Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1903 — To Be a Great Fishing State. [ARTICLE]

To Be a Great Fishing State.

Kev. Z. M. Sweeney of Colombia, Ind., state game and fish warden, recently stated that it was hie desire to make Indiana a great 4 fishing resort, as no other state has 'Snore or better lakes than this, and if they were well supplied with fish I the state would have a summer population of more than 100,000 in less than five years. He further Resorts took over $300,000 out of the state last year, half of whioh would have been spent at home had the lakes been supplied with good fish. The remaining $150,000. he says, is spent by hay fever * sufferers. Violators of the law arebeooming less frequent o wing to the vigilance of the warden and his deputies. Mr. Sweeney promises to give the fishermen of this state some good sport and states that Indiana will * some time be the greatest fishing grounds in the country.