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WARDENS' REPORTS. 



Report of A. Sites, Fish Warden, from January 1, 1903. 



Jan. 25 to 30, 1903— Trip to Pekin and Spring Lake. Took sixty-one set 

 nets, two seines, two trammel, the above illegal, under the ice, and fifty- 

 four pounds of black bass: turned over to State's attorney at Pekin. 



Six' days' trip on Illinois river 1 , en*!?? M& y 88> 1903— Went to Odin; 

 served notice to put fish way in dam. Visited Beardstowri a] id Bath. Every- 

 thing all right. At Pekin took up five nets, made one arreSt f° r illegal' 

 fishing; fine $25.00 and costs. At Spring Lake took five nets; turn<?<3 them 

 over to Sheriff Clay at Pekin, with those taken at Pekin. At Peoria i*fte* 

 seven nets. 



June 12, 1903 — Visited Mt. Carmel. Found no violations in my jurisdic- 

 tion. 



Aug. 2, 1903 — Trip to Jasper county. Made five arrests and secured two 

 fines; $47.25 each. 



Aug. 17, 1903 — Three days on the Sangamon river. Found five wooden 

 traps and destroyed them. I investigated the river from Centerville to 

 Mahomet. 



Trip to Thomasboro Sept. 1, 1903 — I investigated the violations as directed. 

 I saw John Clements. 



Trip to St. Joseph Sept. 3, 1903 — I went to St. Joseph and investigated 

 the violation. No evidence obtainable. 



Trip to Peoria and Spring Lake Sept. 26, 1903 — At Peoria investigated all 

 the fisheries and found them all right. At Spring Lake found many "viola- 

 tions. Took two trammel nets; turned them over to sheriff at Pekin. I col- 

 lected evidence that will convict four that used the nets three different 

 times. Will have warden at Havana prosecute them. The sheriff will 

 assist any one. The sheriff made complaint and arrests for fishing under 

 the ice last January. 



Oct. 31, 1903 — Twenty-two arrests, sixteen convictions, six discharged, 

 eighty-four nets taken. There are thirteen convictions under the new law, 

 two at Pekin before George Seibert, J. P., and eleven at Urbana before the 

 circuit court at the September term of 1903. The balance were under the 

 old law. 



Nov. 14, 1903 — Two arrests, one conviction, one discharged; $25.00 fine 

 paid. I have liberated about 140,000 pounds of all sizes of carp and buffalo 

 fish out of a crib in Swan lake, in Greene county. The fine was paid to 

 Wesley C. Chapin, police magistrate, at While Hall, Greene county. I also 

 took a box of fish from the express company at Jacksonville. They were not 

 billed properly. They were shipped from Chicago to Jacksonville. 



Nov. 21, 1903 — Three trammel nets taken. I made trip to Pekin, Mossville, 

 Rome, Chillicothe and Henry. I found no small fish until I got to Henry. 

 I found a barrel above the ice house and I went to Henry to get a dray. 

 While I was gone they disappeared. I got two trammel nets near Moss- 

 ville; two at Peoria. 



Nov. 28, 1903 — Three trammel nets taken. At Spring lake found one 

 trammel net, which I took and delivered to the sheriff at Pekin . Then I went 

 to Hennepin lake. I found a great many violations, but by request of the 

 State's attorney and the club I did not interfere with them, as they want to 

 get all the charges against them that they can, as they have their nets out 



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