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available to build at municipal cost; 

 and acting under such restriction as 

 might be necessary with regard to 

 placing, it is probable that public- 

 spirited citizens anglers of course 

 leading would soon subscribe the 

 amount required for a modest, sub- 

 stantial pier designed for, and dedi- 

 cated to, the time-honored Waltonian 

 pastime. As a means of promoting 

 health and happiness, with whole- 

 some food more readily obtained at 

 slight expense, it would be difficult 

 to name anything outside of abso- 

 lutely essential needs, that could be 

 more beneficial for the comparatively 

 slight cost. 



In connection with the establishing 

 of fishing piers, and of equal im- 

 portance to the angling fraternity, is 

 the annual restocking of the waters 

 with game and food fish adapted to 

 the local conditions. In this good 

 work, fortunately, state and national 

 co-operation can be assured, as the 

 Fish Commissioners are ever ready 

 to help restore depleted waters with 



