Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1902 — Will Sift Out the Mud Turtles and Gar Fish. [ARTICLE]

Will Sift Out the Mud Turtles and Gar Fish.

. Attorney General Tdylor has notified State Fish Commissioner Sweeney that the Indiana laws provide that the fish commissioner shall destroy certain kinds of fish in the lakes and streams of Indiana. The fish commissioner asked the attorney general if he could have the lakes in northern Indiana seined and kill the carp, gar and mud turtles, which are found in those lakes by the thousands and which kill the kind of fish that the state desires to foster.

Attorney General Taylor will recommend to Mr. Sweeney that an immense seine, probably 1,000 feet long, be procured and all the smaller lakes be seined within the next few weeks. When the seines are hauled in the carp, gar and mud turtles will be killed, but the bass, perch and other fish brought up in the seine will be immediately thrown back in the water. But the fate of the bait cans and beer bottles still hangs in the balance. Mr. Taylor believes this will do more to preserve the game fish than any one thing that could be done. The Monon Railroad company will seine Cedar lake in a short time and will kill all the carp, gar and turtles brought up in the seine. The work will be done under the direction of the fish commissioner. But Hearst of the Chicago American will Fe there with 10 detectives and 40 reporters to watch for another dead cat.