Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-02-12

Preparations for Stocking Michigan Lakes
with Whiteflsh.
To the Editor Of the Detroit Post:

To the Editor of the Detroit Post:
In the course of three or four weeks =
the precise time cannot be stated-there
is every reasonable hope of a liberal sup
ply of whitefish for distribution in the
inland waters of the State. Parties de-
string them for stocking their lakes are
requested to give special heed to the fol-
lowing, compliance Herewith being a
prerequisite to obtaining the fish:
1. A correspondent and depositor's adj
dress plainly written, for each lake.
2. The name of the lake.
8. County and township where located.
4. Acreage area, as near as may be.
8. Extreme, and average depth of wa
ter, DIS hearty Is practicable. -
6. Railroad station at which it
is desired to have the cans of fish shipped.
Z. The commission can deliver no fish
except ut railroad stations.
The supply for each lake will in no o.lse
be less than 5000, and ranging from that
to $4,000.
All .depositors. will receive notice of
shipment from two to four days in adj
vance. And is is most earnestly enjoined
Upon depostOrs that they present them
selves at the baggage car door on the
stopping Of the train, that they. may re-
ceiye from the party in charge of the
cans instructions i'll regard to the depoS-
it; and that they may assist in removing
the cans frem the cars and so occasion as
little delay to the train, and trouble to
the employees of the road rs possible.
The roads.of the State are very kindly
moving our fish free of charge md hence
every consideration of honesty and fair
npcc panllirao that wa SI,Nnt6 f1pilita. a
the transit of the cans by every possible
means and agency at our command.
Again, persons cOnSenting to become
depoSitors must not forget their engage
ment with the superintendent; they
must come to time and meet the sans on
their arrival though the heavens fall.
Should sickness or other calamity befall
the regular depositOr, a good substitute
must be supplied, else the fish will be
dumped on the platform, meeting, not
meriting, the pitiless fate of
Those whom many fathers share
Rarely know fathers care.
Depositors also must make it their per-
sonal business to see that the empty cans
are Immediately returned to Detroit,
where the fish are, for except this be done
the work will necessarily be suspended
and the lakes unSupplied.
DepOSitors, too, are requested to make
sharp work of the deposit Come pre-
pared to go directly and Immediately
from the station to the lake-no matter
what the hour, though it be the dead
hour of midnight, all the better for the
fish, since at such time the water wolves
and jackalls have their jaws closed in
obedience to Natures great mandate that
assureth rest and security alike to the hy-
ena and the lamb.
Besides, no good depositor will leave
his charge single hour, and he may az
well-better, even-be whistling his way
to the lake, than to be at the station Or
at home lowering and shivering over his
cans of fish through the long and weary
hour.
Just one thing more. Should the ap-
plications for fish exceed our supply, a
contingency hardly likely to happen, in
such an event the ultimate selection of
the lakes to which the fish will be ship
ped must be left with the commission,
they assuring one and all that in making
the collection and appointment only one
desire and purpose shall govern their
action, namely. To place the fish where
the field is the most promising, the
chances of success the greatest, and, fur
thermOre. to plant exactly where no par
ty. section Or interest shall be remember
ell, nor none forgotten.
"Verbum sat. ALPHABETICALLY rem
derett,, trust us and keep your powder dry.
GEORGE III. JEROME,
superintendent State Fisheries.
NILES. February l, 1876.