The Frontier.
VOLUME LI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1930. No. 17
THE STATE CONVENTION
IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE
HOLD SUCCESSFUL MEETING
Last Friday, Saturday and Sun
day, a number of delegates from the
various chapters of the state, met in
the K. C. opera house in O’Neill and
held one of the most successful busi
ness sessions in the history of the
organization.
Dr. S. P. Cresap of Nebraska City,
president of the state organization,
with Miss Mildred Malone of this
city, secretary, called the convention
to order at nine o’clock Friday morn
ing. Following the invocation by
Rev. H. D. Johnson, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of this
city, Mayor C. E. Stout gave the ad
dress of welcome, presenting the
large key of the city to Dr. Cresap
in a pleasing manner; the Dr. re
sponded in behalf of the convention
in his pleasant and efficient way.
Dr. G. E. Condra, Dean and Di
rector of the Conservation and Sur
vey Division of the University of Ne
braska, spoke Friday morning at the
meeting, of the Izaak Walton League
on the subject of “The Conservation
Problems of Nebraska.'’ He told of
the Platte River becoming bone dry
in the middle channel, while the
eastern and western channels are
full of water; this is caused by the
fact that this section is underlaid by
gravel; the waters are draining off
and the underflow goes to make up
the Blue and Little Blue Rivers, and
are drained off into the Republican
too. The effect on wild life and fish
is tremendous due to this. If an in
vestigation now under way, proves
that reservoirs and the soil can hold
the flood waters, the river can prob
ably be made continuous and a reg
ular movement of fish and other wild
life can be made along its channel.
The lake levels must also be regu
lated so that wild life will not van
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The two-fold purpose of thickets
was shown when Dr. Condra told of
their value as a refuge for wild life
and also an aid against erosion and
loss of land.
Dr. Condra closed by calling atten
tion to need of good sportsmen ;the
contacts between the Waltonians and
ranchers must always be cordial; a
true sportsman does not destroy
property, nor does he wantonly and
carelessly kill and shoot at livestock
or horses.
Following luncheon Friday, Dr. S.
P. Cresap, president of the Nebras
ka Division, delivered his message to
the convention; he told of the prog
ress of the organization during the
past year; he stressed the fact that
it is a militant organization and is
set for the protection of wild life and
the out-doors; that it is furthermore
an ideal organization; that it is not
just a fish and gun club, as many
people think, but is idealistic in its
teachings of unselfish devotion to the
principles of conservation. Dr. Cre
sap referred to ex-President Cool
idge and President Hoover as each
ardent supporters of the Izaak Walton
league and each have expressed them
selves as regarding the League as
our most effective organization for
national conservation. Dr. Cresap at
this time asked that his name be not
considered by the committee on nom
inations for the office of president
for another year.
During the afternoon vocal selec
tions were rendered by Mrs. Hawley
W. Heriford and Miss Amolia Mer
rill, which were greatly enjoyed by
the convention.
Following is the address of M. K.
Reckord, general manager of the
Izaak Walton League of America,
whose home is in Chicago, Illinois:
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men:
The Izaak Walton League of Amer
ica, a national non-profit organiza
tion without political or religious af
filiations, is the defender of our
woods, waters and wild life, and is
saving the great out-of-doors of our
ancestors for posterity.
The whole country is interested in
the League’s program as never be
fore, and that interest grows by
leaps and bounds every year. The
call of the out-of-doors has not been
responded to at any time by our
people as it is at this moment, and
that call will be heeded constantly
more and more—but what is being
done to protect and perpetuate our
outdoor attractions?
The American tourists spend $750
; 000,000 annually within the United
States. The statistician tells us that
more than 40,000,000 people of this
country are constantly traveling the
highways—in Canada alone the vis
itors from our country spend over
$300,000,000 each year and it has
been officially stated that there are
15,000,000 anglers, hunters and trap
pers within our boundaries.
Just these few items alone prove
beyond a question of doubt the great
economic value of every effort to con
serve our outdoor resources.
One of the greatest believers in
the out-of-doors is President Hoover,
who has been Honorary President of
the League for several years. Our
President goes camping and fishing
and has stated that he does so in or
der to relax and return to the woods
and streams with their simpler life
of the frontier from which every
American springs.
If we are to continue this rather
strenuous fast moving life that we
are all leading today, won’t we have
to return to the simpler life of the
frontier ever so often to rest our
jagged nerves and relax from the
worries of our every day world?
Some persons call it recreation, but
isn’t it really “re-creating” our peo
ple so that they will continue to be
useful and better citizens?
The League, which was founded in
Chicago on January 14, 1922, by fifty
four far visioned men, has grown
tremendously and is recognized as
our country’s most outstanding and
authoratative general conservation
organization. Why is that? 11 is
because you, members of the League
and in fact most of our American
citizens realize that we are charged
with the trust of preserving our out
door resources for future genera
tions. You want your boy and your
girl and their children to have that
soul stimulant of the simpler life of
the frontier. You dread to think of
the consequences that would face our
children if they did not have the great
out-of-doors and if modern civiliza
tion were allowed to advance without
thought of conserving our outdoor
heritage.
Because of the strong membership
of our chapters, representative of
every part of the United States, tht
League has accomplished many con
servation achievements of a national
character. I am going to take th«
time to briefly mention a few of
these gratifying projects.
Your organization sponsored the
legislation which resulted in the set
ting aside of the Mississippi Wild
Life and Fish Refuge, an area ol
over 300,000 acres.
Other refuges which are of greal
importance were created by the state
of Wisconsin purchasing the Horicar
Marsh containing 40,000 acres, ant
the establishment of a permancrfl
> j lake and wild life refuge of 20,C0(
acres in the Cheyenne Bottoms in
central Kansas.
The restoration of Albcrmurle
Canal Lock in Virginia will also re
store 300 square miles of waterfowl
wintering grounds and bass waters.
The League took a prominent part
in securing the act of February 18th,
1929, authorizing an expenditure of
eight million dollars for a ten year
program to establish a nationwide
system of inviolate Federal Bird
| Refuges.
The great elk herd at Jackson Hole
Wyoming was saved from starvation
by the League raising $40,000 and
purchasing and maintaining 2,000
acres of hay lands.
Enactment of Federal laws to stop
the marketing of Black Bass over
the entire United States, and to pro
vide funds for hatcheries and labor
atory development devoted largely to
game fishes, are outstanding accom
plishments.
Of course you all know that the
saving of the Superior National For
est in 1924 as a wilderness area for
recreation, the only area of its kind
in the United States, was a huge task
for the League. This was the first
step towards making this magnificent
likeland territory located in Canada
and the United States an internation
al playground. The project was fur
ther advanced when our 71st Con
gress passed legislation that will con
trol natural water levels and protect
shoreline timber in this area.
I think one of the most appealing
conservation activities was the legis
lation which your organization se
cured for the reclamation of the Bear
River Marshes in Utah, thereby sav
ing from destruction millions of
waterfowl.
i l ne league nas assisted materiai
! ly in obtaining legislation for an ex
I tensive nation-wide forest purchase
i project, for which the Government
has allowed eight million dollars.
The destruction of outstanding
scenic assets of our country, such as
the Royal Gorge, in Colorado, the Po
tomac Falls near out national capitol
and the Cumberland Falls in Ken
tucky has been prevented.
The devastating Mississippi Flood
of 1927 seriously affected our con
servation programs in the Mississip
pi Valley, therefore, the League co
operated in drafting and securing the
enactment of national flood control
legislation for the territory.
This will give you a fair idea of
the scope of our broad natioapl pro
gram, and in addition, you nrust not
overlook the stupendous local conser
vation accomplishments by the chap
ters of the League which are located
in practically every section of our
country.
Your national headquarters is act
i ively promoting other national pro
! jects that when successfully complet
I ed, will still further protect our nat
! ural resources for the coming genera
tions.
You are proud to have had a part
in such a program—all of us are. I
like to think that the League is not
only consecrated to conservation, but
is also consecrated to the service of
humanity.
The Chapters of the League are
: the effectiveness and the force which
makes these accomplishments poss
ible—without the support of an act
ive membership in the local chapters,
your national organization would be
ineffectual, and the message I want
to leave wdth you is the necessity of
concentrating your efforts of giving
service to the community in which
your chapter is located, and interest
your citizens in being identified with
the League. Make your chapter a
real power in the community and
keep your members interested in the
obligations they have undertaken.
I cannot fail to mention the
League’s publication, Outdoor Amer
ica, which is recognized as the auth
ity on all conservation matters, and
is of vital interest to every person
who is giving support to the activ
ities of the League, or in any way in
protecting the God-given out-of
doors.
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know, to look over the long list of
distinguished and noted writers and
artists who are contributing each
month to this publication without one
penny’s compensation. They, like
such men as George E. Scott, presi
dent of the Izaak Walton Conserva
tion Foundation, which has been
formed to endow the work of the
League; George Edgar Vincent, our
national President; Willoughby G.
Walling, chairman of the executive
board, and thousands of others of
our American citizens voluntarily
give unstintingly of their time and
effort to further this great move
ment, and are saving the great out
of-doors of our ancestors for poster
ity.
W. C. Henderson, associate chief,
Bureau of Biological Survey, Wash
ington, D. C., addressed the conven
tion on the subject “Wild Life Con
servation Developments.” He very in
terestingly told of the development
of various species of game and wild
life in Canada and Alaska, as well as
parts of the United States. He also
j explained what the government is
i doing to promote the conservation
! program and the protection of bird
and game life through it? jurisdi*
j tion.
The convention, through Mr. Hen
I derson, is endeavoring to move the
closed season on ducks and geese
from September 16th to October 1st;
and to secure the services of a dep
uty game protector on the Missouri
river from Sioux City, Iowa, to the
eastern boundary of Montana.
A bridge party for the ladies who
accompanied their husbands to the
convention, was held at the Country
Club, Friday afternoon; the party
was sponsored by the O’Neill Wo
man’s Club.
Friday evening a band concert was
held on North Fourth street, west of
the Golden Hotel, in which the Or
chard, Page, Ewing and O’Neill bands
participated; there were fifty pieces
in the band under the leadership of
Dr. C. H. Lubker, director of the
O’Neill band.
At ten o’clock Friday evening, at
the Royal Theatre, Frank B. O'Con
nell, secretary of the Game, Foresta
tion and Parks Commission of the
state, assisted by George E. Condra,
state conservationist of Nebraska,
showed his moving pictures of Ne
braska Wild Life and explained them
as they were shown.
Friday evening was rounded out
with a balloon and confetti ball giv
en by the American Legion of O’Neill
at the K. C. opera house, with Stan
diford’s dance band furnishing the
music.
The convention listened to three
minute talks Saturday from chap
ters present, on Chapter Activities,
that was very interesting and in
structive. W. A. Rothschild, past
secretary of the South Dakota Divi
sion, gave an interesting talk on
what is being done in South Dakota
to promote conservation and the pro
tection and propagation of game and
fish. His talk was well received.
Saturday afternoon the convention
was addressed by Karl E. Mundt,
president of the South Dakota Divi
sion, who took as his subject “Wal
tonism, a Patriotic Obligation.”
During the afternoon Mrs. George
Agnes and the Reardon sisters ren
dered vocal numbers that were great
ly applauded.
Governor Weaver was unable to
address the convention as scheduled
because of an accident that occurred
at the state capitol building that re
quired his presence at an investiga
tion that day.
Ira D. Kyle, secretary of the Oma
ha chapter, and who is the president
elect, gave a very interesting talk on
Chapter Activities; he stressed the
fact that each chapter must have a
definite working plan, and the co-op
eration of its members as well as
from the people generally, to carry
on successfully.
Sheridan Simmons, one of the old
est sportsmen in the state who is
taking an active part in the affairs
of the Izaak Walton League, was
present and made an interesting ten
minute talk to the convention telling
o f his experiences i n Nebraska
among the buffalo in the early days.
The following officers were elected
for the coming year:
State President—1 r a D. Kyle,
Omaha.
State Secretary-Treasurer—M i s s
Mildred Malone, O’Neill.
Vice-Presidents—
1st District—John Flynn, Sr., South
Omaha.
2nd District—H. D. Swalley, Ne
braska City.
3rd District—Fred Gordon, South
Sioux City.
4th District—F. C. Pollock, David
City.
5th District—W. J. Nisson, Ox
ford.
6th District—I. A. Goff, Hay
Springs.
Directors—
W. C. Betzer, Lincoln
Chas. W. Kellar, Omaha
Art Baldwin, Fremont
A. A. Misck, Valpariso
D. M. Shaffer, Alexandria
M. F. Kirwin, O’Neill
Norfolk was chosen as the city in
which the next state convention will
be held.
The business session of the con
vention came to a close Saturday
evening with a six o’clock banquet in
the K. C. hall at which 150 covers
were laid. The menu was served by
the ladies of the M. E. church.
The following program was given:
All sing “America”
Toastmaster Rev. O. A. Fortune
Invocation Monsignor M. F. Cassidy
Nebraska Game, Forestation and
Parks Commission ....Webb Rice,
Vice-Chairman G., F. & P. C.
Address, Congressman Edgar Howard
Vocal Solo.. Thelma Riley
Wild Life Pictures Fred Gordon
—Menu—
Fruit Cocktail
Fried Chicken Vegetable Salad
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Creamed Peas Rolls and Butter
Olives Celery
Pie with Whipped Cream Coffee
Ice Tea
Sunday was Sports Day. A trap
shoot was held throughout the day at
the Gun Club grounds east of the
city where many enthusiasts remain
ed throughout the day taking part in
and watching the events.
During the afternoon K. M. Beegle
well known crack shot, who is also a
representative of the Peters Cart
ridge Company, was present and
gave a very fine exhibition of fancy
shooting, doing many shots that or
dinarily seem impossible. ,
Those who cared to make the trip
were taken to the Hydro-Electric
dam north of O’Neill on the Niobrara
river where they viewed the immense
proposition.
During the afternoon a bait cast
ing contest was held on a down town
street where the wind was not so se
vere.
In the one-half ounce event, Dr. J.
M. Perrigo, Norfolk, won first, and
Henry Marquardt, Norfolk, second.
In the five-eighth event Eddie Mar
tin, Fremont, won first and Henry
Marquardt, Norfolk, second.
In the contest for boys under 16
years, Earl Marquardt, Norfolk, won
first and Robert Lubker, second.
The three days program came to a
close with a barbecue at the Country
Club at six o’clock in the evening.
The convention from a point of at
tendance was not as large as it
should have been but from a view of
the information received and work
accomplished it was one of the best
conventions yet held by the Nebras
ka Division.
The business men of O’Neill re
sponded generously to the request
for decorations appropriate to the
convention and as a result almost
every window in the city was beauti
fully decorated.. It is impossible to
mention the windows individually
but we must say that many were
considered by the judges in their
summary before they finally conclud
ed that the bakery window was en
titled to the $10 prize for the best
decorated window.
RESOLUTIONS
In submitting its resolutions your
resolutions committee feels heavily
the weight of responsibility it has
been asked to assume and solicits
your full thought, discussion and
comment to the resolutions which
follow:
WHEHEAS, under the present
game laws of the state of Nebraska
the open season for shooting ducks,
geese and other migratory birds
opens on September 16th and at that
early date in the fall many birds are
stilt too young to protect themselves
from hunters and great numbers of
said migratory birds are slaughtered
only to spoil on account of the
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