THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. 
Proceedings under the rule that the proper functions of public 
officials is the service of the people, the Game and Fish Department has 
maintained the unvarying policy of serving as many people as possible 
who came within the scope of the department’s activities. Adhering 
closely to your demand for economy and efficiency in official work, the 
department has developed a State wide organization that is producing 
practical results at a comparatively small cost. 
All people on the pay roll of the Game and Fish Department are 
actively engaged in the performance of the special duties to which they 
have been assigned, and the work is so organized that it is possible to tell 
from day to day just what is being done in every branch of the depart- 
ment. 
The State is divided into seven game districts, each of which is pre- 
sided over by a district warden. The deputy w ardens, working under 
the direction of the district wardens, receive their instructions from 
time to time and report daily either in person or by postal card, showing 
in a brief way the territory covered, the character of work done, and the 
plan of work contemplated for the following day. 
By this method a daily record is made of the work done by all the 
deputy wardens in the department. These records made in each of the 
districts are on file in the offices of the several wardens and may be seen 
at any time by any one authorized to inspect them. 
ixcept for a few special deputy wardens, appointed by Ne 
of law during the busy seasons, all the wardens and deputy wardens are 
Civil Service appointees. Under the system of organization and opera- 
tion the Civil Service Commission may know at any time just what 
service the wardens are rendering the State. 
Under the present method of organization violations of the game 
and fish laws have been greatly reduced below that of previous years, 
when a well organized, working system was not in force. Protection awe 
has been given our upland game birds and water fowl during the past 
three years is almost entirely responsible for the increase of game birds 
at this time noticeable throughout the State. 
In addition to protecting the game birds and game animals of the 
Bee, the department has paid a oreat deal of attention to the nongame 
birds. Wholesale destruction of song birds and insectivorous birds of 
all aie is no longer possible in the State. Because of the protection 
afforded this class of birds they are more numerous at this time than 
they have been for many years. 
The plan of propagation of g game and nongame birds, through the 
medium of game reservations is proving a most ‘economical and effective 
means of maintaining the supply, and when the plan is fully developed 
so that practically each county will have its bird reservation, a notice- 
able increase in all kinds of birds may be expected. 
