Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-05-27
The Fish and Game Laws,

l have been informed recently
by the State Fish and Game Com
mission that a large supply of
fish has been secured from the
U. S. Government hatcheries to
be planted in the streams of Ken
lucky, and was requested to in
dictate to the Commission at what
points to deliver the fish for dis
tribution. Week before last the
car was delivered to the Commits
sion at Frankfort, containing
eight million jack salmons of the
proper size for planting in the
streams. This particular con-
signment is intended for Big and
Little Sandy, Tygart, Triplett,
Kinnikonnick, Rockcastle, Lick
ing and Cumberland rivers, and
the various continents of those
streams. These are fine food
fish, are wonderfully productive
and, if properly protected, will
soon make fishing with hook and
line a pleasure instead of an ag-
gravation as it is now.
Now, I wish it to be understood
that will use whatever influence
l have to have these fish planted
in streams where the people dc
not permit dynamiting or SEM
ing, and where the people who
live along the stream will COOP
crate with the wardens and Off
GERS to protect the fish from de-
struction by violators of the law.
The people along any stream can
protect it from seiners and dy-
namiters if they will try. Out
laws who dynamite fish and drag
them out by wholesale with
seines will not try to operate in
communities where they know
the people will report them, and
where they are warned Of the
fact and know that the people
are watching for them all the
time. So if any community or
the inhabitants along any stream
wishes to have the waters stock
ed with fine fish, and if the peo-
pie will satisfy me that they are
organized for the purpose of pre-
venting dynamiting and seining,
/ will do all | can to secure the
stocking of that stream. But it
is worse than useless to put these
fish where we know they will be
killed and driven away with dy-
Mantle and seines. shall be
glad to hear from the people any
where who desire to cooperate
with the officers of the law, es-
pecially the fish and game war
, dens, and who desire some of
those fish and other fish which
may be secured hereafter.
Another point: l am inform
ed that several saw mills in the
county are so operated that the
saw dust is dumped into the
streams. | passed along one
stream recently where the water
was a veritable black ooze which
our horses refused to drink.
This kills all the fish, big and
little, and is UNNECESSARILY worse
than dynamiting; for some fish
might escape dynamite or a siene,
but this pollution of the water
kills and drives away every sin.
gle fish because it is impossible
for them to live in such water.
] am securing the names of wit
nesses to go before the granC
jury at the coming session Of
Circuit Court next month, fol-
the purpose of indicting every
operator of a saw mill whC
throws the saw dust in thu
streams. 1t is an easy matter tt
burn saw dust, and mill men will
find it lot cheaper to burn it i
they wait till they get indicted
for the pollution of the publ,
streams. | beg of every gooC
citizen of the county to write m,
the names of mill owners or op
orators thus violating tn
law. And please be sure to sen,
me the names Of a sufficient mum
Der Of good witnesses in eac