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Herman Rausch Lacon 



John Kausch Lacon 



Huschnell & Bowling Lacon 



R 11 ban Ham Lacon 



Bud Scott Lacon 



John Beauchamp Lacon 



Philip Hodges Lacon 



John Cody Lacon 



T. A. Kizer Lacon 



H. Smith Lacon 



A. \V. Wallert Lacon 



Wm. Collins Lacon 



J. W. Mears Lacon 



Geo. Wiirster Lacon 



O. C. Hoffman Lacon 



J. Rcising Lacon 



John Cisco La(irange 



J. Bradbury L-iGrange 



A. Kincaid Beardstown 



Sherman Bell Beardstown 



C Cole Beardstown 



Tom Herron Beardstown 



Stark Phelps Beardstown 



Gen. K iley La( irange 



Chas. R ush worth La( jrange Locks 



J. Thomas LaGrange Locks 



Mat Rich Beardstown 



Sam Walters Beardstown 



Wallace Munngh Beardstown 



Reeves & Molenbrook Beardstown 



L. Hagerty Beardstown 



Archie Hill Beardstown 



S. Campbell Beardstown 



Henry Balduff Beardstown 



S. Moorman Beardstown 



Wm. Marsh Beardstown 



S. Burnett Beardstown 



Robert Crowe Beardstown 



Geo. Pate Beardstown 



L. Machelheo Beardstown 



Nash LaG range I^ocks 



A . Swan Beardstown 



C. Swan Beardstown 



Frank Swan Beardstown 



J as. Swan Beardstown 



J. Murier tSc Co Beardstown 



Harry (iranville LafJrange Locks 



J. Beekman LaCirange Locks 



Wren Clark LaGrange Locks 



F. Hicks LaGrange Locks 



J. McGomery Bearistown 



J erry Larhbrook Beardstown 



J. Bird Beardstown 



C. H. Waters Browning 



Sam Gibson Browning 



F. W. Dodd Browning 



J. H. Gibson Browning 



B. Breeden Browning 



Jas. Cfioper Browning 



Dan Walton Browning 



Sam Dofld Browning 



"Nlark Walton Browning 



A. C. Lane Browning 



Fred Sherrill Browning 



R. E. Lane Browning 



Philip Sherrill Browning 



Frank Weison Browning 



Bill Brown Browning 



Chas. Weison Browning 



Curt Skiles Browning 



Geo. Carlock Browning 



Lou Bryan Browning 



Chas. Douglas Browning 



F. M. Dray Browning 



John Waters Browning 



Geo. Fowler Browning 



Ward Aten Browning 



Oscar Fowler Browning 



Jas. Day Browning 



A. Eggleston Browning 



Frank Wilcox Browning 



Jno. Sherrill, Sr Browning 



Jno. Harrit Browning 



P'ields Harris Browning 



Jas. Thorne Browning 



Henry Olson Sparland 



Chas. Gorritz Rome 



E. Cisco Chillicothe 



Wm. Brown Chillicothe 



Chas. Bear Chillicothe 



P'rank Donville Chillicothe 



Chas. Brown Chillicothe 



J. Partridge Chillicothe 



H. Smith Chillicothe 



C. Barchley Chillicothe 



E. Spellman Chillicothe 



T. Hedlock Chillicothe 



Chris. Long Chillicothe 



CARP. 



As in former seasons, we find tlie carp well to the front, as an ar- 

 ticle of food and money producer, and we see no reason to find any 

 fault with them from any standpoint. 



We have given the subject serious and close attention because of 

 the great amount of unfavorable criticism it has received all over the 

 country, but with our knowledge of the real situation in regard to 

 them we feel that their introduction has been of real benefit to a large 

 majority of the public. Illinois, as has been frequently stated, is a 

 large state, nearly 400 miles in extent from north to south. It is in- 

 tersected in every direction by streams, adjacent to which -nve wide, 

 rich bottoms filled with lakes, shallow for the most part, and filltni 

 only by the overflows of the rivers. With thousands of acres of such 

 water six^cially adapted to the rapid growth of the carp, and used but 

 little by tlu; game fishes, why should it not be utilized in pnxiucing 

 good, cheap food for the people? It can not be done to advantage 

 with other fishes, so that nothing is sacrificed to the carp. The Illi- 



