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ASSISTANCE TO OTHEE DEPARTMENTS. 
Our officers are continuing to render all possible assistance to the 
Department of Fisheries in the enforcement of the Fish Laws; to the 
Department of Forestry in extinguishing forest fires; and to the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture in the enforcement of the Dog License Law. 
Such assistance is not permitted to interfere with the regular work 
of the Game Protectors, and while no large amount of energy can be 
devoted to any of these interests by any one officer, taken in the 
aggregate much benefit is resulting from such help. 
STATUS OF FUNDS. 
By reference to Financial Statements attached to the report of our 
Acting Secretary you will note that on December 1st, 1918, we had 
to our credit in the Game Propagating Fund in the State Treasury 
from license fees, fines, etc., a total of $293,451.06. The deposits dur¬ 
ing the year ending November 30th were $201,393.86, and the total 
expenditures from that fund $250,444.03, leaving a net balance to 
our credit in the Propagating Fund November 30th, 1919 of $244,- 
400.89. 
In the Bounty Fund on December 1st, 1918, we had a balance of 
$265,779.84 in the State Treasury. The deposits to this fund during 
the year ending November 30th were $186,909.06, and the total dis¬ 
bursements $78,365.02, leaving a balance of $374,323.88 to our credit 
in the Bounty Fund on November 30th, 1919. 
Your special attention is invited to the fact that this office during 
the past fiscal year collected and paid into the funds set aside for 
our use a total of $28,701.06 in penalties and fees for propagating, 
taxidermists, and other similar licenses. In view of the fact that 
our officers are each primarily an educational factor in the territory 
under his control rather than a collector of revenue through penalties, 
etc., the amount deposited with the funds of the Department during 
the year is rather surprising. 
We feel confident that the work of our Board throughout is in 
better condition at this time than was heretofore possible. Our field 
work is properly systematized and more people are constantly com¬ 
ing forward and lending assistance in a manner that is very gratify¬ 
ing. This is largely due to the fact that the sportsmen of the State 
more and more realize that the work of the Department is entirely 
for their welfare; that if the best possible results are to be attained 
they must actively co-operate both individually and collectively with 
the forces that are endeavoring to improve their pleasure and recrea¬ 
tion. Respectfully submitted, 
CHARLES B. PENROSE. 
President. 
JNO. M. PHILLIPS, 
W. B. McCALEB, 
H. J. DONALDSON, 
J. S. SPEER, 
GEO. D. GIDEON, 
Board of Game Commissioners. 
Attest: 
SETH E. GORDON, 
Secretary. 
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Harrisburg, Pa., December 1st, 1919. 
To the Members of the Board of Game Commissioners, Common¬ 
wealth of Pennsylvania: 
Gentlemen: I beg to submit the following Annual Report cover¬ 
ing the work of the Department during the past fiscal year, which, 
because of continual growth and larger field of activities, is of neces¬ 
sity rather voluminous in order that you, as well as the sportsmen 
ol the State and others interested, may obtain a comprehensive knowl¬ 
edge of the results obtained, although I am frank to admit that be¬ 
cause of the press of urgent administrative duties so suddenly thrust 
entirely upon me I am unable to do the work of the Department 
justice in this report. 
OBITUARY. 
DR. JOSEPH KALBFUS, NESTOR OF GAME AND WILD BIRD 
PROTECTION IN PENNSYLVANIA. 
Through the tragic and untimely death of our Chief, Dr. Joseph 
Kalbfus, when the automobile in which he was riding in the active 
performance of his duties, accompanied by E. W. Kelly, was struck 
at the Farley Road Crossing near Tiona, Warren County, about noon 
on Sunday August 10th, 1919, by an eastbound Pennsylvania Rail- 
road express train, the sportsmen of Pennsylvania and the interests 
of conservation throughout the United States lost a faithful, con¬ 
scientious leader with a wide range of experience and a fund of knowl¬ 
edge that can never be replaced. Through his death the Common¬ 
wealth lost one of the most earnest, conscientious officials ever found 
in public service and those of us who had the privilege of knowing 
him best have lost a staunch, loyal friend who was ever ready to 
lend a helping hand to liis fellowmen. I myself shall always con¬ 
sider it an unusual privilege to have been associated with him for 
a number of years as a co-worker and understudy, so to speak. 
Few sportsmen throughout the State know that while Dr. Kalbfus 
became Secretary to ybur Board on October 1st; 1895, and in that 
capacity executive officer of the Department, he did that work with¬ 
out recompense and without clerical or field assistance of any kind 
for a period of six years before an appropriation was made to pay 
for the services of a Secretary and that during that period he was 
compelled to spend a portion of his time at his dental practice to 
keep himself and family supplied with the necessities of life. Because 
of this condition he worked at his office late into the night foi 
months at a stretch to properly administer the duties of his office, or 
spent days of most difficult travel and faced untold dangers m the 
performance of necessary field work. 
Dr Kalbfus was born April 12, 1852, at Williamsport, Lycoming 
County and when a mere boy went to the western frontier, where he 
spent six eventful years, after which he returned to Pennsylvania, 
