Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-09-14
TO PERsERVE LAKES
Highway Commission Will Urge
Improvement and Retention
LICENSES PAY FOR uPKEEP
Hunters and Fishers Of State Pay In
over 100000 Each Year As L.
cense Fees-lowa Has Sixty
six Lakes and Marshes.

commission says it will in general
recommend the preservation and i'm
provement of the great majority Of
Iowa lakes and marshes.
Iowa now has sixty-six lakes and
marshes. All but seven of these have
been surveyed The rest will be sur
veyed before the Thirty-seventh gen.
eral assembly meets next January.
Every lake that it seems possible to
improve and make an attractive resort
for people desiring an outing. or one
that is or will make a good breeding
place for fish or game, for the benefit
of the hunters and fishers of Iowa will
be recommended to the legislature for
preservation. The interests of all
classes will be considered. 1t will be
recognized that some lakes which are
OF no value for outing places may pro-
vide the best resorts for hunters and
fishermen. Clear lake, for instance, a
beautiful place for a resort, is of little
value as hunting ground compared
with great many other very shallow
marshes. 1t would be unjust to the
hunters to destroy all the game breed.
ing marshes.
That the people OF Iowa who find
pleasure in hunting and fishing are a
considerable portion of the state pop
ulation is evident from the fact that
at 81 per license they provide fund
OF 100000 or more per year for the
support of the fish and game ward
ems department. 1t would be unjust
to the hunters who provide practical.
ly all the money for the support of
the lakes to drain the marshes where
they find their most attractive outing
spots and permit the open water lakes
to remain as outing places for those
seeking chiefly merely a water spot
for their outing.
In a general way it may be said
that about one-half of the total mum.
Der of lakes and marshes in Iowa are
bodies of fairly clear water. The bal.
ance are usually shallow marshes, full
of vegetable growth such as lilies,
rushes and wild rice, especially suited
as breeding places for water fowl and
fish.
An interesting side feature of the
lake. bed survey will be the study OF
bird life on the lakes and marshes.
This feature of the work is in charge
OF Professor Shimek of the Iowa State
university. E. C. Hinshaw, fish and
game warden, is preparing data upon
the development of the lakes and
marshes as sources Of fish and game
supply as food products. Many OF
the lakes and marshes are so shallow
that they either go dry in very dry
seasons or freeze to the bottom dur
ing especially cold winters To pre-
serve such lakes as these as fish and
game resorts would necessitate deep
ening some portions to prevent the
occasional drying up and the freezing
to the bottom. Probably one-half OF
the lakes would have to be improved
before suitable for fish life.
Praise For Historical Department.
In a recent issue OF the Scientific
American published an interesting &C.
count of the work and intentions OF
Edgar r. Harlan, curator of the state
historical department, in collecting
for future use in the schools of Iowa
a library of moving picture films.
According to the article the library
has already grown to more than 200
reels, aggregating more than $4,000
feet of film, which will be used in his
tory classes, agriculture classes and
for teaching students in other branch
es the methods employed for differen,
works at the present time. The films
now being collected will have an his
torical value In later years and an ef
fort will be made to keep the library
abreast of the times.
= II is also explained that arrange
ments have been made for securing
the current events reels shown by
Iowa film companies after they have
become of no further commercial val
ne to the owners.
Latest methods of storing the reels
to guard against fire and the effects
OF moisture have been adopted.
Many Eggs confiscated.
During the summer while the cam
paign against bad eggs was being
waged in Iowa by the state dairy and
food department, between 100000 and
100000 dozen eggs were contiscated
and destroyed, according to the rec
ords of. w. b. Barney, commissioner
AS the result of the watchfulness OF
the ispectors, as many more dozen
eggs were kept from being thrown on
the market.
To Stop Reckless Speeding.
The state highway commission Is
continuing its fight against speeding
by Automobiles on the public high
way. In the bulletin just issued II
calls on automobile associations tc
aid in checking reckless driving.
Work 10 Plentiful.
Kelsy Lancelot, parole agent for the
state board of parole, reports thai
WORK ID plentlful IN Iowa and thai
employers are calling for more men
Many employers cooperate with the
board of control.
May Change Honor System.
The escape of FIVE prisoners from
Fort Madison penitentiary in Angus,
may bring changes in the administra
tion OF the honor system. or the five
men who got away, two escaped from
within the walls. The other three
were on honor parole.
The suggestion is considered of ask
ing the governor to increase the re.
ward offered for the recapture Of Ear