Your husband gets a lot
of sentiment out of his pipe, doesn't
he?"

Mrs. Richquick: "Indeed he does.
It's perfectly disgusting to see him
clean it."

Irish Wolf Hounds Pack Live Marten

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MANY unusual measures have been adopted by Montana trail blazers in what-
ever lines of endeavor they may be engaged in reaching ends sought, but
Warren Depuy of the Paradise Sables fur farm near Livingston has estab-
lished something of a precedent in using Irish wolf hounds equipped with home-
made pack outfits to carry live marten out of the Rocky Mountains to the fur
farm. They are shown here with their packs, just after swimming across a small
lake with their burdens.

Montana Wild Life

13

"Old Silverspot"
Mother of Million,
Is $100,000 Fish

In the Spanish Peaks

OLD SILVERSPOT— Mother of a Mil-
lion," has become an institution in
Minnesota, and now her tame is
spreading abroad. Old Silverspot is a
wall-eyed pike. She derives her name
from a large silver spot in front of
her dorsal fin. She is the mother of
a million or more pike, according to
the estimate of the Minnesota Depart-
ment of Game and Fish. Sportsmen
have watched her grow from a slim
matron of 12 pounds to a fat old lady
lipping the beam at 25 pounds.

For ten years Old Silverspot was
caught yearly in the nets of the Game
and Fish Department, stripped of her
eggs, and returned to the waters of
Minnesota. One stripping alone netted
close to 300,000 eggs when Dr. Thad-
deus Surber, operating the state fish
hatchery and pike ""•uvn-taking sta-
tions at Bemidji, caught her for the
first time in 1918; 297,000 baby pike
were hatched from these eggs. She
has been making enormous contribu-
tions to Minnesota waters yearly.

There was mourning in Minnesota in
192S and 1929 when the nets of the
Game and Fish Department failed to
catch her. It was believed that she
was dead. Various stories circulated to
the effect that she had died of old age;
that she had been speared, or that she
had been caught by some fisherman.
Recently, however, the mourning turned
to joy when a long distance telephone
call reported "Old Silverspot" alive and
well, taken in a net near Cass Lake.

Officials of the Game and Fish De-
partment rushed to the scene — and
there was Old Silverspot in person,
fanning lazily in a large tub provided
for her. They took her picture to
preserve her record for posterity.

There was great joy; large crowds
collected and celebration followed. For
two years she had been mourned as
dead — the dead had returned to life.

In 1923 when Sheridan Greig, in
charge of the Bemidji fish hatchery,
decided that Old Silverspot should have
service stripes, he punched a hole in
her tail fin. Every year since she has
received such a service stripe. This
does not injure the fish or interfere
with her swimmin°\

Mr. Greig says that he believes that
Old Silverspot is proud of her service
stripes, and on one occasion when the
stripping operator returned her to the
water without putting in the punch
mark she swam distractedly around in
circles until this oversight was cor-
rected, and then swam proudly away
with her new stripe.

The value of Old Silverspot to con-
servation and Minnesota is inestimable,
according to Carlos Avery, president of
the American Game Protective Associa-
tion, and formerly in charge of the
Minnesota Game and Fish Department.
Her children have helped to restock
and replenish many of the waters of
the state for the benefit of fishermen

ALBERT SCHLECHTEN, Bozeman
photographer, toted his camera
and entire outfit high above tim-
ber line to secure this beautiful scenic
picture of one of the many turquoise
lakes in the clouds in the Spanish
Pe::ks of Montana.

Poison Ivy Cured
by Spearmint

ANGLERS, hunters and outdoor lov-
ers can find speedy relief from
poison ivy by applying the leaves
of the spearmint plant, according to
W. T. Hunt, editor and sportsman, of
West Chester, Penna. Mr. Hunt has
observed over a period of years the ef-
fects of poison ivy, has used spearmint
leaves to cure himself and claims it is
superior to the majority of drug store
remedies.

"The leaves of the spearmint plant
are known to almost all who go into
the fields," says Mr. Hunt. "When the
ivy poisoning appears or even after the
blisters are formed, the application of
the juice by rubbing the parts with
the spearmint leaves will be found to
relieve the condition at once, probably
within a few hours. I am unusually
susceptible to the poisoning but find
spearmint is the real goods."

and Minnesota tables. The recreational
value of Old Silverspot's contribution
can not be computed, though' one may
arrive at an estimate of her monetary
value. Suppose every one of her mil-
lion children weighed only a pound
apiece when caught, and that a meat
value of only ten cents a pound was
placed on this game fish meat, Old Sil-
verspot has already produced $100,000
worth of fish meat — and still going
strong.

Do Fish Nest
In Trees? Yeah
Isaak, and How!

MORE than 60.000,000 fish eggs were
taken from trees and bushes by
the Connecticut State Board of
Fisheries and Game along the Connec-
ticut River recently and hatched in 229
lakes and ponds of the state.

Yellow perch swam into high water
areas, attached their strings of eggs to
submerged bushes and branches of
trees, and departed to deep water. The
high water receded and left the strings
of eggs high and dry, blowing in the
breezes. The fish and game depart-
ment hastily rescued the eggs and sent
the strings to hatcheries, and a few
days before they were ready to hatch
the eggs were distributed in ponds and
allowed to hatch there naturally. Most
of the rescue work was done at Keeney
Cove, in Glastonbury and East Hart-
ford, according to reports to the Ameri-
can Game Protective Association.

Dreams Ahead

What would we do in this world of ours,
Were it not for the dreams ahead?

For thorns are mixed with the bloom-
ing flowers,
Xo matter which path we tread.

And each of us has his golden goal,
Stretching far into the years;

And ever he climbs with a hopeful soul
With alternate smiles and tears.

That dream ahead is what holds him up
Through the storms of a ceaseless
fight;
When his lips are pressed 'to the
wormwood's cup,
And clouds shut out the light.

To some it's a dream of high estate,
To some it's a dream of wealth;

To some it's a dream of a truce with
Fate
In constant search for health.

To some it's a dream of home and wife;

To some it's a crown above;
The dreams ahead are what makes each
life—

The dreams — and faith — and love.

THRUSHES

The sweetest sound I ever heard

Was a thrush that sang to her baby

bird
In the old fir woods that fringe the sea.
Where shadows creep from tree to tree.
Tangled the boughs those notes dropped

through,
Falling like silver drops of dew
About me where I stood.
And sleepy as you or I might be.
That baby thrush sang haltingly;
Broken and sweet its small notes were,
Faintly piping after her,
Like an echo spent with answering,
Or the ghost of a bird come back to

sing
There in the old fir wood.

14

Montana Wild Life

Fishin' and Wishin'

Gee, I love to go a fishin' —
Fishin' under skies of blue,
Fishin' while I am a-wishin';

Dreamin' dreams which can't come true.

I like to start ere rise o' sun,
Start 'neath dripping trees,
Start 'fore the day's begun

And feel the touch of cooling breeze.

I like to hear a spinnin' reel.

Hear the redbird's whistled call.
Hear the quackin' of the teal;

And shed my cares — each one and all.

I like to smell the good fresh air,
Smell the cedar and the pine,
Smell the water lily fair;

And know a world well nigh Divine.

I like to watch a sly old bass,
Watch him splash and play,
Watch him in the water grass

And wonder if he'll strike today.

I like to feel that sudden jerk,
Feel that run and quiver,
Feel the lure has done its work;

It's no wonder that I shiver.

But it's not so much the fish I catch,
Not the pounds that's on my string,
Not my sportive skill to match;

It's the Great Outdoors that makes me
sing.

O I'm very fond of movies — ■
Fond of parties, too,
Fond of operas, enchanting,

But I'm just tellin' you —

Gee, I love to go a fishin' — ■
Fishin' under skies of blue,
Fishin' while I am a-wishin',

Dreamin' dreams which can't come true.

THE JOY OF SERVICE

There is a new song in the hearts
of Montana sportsmen who went to the
rescue of birdlife during last winter,
the most severe certain sections have
experienced in more than a quarter of
a century. Every one of these volun-
teers will be back on the job next win-
ter and other winters to come, for there
is no joy like the joy of service. It is
to serve wild life and posterity that
thousands upon thousands of conserva-
tionists have enlisted. Old campaigners
will be kept in the ranks more easily
and more easily will recruits be ob-
tained if leaders will find some kind
of service for each individual member
to perform.

A FINISHED JOB

Mrs. Hammer-Kuox; "I claim to be
very fair minded. I always investigate
a person's character before condemning
it."

Her Best Friend: "Of course, you
do, dear. You can then condemn it so
much more thoroughly."

Better DUCK Shooting

Order Wild Rico Seed Now
For Spring Planting. Thou-
sands of ducks will come to
an established rice field. We
also have wild celery, Sago
Pond plant, Wapato duck
potato and other attractions
and fur bearers. Also

rice for table use.

ILTON'S AQUATIC FARMS
Detroit, Minnesota

V

for waterfowl
parched wild
GEO. D. HAM
Box 16

Nature Fakirs

SHADES of Jim Bridger! Even with
the woods and mountains in and
about Yellowstone National Park
alive with deer, elk, moose, bear and
whatnot, some persons are hard to con-
vince, park rangers declare. Attempt
after attempt to point out to an old
lady touring the park that the govern-
ment does not recognize the necessity
of staking out stuffed animals for the
entertainment of park visitors, proved
utterly futile, a ranger at West Yellow-
stone reports, so the skeptical one still
has her own ideas.

Somewhere between Norris and Madi-
son Junction, the doubtful lady saw a
deer or an elk standing motionless
some distance from the road. Stopping
her car, the lady reported she indulged
in some wild gestures, trying to get the
animal to move. Intently but cautiously
watching her, the elk, as rangers be-
lieve it was, refused to budge.

Informed the elk was, without doubt,
a real live one, the old lady said:

"Humph! I don't believe it. Blame
thing is just stuck out there for ad-
vertising purposes."

And, "Ho, hum," chorus the rangers.
"When they hear or read about the
animals and park phenomena, they
don't believe it; that is, some don't.
With others, the truth of the saying,
'Seeing is believing.' simply goes for
naught. Wotta life, wotta life!"

POOR TOREADOR

"Tonight, Senorita, I will stand be-
neath your balcony and sing you a
sweet serenade."

"And I will drop you a flower," said
the senorita.

"Ah, in a moment of mad love?"

"No; in a pot."

PLANT GROWTH IN PARK

Authorities estimate that forest and
plant growth cover approximately 84
per cent of the entire area of Yellow-
stone National Park.

High Class Mink $90.00 pair. Castor-
rex and Color-rex Rabbits from Im-
ported Stock $20.00 and np.

STRONG'S FUR FARM
Box 411, Livingston, Mont.

The Wayside Inn

0 little winding wayside road! I won-

der where you go,
You call to me to come with you, my

steps are tired and slow.
The broad highway is full of carts, and

drivers, oaths and cries,
Who down to the great city go, which

blue and distant lies.

1 hate the drivers' rumbling carts, their

hiss of whip, and song,
Their strings of weary horses dragging

heavy loads along.
All up and down the long hills the tired

horses pass
And look across the green hills so sweet

with clover grass.
Though ever with a purpose stern, I

keep the great highway,
The little road, the winding road, has

called me all the day.
I hear the falling waters, the wood-
bird's evening hymn,
It is the forest Angelus sounding

through arcades dim.
There are slender ferns and mosses

along the streamlet's brink
Where timid woodland creatures come

down to rest and drink;
The alders reach their arms across, the

guardians of the streams,
The haven for the little things, all cool

and sweet for dreams.

FISHERIES IN PARK

The government's Bureau of Fisheries
new fish hatchery at Yellowstone Lake
in Yellowstone National Park is proving
to be an outstanding attraction to vis-
itors.

Outstanding

Are the trophies
mounted in our
shop.

FINS— FURS
FEATHERS

Lentfer Bros.

Successors to
Jonas Bros.

Taxidermists

215 W. Park St. Livingston, Mont.

Phone 337-W

SERVING-

118 Montana Cities and Towns

THE MONTANA POWER CO.

Montana Wild Life

15

Drought Endangers
Millions of Fish

MILLIONS of fish throughout the
United States are in danger of
perishing in the smaller streams,
lakes, ponds, bayous and pot holes be-
cause of the drought, according to re-
ports to the American Game Protective
Association. Sportsmen, conservation
officials and others are doing what they
can to rescue the endangered fish and
transfer them to permanent bodies of
water.

The "June rise" in \he south took
fish into the backwaters, depositing
them in small shallow lakes and drain-
age ditches. The drought and evapora-
tion has so depleted the water area
that in hundreds of such places the
fish can be seen floundering with their
dorsal fins out of the water as their
underparts scrape the bottom. Many
thousands have already died and mil-
lions are in immediate danger of death.

If you learn of any such conditions
in your locality, notify the nearest game
warden, sportsmen's organization, or
deputy sheriff.

This perilous condition seems to ob-
tain in practically every state for the
long drought was nationwide. August
is usually one of the driest months.
Rescue fish and transfer them to per-
manent water. This is a conservation
activity every one may engage in with
profit to the state, town and commu-
nity. Fish taken from such waters
under such conditions can not be edi-
ble.

City Urchin (in the country for the
first time) : "This is just like grass,
ain't it?"

Little Friend: "Why, it is grass,
Chimmie."

Urchin: "No, 'cos yer don't have to
keep off it."

FOXES

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Tourists Urged
to Keep Garbage
Away from Water

INVESTIGATION of many sources of
pollution which make many of the
fiuest fresh water streams and lakes
unfit for game fish or human beings
shows that a great deal of contamina-
tion results from the careless fashion
in which many tourists and vacationists
dispose of refuse.

It seems to be a common practice to
use certain forms of rubbish in filling
in low places along lakes and streams
that are detrimental to fish life. Dried
leaves, grass, garbage of all forms,
ashes, sawdust, coal, cinders, log slabs,
decayed wood, etc.. all decompose at a
rapid rate when mixed with water.

It is a good rule not to dump gar-
bage nearer than 10 rods from any body
of fresh water. Whenever possible, pure
dirt, sand or gravel should be used in
filling in low places in lakes or streams.

APPLE SAUCE

"Won't you take me out to dinner,
Hilary, before we go to the dance?"

"Sorry, honey, but I don't like stuffed
dates."

THE CROOK

"There," exclaimed wifey in righteous
indignation. "I told you that overnight
guest of yours wasn't to be trusted.
One of our towels is missing."

"Was it a good one?" inquired hubby.

"It was the best we had — the one
that had 'Grand Palace Hotel' on it."

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Bears Return to
Same Old Dens

HERETOFORE it was not generally
believed bears ever returned to
the same dens they used during
hibernation, but proof that they do is
claimed by Frank Oberhansley, Yellow-
stone National Park ranger-naturalist.

While taking a company of visitors
over the Mammoth Hot Springs nature
trail, a bear den was noted. There had
been a heavy rain the night before. Ex-
amining the ground around the entrance
to the den. it was discovered there were
fresh bear tracks going away from the
den and tracks partially obliterated
leading into the den. The tracks, ap-
parently, were those of a mother and
her two cubs.

"This would indicate," Mr. Oberhans-
ley said, "this bear family had taken
shelter in the den in which it hiber-
nated in the winter."

It also has been proved, Mr. Ober-
hansley said, a mother bear with two
cubs will go into hibernation with them
a second year. Upon the arrival of
more offspring, however, she will have
nothing to do with her former "chil-
dren" and they at once become as
"strangers" as far as the mother is
concerned.

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Helena, Montana
Permit No. 27

WITH several clubs of Montana
sending lists of their member-
ship to the State Secretary, the
roster of sportsmen affiliated with or-
ganizations working toward better hunt-
ing and fishing conditions is getting in
shape. It is necessary that the lists
of organized sportsmen be brought up
to date as soon as is possible. c«j

Sportsmen this year are facing/afe'e
of the heaviest legislative pro/rtfms
since the code of fish and gam/ Jaws
was enacted. The Montana Sporjfejnen's
Association is backing the mcMttnent
for an increase in the hunti*^ and
fishing license fee and modifications of
existing statutes pertaining to fteS and
game. It is necessary that all Wgorts-
men get behind the movement. \ gince
a personal campaign is planne«,Othe
necessity for the lists of membeV&j^of
sportsmen's organizations may be seen
readily. Secretaries of clubs are asked
to send the lists of members in to the
State Secretary.

LIBBY CLUB IS BUSY

THE 1930 membership drive of the
Libby Rod and Gun Club got under
way last month, when 40 members
of the club gathered at a meeting at-
tended by the State Secretary. During
the session an agreement was reached
regarding the grazing of sheep on na-
tional forest land. Libby sportsmen
are fearful that the sheep question will
be one that is hard to solve. Already
several bands are grazing on winter
range that is used by the great herds
of blacktail deer that form one of Lin-
coln county's most valuable resources.
The sportsmen are anxious to see this
use curbed, that the deer may have a
chance.

Considerable delight over the change
of the Libby fish hatchery site was ex-
pressed. The members of the club held
a cleanup day at the new site, prepar-
ing the ground for the new plant au-
thorized by the State Fish and Game
Commission.

The club also approved a closed sea-
son on native upland game birds, be-
lieving that there are not enough of
the dusky and ruffed grouse to war-
rant shooting. A closed season on fish-
ing in the streams, except portions of
the Yaak and Fisher and Kootenai
Rivers, was approved.

W. E. Dexter is president of the
club; Malcolm Kedzie is secretary; Ed
Boyes, member of the governing board
of the state body, is one of the leading
members of the Libby organization.

LAUREL ILUB GROWS

THE Laurel Rod and Gun Club has
91 members signed for 1930, a let-
ter from E. H. Ebersviller, secre-
tary, reveals. Laurel is one of the
prime movers in the Southeastern Mon-
tana Association, and has done much
good work, especially in planting fish
through that territory.

Send In Slogans

A CASH prize is offered by a
friend of the sportsmen of
Montana to the man who sends
in the best slogan for the campaign
to increase the hunting and fishing
cense fee. The rules of the con-
st are simple: The sender must
,\pend the number of his hunting
arm fishing license to his slogan and
he iniust be a member of a sports-
men's club that is affiliated with the
a»tV organization. The contest closes
«Etoper 1. Slogans should be sent to
tmj Btate Secretary and the Judges
VWI be selected from the staff of the
SiSt< Fish and Game Department.

NATIVE TROUT HATCH

HATCH of at least 60 per cent
of the eyed native trout eggs
planted last year by Frank
O'Brien, for the State Fish and Game
Department, is reported in the Upper
Spotted Bear Creek, south of Glacier
Park. M. B. Mendenhall, member of
the Flathead Game Protective Associa-
tion of Kalispell, says that eggs placed
above the falls of the higher creeks,
in areas where there were no fish,
hatched well and acted as feeders for
the streams below the falls.

HUCKLEBERRIES ARE FEW

ABSENCE of huckleberries this year
again causes many bear to come
close to habitations, logging
camps and recreational centers along
the streams. Misguided sportsmen are
shooting bears, under the impression
that they are in good fur at present.
This is not the case, old timers say.
The bears will not be in good fur until
the last part of October, and slaughter
of them at the present time will de-
plete the supply of an interesting game
animal.

SAYS BASS CHASE SUCKERS

PLANTING of black bass in some of
the lakes near Troy has led to an
increase in the number of trout
in those waters, "Doc" Freisinger, Troy
sportsman, says. The bass are clean-
ing up the suckers and making it pos-
sible for the trout to reproduce in
larger quantities than heretofore. He
is firm in the belief that more bass
planted will lead to better fishing in
all ways. Troy sportsmen are behind
the State Department in the fight for
better angling conditions.

REORGANIZE ALBERTON CLUB

REORGANIZATION of the Alberton
Rod and Gun Club is planned.
Teddy Martin, one of the leading
citizens of the town, being the prime
mover in the affair. Good fishing is
reported through the Alberton territory,
and good hunting is in prospect this
fall, it was learned. An extraordinarily
large fawn crop has been reported.

PROTECT NATIVE TROUT

CLOSING of "Foy's Bend" in the
Flathead River near Kalispell was
greeted with acclamation by Flat-
head sportsmen; who believe that the
Fish and Game Commission saved mil-
lions of trout by this action. The bend
is closed only during hot weather, and
the native trout that flock to the sandy
reaches of the. river will have an op-
portunity to attain a decent size, the
sportsmen say.

PLANT TROUT FRY

INDICATIONS from the eastern part
of the state are that sportsmen are
more than satisfied with the num-
ber of trout fry being received for
planting in streams of the region. The
planting of these fish, in cooperation
with the State Fish and Game Depart-
ment, is recommended as a big work for
any club. Liberation of Chinese pheas-
ants from the State Game Bird Farm
at Warm Springs also will become one
of the jobs for local rod and gun clubs,
if the present year's crop of young
birds is any criterion for the future.

APPROVE LICENSE FEE

GOING on record in favor of an in-
crease in the hunting and fishing
license fee, the Western Montana
Fish and Game Association of Missoula
held an interesting meeting the latter
part of the month. They approved an
open season on native upland game
birds, except sharp-tailed grouse; ob-
jected to any change in the fishing-
season and asked for an open season
on Chinese pheasants and Hungarian
partridges from September 19 to 26.
Mention of the use of the Jack Wise
or "cowbell" spinner in the lakes of
western Montana evoked some discus-
sion, members of the club claiming
these lures took more fish than any
other baits. Use of salmon eggs in the
waters of the state was condemned.

FORM CLUB AT PLAINS

REORGANIZATION of the Plains
Rod and Gun Club was effected
at a banquet meeting, fifty men
attending the affair and choosing Dr.
E. S. Coats as their president. William
Baker was elected vice-president and
William Durham, secretary. The club
approved an increase in the hunting
and fishing license fee, the State Sec-
retary outlining the needs of the Fish
and Game Department. The club wants
to see a closed season on native up-
land birds in Sanders county, but would
like to hunt Chinks and Huns in the
Little Bitter Root. A request that charr
be placed on the list of predatory fishes
was made. Charr, bull trout and Dolly
Varden are said to be the same variety
of fish, and are considered a menace to
Montana angling.