IN MEMORIAM. 



JOHN PETER FISHER. 

 John Peter Fisher, game expert of the California Fish and Game Commission, 

 with headquarters in San Francisco, dropped dead while hunting in the marshes 



near Los Bancs, on Sunday, November 26, 

 19i6. Apparently there was no presenti- 

 ment of death, as he left home in his usual 

 health and was as cheerful and jocular as 

 ever. 



Mr. Fisher was a native of San Fran- 

 cisco, being of a pioneer family. His 

 father came to California in 1848, and set- 

 tled in El Dorado County in the early six- 

 ties. Mr. John P. Fisher married Miss 

 Summerfield of El Dorado County, and 

 two children were born to them: a daugh- 

 ter, who died when quite young, and a 

 son, whose tragic death by accidental 

 shooting occurred when the young man 

 was but eighteen years of age. 



John P. Fisher was a lover of nature. 

 He knew the woods, the birds, and the 

 animal life of northern California as thor- 

 oughly as few men have come to know 

 them. He was an exceptionally well- 

 informed man. Always reading, observ- 

 ing and studying, he was able to thor- 

 oughly discuss a wide range of subjects. 

 He held many positions of trust, where an expert knowledge of men and 

 conditions was essential. For many years he was connected with the tim- 

 ber interests of El Dorado and adjoining counties, and the people of El Dorado 

 County twice elected him to the position of county clerk. He was promi- 

 nent as a national guardsman, and as such was recognized as one of the best 

 shots in the United States, his possessions including many medals and trophies 

 won in open competition. 



He was known and loved for his genial disposition. Few men could number 

 the sincere friendships accorded to him. No matter how he may have felt; no 

 matter his secret troubles or sorrow, it was always a smile and a cheerful word 

 from John P. Fisher. — W. A. Gett. 



PAUL SMITH. 



The following fitting words were spoken at the funeral of Paul Smith, one 

 of the commission's trusted deputies, by Assistant Executive Officer J. S. 

 Hunter: 



"It has been my privilege to be associated for several years with the man 

 whom we today have come to pay our last tribute of love and respect. I want 

 to emphasize that it has been a privilege, for it is seldom that in all the 

 multitude of people we come in contact with each day, that we find one in 

 whom we can entrust every confidence as we could in him. 



"In my association with him it was a pleasure to study the true nobleness 

 of character, sincere integrity and high regard for duty that permeated his 

 entire being. No duty was too severe, no task too hard; never complaining, 

 always giving the best that was in him, his life was such that we can take 

 from it a lesson that will make us all better men. 



"To the wife and baby girl I would leave this word: Do not think of him as 

 dead, but as one who has left all trials and troubles behind and who now 

 rests where there are no sorrows, no partings, but, in their place, eternal peace. 

 His memory is with you. Take consolation from the fact that his life was 

 upright, his character sterling, his every act above reproach. He lives in your 

 memory and in the memory of his friends and those who loved him." 



