Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — PLEA TO SAVE FISH [ARTICLE]

PLEA TO SAVE FISH

Tells cf Obliteration of Sturgeon By Greed and Indifference. Washington Dec. 22. —“Tho most Eerlous condition now confronting tbe American fishing industry Is tbe failure of the states to afford adequate protection to migratory fishes in state and interstate waters ' This is the serious note ot warning sounded by George M Bowers United Stales fish - commissioner, in his annua! report The disappearance of the sturgeon irem hearty every east coast river. Mr. Powers states, "shows how greed and indifference may fin a single generation destroy a valuable fishery " Argertlne Buys 200,000 Salmon Eggs. Redding. Cal. Dec. 22. Two hundred thousand Chinook salmon eggs were slfippcd from the United States fisheries at Mill creek to tbe Argentine •epubllc Railroad Man Victim of Paralysis. Los Angeles. Dec. 22.—Thomas O. Ccnnelbv general agent for the Gould Maes, is dead as tbs result of a stroke si paralysis.