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Plaines rivers. These waters furnish a good supply of game and com- 
mercial fish and need watching constantly. 
Considering the importance of this district as a fish and wild fowl 
territory, the force of deputies available for the work is inadequate to 
cover the territory as it should be covered. However, there are.a com- 
paratively small number of violations beyond that of shippers from 
other states sending illegal sized fish to the Chicago market. 
SECOND DISTRICT. 
There are 15 counties in the second district that are being covered 
by 10 men. It is true that much of this larger territory is highly 
developed farming country, where little game but prairie chickens are 
to be found. Still there are very important fish and wild fowl waters in 
this district that need much attention. The Mississippi, the Illinois 
and the Rock rivers flow through this district. All are important water 
courses, over which the wild fowl move in their migrations northward 
and southward. 
There is much work to be done by the wardens of this district in 
rescuing small fish that become stranded in the small ponds made at 
high water time and isolated when the water recedes. These fish 
imprisoned in these small pools would be lost were it not for the 
rescue work the wardens are able to do. 
During the past year there have been but few violations in this 
district. 
pen) DiS RIOT: 
One of the most important of the six districts, and one of the most 
difficult to cover successfully is the third district. There is nearly 200 
miles of the Illinois River with its great fishing interest, to look after 
the year round. ‘Then there is the wild fowl to protect during the 
season. It is not alone the river that needs attention, but there are big 
sloughs and lakes off the river where wild fowl congregate and fish 
spawn. ‘This is difficult territory to cover well. 
The Illinois River itself can be patrolled with launches very easily 
but the tributaries and low grounds that are overflowed are more difficult 
for the wardens to cover effectively. 
Fishermen engaged in the business of seining and shipping rough 
fish to market are numerous on the Illinois River, and while these 
fishermen for the most part are law abiding and would scorn to take 
from the waters for market any of the fish protected by law, there are 
nevertheless some fishermen who are not so law abiding. Black bass are 
numerous in these waters and as there is always a good market for them 
at a good price they offer a great temptation to a fisherman of easy 
conscience when they get into his seine. To prevent great quantities of 
these fish from finding their way into a ready market, the river wardens 
must be alert. 
In the country back of the river there is much good quail ground 
that must be covered by the wardens in order to protect the birds both in 
and out of season. 
