The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-01
NOWlHAs MANY MEMBERS
Important Meeting At Osborn Hotel
Wednesday. and Action Taken
To Aid in Prosecution of
Law violators.

Ine following concerning the Tor
nation of a society to aid in pro-
teeting the fish In Maxinkuckee Lake
is taken from the Citizen, and shows
the work being done In this line
The Lake Maxinkuckee Game and
Fish Protective association held an
adjourned meeting at the Osborn
hotel Wednesday night.
The committee on bylaws report
ed set of rules by which the or
ganization will be governed. The
membership dues are placed at So
annually, payable in advance. The
regular meetings are to be held on
the second Thursday night of each
month. and the annual meeting on
the second Tuesday of August.
Should the membership fall below
fifty the organization dies auto
matically.
Secretary Slattery rendered his
resignation owing to his inability to
devote the necessary time to the
duties of the office. Frank L. Brooke
was elected secretary to succeed Mr..
Slaftery- The Office of Vie president
was filed by the election of S. S.
Chadwick.
About 100 names have been Sc
cured in this locality by the men,
bership committee. No report has
yet been turned in by the parties
in charge of the canvassing in In
dianapolis and. Terre Haute, but it
is expected thai accessions sufficient
to increase the membership to 200
will be received from these places
and from Legansport, South Bend
and other places represented by
eottagers- The project has been re-
ceived with greatest satisfaction by
the eottagers who have learned Of
the organization of the association,
and they will heartily cooperate.
The association has not been
conceived in any spirit of hostility
toward anyone, and none of its
members has any feeling o? malice
or revenge toward even the. most fire.
auent violators of the law. While
it is true that no lenience will be
shown to persons detected In un-
lawful fishing, prosecutions will be
persisted In only because it is re-
allied that the future of the lake as
a resort depends upon restoring the
sport of fishing to something like Its
former status. In times past Lake
Maxinkuckee has been famous fishing
ground. and it is largely due to this
fact that we have 200 cottages and
hotels around the lake, and thai
thousands of dollars are spent here
every summer. SEEMING has reduc
ed the fish life Of the lake to sucf
an ebb that sportsmen who have
patronized the place for many year.
are going elsewhere to spend Their
vacations. 1t is believed by some o.
the men instrumental in organizing
the association that many men hav'
violated the law thoughtlessly, be
cause their neighbors did, or from
love of adventure, rather than in {
spirit of defiance, and that whel
thew understand there is a strong
active public sentiment against i
taev will cheerfully cooperate witt
the association and become loya
members. The work of the associa
ton is in the interest of the entir
community, and not merely to furn
ish pastime for few non-residents
The fish in the lake are worth tEei
weight in dollars, and those dollar
are necessary to the prosperity o
Culver and Indirectly to all of tn
neople who live in its vicinity.
We hope to see farmers, as well a
others, give their announcement 7
the movement. IF you can't affor
tn become a member, brother, Civ
the association your approval, an
let ms all, whoever we may be o
wherever we may live, unite to $50
this business of unlawfully drainm
the lake Of its valuable resources.