Jan. 24, 1889. J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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CLUB HOUSE OF THE FOX LAKE SHOOTING AND FISHING- CLUB, FOX LAKE, ILL. 



at Fox Lake is s$3 a day: for this the pusher will be at 

 your service from any hour in the morning until after 

 dark at night; he will, if desired, furnish his own boat, 

 decoys and blind, will do all the work if you are that sort 

 of a man, will clean your gun at night, and give you 

 what ducks he kills, which will be a good many mure 

 than you will kill yourself, George Beckwith and diet. 

 Howard are the two best pushers on the lake. They are 

 at the disposal of members of the Fox Lake Club, or of 

 any other gentlemen who may first bespeak their services, 

 though they don't like to go out with a tenderfoot. 



Enough has been said to show that the Fox Lake is a 

 body thoroughly conversant with the methods of having 

 a large-sized and wide-reaching good time. They go out 

 for fun, and they get it every time. The wives and fam- 

 ilies of the members come in for all of their share of the 

 good times, it being no part of the club policy to bar out 

 the ladies, but rather to make a pleasant home for them. 

 Some families spend five or six weeks or even two months 

 in the club house during the heated season, the heads of 

 the families escaping from business as they may, perhaps 

 two or three times a week. At such times tennis parties, 

 dances, fishing, boating, sailing, concerts and games of 

 all sorts come in for their share in this go-as-you-please 

 summer resort. Meals are ready at any time of the day, 

 the lake and all outdoors lie ready at hand, and one's 

 own sweet will is the only arbiter of his conduct. 



Besides being mighty men among the ducks, snipe and 

 rail, each in their season, some of the members of the 

 Fox Lake Club are noted anglers. Mr. Chas. F. Hills is 

 held to be the champion bait caster of Fox Lake, and 

 with his 80yds. jeweled Milan reel can lay out 150ft. of 

 G silk pretty nearly every time. Mr. Chas. E. Hyde, 

 the president of the club* is another angler whose head 

 is circled with a bright wreath of froggy fame, and many 

 others might be named if it did not seem more tit to wait 

 till spring before going into the fishing business very ex- 

 tensively. Mr. Hyde has a record of a 6Hbs. large-mouth 

 bass in 1886, and last year Mr. Hills killed one of SJlbs. 

 All the club fishing, or most of it, is done with the short I 

 casting rod, fine line and single hook and the bait of the 1 

 live frog. Bait-casting is coming rapidly into favor here, 1 

 and sometime there will be plenty to say about that. 



A regular steward and full hotel force are employed by 

 the eltth during the entire season, and at, the disposal of 

 these the best of the market is always placed. To go 

 toward the expense of this menage, each member pays at 

 the rate of $8 per week during his sojourn at the club 

 house. As these contributions do not always cover the 

 actual expense of this rather liberal plan of Jiving, any 

 deficit is made up by the members at the regular business 

 meetings. A guest may be invited by any member of 

 the club, subject to conditions named in the by-laws. 



The membership of the club is limited to fortv, and at 

 present is constituted as follows: Clias, E. Hyde, Presi- 

 dent: Geo. E. Cole, Vice-President; Dr. Chas. G. Fuller, 

 Secretary; Wm, D. Cooper, Treasurer; Victor D. Gowan, 

 Manager: Egerton Adams, W. L. Brown, A. P. Callahan, 

 Geo. T. Cook, W. J. Collins. Fred W. Croft, Dr. S. C. De- 

 Veny, David B. Dewev, Dr. Walter C. Dyer, Lawrence 

 C. Earle, Marcus A. Farwell, C. H. FoFter, F, A. Hardy, 

 A. V. Hartwell, Philip Henne, Dr. F. Henrotin, Chas. F, 

 Hills, John J. Knickerbocker, C. J. Mauran. Horatio ST. 

 May, Geo. M. Millard, R. B. Miller, Jas. A. Miller, Chas. 

 Morns, J. W. Nye. W. D. Porter, Geo. C. Prussina-, Fred 

 A. Ray, Leo Schmidt, W, R, Setieck, Frank "W. Stanley. 



Harold Smith, Henry L. Turner, J. H. VanVlissingen, 

 John B. Wright. 



This is a list of names very well known in Chicago 

 business circles, as well as in the sporting fraternity, and 

 as to business employments are truly many men of* many 

 minds. Mr. Hyde runs a big tailoring establishment; 

 Mr. Cole is a heavy stationer; Messrs. Cooper, Turner and 

 VanVlissingen are real estate men; Messrs. Adams and 

 Brown are interested in iron, and Mr. Cook in lumber; 

 Mr. Farrell is president of Oakwood Cemetery, and Mr. 

 Foster secretary of the Alton Railroad; Mr. Hills is sec- 

 retary of the Wright, & Lawther Oil Co. , and Mr. Selleck 

 is manager of the McCormick Co. ; Mr. May is a whole- 

 sale grocer, and Mr. Morris has an acre or two of build- 

 ings where he makes fireworks. But, whatever be the 

 diversity of business interests of the members, they meet 

 on a common plane when it comes to a long shot or a big 

 fish story, and in their outdoor home dwell in harmony 

 together. 



The Fox Lake Fishing and Shooting Club is a corpora- 

 tion duly organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, 

 and the purpose clause in its charter states its object is 

 '•recreation and improvement of its members in the use 

 of firearms and fishing tackle." This is certainly refresh- 

 ing, and a vast contrast to the reading of most corpora- 

 tion charters The charter members of the club, which 

 was organized in 1879, were Chas. A. Alexander, John 

 Addison, James W. Nye, Albert Willey and M. N. Bas- 

 se tt. The duties of the president, secretary and treasurer 

 are the ones usual in an association of this size. The 

 manager has custody of the property of the club. The 

 board of directors have general management of the 

 affairs. The three first-named officers constitute the aud- 

 iting board. 



It would be interesting, more especially for Jhe sake of 

 clubs purposing to organize, to quote the by-laws of this 

 association in full, but they must be abridged, as follows: 



The membershi p is limited to forty. To become a regular mem- 

 ber of the club a lady or gentleman must be duly proposed by two 

 members In good standing, be elected by the Board of Directors, 

 and pay initiation fee to the treasurer. If the pa vmen t is not 

 made within thirty days after notice of election shall have been 

 sent, said election may be declared void b\ the Board of Directors. 



Any member whose conduct shall be hostile to the objects or 

 injurious to tiie character of this club, or who shall willfully 

 violate- its by-laws or established rules, niav be suspended or ex- 

 pelled from the club by a two-thirds vote of the members present 

 at any meeting, provided that charges in writing signed by three 

 members have heen preferred, a copy of which shall have been 

 served upon him, and he shall have had an opportunity to be 

 beard in his own defense. 



The resignation of a member indebted to the club shall nut be 

 accepted. 



Membership in this club shall be transferable upon the approval 

 of the Board of Directors, and subject to the restrictions governing 

 the admission of new members. 



All interest in the property of the club, of members resigning or 

 otherwise ceasing to be members, shall be vested in the club 



The initiation fee shall be one hundred dollars until the mem- 

 bership shall have reached forty, after which it shall be one 

 hundred and fifty dollars. 



The annual dues of members shall be fixed and assessed by the 

 club at the annual meeting, in an amount not to exceed fifty 

 dollars per annum, and shall be payable within thirty days after 

 notice thereof has been sent. 



When the dues, or other indebtedness, of any member shall re- 

 main unpaid for the period of thirty davs after proper notice has 

 been given, his membership may be declared forfeited by vote of 

 the Board of Directors, and he shall thereupon cease to be a mem- 

 ber of the club. A member thus forfeiting his membership may- 

 be re-instated within three months of such forfeiture bvibe unani- 

 mous consent of the Board of Directors, upon pavment of all 

 arrears. 



No one who has forfeited his membership in the club shall ever 



be admitted to any of its privileges unless bo is re-instated or re- 

 elected. 



This club has purchased and maintains its club bouses, boats 

 and divers and sundry appurtenances thereunto beloneing, at 

 BV>x Lake, 111., for the use and enjoyment of its members. Visitors, 

 except they be members of the family of a member of this club, 

 shall not be admitted more than once in each club season to the 

 use of its privileges without the unanimous consent of the Board 

 of Directors. 



HOUSE RULES. 



Members will please register immediately upon arrival, liooms 

 will be assigned by the housekeeper, who is strictly prohibited, 

 from reserving rooms in advance for any one. The housekeeper is 

 instructed to make such changes in rooms already occupied, as 

 may be necessary for the better accommodation of all. Members in- 

 tending leaving on the morning boat, should settle their bill on 

 previous evening. Shooting from any part of the club premises is 

 forbidden: also the carrying of loaded firearms. No card playing 

 for money in the club bouse. Promptness to meals is e&peciallv re- 

 quested. Only luncheon served after regular the&l hoars. Those 

 wishing club boats for hunting or fishing should apply to man in 

 charge of boat house, who will make all necessary arrangements 

 It is not expected that the pleasure boats will be used for such 

 purposes. Any one taking club boat from landing is expected to 

 return the same, failing in which, he will lie held responsible for 

 any damage to the boat or cost incurred in securing its return. 

 No one allowed to use any private boat without written order 

 from owner to the housekeeper. Guests may be introduced as pro- 

 vided by the by-laws, and are entitled to same privileges, and sub- 

 ject to same restrictions as members. Courtesy to those who wish 

 to sleep will suggest the propriety of refraining from all noise in 

 the club bouse after II P. M. Members bringing families or a 

 number of guests, will insure better accommodations by advising 

 the housekeeper in ad vance. Auv incivility on part of employes 

 should be reported at once to the manager, or in bis absence to 

 the housekeeper. Housekeeper will see that these rules are 

 strictly enforced. 



This is the way one big club does it. Next week it is 

 intended to give shorter notice to several clubs of less 

 generous proportions, and to say a word or so about some 

 of the old landmarks and houses where the disengaged 

 public are wont to congregate. 



Chicago, 111., Jan. 17.— Members of the Mak-saw-ba 

 Club who attended a recent trap shoot at the grounds on 

 the Kankakee, state that numbers of mallards were seen. 

 A flock of twenty m ah ard s is at English Lake, and. in 

 fact, there are numbers of birds on the Kankakee. Two 

 shooters leave to-morrow for a try at them. This is 

 phenomenal news for this date in Illinois. The extremely 

 mild weather is the cause of it. It is a trifle colder to- 

 day, but still bright and pleasant. It has been raining 

 for the last few days. The Kankakee River is all open, 

 and there is water all over the marsh. 



In the issue of Jan. 10 I made a little mention of the 

 fact that Mr. John Gillespie and Mr. John B. Ostell were 

 no longer with Spaldings, and hoped they would both 

 be soon employed. The note served a very good purpose. 

 Mr. Gillespie is now with the Jenney & Graham Gun Co., 

 and Mr. Ostell will doubtless soon be under an engage- 

 ment. A Syracuse, N, Y,, firm, who never had met 

 either, wrote both the above gentlemen and offered them 

 employment. Thus fare all lovers of the Forest and 

 Stream. If anybody else is out of work, we can get 'em 

 a job. E. Hough. 



Ontaeio Moose.— Mattawa, Ont., Jan. \l.~Editor 

 Forest and Stream: There is work up here for the game, 

 wardens, for the beautiful weather, with just snow 

 enough for tracking, has sent scores of parties into the 

 woods, and many a moose is being laid low. Moose meat 

 is a, common article of diet in some places in this vicinity, 

 though in most cases when a moose is killed the skin is 

 taken and the carcass left for the bobcats and foxes. The 

 present law is a dead letter; and there is work for the 

 Alliance to enforce this law.— Stanstead. 



