Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1920 — FISH AND GAME CLUB TO BE ORGANIZED HERE [ARTICLE]

FISH AND GAME CLUB TO BE ORGANIZED HERE

State Organizer A. E. Bodine of the State Fish and Game department, Indianapolis, is in the city today talking to local fishermen and hunters concerning organization. / The state department is anxious to have a fish and game club in every county of the state, says Mr. Bodine, to which the department may make its shipments of fish and game. More will be sent co an organized county than will be sent to individuals. This-is not a commercial proposition in any way. The state needs the co-operation of ’local fishermen and hunters in improving fish and game conditions, says the state man here. A meeting of sportsmen has been set for Friday night, June 25, at which a Jasper county fish.’ and game club will be discussed and probably launched, if the sentiment is sufficiently strong for such, a move. The meeting will be held at the Moose club rooms. The' state organizer will be there. About forty county associations exist in Indiana at present. These are united into a state league, called the Fish, Game and Forest League, before which all questions relating to conservation and propagation of wild game come up. An annual meeting is held by this league at Indianapolis in the fall of each year.