St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13

oppliCdutS. Inc commission granted
licenses for 22S nets in all, distributed
among the various competitors as fol-
lows:
E. T. LeClair, representing the Baltimore
FacKlng company: ...".......... .........6 90
Charles ripple ........................... .12
Sandusky Fish company Observation-Disclosures
II. p Asmus & Sons. Observation-Disclosures. .18
Lake of the Woods Fish company. ... IA
Charles Spring Steele. Observation-Disclosures. 4
CoHee Bros. :............ ..................3O
Minnesota Fish company. ...................5 80
The first ten miles, beginning at the
shore line on the Minnesota side, is
given to LIE Clair, which furnishes room
for his full number Of nets, fifty. The
next five miles is open space, and ad-
joining this comes Zipple's space for
twelve nets. which requires three and
one-half miles. Another five miles of
open space interveneS between that and
two miles allowed for ten nets of the
Sandusky Fish company. Another
open space Of five miles stretches to
Muskeja bay, which is allotted to As1nus
& Sons. Between the next open space
and the Canadian line is allowed for
the fourteen nets of the Lake of the
Woods Fish company, represented by
w. b. Colclough, and Spring Steele's
four nets. The northern extremity of
the state extends across the lake in
the form Of a triangle, SO that it gives
more shore line on the northwestern
side. Here Coffee Bros are allowed
space for their thirty nets beyond Stony
Point, and the Minnesota Fish compa-
ny is allowed to occupy the space to
Rock Point with sixteen of its nets,
Cornfield or Garden island being al
lotted for the other thirty-four The
remainder OF the space on that side, or
what Is known as the Northwestern
Angle, is allotted to the Sandusky Fish
company for forty nets, the balance of
it's fifty.
The application of the Canable Fish
company for licenses for twelve nets
on Crane lake was refused until such
time as the AriOn Fish company set
ties with the commission The COM
mission offered to settle with the lat
ter concern on the payment of 81 1000.
and this offer was telegraphed to the
head office of the company in New
York, but no answer was received yes
terday
William Hector was also refused a
license to fish on Lake of the Woods.
because he was not citizen when he
took out license last year. He be-
came naturaliZed in the meantime. but
the commission is now furnishing him
for his alleged deception. He applied
for license for six nets. August Will
helm, of Oconto, Wis, was another
W Az "esi' ioeoSNiJ .OS pClIleo uuhIlOWn TO
the commission. = He wanted permits
sion to use two nets. And Basttedt
Bros, of the same place, were refused
license for fifteen nets because it was
learned that they belong to a German
company, to which all the income is
sent. If any space is left, it will doubt
less be given to them, however.
The commission knows but little
about the lake except what it has
learned from persons who have been
there. and therefore cannot act with
the same degree of assurance it could
if familiar with the ground. 1t has
accordingly decided that the whole
commission is to take trip UP there
in June next, with a view to acquiring
more definite knowledge Of the lake and
surrounding country
w. M. ripple, one Of the Unsuccessful
applicants for license to fish in Lake
of the Woods, yesterday suggested to
the commission that they make an eff
fort to introduce black bass in that
lake. AT present the lake is well
stocked with sturgeon, pike and white
fish, and it is said that the sturgeon
is taken largely for the roe, which is
sold for caviare. Mr.. Zipple's request
that black bass be introduced was NOT
received with any great degree of en-
thus1asm, the board feeling that Can
ada would be apt to derive the benefit
of the effort in at least an equal share
with the state Of Minnesota