Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1910 — KILLED QUAIL OUT OF SEASON; SHIPPED THEM TO CHICAGO. [ARTICLE]

KILLED QUAIL OUT OF SEASON; SHIPPED THEM TO CHICAGO.

DeMotte Citizen Fined $lO9 for Viola. tion of State Game Laws.. Others Also Charged. Deputy Game Warden E. E. Earle was in Rensselaer Thursday and today. He caused the arrest of James K. Yeagley, of DeMotte, for having shipped quail, wild ducks and 1 snipe to Chicago, in a barrel with 17 rabbits and with having labeled them rabbits. In Chicago they Were inspected by a U. S. marshal who was acting under the agricultural department, and the real contents of the barrel was discovered. The marshal informed Z. T. Sweeny, state game and fish commissioner, who notified his deputy, Mr. Earle with the result of Yeagley’s arrest and conviction. Five other affidavits were sworn out and several others were placed under arrest, all from near DeMotte. Their trial will probably occur tomorrow, before Sqfaire Irwin, who also Bat in the Yeagley case. This is our birthday. Fifty years ago Newton county was put on. the map. At that time it was a wild expanse of prairie land and swamps; today it is one of the richest agricultural counties in the state. .The transformation has been a steady growth without a backward step. Its material wealth has increased with leaps and bounds, and its citizenship has kept pace. Few of those who were in active life at the time of the county’s birth are now living, but to the memory of those departed and to the sturdy patriotism and good name of those living we propose a toast. Their honor, integrity, noble character and good example has been a rich heritage to the present generation.—Kentland Enterprise.