Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27
A Mutual Benefit,

your nsighbors''
Sure" say Pierre and Jean.
A Mutual Benefit.
And above all they are fished by poach-
ers. professionals Of the net ana OF fish,
poison and all kinds Of tricks NOW this
ID what we will do for you." continues the
club delegates. Give US q lease Of your
stretch OF stream. We will protect It for
you: keep 1t stocked. keep OF poachers by
procession a and SO on: In return We will
Eve you e club card gratis. Instead Of
nsning IN bad luck in your own territory
ana getting yourself chased on your neigh
bors. you will have the right to fish the
whole stream-an well stocked and policedf'
Naturally the peasant proprietor consents
Jean and Pierre dre slow. but they are
canny.
So the club gets It's fishing leases for
nothing. So Jean and Pierre see their
streams become valuable, and with aston
ishing rapidly the news spreads to cities
and tourists begin to flock Cor country
board The club makes them msmbers-at
sure!
The club has found a wise way for deal
Ing with poachers. 1t Is to make them
members of the club. 1t II only u question
OF renown. He proves to the poachers that
It IL really to their interest to fish with
two lines instead Of dragging streams with
nets. 1t seems that he persuades them.
Punish Poachers
For inveterate offenders, who refuse to
join and live according to sporting rules.
the clubs police go to extreme measures
Indictments fines. jail. The mechanical de-
vices of oid-time river net fishIng-the fat
banking Of the streams edges. etc., etc.,
have been destroyed by the clubs guards.
The clubs police pursue particularly those
VINO DOaCh with 6rappipp 10
with rows or long sharp nails sunk here
and there about three feet deep In narrow
parts of streams have been found very ef-
fective in tearing these drag nets and dis
couraging their poacher-operators.
In deep parts heavy fagots of thorn
branches have been sunk. with like purpose
and result.
The club also publishes a yearly guide
destined for members In general and tour
lists in particular. and the whole region Is
prospecting by the influx Of these grateful
amateurs each summer.
THE trout have come back to the Jurar'
This Is the example of one single rod and
gun club out of $50 sprung into existence
since the law of 1902. Now that the clubs
have become powerful. they make still
greater demands on the government.
The great demand of all the presidents
In their annual reports and private deal
fngs with the government officials Is for
more stringent laws against poachers. Fines
and imprisonments ought to Increase In geo
metrical proportion to the repetition Of CT
lenses; no pardons for old offenders; the
SUI pr eSSfon of certificates Of poverty: the
appointment Of river police by the govern
ment; higher premiums to club guards for
arrests, and on.
The second demand of the club presidents
is for permission to use a third line. Today
club members have the right to fish with
two lines. Private parties are limited to one
line.
For Fish Preservation
Here are the principal technical clauses
which the clubs demand shall be inserted
in the present law:
The creation of flying brigades of govern
mental fish guards.
The absolute refusal to admit pecuniary
arrangements in lieu of prison for poachers
caught using poisonS or explosives.
The obligation of factories to purify their
waste water before it reaches stream.
Subventions to be paid by the government
to rod and line clubs to aid them in their
work.
The unification of local ordinances, etc.
concerning fishing.
The destruction of cells.
Reduction Of railway fares for club men,
bers
Introduction of ducks on preserved rivers
and streams. (They destroy eggso
Introduction of all fishing during the
closed season. including that of trout.
The destruction of all nets and ma
chimes of delinquents. none to be resold
centers for the free furnishing Of young:
All dams to be furnished with hsh lad
ders.
rated in the present fishing laws OF
France. the richest and prettiest land OF
Europe will be also the richest IN matter
VI 'ie seA'i' 0N STERLING HELLO.