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Is Sport
Worth It?
The delights of the sportsman
are too numerous to list. Every
person who reads this message
knows what it means to take a
a trout or kill a bass ... to flush
a covey of quail ... to bring down
a deer ... to hear a hound bay
at the tree ... he understands
the deep pleasure of the woods
. . . the zest of camping beside a
clear stream . . . the earthy joy
of tramping the fields.
But natu're does not always stay
in balance.
Through all the ages, man in
his migrations westward has
left a blight on many of the
earth’s most fertile areas . . .
Lands and streams once teem
ing with nature’s gifts have
been made barren by man.
When nature ceases to be in
balance we can no longer have
the beauties of nature—nor fish,
nor game, nor trees . . . not even
water to drink or use for power.
Often we cannot survive except
by moving on.
Only recently have we become
aware of the need for restoration
and replenishment . . . soil con
servation . . . forest and flood
control . . . vigilance against the
pollution of our rivers . . . breed
ing and feeding grounds for fish,
flesh and fowl. On these billions
of dollars have been spent. Much
more remains to be done.
It is all worth it!
A. L. BELLE ISLE
Atlanta Baggage and Cab Co.
Automobile Finance Co.
Belle Isle Airport Service
Belle Isle Realty & Investment Co.
Yellow Cab Co.
Harlem Cab Co.
Belle Isle U-Drive-It
Belle Isle Truck Rental System
Belle Isle Building
20 Houston Street, N. E.
Atlanta, Georgia
Patten Trophy
Is Awarded To
Dr. Eschmeyer
By LOU WILLIAMS
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—Dr. R.
W. Eschmeyer, one of the leading
piscatorial biologists in the coun
try and who does the fish research
for the Tennessee Valley Author
ity, won the conservation trophy
of the Tennessee Outdoor Writers
Association for the two-year pe
riod ending December 31, 1945.
Dr. Eschmeyer was selected by
the committee of judges from six
or eight nominations made by the
membership. He is he author of
the year round fishing theory in
TVA lakes. His research on fish
life and habits in Norris lake re
sulted in his recommending to the
Tennessee Conservation Commis
sion that the closed season on
game fish be abandoned.
The announcement electrified
the conservation world and re
sulted in numerous states follow
ing suit.
The trophy won by Dr. Esch
meyer is awarded annually by the
Association from funds made
available by Z. Cartter Patten,
prominent Chattanooga sports
man, and is known as the “Cart
ter Patten Trophy.” The first
award was made in 1943 to the
then Governor Prentice Cooper.
The Association was dormant in
1944, hence the two-year period in
connection with the Eschmeyer
award.
Wingfield Short Named
To Membership Group
SHREVEPORT, La. — Wingfield
Short, president of Walco Sport
ing Goods Co., in Atlanta, has
been named to the membership
committee of the National Sport
ing Goods Association, it was an
nounced by President Charles M.
Evans, of Shreveport.
Evans reported an unprecedent
ed progress of the Association,
and predicted that the 1947 show
and convention will be the largest
in its history.
Here are the committees and
members from the South during
the 1946-47 term:
Membership — Chairman C. L.
Higgins, Austin, Tex.; Wingfield
Short, Atlanta; Martin Thoss, Mo
bile. Legislative—Chairman Paul
F. Sheets, Clarksburg, W. Va.; C.
L. Higgins; J. W. Campbell, Jack-
son, Miss.; Vint Lawson, Memphis,
Tenn. Entertainment — Johnny
Lynch, New Orleans.
Small Mouth Bass
Large Mouth Bass
Shell-Cracker Bream
(Strawberry Bream)
Blue Gill Bream * Crappie
Live delivery guaranteed.
Write for prices and information.
Jas. H. Reeve Calhoun, Ga.
Muzzle - loading of firearms
reigned from the fourteenth to the
nineteenth century—five hundred
years, more or less.
Does YOUR Dog
“SCRATCH?”
A clean flea-free dog
may still continually
scratch, dig and bite
vhimself because of an
sintense itching irrita
tion centered in the
nerve endings of his
\ \. r tortured skin. HE IS
\ » IN MISERY and must
—\ scratch. Want to help
- '-»* him—quickly ?
Try giving REX HUNTERS DOO POW
DERS once each week. Used success
fully for years by thousands of dbg
owners to relieve the ITCH that makes
dogs SCRATCH. Trial Size 25c, Econo
my "size box—5 times as much—only
»1.00. JJ Q Hastings Co.
E. T. BALES HEADS
NEW ANGLERS’ CLUB
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—E. T.
Bales, sports editor of the Chat
tanooga News Free-Press, has
started a unique fisherman’s or
ganization. It is known as the
Sportsman’s League and is com
posed of clubs organized by com
mercial and industrial firms, much
on the order as these firms form
softball, baseball and bowling
teams. Ten dollars per annum cer
tifies 20 individual members of
any club or team in the League.
Most of the proceeds will go for
prizes for the fishing contest
among club members during a
given period each year. Bales says
the League, although just started,
already has 500 members and is
growing fast.
ONLY 68 POUNDS
DOZEN BIGMOUTHS—Lake Hiawassee, near Murphy, N. C., is one of the
favorite fishing grounds among Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina
anglers. Hubert Judd, L. R. West and W. M. Jones, all of Dalton, Ga., made
this catch of 12 largemouth bass at Hiawassee and called it a trip worth
repeating.
$275
f.o.b. Atlanta
Expert and Timely Repairs
CONSERVE
Material and Labor
TIP-TOP ROOFERS
“When you hear *drip-drop'
Call Tip-Top”
JA. 3039 ATLANTA 221 Marietta St.
GEORGIA PISTOL
SHOOT BILLED
AUGUST 10-11
The Georgia State Pistol and
Revolver Championship will be
fired August 10-11 at Fort Mc
Pherson, Ga., under sponsorship of
Pistol Club.
Major Edwin Harding, Jr., sec
retary-treasurer of the newly or
ganized club, said that elaborate
plans are being made to assure the
biggest match of its kind in the
South this year.
It will be a Class “B” N. R. A.
registered shoot, open to N. R. A.
members and others who purchase
a 25-cent N. R. A. credit stamp.
The proram will include 11 indi
vidual, two-team and five aggre
gate matches in .22, .38 and .45-
caliber weapons. Plaques, tro
phies and medals will be awarded
and limited quantities of ammuni
tion will be available.
Write or call Major Harding at
Fort McPherson for a complete
program.
ANGLERS AVERAGE 9
AT MATTAMUSKEET
LAKE MATTAMUSKEET, N. C.
—A total of 1,755 fishermen took
15,375 fish from this 45,000-acre
body of shallow water in Hyde
county during April, according to
Refuge Protector Warren Lupton.
This lake is more famous for its
goose shooting.
This is an average of over nine
fish per fisherman, a notable im
provement over last year. The lake
yielded 7,731 white perch, 2,489
carp, 1,932 crappies, 1,670 catfish,
1,053 bass, 414 robins and 86 blue-
gills.
Dr. Willis King, state fish biol
ogist, said that bass fishing shows
a decided improvement.
POINTER BROOD BITCHES
PILOT'S VILLAGE DIXIE, No. 379237. 2 years old July 4, 1946.
Beautiful white and orange ticked bitch. Weighs about 50 tbs. Dam,
Village Boy bitch; sire, son Air Pilot's Sam. Worked some last season and
did fine, but not quite finished. Would make fine shooting dog and brood
bitch. Only $200.
WAYNESBORO DIDO, No. 363776. Kennel name, Russ, a beautiful
3-year-old white and deep orange bitch, with finest bloodlines. Has
whelped one litter of nine and raised all. Offered only as a brood bitch.
$200.
I am sacrificing my two personal brood bitches to make kennel room
for puppies already here and more on the way. Four-generation pedigree
with each dog.
J. S. PACE, 721 CHURCH ST., MARIETTA, GA.
featherllght—yet, pound for pound, stronger than steel
—leakproof—with one-piece seamless molded hull I
This buoyant, beautiful boat is the ideal light craft for fishermen, campers,
hunters and outboard motor enthusiasts. You can carry it yourself (68 lbs.),
transport it on top of your car, haul it out of the water with one hand,
use it, turned over, as a leakproof shelter overnight.
SPECIFICATIONS
Length— 12 ft.; beam — 4 ft. j/j in.; weight — 68 lbs.; hull — Duramolded
mahogany or poplar; keel — white oak or ash; gunwales — white oak or
spruce; seats—(3) light aircraft construction to match boat; transom —
especially reinforced for outboard motor; finish — natural aircraft grade,
synthetic resin glossy; fittings -s— brass.
We take pride in offering to discriminating persons this indestructible ply
wood boat made by Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation.
CUTTER
BOAT & MOTOR CO.
1096 Peachtree St., N. E. Atlanta, Ga.
SOUTHERN OUTDOORS, JULY 15, 1946