Show ANNUAL MEETING OF GAME ASSIN lilt state game warden D H madsen gives fine talk tair to the local sportsmen 1 I do not know ot of an association in this state that is doing better work than the sox box elder fish game protective association especially is this true in respect to the operation cooperation co that thai this association has given the state department this was the opening statement ot of mr Ma maddens Mad deens sens talk to the local sportsmen in their annual meeting held tuesday evening in the box elder commercial club rooms ho he outlined in some detail pending legislation that would materially strengthen the state fish and game department the proposed legislation Is intended to prohibit the taking of any ot of the sportsmens sports mens money and placing it in the general fund mr air madsen stated at some had even suggested that all the sportsmens sports mens money be taken into the general fund and the budgeted back to the depart department departie me ut this would be untenable in the op opinion on of mr madsen ile he said that some people think that the only good that the sportsmen temen do is to provide themselves with good hunting grounds this is a mistaken idea As a matter ot of tact fact the only men that pay anything to protect the and pest eating birds that are so valuable to the farmer are the sportsmen of 0 this state the sportsmen are not thinking nearly so much about shooting the birds as they are protecting them in closing mr madsen stated that there was not a community in the state so BO small that he was not willing to come into it and render any service that he was capable rendering before mr madsen began his talk the thel secretary gave his annual report which showed that the association had planted trout in dox box elder county streams more afore that of these had been held in the headwaters of ef hailing creek and ted fed from april until december these were from tour four to seven inches long when released the association has also planted Ring necked pheasants the report gave a detailed analysis of 0 the growth ot of the local association from its organization in 1919 to 1924 the following officers were elected tor for this year president E claud jenson vice president john B D Mat mathias hlas as governors orvil jensen alt alf N olson george tiller sam jeppson M G hansen dan peterson and V H 00 oo |