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BY 
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' ' SETH E. GORDON . • ' 
Secretaty, Game Commission 
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Mr. Chairman and Fellow Conservationists; 
The subject that has been assigned to me* like all con- 
servation problems, is so large that it cannot be ’covered thor¬ 
oughly in the brief space of time available. Since there are 
several Members of the Board of Game Commissioners present* I will 
discuss most of the various questions briefly and leaf® sufficient 
time for further enlightenment on any phase by said Members of the 
Board if they desire. 
CREATION OF GAME COMMISSION 
To give this discussion a proper setting, it will be 
necessary to give a brief resume of the work of the Board in the 
past. This Board, as most of you know, was established by the 
Legislature in 1895 a t the instance Of sportsmen's organizations, 
especially the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen, founded in 1890, here 
represented by several delegates. The sportsmen at that time re*T 
al-ized that in order to hand down to posteriry some of the things 
they were enjoying, it would be necessary to band together if they 
hoped to bring about desired results, and after five years of ef¬ 
fort the Legislature was prevailed upon to pass the law establish¬ 
ing the Board of Game Commissioners. No appropriation of any 
sort was made by the Legislature of 1895 f°r the use of the j^oard, 
and after the Governqr had appointed six prominent sportsmen to 
compose the Board, they experienced a great deal of difficulty in 
finding someone capable who was willing to take up the herculean 
task then confronting them wjfhout a salary. Finally one of the 
leading sportsmen in the movement to establsih the Board was pre¬ 
vailed upon to undertake it, and for six successive years that 
nestor of Penn sylvania sportsmanship, Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, faith - 
fully and fearlessly discharged his duties without a.single cent 
•of remunerationT for many years thereafter he received a very 
meager salary, and at no time received a salary in .keeping with 
the duties devolving upon him. As-a.closing chapter tp his bril¬ 
liant career, Dr. Kalbfus on August 10th* 1919 sacrificed his very 
life for the cause we here represent today. 
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