AMERICA'S GREATEST PLAYGROUND 



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Joe Nevil, Deer Lodge, Fishing on 

 IVIadison, 1916 



Stewart Spring Creek, Georgetown 



"Personally, I am unalterably opposed to any proposed plan of giv- 

 ing the federal authorities supervision of big game in Montana. I do 

 not believe that any of the natural resources of this state should be 

 placed under the supervision of the federal government. 



"I believe that the necessary authority delegated to the State Game 

 and Pish Commission would relieve the necessity of a hard and fast 

 rule that might be established by statute for the closing of streams, 

 particularly during the spawning season. 



"We stand for the screening of irrigating canals in order that the 

 fry planted at the expense of the sportsmen of this state may find 

 their abiding place in the many splendid trout streams in place of 

 being thrown upon the lands as a result of open irrigating canals, to be 

 devoured by the many scavenger birds to be found within our state. 



"We do not believe that the best results may be obtained by the 

 indiscriminate use of poisoned grain for the purpose of destroying 

 members of the rodent family. We contend that the greatest care 

 should be given in the distribution of poisoned grain, as we have had 

 an unlimited number of reports to the effect that large numbers of 

 insectivorous, singing and game birds have been destroyed as a result 

 of the sowing of poisoned grain upon wild lands, which has been con- 

 tended to be the only method whereby the rodent family may be dis- 

 posed of." 



