Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-03
The Hawkeye Brings Between
10000 and 1900 Fine Fish
70 This City
SOME NEW VARIETIES INCLUDED
In the Neishborhood of 5000 Black
Bass, Many Of Them Large Enough
to Catch, In the consisnment-com-
missioner Lincoln Says it Is as Fine
Lot as Taken This Season.

| Between 10000 and $4,000 game fish
were placed in the Iowa river at th1s
point Friday night. Fish Commission
| err George E. Lincoln, Of Cedar Rapids,
reached the city in the state fish car,
Hawkeye, at sos, and by o'clock the
fish had been placed in barrels and
were on their way to the river. Half
of the lot were put into the river at
Third avenue, and the other half above
the Center street dam.
Among the fish received were hun
dreds of many varieties that are al
ready large enough for the frying pan.
The varieties included in the shipment
bass, crappies, yellow perch, wall-eyed
pike, catfish, silver bass, sunfish, rock
bass and pickerel. The largest num-
Der of any variety was the crap
pies. Mr.. Lincoln considers this one
of the best varieties for Iowa streams
Many of the crappies weighed from
half pound to a pound. The black
bass nun bered about $1,000 and the
largest ones Will weigh from q pound
and quarter to one and one-half
pounds. There We're not SO many pike
as some of the other varieties, as they
are scarcer in the hatcheries, and har-
der to transport. About 400 wall-eyes
We're put in, and many would weigh
better than a pound.
low perch and silver bass. The perch
are lake fish. the old fashioned ring
tails. and are a fine fish to propagate
in the Iowa river. There have never
been many sun fish in the river, and
some of this variety in the present
shipment will weigh pound. There
We're only a few pickere in the ship
ment, as Mr.. Lincoln does not believe
In putting any more pickerel in the
Iowa streams than is absolutely neces-
sary to keep them in existence. Some
Of the pickerel placed in the river will
weigh as high as three pounds.
Mr. Lincoln said that the shipment
here was AS fine lot as he had taken
from Sabula this season. The Mar.
shalltown car was the eleventh deliver
ed since October 2. Only four more
will be taken out. One of these will
go to Des Moines, another to Waterloo,
and a third to Cedar Rapids. The re-
ceiving town for the fourth has not as
yet been decided upon.
Only about fifty of the many thou.
sands of fish died on the way out.
They We're removed from the tanks at
Tama, and fresh water was put In.
The drays to transport the fish to the
river were in readiness when the car
arrived. Commandant Horton furnish
ed several of the barrels used in NOV
ing the fish, and Lew Echternacht, of
Britain & Co, loaned what was neces-
sary to complete the work.
c. M. Cook, of the Marshalltown
Fish Protective Association, superin-
tended the receiving, and was assisted
by several other members of the as
ISOLATION. The work was hurried thru,
and the fish reached the river before
any had died.
Mr.. Lincoln was accompanied to the
city by his wife and daughter, Miss
Bertha Two assistants were on the
car to handle the fish and take them
from the tanks. The Hawkeye re-
turned to Cedar Rapids this morning.