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Dawn In the Beartooths

By Marvin D. Geere

±j IRDS are caroling in the pines and the first few rays of
a golden sunrise are showing themselves in the distant snoiv-
capped peaks which, in return, reflect the glory of it all to a
sleeping wilderness beloiv.

It is a morning of rare beauty and the great giant crags
off in the east lie like sleeping kings robed in purple gloom,
while the pale light creeps behind them and the great forest
forms a belt of deeper hue around their base.

Tall firs and pines overshadow the waters of the lake
and are reflected in the stillness of this glorious dawn.

Suddenly the sun bursts above the distant rugged hori-
zon and we stand breathless in wonder and admiration, for
there, among the pines that people the slopes, millions of
raindrops that have fallen during the night are clinging to
the trees, where they catch the golden rays and reflect them
a thousand fold, while they sparkle and gleam like myriads
of diamonds on a robe of the softest bluish green.

Everyivhere is peace and quietness, broken only by the
faint rumble of a distant waterfall as it leaps over a granite
wall eager to find rest in the lake beloiv. How it sparkles
and gleams in the morning sun which seems to turn the faint
veil of mist into beautiful rainbow prisms.

But with the approaching dawn comes a ivhispering
breeze and just as the sun's first gleam kissed the ivaters,
little wavelets break the mirror-like surface of the lake and
God has given another wonderful day to the Beartooths.

MONTANA WILD LIFE

The Official Publication of The State Fish and Game Commission

VOL. III.

HELENA, MONTANA, SEPTEMBER, 1930 NO. 4

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§ea§oe Is Opeoedl In Mootaoa

WITH another important meeting of
the Montana State Fish and Game
Commission scheduled for Sep-
tember 29 at Helena, at which time pe-
titions of sportsmen in other counties
will be considered for the opening of
the season on Chinese pheasants and
Hungarian partridges, the action of the
Commission at the meeting August 25
will be amplified. The formal order of
the Commission at the August meeting
follows:

Chairman T. N. Marlowe and State
Fish and Game Warden Robert H. Hill
presented to the Commission requests
from sportsmen and their clubs for an
open season on Chinese pheasants and
Hungarian partridges. After the re-
quests had been summarized, the fol-
lowing order was made:

Motion by Mr. Marlowe: "I move that
the open season for the hunting of Chi-
nese pheasants and Hungarian par-
tridges be from November 2 to Novem-
ber 6, both dates inclusive." Motion
lost for want of a second.

Motion by Mr. Moore: "I move that
the following described territory be
opened to the shooting of male Chinese
pheasants for the season of 1930: Rose-
bud county, Chouteau county, Phillips
county, Stillwater county, Big Horn
county, Fergus county, Yellowstone
county, Carbon county, Flathead county,
Beaverhead county, Powell county, Deer
Lodge county, Cascade county, Lewis
and Clark county, Ravalli county, ex-
cept that part of the county which is
covered by the Bitter Root Stock Farm;
all that portion of Sanders county
drained by the Little Bitter Root River,
all of Missoula county south of a line
running east and west through the town
of Lolo, and all that portion of Lake
county except that which is drained by
the Jocko River and its tributaries;
and the following described territory
be opened to the shooting of Hungarian
partridges of either sex for the season
of 1930: Blaine county, Chouteau county,
Phillips county, Stillwater county, Fer-
gus county, Yellowstone county, Galla-
tin county, Hill county, Flathead county,
Teton county, Beaverhead county, Pow-
ell county, Deer Lodge county, Glacier
county, Cascade county, Lewis and Clark
county, Ravalli county, except that part
of the county which is covered by the
Bitter Root Stock Farm; that portion
of Sanders county drained by the Little
Bitter Root River; all of Missoula
county south of a line running east and
west through the town of Lolo; and all
that portion of Lake county except that
which is drained by 1he Jocko River and

its tributaries; and that the open sea-
son on these birds for 1930 begin with
the 23rd day of November and end with
the 27th day of November, 1930, both
dates inclusive; and that the bag limit
be three birds per day, which may in-
clude three Hungarian partridges of
either sex or three Chinese cocks, or
three in the aggregate, it being the in-
tention of the Commission that the bag
limit shall be but three birds per day,
whether they be male Chinese pheas-
ants or Hungarian partridges of either
sex; and that no person shall have in
his possession more than six of any
such birds at any one time." Seconded
by Mr. Kelly. Carried.

It was agreed that, should the Secre-
tary receive any further requests from
sportsmen's clubs for an open season
on these birds in other counties, should
he see fit, the Secretary may add them
to the lists.

The question was discussed as to
whether there should be an open sea-
son on deer in Dawson, Prairie, Wibaux
and Richland counties, and the follow-
ing order was made:

Prairie Chicken's
Requiem

Prairie chickens in the coulee,

Grouse and quail by every stream —

I just stuff my pipe at bedtime

Aud hug close that dear old dream,

When they courted on the stubble

And went nesting up the draw,

Ere "no hunting" signs were posted,

And there was more love than law.

There is splendor in the pheasant

As he flashes down the air,

But he's just a bit too kingly.

Just a bit too debonair,

And my heart turns from his whirring

To that coaxing boom, boom saw.

When a sod shack was my palace,

And there was more love than law.

Millionaires now go a-hunting

In a lot of uppish togs,

Heading in at dusk to hotels

With their lordly English dogs.

I don't fault them, I don't envy,

I'm no hand to pick a flaw,

But oh, boom, boom, boom of chickens.

When there was more love than law!

— Will Chamberlain in Minneapolis
Journal.

Motion. Mr. Moore: "I move that
there be a closed season on deer of
both sexes in Dawson, Prairie, Wibaux
and Richland counties, in their entirety,
until further order of the Fish and
Game Commission." Seconded by Mr.
Marlowe. Carried.

After a discussion of the increased
work at the hatcheries throughout
the state, the following order was
made :

Motion. Mr. Moore: "I move that
Chairman Marlowe be instructed to
continue his correspondence to see
if he can not locate the right man
to take charge of the fisheries work,
in the capacity of Superintendent
of Fisheries, this matter to he acted
upon at the next meeting of the
Commission.'' .Seconded by Mr. Boyd,
tarried.

The meeting of the State Fish and
Game Commission was held at Helena,
August 25. Those present were Com-
missioners T. N. Marlowe, Chairman;
E. A. Wilson, W. K. Moore, J. L. Kelly
and G. T. Boyd; Secretary Robert H.
Hill, and Field Assistants Treece and
Schofield.

Game Warden R. H. Hill presented to
the Commission petitions for and against
the creation of a game preserve in
Judith Basin county, to be known as
.the Black Tail Hills Game Preserve, by
sportsmen of Stanford and vicinity. He
reported that Assistant Warden Jack W.
Carney had held a bearing at Stanford
relative to the creation of the preserve,
at which hearing the general sentiment
had been against it. The following or-
der was made on motion of J. L. Kelly:
"I move that the petition for the crea-
tion of a game preserve in Judith Basin
county, to be known as the Black Tail
Hills Game Preserve, be denied." It
was seconded by W. K. Moore and car-
ried.

Chairman T. N. Marlowe presented a
petition from residents of Wolf Creek
asking the Commission to close to fish-
ing for two years Sheep Creek, from its
source to its mouth, where it empties
into the Little Prickly Pear Creek. The
fish in this creek are about three inches
in length and a closed season will
allow them to grow and propagate. The
plan was approved.

C. H. Martien, Lewis and Clark county
assessor, and Tom Sillers, county com-
missioner, explained that beaver have
built dams on the county road up Bea-
ver Creek, injuring the road and mak-
ing it unsafe. The beaver dams have

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to be shot out each day. They asked
the assistance of the Commission in
removing these beaver and on motion
of Mr. Kelly Mr. Hill was directed to
investigate this situation and take such
action as possible to eliminate the dam-
age to the county road.

Chairman Marlowe presented a peti-
tion from the Hamilton Sportsmen's
Club and in compliance therewith made
the following motion: "I move that the
South Fork of the West Fork of the
Bitter Root River and its tributaries,
south of Alta, Montana, as well as
Hughes Creek and its tributaries, in
Ravalli county, be closed to all fishing
until further order of the Commission."
Seconded by Mr. Wilson. Carried.

Mr. Marlowe read a petition from the
Thompson Falls Rod and Gun Club,
asking that the Commission close to
fishing all the tributaries of the Big
Thompson River, and the plan was ap-
proved.

Mr. Kelly advised that there are sev-
eral mountain lakes in Deer Lodge,
Granite and Powell counties on which
the closed season is extended to July
1 of each year, and it was his sugges-
tion that all streams running into these
lakes should also have an extended
closed season, in order to protect the
fish that go up these streams from the
lakes for spawning. The motion pre-
vailed that all the streams flowing into
the lakes in Granite and Deer Lodge
counties, with the exception of the fol-
lowing lakes: Georgetown, Echo, Moose
and Silver; and all the streams flowing
into Gold Creek, Dolis, Trask, Dempsey
and Thornton Lakes, in Powell county,
be closed to fishing from March 15 to
June 30, both dates inclusive, inasmuch
as the lakes themselves are closed to
fishing during the said period.

Mr. Hill presented a petition from the
Big Horn County Rod and Gun Club,
asking that Dry Head Creek and its
tributaries be opened to fishing during
the regular open season. Mr. Schofield
asked that the stream be kept closed
to fishing and the Commission approved.

Mr. Marlowe read a petition from Jef-
ferson county sportsmen, asking that
Lump Gulch Creek and all its tribu-
taries, in Jefferson county, be closed
to fishing. The matter was held over
until the next meeting of the Commis-
sion.

Mr. Hill read a letter from the Upper
Musselshell Valley Sportsmen's Associa-
tion of Harlowton, asking the Commis-
sion to reconsider its action and to open
to fishing Sixteen Mile Creek. This
creek, in Meagher county, had been
closed at the request of George L. Phil-
lippe, and in Gallatin county at the re-
quest of the Bozeman club.

On motion of Mr. Moore, asserting
that inasmuch as a large portion of
this stream is in Gallatin county, Mr.
Hill was instructed to investigate this
petition, taking up the matter with the
Bozeman club, and no action was taken
until the next meeting of the Commis-
sion.

Mr. Hill read a petition from the
Broadwater Rod and Gun Club, asking
that Deep Creek, in Broadwater county,
be closed to fishing until May 21, 1931;
that the Missouri River be declared open

Montana Marten

THE picture shown above is ample
proof that marten, valuable little
fur animals, can be successfully
raised in pens in Montana. The pic-
ture was taken at the Absarokee Fur
Farms.

the year around to fishing with hook
and line, and that a deputy warden be
detailed at least part time to the Deep
Creek district. The petition, so far as
the closing of Deep Creek is concerned,
was granted, this stream and all its
tributaries to be closed to fishing from
September 11, 1930, to May 21, 1931,
both dates inclusive.

The Secretary presented a petition
from the Beaverhead Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation, asking that the stream which
is an outlet from the Decker rearing
pond, be closed, and also the stream
from the Gordon rearing pond, at Arm-
stead, to protect the small fish therein.
Dr. Treece recommended the closing of
these streams. The petition was granted,
thereby closing to all fishing until fur-
ther order of the Commission the
stream leading from the Decker rearing
pond, at Armstead, Montana, to Horse
Prairie Creek, and the stream leading
from the Gordon rearing pond, at Arm-
stead, Montana, to the Beaverhead
River, Beaverhead county, Montana.

J. S. James, State Engineer, explained
that he had surveyed the Fox Lake
proposition, and had found that with
the building of a dyke about 3,000 feet
long and the digging of a ditch about
1,000 feet long, the water could be so
dammed as to maintain an even level
and provide an excellent rearing site
for ducks. Mr. Moore explained that he
had been unable to secure permission
from the Great Northern Railroad to
build this dam, and although the build-
ing of the dam would not interfere with
the railroad's right-of-way, still it would
infringe upon it, and their permission
is necessary. Mr. Moore also explained
that some of this land is held by a

muskrat farm, and he had made a bid
for the Commission for the 264 acres
owned by this company. Mr. James was
requested to make a sketch of the pro-
posed work at Fox Lake and turn over
the plat to Mr. Hill, and that Mr. Hill
take up this matter with the proper
Great Northern officials for permission
to connect with their right-of-way.

Mr. James was requested to prepare
such specifications as may be necessary
for the construction of the work out-
lined at Fox Lake; that the Secretary,
upon receipt of these specifications, ad-
vertise for bids for the work, subject
to the right of the Commission to re-
ject any and all bids; that Mr. Moore
be requested to get the necessary ease-
ments from land owners around this
lake whose property will be affected by
the construction of this dam; and that
if the information which Mr. Hill re-
ceives from the Great Northern Railroad
officials is satisfactory, that he be au-
thorized to go ahead and let the con-
tract at once, in order to give employ-
ment to as many unemployed at this
time as possible.

Mr. James advised that he had also
made an inspection of the proposed
duck refuge near Forsyth. The Forsyth
Rod and Gun Club owns property about
15 miles out of Forsyth, which at one
time was used as a stock reservoir.
The sportsmen in that vicinity are anx-
ious to have a dam built there to raise
the water about five feet, which would
create a pond covering between 50 and
100 acres. Mr. James estimated the
cost of this work at about $4,000. It
was decided that before such work could
be done by the Commission the land
should be deeded to the Commission to
insure this being a public shooting-
ground. Mr. Moore was requested to
ascertain whether the Forsyth Rod and
Gun Club would agree to deed the land
on which the proposed dam is to be
built to the State Fish and Game Com-
mission.

Mr. Hill reported that he and Mr.
James had made a trip to Red Rock
Lake and had made an investigation of
conditions there. Mr. Hill advised that
competitive bids had been received for
the dam to be built there, and that the
bid had been let to the lowest bidders,
Blaz Lugar, Jr., and Faye Selby of
Lakeview, for $2,560.10. Mr. James ex-
plained that with the building of this
dam the highest water level will be
only seven inches above this year's low
water level, which will but keep the
water at a normal water level, and
which will not injure any propery in
this district.

Mr. Hill read a petition from a few
residents of Beaverhead county, asking
for the creation of a bird refuge to
protect sage hens and grouse on land
covered from Dry Gulch to the west,
the Oregon Short Line tracks on the
north, and the Idaho state line on the
south and east. The Secretary was in-
structed to get an expression from the
Beaverhead Sportsmen's Association.

Mr. Hill explained that the Butte
Anglers' Club had been anxious to start
the work of building rearing ponds at
Maiden Rock, for which work they had
asked the Commission to donate $1,500
for cooperation in building these ponds.
Mr. Hill and Dr. Treece had made an

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inspection of this proposed work, and
had given the Butte Anglers' Club per-
mission to start work, with the under-
standing that the Commission would
donate $1,500. On motion of Mr. Kelly
the action of Mr. Hill and Dr. Treece,
in cooperation with the Butte Anglers'
Club, in letting the contract for the
rearing ponds at Maiden Rock, was ap-
proved.

Mr. Hill read a requisition from Mr.
Schofield of the fall spawn specie eggs
he would need for the Eastern district.
Included in the requisition were loch
leven trout eggs and Mr. Thompson at
the Federal hatchery at Bozeman was
requested to deliver five million loch
leven trout eggs to the Fish and Game
Commission this year.

Dr. Treece advised that the coopera-
tive work of the Department with Mr.
Drew will furnish enough eastern brook
eggs to fill Mr. Schofield's requisition.

Mr. Hill read a letter from A. M.
Hoover of Minneapolis, wherein he
called to the attention of the Commis-
sion the fact that Lake Morrison, near
Dell, is full of trout of a small size,
but that there is not sufficient food to
make the growth of these fish possible.
Dr. Treece was instructed to investigate
and do whatever is necessary to remedy
the situation.

Mr. Hill advised that Hardin sports-
men had asked for the cooperation of
the Commission in building three rear-
ing ponds in their district. The club
was anxious to get this work done, and
Mr. Schofield had advised that the sites
were satisfactory. Mr. Hill explained
that he had authorized the construction
of these rearing ponds, and had prom-
ised the club $200 from the Fish and
Game Commission for cooperation in
this work. Action was ratified.

Mr. Hill advised that the wild life
exhibit of the Department, in coopera-
tion with the Bureau of Biological Sur-
vey, had been collected this year and
had been shown at the State Fair. He
outlined the itinerary of the exhibit at
the fairs throughout the state. This
action was approved.

Mr. Marlowe read a request from the
Deer Lodge Anglers' Club, asking that
a portion of Powell county be open to
the shooting of bull elk. Mr. Moore
advised that Senator Williams has been
feeding these elk all winter and wishes
them protected. The last open season
on elk in this county had not proven
successful. On motion of Mr. Kelly the
request of the Deer Lodge Anglers' Club
for an open season on bull elk in
Powell county was denied.

With reference to the request of the
Deer Lodge Anglers' Club for rearing
ponds on the Little Blackfoot, Dr. Treece
advised that he had made a careful
examination of conditions in the Little
Blackfoot. and had found that the loch
leven in these waters seem to be eating
the native trout. Dr. Treece recom-
mended the closing of all tributaries
to the Little Blackfoot to fishing, and
stocking these tributaries heavily with
native fry, and on motion of Mr. Mar-
lowe all the tributaries of the Little
Blackfoot River, from its source to its
mouth, in Powell county, were closed to
all fishing until further order of the
Commission, and that Dr. Treece was

Pals are Able Anglers

MR. AND MRS. IRA F. BOONE of
Helena are listed among the fore-
most anglers of the township.
They are thoroughly steeped with the
thrill of sportsmanship and do their
fishing and hunting together. They are
shown above with a catch of rainbow
and loch leven trout made on the Lower
Madison Lake six miles from Ennis.
The trout were all hooked on silver
doctor and major pitcher flies.

instructed to stock these tributaries
heavily with native fry.

The Deer Lodge Anglers' Club also
requested that Mud Lake in Powell
county be opened to ice fishing, and
that the closed season be suspended on
Cottonwood Creek, running through the
town of Deer Lodge, Powell county, this
creek thereby being open to fishing dur-
ing the entire year until further order
of the Commission. Approved.

The request from the Broadwater
Rod and Gun Club for ice fishing for
whitefish in the Missouri River was
tabled.

Mr. Kelly advised that some addi-
tional work is necessary at the State
Game Farm. Equipment for shelters
for the pens should be purchased, some
additional coops should be built, and
storm sashes for windows on the resi-
dence should be purchased. Mr. Kelly
gave a quotation for this work of ap-
proximately $450. Mr. Kelly was in-
structed to get the material necessary
for the shelters for the pens and the
storm sashes for the windows, and have
these installed at the best price pos-
sible.

Mr. Kelly advised that if the Commis-
sion desires to continue raising as many
Chinese pheasants at the game farm for
liberation next year as were liberated
this year, approximately 100 additional
pens should be built, and he was in-
structed to oversee getting approxi-
mately 100 more pens built.

Mr. Kelly stated that Superintendent
J. F. Hendricks would like a small
warehouse in which to store his coops,
shipping crates and feed during the win-
ter months, and Mr. Kelly was author-
ized and directed to have a suitable
warehouse constructed.

Mr. Kelly advised that the barrels of
gasoline which are kept at the game
farm are a fire hazard and offered to
try to get a gas pump for use at the
game farm.

Inasmuch as several requests had
been made by sportsmen and sports-
men's clubs for the closing of the sea-
son on native upland game birds in
the state, in order to protect them this
year, the following order was made on
motion of Mr. Moore: "I move, on ac-
count of the scarcity of native upland
game birds, and to prevent undue de-
pletion of the same, that there be a
closed season on all native upland game
birds for the season of 1930 in the State
of Montana."

Dr. Treece advised that the ice house
at the Anaconda hatchery needs straight-
ening, lowering and a new foundation,
and he was authorized to get bids for
repairing the ice house at the Ana-
conda hatchery, and submit same at the
next meeting.

Dr. Treece advised that he had secured
competitive bids for the painting of all
the buildings at the Anaconda hatchery.

Mr. Schofield stated that, in accord-
ance with the orders of the Commis-
sion, he had secured bids for the mov-
ing of the buildings at the Emigrant
hatchery to the Anderson hatchery site.
He has one bid of $1,500 from H. B.
Mayers and another bid of $1,400 from
D. M. Crenshaw of Livingston. The six
buildings must be moved three miles
and across the Yellowstone River. The
bid of D. M. Crenshaw of Livingston
was accepted, the buildings to be moved
intact without dismantling or cutting in
parts.

Mr. Schofield advised that he has bids
for making the foundations at the An-
derson site for the buildings and floors,
of which the bid of Charles J. Knapp
of Livingston for $1,528 is the lowest.
On motion of E. A. Wilson Charles J.
Knapp, contractor of Livingston was
awarded the contract for the founda-
tions and installation of the buildings
being moved from the Emigrant hatch-
ery site to the Anderson site, his bid
being $1,528.

Mr. Marlowe read a request from the
Beaverhead Sportsmen's Club for the
closing of the Beaverhead River to
fishing from the Clark's Canyon Bridge
to the north line of Ed Roe's Ranch,
the closing of Horse Prairie Creek from
its mouth to the Brown Ranch, and the
closing of Blacktail Creek one mile each
side of the rearing ponds, all of which
are in Beaverhead county, the closed
season to be from August 1 of each year
to May 20 of the succeeding year, in-
clusive, in addition to the regular closed
season. This would protect the small
fish which have been liberated in these
waters from the rearing ponds.

On motion of Mr. Kelly the following
streams were closed to fishing from
August 1 of each year to May 20 of the
succeeding year, both dates inclusive,
in addition to the regular closed season,
until further order of the Commission:
The Beaverhead River from Clark's Can-
yon Bridge to the north line of Ed Roe's
Ranch; Horse Prairie Creek, from its
mouth to the Brown Ranch: and the
Blacktail Creek, for one mile each side

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of the rearing ponds, all of which are
in Beaverhead county.

Mr. Marlowe advised that there is
available for $250 a half acre of ground
adjacent to the Somers fish hatchery.
The land upon which this hatchery is
located is limited, and an additional
half acre could be used to advantage,
and it was directed that the Fish and
Game Commission purchase the ground
adjacent to the Somers fish hatchery
Erom Ben McKinley for a sum not to
exceed $250.

Mr. Marlowe presented a request from
the Mountain Range Trout Company and
the Montana Rainbow Trout Company
for permission to set traps, pocket
seines or other similar devices in Flat-
head Lake for the purpose of taking
suckers and squawfish for use as a fish
food, the work to be done under the
supervision of one of the deputy game
wardens, and it was denied.

Mr. Marlowe read a letter from L. E.
Throop of Troy wherein Mr. Throop
advised that he has a pond full of
small-mouth bass which he would like
to dispose of so that he can raise trout.
Mr. Throop suggested that possibly he
and the Department could make a trade
of bass and trout.

Mr. Marlowe read a letter from Glen
A. Smith, chairman of the Montana
Sportsmen's Association, expressing dis-
satisfaction felt by the members of the
governing board of that body with the
attainments of Mr. John C. Frohlicher
as Educational Secretary, and recom-
mending that Mr. Frolicher's resigna-
tion be accepted.

Motion. Mr. Moore: "Inasmuch as
the Sportsmen's Association has ac-
cepted the resignation of Mr. Frohlicher
as their secretary, I move that we, the
Montana Fish and Game Commission,
accept his resignation as Educational
Secretary, to be effective September 1,
1930." Seconded by Mr. Boyd. Carried.

Another letter from Mr. Smith, where-
in he suggested a successor to Mr.
Frohlicher, was read. Other names of
men who might be fitted for the posi-
tion of educational secretary were also
suggested.

Motion. Mr. Kelly: "I move that the
appointment of an educational secretary
be deferred until the next meeting."
Seconded by Mr. Boyd. Carried.

The question of deputy game wardens
attending the meetings of local rod and
gun clubs was discussed, and the Sec-
retary was authorized to write all dep-
uty game wardens, asking them to at-
tend the sportsmen's meetings.

Mr. Marlowe stated that Jones Lake,
in Powell county, which is closed to
fishing, is full of yellow perch, and
suggested that these perch be seined
out of the lake and planted in other
waters in the state.

Motion. Mr. Moore:. "I move that
the chairman be instructed to investi-
gate this proposition and communicate
with Mr. Schofield with reference to his
findings, and that he have full power
to act in taking yellow perch from this
lake." Seconded by Mr. Boyd. Carried.

Mr. Wilson advised that the water in
the Shields River and its tributaries,
Park county, is low, and that these
waters should be closed to fishing. The
Wilsall club has also recommended such
action. The Shields River and its trib-

utaries, in Park county, were closed to
fishing from September 10, 1930, to May
20, 1931, both dates inclusive.

Mr. Marlowe advised that in reply to
his questionnaire sent to the sports-
men's clubs throughout the state, so-
liciting their opinions as to whether or
not the small streams in the state should
be closed at an early date this fall, the
consensus of opinion had been about
evenly divided. Water conditions in the
state are better now than they were
earlier in the season. Therefore, no
action was taken in this matter.

In connection with the transfer of
buildings from the Emigrant to the An-
derson hatchery site, it was decided that
Mr. Schofield should also have the fence
moved which is now on the Emigrant
hatchery site.

Mr. Wilson suggested that the Depart-
ment expend some money for labor to
remove the fencing which is on land
purchased through Federal cooperation
with an eastern corporation for grazing
ground for the northern elk herd. No
money was appropriated for the removal
of this fence, and its removal would im-
prove range conditions on this land. It

was agreed to expend not to exceed $150
for labor in tearing down fences on the
land acquired for the range of the north-
ern elk herd, in Park county.

Discussion followed as to whether or
not there should be an open trapping
season on marten and a closed season
on the trapping of muskrats. No action
was taken in this matter.

Mr. Hill asked the Commission if it
is their desire to prosecute sheep-herd-
ers who are carrying guns on game
preserves without permits to do so. He
was authorized to advise wardens to
prosecute these cases.

The Secretary read a letter from R. A.
Broadwell of Spokane, suggesting that
he be allowed to take eggs from Lake
Kilbrennan on a cooperative basis with
the Fish and Game Department. He
was instructed to write Mr. Broadwell
that the Department already has a co-
operative agreement of this nature with
Mr. Drew.

The chairman read a similar letter
from P. V. Klinke of Fortine, who wants
to take eastern brook trout eggs from
Martin Lake on a percentage basis. Dr.
Treece was instructed to investigate.

Playful Grizzlies

A motion has been made and seconded
that the name of the Blackfeet Forest
be changed to Grizzly National Forest.

At 9:40 p. m., July 25, William Rei-
mer, combination man at Nashukoin
Lookout in the Upper North Fork dis-
trict, was dispatched to a fire several
miles west of his station. The night
was clear and there was sufficient light
to travel without the use of the Stone-
bridge.

About midnight he removed his pack
and proceeded to take "five." A minute
later the sound of breaking twigs and
branches caused him to glance in the
direction from whence he came. Before
he realized it a large grizzly was "bear-
ing" down on him. Bill says he figured
it was no disgrace to run when scared,
so he started to make tracks for a tree.

Glancing back as he ran, he saw the
bear rear up, and the next moment one
heavy paw landed between his shoul-
ders while the other one would have
to be classed as a foul blow.

Bill landed face down. He says that
he would have taken the count if his
assailant had been a man. Turning
onto his back, he started kicking to try
and keep the bear away until he could
get his gun.

Mr. Grizzly grabbed him by the toe
of the left shoe, and, rearing up, pro-
ceeded to shake. Raimer says that
when his head wasn't hitting against
rocks or windfalls, it was bumping
against the bear's body and hind legs.
Both front paws were holding his leg
while the bear continued to twist and
pull and get a mouthful of calks and
shoe leather.

Finally Reimer managed to get his
Colt's .32-20 from the holster and, while
dangling head down, back against the
grizzly, put five shots into the bear's
body, without any apparent effect, al-
though the blood spurted from the
wounds over his torn clothing.

Realizing that he must make the last
shot count for more than the others,
he took a chance on hitting his own leg
and fired up at any angle into the
bear's chest. It was bad medicine for
the bear, and no doubt saved Bill's life.
The bear snarled, let loose of Bill's
foot, and for a moment folded his huge
paws across his body. Then, apparently
dazed, he rushed away, several times
bumping into trees and rocks.

Upon taking inventory, Bill found, in
addition to torn clothes, numerous
bruises and a sore back, that one foot
suggested advance and the other re-
treat. By twisting his left leg, after
wedging his foot between a rock and a
windfall, he was able to throw it back
into joint at the hip.

Using the axe and shovel handles as
canes, he managed to limp and crawl
back to his station, arriving at 4:00
a. m. He immediately reported to head-
quarters and another man was dis-
patched to the fire.

Reimer was brought out to the road
by horse and in to Kalispell for medi-
cal attention. It probably will be two
or three months before he can do any
sprinting.

This is the second time in recent
years that grizzlies have temporarily
laid up employes in the North Fork
country. In 192S Ralph Thayer, trail
locator, had a narrow escape and was
under a doctor's care for some time be-
fore being able to resume work. In
1929 Ranger McDonnell of Tally Lake
was the objective of two grizzlies at
the same time. Fortunately, he saw
them coming and had sufficient time to
shin up a tree out of reach.

Second-hand guns in the North Fork
country are today bringing a higher
price than at any time since the World
War. It is said that Rangers Fremming
and Bealey have laid aside their Luger
and .38 toys in favor of some Big Ber-
thas.

Montana Wild Life

BECAUSE of the unsatisfactory con-
ditions existing for migratory water-
fowl throughout Montana and gen-
erally throughout the nation, Montana's
State Fish and Game Commission has
sent out an appeal to sportsmen gen-
erally to "save the seed ducks" as the
basis for next year's native crop, de-
spite the fact that the open season
started September 16 and continues until
the first of the year.

Because of the drought, recommen-
dation was recently made to shorten
the duck shooting season by the Inter-
national Association of Game, Fish and
Conservation Commissioners in conven-
tion at Toronto.

A survey of the nesting grounds in
Canada, where Montana ducks originate,
where S5 per cent of the wild ducks are
raised, shows that only 50 per cent of
the usual hatch was hatched this year.
Lack of water was cited as the major
cause for the small hatch, according to
the various Provincial game commis-
sioners.

The ducks that leave Canada on their
annual flight south this year will face
a grave problem throughout the win-
ter because of the drying up of thou-
sands of lakes, ponds and streams.

Although fall rains may fill many
, of these watering places, the drying up
of them killed aquatic duck foods. Roots
that may remain alive will not sprout
again until spring. The ducks will face
a food shortage, so sportsmen and other
nature lovers should prepare now to
feed the flights of ducks, geese and
other migratory birds.

That conditions for waterfowl in the
extensive drought-ridden regions of the
United States are unsatisfactory will
not be a matter of surprise to Montana
persons who have experienced a water
shortage this summer. That the danger
to wild ducks and geese is more far-
flung, however, will come as a shock to
those who have thought the birds were
in abundance on their breeding areas in
the far North, according to Paul G.
Redington, chief of the Bureau of Bio-
logical Survey, U. S. Department of
Agriculture. Mr. Redington explained
that reports show an alarming condi-
tion for the waterfowl on the breeding
grounds in Alberta and Saskatchewan,
as well as in the United States.

"In* these Canadian provinces," writes
Mr. Redington, "the shortage of water
this year and the utilization of addi-
tional lands for agriculture on the breed-
ing grounds of the birds have combined
to reduce the hatch of the game species
50 per cent below that of last year, and
the hatch a year ago was too far below
normal to be at all satisfactory. The
consensus of testimony of conservation-
ists from many Canadian provinces and
from all parts of the United States is
that a decidedly serious condition now
confronts the waterfowl of the two
countries.

"A partial remedy is found in the
fact that throughout the United States
the amended regulations under the Mi-
gratory Bird Treaty Act limit the indi-

vidual hunter to 15 ducks and 4 geese
a day and prescribe a possession limit
of two days' bag. This reduction from
last year's' daily bag limit of 25 ducks
and S geese and the establishment of a
possession limit for the first time under
the Federal regulations should have a
salutary effect on the game birds at
the principal shooting grounds. We are
still greatly concerned, however, as to
what may happen in the next few
months. The unprecedented drought may
upset calculations as to the effect the
reduced bag limit will have on the pro-
tection of the birds.

"Local observers of bird abundance
are likely to be misled in some re-
maining water areas, and to consider
that local conditions are general through-
out the country. As a matter of fact,
however, the constriction of water areas
in many states will induce the birds to
concentrate in unusually large numbers
on some of the noted resting grounds
and in wintering areas. For example,
the gunners in some areas may find
thousands of ducks in places where last
year there were but hundreds, and in
such instances it may create the erro-
neous impression that ducks are still
in great abundance or even increasing
in numbers. Such fallacious reasoning
may lead to excessive killing on many
concentration areas.

"All who are engaged in game con-
servation in the Federal and state gov-
ernments must consider thoroughly and
carefully what measures we can take
to prevent unwise or possibly disastrous

slaughter of these species of birds that
are already suffering serious losses by
reason of the drought."

Only one duck in 10,000 is alive to-
day in districts where waterfowl foods
have been contaminated by oil, salt
water and sewage pollution, according
to W. L. McAtee of the U. S. Biological
Survey. This estimate is based upon
an investigation of a wildfowl breeding
area 300 miles square in Back Bay, Vir-
ginia, and Upper Currituck Sound, North
Carolina, that is being despoiled by salt
water reaching the fresh water through
the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal.

"There are not now 100 wild geese
or swans where there were 1,000, not
one duck where there were 10,000 dur-
ing the time when the food supply for
the birds in this region was at its best,"
Mr. McAtee said.

This condition has national applica-
tion. Many of the finest fresh water
areas are being polluted by the dump-
ing of oil, sewage, and trash from fac-
tories into fresh water streams, rivers,
ponds and lakes throughout the country.

HE KNOWS

"Hadn't you better go and tell your
father?" said the motorist to the farm-
er's boy, who stood looking at the load
of hay upset in the lane by a collision.

"He knows," replied the boy.

"Knows? How can he know?"

"He's under the hay."

Chwatcznski: Hello, my friend, how's
your good wife this morning?

Andrzejewski: Quit your kidding.
You know that I have only one wife.

"Me An' My Six Shooter Killed Mr. Bear"

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I

HERE'S a youthful Montana sportsman from the Livingston region, topped
with a 10-gallon hat, dolled up in spurs and chaps, and toting a six-gun as
long as his arm. Dad killed the Bruin but Sonny claims a lot of the credit.
He's another son of a Montana Dad who is being taught lessons of Nature by
being made a pal of his dad.

Montana Wild Life

Moottamm Fish anadlif

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

Game Commission!

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.

FLOTD I. 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.

VOLUME III

SEPTEMBER, 1930

NO. 4

LEADERS FOR $3 LICENSE FEE

FORESIGHTED sportsmen of Montana are not hesitant
in expressing themselves in behalf of the proposed $3
resident hunting and fishing license endorsed by the
Montana Sportsmen's Association as one of the best means
toward providing the State Fish and Game Commission with
adequate funds to proceed with the program of conserva-
tion now under way. The drought has lowered the fish
supply. The flight of ducks has been almost eliminated be-
cause of drying of the pot holes and lakes. Much construc-
tive work is demanded in the building of rearing ponds,
greater hatchery facilities, increased areas of the game farm
and scores of other measures. The Commission is fore-
sighted in buying up areas for future use as public hunting
grounds, in constructing dams to preserve the water and
save the ducks.

Wild life refuges and sanctuaries, properly administered
under scientific control of environment and game manage-
ment, will do more toward restoring wild life to its former
abundance in the entire country than all the laws enacted
or that can be enacted, according to sportsmen, scientists
and educators throughout the country. Game can not be
"Iawed" back. It has to be raised under right conditions.

"America, through thoughtlessness in some cases and
greed in others, has been striking at the sources of wild
life," Carlos Avery, president of the American Game Pro-
tective Association, points out. "The settlement of many
broad areas has caused the needless drainage and destruc-
tion of lakes, swamps and streams; forests, too, have fallen
needlessly to the axe in the hands of the unthinking and
greedy. These places were breeding grounds, havens, nest-
ing and feeding grounds of wild folk.

"The axe and forest fire, the pick and ditching shovel,
have destroyed more wild life than any two other causes
combined," Mr. Avery continued.

"As an example, a large lake in the west was drained
and the land sold to unsuspecting farmers in the south and
east as 'fine fruit farms.' These thousands of acres had
been a stopping place for west coast ducks in their migra-
tory flights south. The lake had returned $22.50 an acre
the year to the community, paid from the pockets of duck
hunters for room and board, ammunition, guide hire and
other essentials of duck hunting that could be procured
only in the vicinity of the lake. The 'farms' failed and
were abandoned, and now the good citizens of that com-
munity are trying to get the United States government to
restore the lake in order to bring back the duck hunting
revenue. They were the victims of drainage project ex-

ploitation. The real estate promoters have moved on, per-
haps laughing to themselves.

"If wild life is to be restored we must restore also ade-
quate breeding, feeding and nesting grounds and protect the
wild life therein, or else create new refuges and sanctu-
aries. These will do more toward bringing back wild life
than all the laws that can be written. Can any one law
the Dodo back?" Mr. Avery concluded.

If the female of the specie were held sacred, all wild life
would increase rapidly, affording sport and recreation for all.

HUNCH HUNTING CAUSES HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE

TAKE the hunch out of hunting and the guess out of
gunning by never shooting at movement or sound,"
Carlos Avery, president of the American Game Pro-
tective Association, says in urging hunters to cooperate
with state game officials and conservation groups who
have recently inaugurated educational campaigns to stop
the needless killing and wounding of many persons every
year. Wind-blown tree limbs or bushes and movements of
fellow hunters or livestock nearby often cause optical illu-
sions for the unwary. With the 1930 hunting season open,
every hunter can do his part to stop the loss of human
life. The careful hunter always holds the muzzle of a
loaded gun down or in such an upright position over his
shoulder when walking that his comrades will not be hit
if the gun goes off accidentally. Many old-timers always
unload during rest periods and before they get into camp
at night. Never aim at any one — you never can tell what
might happen! When hunting, always be sure that you
see the game.

The silver lining theory has kept many a man under a cloud.

SCIENCE TYING BELLS ON GAME

IF ONE hears tinkling bells in the wildwood in the near
future it will be no cause for alarm or the questioning
of one's senses, for science is now putting bells on dif-
ferent species of wild life to learn their range and life
habits, it was revealed at the convention of the International
Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners
at Toronto.

Dr. Gardiner Bump of the conservation department of
New York state said that he will put bells of different
tones on ruffed grouse in the hope of tracing them, by
sound and learning the extent of their range habit and
other necessary details of the life history of this species.
Dr. Bump is conducting an experiment with raising this
shy bird under natural conditions.

He said that indications thus far point to creating the
proper types of environment ranging from bushy land to
virgin timber. A number of college boys and others are
assisting him in the experiment which, he said, he hopes to
extend to many different areas in New York state in tne
immediate future. Science and conservationists declare that
Dr. Bump's experiments will undoubtedly contribute much
toward restoring this diminishing specie.

"Tone-conscious" assistants who can distinguish varia-
tions in tone as most people can in colors, will patrol the
experimental areas and collect data by ear, so to speak.
Each belled bird will make a different toned tinkle when-
ever it moves, thus giving away secrets so necessary to
creating ideal conditions under which the species can re-
store itself to former abundance.

Montana Wild Life

SPORTSMANSHIP

A MID-WESTERN newspaper carried this item a few
days ago: "Three hunters from St. Louis were driv-
ing out one of the streets of Troy. A squirrel ran
across the street into Judge Woolfolk's yard. The three
hunters got into action at once and after one volley the
squirrel fell to the ground and one of the hunters went
into the yard to retrieve the game. He was met by the
judge with this question: 'Why don't you go hunting in
the zoo — it's closer to you and the game's bigger?' and
then for good measure and to relieve his feelings the judge
added a few more remarks."

These gunners had not only violated four state laws,
shooting on the highway, in the city limits, on Sunday, and
trespassing, but they had violated the first principles of
sportsmanship.

Xo sportsman will commit an act that he knows will be
offensive to others in his presence. Every gunner considers
himself a sportsman. He will be quick to resent any im-
plication to the contrary, but not always are his acts such
as to entitle him to the term.

Farmers can not be blamed for being offended at the
acts of gunners who run over their land without permis-
sion, cut wire fences, leave gates open, frighten their stock,
and sometimes commit much worse acts of vandalism.

The term "sportsman" should be synonymous with "gen-
tleman." Whatever a gentleman should do and be will
always be found to coincide with the ethics of good sports-
manship.

Winners don't quit; quitters don't win. — Forbes "Weekly.

LEAVE WINTER FEED NOW

BETTER pheasant hunting and better feeding conditions
for the birds next winter will result if patches or
strips of weeds, brush, clover, alfalfa or grain are left
uncut, especially along fences and at swamp borders. Pheas-
ants are attracted by the grain and corn fields, and hunters
on lands where such feed patches occur will have less rea-
son to complain that the birds have moved off to the feed
patches and cover on neighboring farms.

Grain left uncut at harvest time greatly simplifies the
winter feeding and practically guarantees that the birds
will not starve. Several farmers have reported that they
have been well repaid for leaving patches for the birds.

The part of an automobile that gives the most trouble
is the nut at the wheel.

TEACH THE LAD OF NATURE'S GIFTS

NEW YORK CITY is having a big laugh at its own ex-
pense— and trying at the same time to remedy the
cause. It's a situation that gives Montana folks food
for thought. "Stars" mean movie actors to its children. A
rose is a "tulip." The "Milky Way" is found in candy shops.

Urban schools are so lacking in facilities for training
their children in the ways of nature that about half of
1200 pupils who were examined in nature study gave the
name of "any star" as John Gilbert, Mary Pickford or Janet
Gaynor, according to Van Evrie Kilpatrick, director of na-
ture garden work in the New York City schools.

"Can children be educated, not knowing the grass in the
field, or the birds in the treetops, or the fish in the run-
ning brooks?" Mr. Kilpatrick said. "This denuding the city
child of the major part of his nature heritage has led to a
woeful ignorance on his part of the simplest commonplaces
of the natural world.

"A twelve-year-old boy called a rose he was wearing
'a tulip.' Twenty-one pupils out of a sixth year class of
thirty-three pupils reported that the 'Milky Way' was found
in candy shops. About fifty per cent of 1200 children ex-
amined in nature gave the name of 'any star' as John Gil-
bert or Mary Pickford or Janet Gaynor. Less than three
per cent of the same group of children could tell what was
the most intelligent animal."

Mr. Kilpatrick. lamenting the disadvantage the city child
labors under in regard to nature, is directing the work of
244 gardens conducted by as many schools, and is constantly
adding more gardens to care for the needs of more children.

"The school garden trains children in the most basic of
the industrial arts — agriculture — which brings him into a
further knowledge of the social and industrial world," Mr.
Kilpatrick declared.

REST DAYS FOR DUCKS

WEDNESDAY is a rest day for ducks in Wisconsin all
during the open season. The birds may enjoy at
least one day a week when they are free from bom-
bardment. In most of Canada Sunday is a rest day for
all game. Some clubs establish several rest days a week
on their grounds. Some sportsmen advocate a rest period
each day in addition to prohibition of night shooting. More
rest periods mean more feeding time.

The best conservation laws are engraved on the heart, not
in statute books.

DON'TS FOR HUNTERS

THE Wisconsin Conservation Commission is one state
body to issue an official warning to gunners. The
following "Don'ts" shoujd reduce shooting accidents:

DON'T keep your gun loaded except when you are actu-
ally hunting but handle it at all times as if it were loaded.

DON'T point your gun at any one even if you are sure
it is empty.

DON'T handle a gun by the muzzle or pull it toward you.

DON'T carry your gun when climbing fences or brush
piles.

DON'T carry your gun so that an accidental discharge
might shoot your companion.

DON'T shoot at any game unless you can see it clearly
enough to positively identify it.

DON'T be the fool who "didn't know it was loaded."

The lifter finally lifts himself.

TO KEEP PHEASANTS FROM BERRIES

WHEN pheasants eat berries, tomatoes and melons,
there is something to be done about it besides shoot-
ing the birds. The process of shooting, besides being
illegal, is highly discomforting to the birds. T. G. Hodg-
kins, president of the Federation of Improvement Clubs of
southern Alameda county, recently wrote to the California
state division of fish and game, complaining that berries
and tomatoes in his community were being picked by the
birds. John L. Farley, executive officer of the division, re-
plied that "it has been found that a few vessels of water
in a melon or tomato field, particularly in the section
through which pheasants make their approach, will stop
the trouble. The pheasants pick at these crops to secure
water, and not because of their taste for the fruit or
vegetables."

The secret of success lies in embracing every opportunity.

DROUGHT DRIVES NATURE INTO BARNYARDS

DROUGHT is forcing nature into the barnyards of man.
Wild ducks nested on a slough near Regina, Sask.,
Canada, but the slough dried up soon after the hatch.
One mother duck with her fluffy brood made a trek of a
mile to a farmyard pump. The babies couldn't reach the
water in the trough, so the mother duck, according to the
Regina Leader, immersed herself, jumped out, and the baby
ducks were seen sipping water from her feathers. The
sympathetic farmer's wife filled a large pan and put it in
the barnyard. The little ducks couldn't scramble in, so the
mother duck managed to dump her brood into the drink.
The ducks remained near the water supply, showing little
fear of the woman. Deer and other animals are coming
into watering troughs in Montana barnyards at night.
Tracks are reported in many localities.

"All men are equal before fishes." — Herbert Hoover.

IDAHO SETS ASIDE 3,379,700 ACRES

IDAHO has set aside 3,379,700 acres by legislative action
for protection and propagation of wild game. The game
preserves are scattered in all sections of the state, set-
ting aside winter and summer feeding range for game. In
addition to the principal areas, a number of preserves have
been created bv proclamations of the warden to take care
of emergency situations, these including the recently closed
section of Shoshone county and the section in central Idaho
closed last year as a reserve for deer forced to flee because
of fires. Fish culturing activities have been increased in
the last seven years, the report said, to where now 15.000,000
trout may be hatched and reared for planting in the streams
of the state, compared with about 4,000,000 previously.

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Montana Wild Life

Or Bears Is Bears

THE grizzly, or silver tip, is as near
extinction as any other big game
animal in the United States, and is
one which most certainly should have
more consideration in our wilderness
areas and big game preserves. In com-
munities which were settled by stock
raisers it was right that the grizzly
should be exterminated, but in our mil-
lions of acres of mountain country there
is room for more of these interesting
animals. For the sportsman that de-
sires a real hunt there is no other
animal in the Rocky Mountains which
is more skillful in evading the hunter
or who can furnish the excitement that
a grizzly does.

The mother bear's habit of offensive
protection for her young, that is, not
waiting to be attacked before defending
her little ones, and the furious charges
of a wounded grizzly, constitute ele-
ments of danger to bear hunting that
a true sportsman enjoys. A wounded
grizzly is a quite different animal from
a wounded elk or deer. Most likely
the old fellow will start tearing through
the forest looking for the thing that
hurt him and more than a few lives
have been lost in the west from wounded
grizzlies getting to their man.

Some time ago I was commissioned
to kill two grizzlies for museum mounts.
I went out in the springtime just after
the bears had come out of hibernation
with a partner who was an experienced
hunter and a good shot. My partner
had a .35 calibre box magazine Win-
chester and I had a .256 Newton. The
second day out we sighted four grizzlies
about a mile away. We rode our horses
in a roundabout way to get to the lee-
ward of the bear. As the bear were
continually moving it was a nice stalk-
ing job after we tied our horses to get
within shooting range. Finally, after
about an hour's time, we sneaked up
on a little lake and saw our quarry
taking a bath. There was one old bear
and three two-year-olds, about three
hundred yards away and no chance for
us to get closer. The old bear waded
to the shore and looked our way, then
the three smaller ones looked, too.

The big one was the one we wanted
so as she reared up on her hind legs
I fired, the bullet striking her in the

front leg just left of the breast bone.
All four bear ran into the shelter of a
small patch of trees through which
were scattered some large boulders. My
partner and I advanced to the small
lake and he got a shot at the old bear
as she was coming back through the
trees to meet us.

His bullet struck her in the mouth
but did not reach the brain. She then
charged and I shot her through the
belly. Within forty feet of my partner
she lay down, pretty well weakened _by
the shots. In a few minutes we walked
up to her and I poked her with my gun
barrel. She made a determined effort
to get on her feet and I shot her in
the neck. When we skinned her out we
found her lungs, liver, kidneys and in-
testines shot to pieces, besides one
shoulder, head and several other bones
shattered.

The three others escaped and as it
was large bears that we were after we
did not look further for the two-year-
olds.

Just at dusk as we were going to
camp we sighted four more grizzlies
about two miles away chasing a bunch
of some eighty or ninety elk. These
bears were attempting to run the elk
into the river canyon, which, had they
been successful, would have resulted in
the death of a large part of the herd.
However, the elk escaped, thanks to
their superior speed, and the bears went
out of our sight behind a small butte
near the canyon.

We came upon them taking a bath at
a small lake with the largest one stand-
ing on the bank and the three smaller
ones swimming in the water. This
hunch proved to be an old female and
three two-year-olds, the same as our
forenoon bunch. We were within sixty
yards of them when we saw them at
the lake and we were still on our horses.

Dismounting, we crept to a little ridge
and shot the old female. She started

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to roar and the whole bunch of them
started <)ir way as fast as they could
come, the old one with one shoulder
shot away. We retreated a little to our
rear to a large boulder and had not
long to wait until they came, the crip-
pled she-bear and one other running
along the brink of the canyon. My
partner made adan dy shot that rolled
the big bear over the brink into the
canyon where she tumbled for five hun-
dred feet and then crawled to within
two yards of the water's edge before
stopping.

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No love lost here.

Here they
tographer.

come, straight for the pho-

The next morning we climbed down
in the canyon to the old bear, which
proved to be a battle-scarred veteran —
three toes were missing from one foot,
evidently from being caught insecurely
in a steel trap; her tongue was almost
slit in two from an old wound of some
sort, and her teeth were worn to the
gums, probably from biting on the steel
trap. We could not help but admire
the courage and grit the old girl had
displayed.

Both of these old bears' stomachs
were full of elk meat with a small
quantity of grass and roots. However,
at another time in the same region I
skinned four grizzlies and found little
else but grass, roots and oats. The
oats had been put out for wild geese.
Grizzlies are very fond of oats and will
break into a strong bin to secure them.
At certain times of the year their diet
consists largely of grass and roots. In
the spring when first coming out of
hibernation they have been known to
kill fully grown cow elk and buffalo,
and of course kill and eat calves to
some extent.

It is not easy for a bear to find the
elk calves as the calves have no scent

Montana Wild Life

11

and when hidden in the tall grass or
brush the bear must hunt tor them by
sight, just as a man, with the disad-
vantage of a very limited range of
vision due to their carrying their head
so close to the ground.

The bear should not be exterminated
because they destroy the young of some
of the other animals, no more so than
the elk should be killed off because
they eat the food of the deer or moun-
tain sheep. All are game animals and
should be managed so that all can ex-

He's on the run and knows where he':
going.

ist in goodly numbers. Even the preda-
tory animals such as the wolf, co„ ote
and mountain lions, have a definite place
in game management and particularly in
the large wilderness areas should not
be exterminated.

There are at least two species of griz-
zlies in the Rocky Mountain region of
Montana, the plains species — Ursus hor-
ribilis horribilis — and the mountain spe-
cies— Ursus horribilis bairdi. The plains
species is the larger in size but less
numerous than the mountain species,
due probably to its being forced from
its natural habitat of the plains and
foothills to the mountains where living
conditions are not so favorable to it.

The usual number of cubs to a litter
is three but a new littre is born to the
same female only once in two or three
years, and the mortality is high, so that
only a very slow increase is noted in
the mountainous areas where trapping
and hunting with dogs are not prac-
ticed.

Grizzlies are not the easiest animals
to study on their natural range, for,
while their eyesight is not remarkable,
they have good hearing and a wonder-
fully keen sense of smell, and are very
restless — being almost continuously on
the move. Furthermore, there is a great
amount of individualism in the grizzlies
and the actions of one does not always
hold good for the next one seen. As
with many other members of our wild
life family, the things we do not know
about the bear number far more than
the things we do know.

To watch a big fellow turn over small
rocks and lick up the insects he finds
underneath, hunting for grub worms in
rotten logs, digging roots, searching the
sage brush thoroughly for an elk calf
or doing some other homely little thing,

a person would hardly think him ca-
pable of tackling a full grown cow elk
or buffalo to satisfy his hunger.

Long persecuted as a predator, the
number of grizzlies grew alarmingly
small. With his proper worth in game
management recognized and his value
as a game animal from a hunting stand-
point realized, some protection has been
given him and the danger of complete
extermination is not now so great.
However, there are still some people
who would like to kill all the bear in
order to have an increased number of
elk, deer, sheep, etc., without realizing
that a well balanced animal life in a
mountainous, unsettled region is essen-
tial to the long-time perpetuation of all
the species.

A COMMEKCIAL NOSE

Customer: "My, what smells so?"
Hebrew Merchant: "Do you smell it,

too?"

Customer: "Yes, what is it?"
Hebrew Merchant: "Business. It's

rotten."

Judge: "What possible excuse did
you fellows have for acquitting that
murderer?"

Juryman: "Insanity."

Judge: "Really? The whole twelve
of you?"

Adam: "Wonderful night, a beauti-
ful girl — what a combination!"

Eve: "Goodness! Is that showing?"

Just a Fishin' an' a Thinkin'

A FELLER can't think up no deviltry when he's fishin'. This beauty spot is
a nook on Rock Creek below the dam on the Deer Lodge National Forest.
The picture was taken by Kenneth D. Swan of the Forest Service and de-
picts an ideal spot in the hills where dull care may be given a terrific drubbing.
Look at that water, the cascades, the hills, the peaks — and smell the balsam.

12

Montana Wild Life

. - . ii.*».»-. : • .fiat&ss

THt OLD FLIVVER GROANS UNDER.
THE WEIGHT AS IT CRAWLS SLOWLY
DOWN THE. STR.EET 3

-O MALLARDS MEAR MIME PIPES RE5ER.VOIR--0

By A HUNTEB'S WIFE
Mrs. J. B. Halm, Missoula

1 FIRST heard of hunting back in my
high school clays. The girl I chummed
with had two older brothers who made
a great ado about hunting every fall in
the woods of northern Minnesota; it
meant little to me then. It was out in
Montana, a few years later, that the
true meaning of the word "hunting"
was impressed upon my mind. A young
man on his knees, says, "Sweetheart,
I love you more than anything in ths
world," but he forgot (purposely, per-
haps), to except the one thing that
means more than life itself to him —
duck hunting. I have learned that
since

This famous duck hunter' is most
sadly afflicted with duckitis. Never
heard of duckitis — that peculiar malady
which so baffles the wisest of hunters'
wives? It seems that most "bird hunt-
ers," sooner or later, are prone to de-
velop symptoms of duckitis. There is
no known remedy for this persistent
disease — at least, I have never heard of
any. It is very contagious; like an
agent, it misses not a dwelling; the
whole community is visited by duckitis.
The worst stage of this uncontrollable
malady is in the fall of the year during
the "bird season," especially week-ends
when every hunter in town has made
himself conspicuous by his absence.

"Going AGAIN?"

Yes, for the steenth time since the
season began, my husband was going
hunting. Every Friday evening, bar
none, friend husband packs up his gun,
his boots, blankets, grub, shovels, de-
coys (until you wonder what he in-
tends to do with so many), ammuni-
tion to last a month of Sundays; I
almost forgot the boat — until the old
flivver looks like a beast of burden,
groaning under the weight as it crawls
slowly down the street, gradually pick-

ing up speed until the moving moun-
tain is out of sight. They are off for
two days of duck hunting.

Some time Sunday evening he returns
All the paraphernalia that was loaded
on to the car Friday evening is now
removed and placed in piles all over
the back yard. The long strip of can-
vas (oh, yards and yards of it), is hung
over the clothesline to dry; the spoils
of the hunt are carried to the back
porch by the exhilarant children who
are already showing symptoms of duck-
itis.

After distributing part of the hunting
effects to its proper place, my duckitis
husband moves wearily toward the
kitchen, dragging one heavy foot after

The Wild Duck

In the misty gray of an autumn day

Lay the tule-margined lake,
Dark, save for mirrored clouds at play.

No sounds on the dawn-calm break.
Anon, the flocks, disturbed by man,

Arise in clamorous flight —
In panic of escape began,

In strict formation gaining height.
The leaden pellets 'round them sing —

One finds the source of life
Beneath a swiftly moving wing —

Ended the flight, the strife:
Thus to an instant painless end,

Fitter than rending claw
Or pains that age and hunger send —

Yielding to nature's law —
This voyager that cleaves the blue,

Def ing wind and rain and storm,
Which in those airy realms we view

Is without peer in grace and form,
Into that black, oblivious night —

Betime the certain end of all —
From glorious, hopeful, beauteous flight,

Flutters to rest — the wild duck's fall.

A VICTIM OF- DUOMTIS -O

the other. Although famishly hungry,
and almost too tired to eat, he man-
ages to swallow a few bites of the
waiting dinner. All attempts at con-
versation are fruitless. Then duty calls:
the shotgun, which plays such a very
important part in duckitis, must be
cleaned. Placing newspapers on the
kitchen table, oil and rags, he very
carefully removes every particle of grit
and soot from the gun, rubbing and
polishing until the inside of the barrel
shines like a nigger's heel. After that
— bed, the wonderful haven of rest for
the weary hunter.

When the blizzards begin to rage and
the thermometer tries to beat all pre-
vious records, there is a lull in duck-
itis. About the first of the year the
disease has noticeably subsided and the
fever has almost gone down to normal ;
then some friend comes in to spend
the evening. The excitement and en-
thusiasm in relating past incidents and
plans for the new boat cause a relapse
and the fever jumps again to the dan-
gerous stage.

"Boy, when you sat down in the mud
just as that greenhead winged past us!
I'll never forget it. Ha! ha! You
sure were a sight."

" and when the boat hit the

snag and Frank was dumped into the
river — did you know he didn't recover
his gun until the following spring?"
*****

About the first of April a different
symptom of duckitis makes its appear-
ance in our family. It is not at all
common among duck hunters in gen-
eral, but has taken a very strong hold
on mv husband. Loaded with his cam-
era, the tripod perched on one shoulder,
he tramps around the lake shore and
numerous potholes, peering here and
there for ducks' nests in the hope of
finding some eggs or ducklings to
"shoot." These trips have not been in

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13

vain; he has some mighty interesting
pictures of the feathered tribe. Taking
pictures of birds in their natural habitat
is a most fascinating avocation, and my
duckitis patient does not take these
trips alone; the whole family accom-
panies him to the little hunting lodge,
the base of his picture studies. Here
the children are no more trouble than
at home; they have completed a whole
network of roads, bridges and tunnels
in the sand (not sand, gumbo), a few
feet in front of the . door. Mother pre-
pares the needs for the physical body.
The camera phase of duckitis is very
interesting and somewhat offsets the in-
tensity of the disease in the fall of
the year.

Another pleasing phase of duckitis is
noticed a little later in the spring.
After scouting about among his duck
hunting friends, my husband was able
to procure some wild duck eggs, and
proclaimed his intention of raising some
ducks in our back yard. When he got
the eggs, his work was done; it was
I who put them under biddy and kept
them moist twice a day. After four
long weeks they hatched, all but one
which got broken. A lot of time I
spent watching and feeding those duck-
lings. Who wouldn't love those fluffy
little creatures with the broad bills?
(Was duckitis getting me, too, I won-
dered.) How they enjoyed splashing
around in the little pool in our back
yard, while the poor, almost distracted
mother hen would plead and scold in
an untiring effort to coax them from
the water. Such independent little crea-
tures! Later on we accidentally discov-
ered their great fondness for angle-
worms. After that every member of
our family could be seen hoeing and
digging in the weedless garden to fine
angleworms to satisfy the ravenous ap-
petites of those ducklings. When my
sister, a stenographer in a big eastern
city, came to visit me that summer,
she, too, spent much of her time in
the garden with a spade, the baby ducks
at her feet. Is duckitis catching?

"You'll never know what duck hunt-
ing is until you have live decoys." So
spoke a hunter friend to my husband.
That fall our nine pet mallards went
hunting; they, too, had duckitis in-
flicted upon them. However, it had no
bad effects upon them; they are all as
great pets as ever.

And now, a year after our first expe-
rience with baby ducks, the six hen
mallards have nests of their own scat-
tered about the chicken yard. When
each one brings off her brood we will
feed them until they are old enough
to shift for themselves; then my hus-
band intends to put bands on them and
release them. We. couldn't possibly af-
ford to feed so many ducks just for
pets and hunting decoys. And, too, one
hears so much these days about con-
servation and propagation. What would
the future of duckitis patients be with-
out any ducks?

Boy: "Dad, I sold my dog for $10,-
000."

Dad: "Great guns, you don't mean
you got $10,000 for that worthless
hound?"

Boy: "I made a good deal— I got
two $5,000 cats in trade."

Raising Quail by
Electricity

AFTER fifteen years of painstaking
labor and experiment, W. B. Cole-
man of Virginia announces suc-
cess in artificial breeding of bobwhite.
"But," says Coleman, "I use no quail
mothers and no domestic hens. Every
chicken is banned from the game farm."
This eliminates poultry diseases.

Everything is done by electricity. The
quail eggs are hatched in electric in-
cubators holding 5,000 eggs and the baby
quail are brooded in electrically heated
brooders elevated three feet above the
ground. The average hatch last season
was 79 per cent and over 68 per cent
of the birds hatched were reared to ma-
turity. Over 4,000 quail were raised.

The quail chicks are kept in elevated
runs and are not allowed to step on
the ground until fully grown.

A saddle trail is the longest possible
distance between two "lints.

This one is from a corporal who
just came back from furlough: "While
I was at the depot waiting for my
train, a Jew walked up to the ticket
window and said: 'What time does the
train go to New York?' 'Six forty-nine,'
said the ticket agent. 'Make it six
thirty and I'll take it,' said the Jewish
gentleman."

TWO of the big native trout caught
by Bert Campbell, Jr., in the Big
Blackfoot, near Lincoln. Bert is
only eleven years old, but is becoming
an expert with the rod.

COULDN'T PRODUCE

Wifie: "I saw a charming dress to-
day that I could get for a song."

Hubby: "But, my dear, really you
can't sing."

A motorist,- fixing his tire,
Said, "These trees give the shade I re-
quire."
Tossed a cigarette stump
In a dry poplar clump
And started a seven day fire!

FAIR ENOUGH?

Riding Master: "What's the idea of
scratching your neck in class?"

Pupil: "Well, I was the only one that
knew it itched."

The pleasantest angling is to see the
fish cut with her golden oars the silver
stream. — Shakespeare.

A SHIRT TALE

"Anything besides collars, ties and
handkerchiefs, sir? How about some
nightshirts?"

"I ain't no society rounder, young
feller; when night comes I go to bed."

ANSWER POSTPONED

"Hello, old man! What do you
know?"

"Ask me next month. I've just bought
an encyclopedia on easy payments."

PROOF POSITIVE

Mother (proudly): I wish, my son,
that your father would stay home one
evening to see how well you behave
when he is out.

Sweet Young Thing: Are you in
town now for good?

Traveling Salesman: Well, I hate to
commit myself.

SET 'EM UP AGAIN

A little robin flew on high,
Upon our roof she flittered,

And as she laid a tiny egg,

"This one's on the house," she twit-
tered.

Jones was a druggist, and when his
wife ran away with another man he in-
serted this advertisement in the local
paper: "This is to notify the party
who so kindly relieved me of my wife
that I can supply him with liniments,
bandages, arnica, salves, absorbent cot-
ton, iodine, sleeping powders and
crutches at bottom prices."

Two farmers met on the road and
pulled up.

"Si, I've got a mule with distemper.
What'd ye give that one of yours when
he had it?"

"Turpentine. Giddap."

A week later they met again.

"Say, Si, I gave my mule turpentine
and it killed him."

"Killed mine, too. Giddap."

WELL KNOWN SLACKER

Willie: "Pa, what's a parasite?"
His Pa: "A parasite, son, is a man
who walks through a revolving door
without doing his share of the pushing."

14

Montana Wild Life

Coyote and Badger
are Strange Pals

STRANGE animal partnerships often
have been noted in Montana, but
probably the most remarkable of
all, according to naturalists, is that of
the badger and coyote, frequently seen
trailing together. The advantage of
this "friendship" to the coyote is easily
recognized, but what benefit the badger
can possibly hope to derive isn't clear,
because the coyote never has been noted
for his generosity along any line. In
fact, the badger is used by the coyote
as a "tool."

However, these two animals often are
seen together and the coyote often uses
a badger den in which to raise its
younp-. The badger is noted as a good
digger and makes a warm home. Ob-
servers declare it is nearly impossible
to pull or drown a badger out of his
den because of the animal's strength
and cunning. Using its body as a dam
by expanding itself, a badger can stave
off indefinitely attempts to drown it out
of its home and likewise makes it dif-
ficult to pull it out.

The badger and coyote often go catch-
ing "-ophers together, but invariably the
coyote gets the better of the deal. The
badger, always a good digger, chases
its quarry into the ground, rapidly dig-
ging after it. Soon the gopher, seeing
it is cornered, leaves its home by an
exit, where the coyote always is in
wait. The result is that the badger
does all the work and the coyote gets
the "bacon," and despite frequent
clashes, the friendship continues.

Irate Master (to negro servant):
"Rastus, I thought I told you to get a
domestic turkey. This one has shot
in it."

Rastus: "I done got a domestic tur-
key, sir."

Master: "Well, how did the shot get
in it?"

Rastus: "I 'specks they was meant
[or me, sun."

We'll banish all sorrow, and sing till
tomorrow, and angle and angle again. —
Plineas Fletcher.

INDISPENSABLE

"My friends," said the lecturer as he
waxed more and more eloquent, "if
we were to turn and look ourselves
squarely in the face, what would we
find we needed most?"

There was dense silence. Then a small
boy piped i'*\ "A rubber neck, mister.
Is that right?"

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Snagged Stream
Helps Fishing

STREAMS can be made more attrac-
tive to game fish by building snags
out of logs, brush and rocks. By
changing or slowing up the current
water pockets are formed, it is easier
for fish foods to collect or become at-
tached to the obstructions and areas of
shade and rest are established, accord-
ing to the American Game Protective
Association.

Restocking experiments carried on in
Michigan waters by the late Dr. Jan
Metzelaar and his successor, Dr. Carl
Hubbs, state fish research specialist,
have proved the value of the so-called
resnagging system of restoring fish to
small flowing bodies of water.

When nature is left to follow her own
method of taking away and rebuilding
the earth's surface, obstructions are
formed. These natural barriers have
been removed in many streams through-
out the country as a result of driving
logs, a desire on the part of land owners
to change water courses for landscaping
purposes or to make possible the naviga-
tion of small craft.

Dr. Metzelaar's survey shows that
fishermen using streams where resnag-
ging experiments have taken place gen-
erally approve the work. To snag a
stream does not mean to dam it up al-
together, but to slow up the water
course at convenient points.

HICKORY SMOKE

When I smell the smoke of burning

wood
I feel the urge of the gypsy blood,
And I catch the tang of primal things —
Of mem'ries older than me, of springs
When the savage danced in front of his

tent.
Oh, then my vagabond soul gives vent
To a whoop of war, like a sleeping

hound
Who growls as he dreams of raccoon

ground.

— Outdoor America.

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Salmon Swims
1300 Miles

EVIDENCE that certain species of
fish travel great distances from
their breeding areas is shown by
a Pacific salmon. After being marked
with a metal tag by the U. S. Bureau
of Fisheries in Alaskan waters, the
salmon was caught 1,300 miles away 44
days later in a Siberian stream.

For more than a decade the U. S.
Bureau of Fisheries has been carrying
on its marking experiments, using metal
tags each of which bear a serial num-
ber. Fishermen who return these tags
to the bureau receive 25 cents to $1,
depending on the specie of fish.

Marking experiments have shown that
regardless of how much salmon may in-
dulge the wanderlust they always re-
turn to home waters for the spawning
season.

Another way of marking is to re-
move certain fins in such a manner
that no confusion with unmarked fish
can result.

WHAT IS THE FASTEST ANIMAL?

What is the fastest animal in the
United States? According to tests made
in this country, the antelope is the
speediest animal. One registered 62
miles an hour for two and one-half
miles. An elk traveled at the rate of
52 miles an hour, while a deer stepped
it off at 47 miles. A coyote moved at
45 miles an hour.

"Hello, what's the matter?"
"I swallowed a dime. Do you see
any change in me?"

Outstanding

Are the trophies
mounted in our
shop.

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Montana Wild Life

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Above Par

Down where I live the fishin's good,

I'll tell the world!
There a little stream runs through the

wood
And out through fields, past hills o'

green,
The clearest and best I've ever seen.

The grass is curled

Along its banks,
And to the Lord I give my thanks
For its waters cool and ripples sheen.

Why, fishin's at its best down there!

Most any day
You can take your rod and leave your

care
At home, and slash the water as you

please,
Get tangled in the weeds or trees —

Fish as you may

You'll never catch
Enough to make a good sized batch,
But just enough to rankle and tease.

Of course we couldn't advertise

Our pretty stream.
We couldn't show the weight and size
Of great big fish and say that here
They hit most any time of year.

But it does seem

That through it all,
From early spring till latest fall,
The fishin' is good — and bound to cheer.

Here comes the trout that must be
caught tickling. — Twelfth Night.

Next morn they rose and set up every

sail;
The wind was fair, but blew a mackerel

gale. — Dryden.

"Is he a consistent man?"

"I should say so; he dresses up every
Sunday before he tunes in on the
church service."

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Secrets to Success

"What is the secret of success?" asked
the Sphinx.

"Push," said the Button.

"Never be lead," said the Pencil.

"Take pains," said the Window.

"Always keep cool," said the Ice.

"Be up-to-date," said the Calendar.

"Never lose your head," said the
Match.

"Make light of your troubles," said
the Fire.

"Do a driving business," said the
Hammer.

"Don't be merely one of the hands,"
said the Clock.

"Aspire to great things," said the Nut-
meg.

"Don't try to be too sharp in your
dealings," said the Knife.

"Find a good thing and stick to it,"
said the Stamp.

"Do the work that suits you," said
the Chimney.

The sea's our field of harvest,
Its scaly tribes our grain;
We'll reap the teeming waters
As at home they reap the grain.

IF TOU ARE LOST

If you find that you are lost, don't
get excited. Stop where you are and
if it is cold, gather up a lot of fuel,
build a fire and take things easy.
You'll soon find a way out or some one
will find you. Whatever you do, don't
start to wander away.

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The Creek

He

He made me just a little creek,
And bade me greater waters seek;
"Go straight and swift, my child,'

said,
"Until you reach the river's bed,
"Then with that stronger current bend,
And press on to the sea — the end."
I might arrive there in a day,
If I should never stop to play;
But there are lovely flowers about,
And so — I wander in and out;
I laugh and idle in the sun,
And seldom deeply, swiftly run,
And do you think that He will frown
Upon me, when He glances down?
Or will He modify His mind,
And smile a little, as I wind,
Knowing that some few drops of me
Must surely, some time, find His Sea?

"Did you tell her when you proposed
that you were unworthy of her? That
always makes a good impression."

"I was going to — but she told me
first."

Judge: "Have you appeared as a wit-
ness in a suit before?"
Witness: "Yes, of course."
Judge: "What suit was it?"
Witness: "My blue serge."

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BF. GERRY, a prominent and ac-
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• streams and a director of the
Billings Rod and Gun Club, has been
engaged as Secretary of the Montana
Sportsmen's Association, according to
announcement made by Glen A. Smith,
chairman of the governing board of the
state association.

In speaking of the work of the Mon-
tana association, Mr. Smith referred to
the many matters of importance to Mon-
tana that have been fostered by the
association and the State Fish and Game
Commission, among which is the out-
standing work in securing congressinal
appropriation of $150,000 to acquire win-
ter feeding grounds for wild animals in
the Yellowstone valley just north of
Gardiner, Mont., and the establishment
of the warm water fish culture station
at Miles City, which is said to be the
largest and most successful culture sta-
tion in the United States. From this
station several carloads of fish of the
warm water variety are distributed in
streams of eastern Montana.

PLANT DUCK FOOD

SPORTSMEN of the Harlowton area
have planted duck food. Beginning
at Selkirk they selected suitable
places down the river, including small
lakes and the rearing ponds as far east
as Shawmut for the work. The plant-
ing was done under the direction of
Game Warden Plank. The consignment
consisted of 4,000 sago pond plants and
2,000 wapato duck potato, and was
received direct from the Terrell aquatic
farm at Oshkosh, Wis. If results are
obtained here as in other places an im-
portant increase in the duck flight in
this territory is expected. Among those
who assisted in the work were A. A.
Martin, Oscar Biegel, Elmer Nissen,
Theron Hicks, George Phillippe, Rusty
Mathews, Dr. F. R. Harrison, Arthur
Lee, Walter Wagner, Frank W. Brun-
ner. E. Elliott, Leo Labrie, George and
Fred Hanzlik.

A Pledge From Libby

HUNTER'S ERROR FATAL

CHARLES MONTGOMERY. 39, Cen-
tennial Valley rancher, was killed
when his shotgun discharged as he
pulled it through a fence. Montgom-
ery's 12-year-old daughter, Roberta, ran
three miles to a ranch house for aid
but her father died within a few min-
utes. Montgomery's ranch is near Mon-
ida. He was married. Roberta was the
only child. His death marks the first
fatality of the hunting season which
opened September 16.

CLUB AT HOT SPRINGS

HOT SPRINGS, one of the greatest
of the state's recreational centers,
has a live rod and gun club. Jim
Crowley is president and William Win-
ston is secretary of the group.

As a member of the Libby Rod and
Gun Club, I pledge myself to be a true
sportsman and as such to:

1. Never shoot at any game animal
from a road.

2. Discourage the practice of "meat"
hunting.

3. Report to rod and gun club or
state officials all cases of law vio-
lation that come to my knowledge.

4. Be an honest fishermen and give
small fish a chance.

PET DEER GROWS PEEYISH

JOE BELL, a rancher who lives on
the north side of the Missouri River
near Wilder, has a tame deer. It
was a great pet when small but now
it is more than two years old and is
michievous and the family considers it
a nuisance. It is so gentle that it al-
ways 'stands around the children, fol-
lowing them like a dog, but when it
is teased or tormented by the small
bojs it strikes at them with its front
feet.

Mr. Bell was afraid it might harm
the boys. He decided to give the deer
away but neighbors who had gardens
would not consider taking it. Finally
Jack Kemsing, a farmer living more
than 10 miles from the Bells and across
the river from them, consented to take
the animal. Mr. Bell loaded it in his
car and took it to Hemsing's. It stayed
there a few days but disappeared. The
next time Hemsing went to the Bell
ranch he was greeted at the gate by
the deer. It had found its way home
and had swum the Missouri River.

BILLINGS FOR $3 LICENSE

PROPOSED legislation to increase the
cost of general fish and game
licenses from $2 to $3 annually has
been recommended by the Billings Rod
and Gun Club, at a recent meeting.

R. A. Prater was elected to fill the
unexpired term of B. F. Gerry as a
director of the club. Mr. Gerry recently
was appointed as field secretary of the
Montan Sportsmen's Association.

The action of the board of directors
in authorizing the construction of a
clubhouse was ratified by the club,
which also sanctioned the issuance of
104 life memberships which were dis-
posed of to raise funds for the new
building.

The clubhouse now is being erected,
according to a report submitted before
the meeting, and it is hoped that it
will be ready for dedication Thanksgiv-
ing day.

PLANT BASS NEAR HELENA

THROUGH the efforts of the Lewis
and Clark Rod and Gun Club about
6,000 fingerling black bass secured
from the- hatchery near Miles City have
been planted in Holter Lake, near Hel-
ena. State Game Warden Robert H. Hill
helped the club to obtain the shipment,
which was distributed from a small boat
at intervals near the shore. N. D. Hil-
ger assisted in distributing the fish near
Hilger's Landing.

The rod and gun club last spring
planted about 100,000 loch leven trout
in the same lake. These have thrived.
The bass and the trout get along well
together and when by planting bass as
an experiment the bass survived, the
larger shipment was secured.

Those who have angled for black bass
in lakes of the middle west realize that
the fish is one of the gamiest that
swims. It is a fighter and is known
as the tiger of fresh water. Stocking
of the lakes of Montana with bass has
been in progress for two years. Up
near the border a number of lakes al-
ready yield goodly catches as a result
of planting two or three years ago.

The wall-eyed pike, also a favorite
game fish in the middle western states,
has been planted in eastern Montana
waters and appears to thrive.

WATCH FISH SCREENS

EXPERIMENTAL fish screens, de-
signed to keep trout from going
into irrigation ditches, are receiv-
ing considerable attention in western
Montana, where several of the wheels
are in operation. Money for several of
these experiments was appropriated by
the State Fish and Game Commission.

FOR $3 LICENSE FEE

MEMBERS of the Thompson Falls
Rod and Gun Club would like to
see a higher non-resident fishing
license fee. They fish in territory that
is handy to the Idaho line, and many
sportsmen from the mining district near
Wallace and Kellogg come into the
territory annually. Addis Ainsworth is
president of the club and J. R. Adams
is secretary.

FUR FARM IS LEASED

HD. SIMMONS, owner
ager of the Bitter
• Farm at Corvallis,
his fox farm to Oscar C.
Hamilton for a period of
Mr. Paisley will place an
fox man in charge of the
foxes with which the farm
Most of them are silvers.

and man-
Root Fur
has leased
Paisley of
five years,
experienced
00 pairs of
is stocked.