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Rodney C. Turner, with headquarters at Canton, patrols the 
Illinois River along Fulton County and as far north as Pekin. re 
also looks after McDonough County. 
J. J. Porter, with headquarters at Springfield, is an inspector at 
terminal points examining fish shipments and covering Sangamon 
County, and doing patrol service on the Illinois River during the 
hunting season. 
A. E. Estill, with headquarters at Petersburg, has charge of 
Menard and Logan Counties, doing patrol work. 
T. W. Doherty, with headquarters at Galesburg, has charge of 
Warren, Henderson and Knox Counties, doing patrol work and in- 
specting fish shipments. 
G. J. Dowell, with headquarters at Franklin, has charge of Mor- 
gan County, doing patrol work. 
There are over 50,000 hunters and 2,500 commercial EShatnEH 
in this district, and it is hard for a few men to cover the entire terri- 
tory and prevent all violations; but there has been a very noticeable 
decrease in the number of violations during the last year, owing to 
the continuous activity of these deputy wardens and the plan that has 
been adopted in trying to educate the public to work in conjunction 
with the Fish and Game Department in preventing violations. 
The most extensive hunting clubs and game preserves are located 
in this district, and, during the duck-shooting season, the men are 
kept very busy and are compelled to be out frequently at night, as well 
as during the day. Our busiest season is from September 1 to Decem- 
ber 15. During the winter months, when the river is frozen over, our 
work is comparatively light and at this period all our boats, which 
were brought in at the close of the season, are overhauled, painted and 
repaired, and as much of this work as possible is done by the deputy 
wardens, to save expense to the State. When the season opens, the 
boats are sent back to their different stations along the river. 
In the spring of the year, when the hatchery, which is located at 
Havana, is in operation, we distribute fry, and other fish. 
During the fish-distributing season from six to twelve extra men 
are employed. It is the intention of the Fish and Game Commission 
to stock every public river, stream and lake in the State with fish that 
are suitable for the water to be stocked. When this work is completed 
the general public will be enabled to have good fishing in. practically 
every county in the State. 
During the closed season, which ended July 1, fewer violations 
occurred than at any time within the history of the State. Out of 
forty markets on the Illinois River all except three closed voluntarily 
when the closed season began. Of the three that remained open, two 
of them handled legal foreign fish and the other one attempted to 
handle Illinois River fish. He was arrested, prosecuted and convicted 
on several different counts. Some of the suits against him are still 
pending. 
The past winter was very hard on the quail in this district, as 
thousands of them were frozen or starved to death and from the 
reports I have from different points in my district, the hatch of young 
quail has been very limited, the wet weather drowning them out. This 
year will show a very noticeable decrease of quail in every county. 
