Indiana daily times., 1921-01-06
FISH AND GAME
LAW VIOLATORS
FINED $4,000
FState Superintendent Files
Report of Department
for 1920.
PRESS RENDERS SERVICE

'Yiolators Of the Indiana. fish and
game laws paid nearly $4,000 in fines
and costs during the fiscal year 1920, ac-
cording to George n Manifold, super
intendent Of the division Of fish and
game Of the State Department OF Con
servatiOn. This is gain of S16,2So2e
over last year and q gain of more than
S25 600 over 1918 approximately S6,OOo
of the S32, ,5S5.44 received In fines and
costs goes to the fish and game division,
while the remainder, less court costs
goes into the public school fund OF the
State.
According to Mr. Mannfeld the press
At the State rendered valuable assistance
to the fish and game division during the
last year, which assistance was supple
mented BY members Of the los fish and
game protective organizations. This
action Of the press and the public Is a
hopeful and encouraging sign that the
sports Of hunting aud fishing in In
diana may be preserved for some years
to come, because the public has mani
tested an interest toward conservation
and protection OF our remaining wild
life" the report adds.
sPORTSNEN AND PUBLIC
AID IN LAW ENFORC EMENT.
Until recent years Indiana spOrtsmen
were content to talk about the need OF
laws to remedy conditions. taking It for
granted that the laws in themselves
would be sufficient to stop the rapid
decline of wild life resources. Expe-
rience. however has taught that laws
have little meaning unless enforced. In
dications now point that sportsmen as
well as good citizens everywhere are as
sisting IN the enforcement OF such reg
UlatiOns"
= For many years." says Mr.. Mannfeld,
"game and fish have been destroyed much
faster than nature could replenish. There
fore. to rebuild the supply, less must be
taken. If during the year lsZI every
angler and hunter viii forget the idea
of seeking notoriety from shooting big
bag Of game and catching an immense
string of fish. things viii vastly improve.
Let fishing and hunting be more IN the
interest Of recreation and for the bene-
fit of health. Be conservative. Conser-
walton means using the supply 1u-
diciously."
The monthly report Of the superin-
teudent shows that during the fiscal year
1920 total Of ST71.2 .2G6 young fish was
prOpagated and reared in the States four
hatcheries. This against g total Of 244'-
% produced in 1919; 221, 81 produced
in 1918. and 264. .496 produced in 1917. Be
cause the greatest demand was for the
black basses, Of the total OF III ,2o6 put
= put BY State hatcheries last season. 6l9,-
8gAS1 were OF these species and possessed
commercial value Of $4,000. It cost
Aproximately $4,000 to produce all the
- turned out OF the hatcheries. 1t will
- noted that in 1920 the output exceeded
Z combined output Of the three previous
s}Ssars
Pike perch fry, artifcially hatched In
jars from eggs received from the United
States Bureau Of Fisheries, are not in
cluded IN this report, as the actual value
for stocking purposes Of a few hundred
fngerling bass equals many thousand
times that number Of pike perch fry, Mr..
Manifold says.
RESULTS ACHIEVED
SHOWN IN REPORT.
An earnest and sincere effort was mace
To build up an efficient warden service.
Results achieved along this line COM
pared with former years, follows:
1920, ,421 arrests. 1925 convictions,
S32.Js544 collected in fines and costs.
I9-9-S)0 arrests, T13 convictions, S16,-
3O015 collected in fines and costs.
19fS-S6S arrests, 347 convictions. 81
S03.15 collected in fines and costs.
Gain in 1920 over 1919:
Six hundred and twenty-one arrests.
612 convictions, S162S5-29 collected In
fines and costs.
Increase in arrests. T7ss per cent
Increase in convictions, IS 6-10 per
cent.
Increase in fines and costs, 90 9-1O per
Scent
Gain In 1920 over 1918: =
One thousand and ffty-two arrests, S75
convictions, 81, ,2s2.44 fines and costs.
Increase in arrests, 2S5 per cent
Increase in convictions, PSI per cent.
Increase in fines and costs. 346 per
cent.
Mr. MannfeId calls attention that his
division was co-ordinated under the De-
partment Of Conservation in April 1919
thus arrests made in the last half OF that
year we're under the present form Of
government. He points out that twenty
five is the maximum number OF wardens
employed during the year.