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Illinois State Fish Distribution, 1897. 

 fish supplied to private applicants. 



John Pprch O'Fallon 



W.G. Willard 



John Bockpr " 



Afliuii Bechloff 



Alhert M. Mentz East St. Louis 



J. P. Campbell Chatham 



L. W. Chambers Jacksonville 



Henry Byatt Galesburg 



R. J. 0!,'lesby Elkhart 



Tom N. i)ounelly..Lake Villa (public water) 

 W. W. Bird — Kankakee river " '" 



Hon. H. H. Evans.. Fox river (Aurora) " 

 DuPage " (Naperville) " 



D. M. Eldarridge Be'videre 



Nic-k White Lake Villa 



M.S.Miller '■ 



T. B. Chambers Danville 



B. L. Tiilbor Monience 



Thos. McClintock Philo 



Prutsman Bros Floopeston 



Burrell Philips Hillsboro, 111 



C. W. Bliss 



Geo. L. Zink Litchfield. Ill 



John F. Craram Philo," 



Chas. Allen A Ivan, " 



Ills. Central R. R. (Reservoir) Rlonee, " 



Wabash R. R Sprinefiold. •' 



•• Lake Villa 



" East Dubuque 



K. Miller Barrington 



T. G. Fox Antioch 



F. W. Parker Jacksonville 



Jacob D. Ornellus Danville 



Vermilion Fish Club Catlin 



Wm. A. Church Monee 



Herman Sism'er Paston 



S. M. Wylhl Metamora 



John Schertz Poeohantuc 



Samuel Waller Carlinville 



M. (Jooney " 



O P. Smith Cornell 



C. F. Morris Farmmgdale 



J.M. Peck 



J. S. Lyman 



CARTHAGE LAKE CLUB. 



Situated on the western side of Hancock county are a number of 

 lakes and bayous. They were formerly connected with the river and 

 the height of water in them is affected by the rise and fall of the 

 river. They are now mainly cut off by the railroad embankment and 

 some changes in the course of the river. 



They are and always have been good fishing grounds. The title to 

 this marsh, in which these lakes are situated, has been acquired by 

 several clubs, and these possessions cover several thousands of acres. 



With a view to removing coarse or objectionable fish from these 

 deep lakes and taking the fish out of the shallow places on these 

 grounds and putting them into the deeper ones, a permit to use the 

 seine for this purpose was requested. 



This permit was issued under the conditions expressed, that the 

 work must be done under the supervision of a warden and an officer 

 of this club, making report to us of each day's work. 



This they have done, and we submit herewith their report, which 

 ■will be interesting in that it will show natural conditions existing in 

 lakes of that kind. 



0. H. Bell, President. 



J. T. Smith, Vice-President. 



J. C. Latham, Secretary. 



The Carthage Lake Club. 



BuRLiXGTON, Iowa, October 12. 1S!J7. 



S. p. Bartlett, Esq., Sujjt. Fish Commission, Quincy, III. 



Dear Sir: — As per your request for report on the seininfi: of Palm lake, i 

 submit the t'ullitwinu:: The lake was seined September I'l). under the direc- 

 tion of oui directors, and I was grreatK' surprised at the results. We placed 

 in Carthas:e lake fully fifteen hundred fish, six or seven huodred large enousfh 



