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MONTANA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



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It may be well in this connection to sound a warning against the 

 discouragements incident to the dead levels of attainment in educa- 

 those periods when, regardless of the time, energy 

 forth, no apparent progress is made, and we are 

 that we are wasting our efforts along these lines, 

 of these dead level periods reveals them as times 

 unification and crystallization of sentiment, which 



tional progress, 

 and effort put 

 inclined to feel 

 But the history 

 of accumulation, 



later springs forth and attains a momentum that carries the edu- 

 cational program onward and upward to new levels of accom- 

 plishment. So let us welcome these dead level periods and make 

 the most of them by being energetic and persistent in our work 

 along educational lines. 



Because of a decided shortage of funds this last year, there 

 has not been the personal contact with the clubs to the extent that 

 prevailed in former years, though visits have been made in sections 

 of the state not formerly visited. This is an important phase of the 

 educational work and one which can be made to yield splendid bene- 

 fits to the local organizations. 



upon the third biennial period since 



methods of administering the affairs 



there is apparently a growing senti- 



increase in the educational work of 



consideration is being given plans, which, 



the sportsmen's educational work in Mon- 



As we are about to enter 

 the adoption of more modern 

 of the si)ortsmen's department, 

 ment favoring a very material 

 the department. Serious 

 if carried out, will place 



tana on a par with the most progressive work now being done along 

 these lines. The need is urgent; the field in Montana is unlimited; 

 our resources are adequate for an intensive and extensive program; 

 the benefits to be derived are immeasurable. 



M. S. CARPEXTER, 

 Secy. State Sportsmans Association. 



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