The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
PRINCIPLES OF
 F|SHERMEN'S CLUB
 TOLD BY OLIVER
Before Community Club Pres ident Oliver Tells of Plans to ReStock Streams
 With Fish

Principles of the Jefferson Fish ermens association were unani- mously indorsed by members of the Community club yesterday follow ing talk by W. G Oliver, president of the organization, who was the principal speaker at the meeting.
 He stold members of the plans of the Fishermen's club to have the streams of the state restocked with fish and urged their assistance and cooperation in this matter.
 MT. Oliver declared that several years ago person could go fishing almost anywhere in the Warriar river and catch as many fish as they could use, but for the last two years 1t Is hard to catch enough for fry. In fact he stated that just after the the late Senator J. H. Bankhead, a car load of fish was put into the stream, and in his opinion no fish had been put in the stream since that time.
 of we are to keep fish in our streams 1t will be necessary to have them restocked." said Mir. Oliver, and it is up to us to petition the government for them. There Is no trouble in getting them, but every one seems to be waiting for someone else to petition the government for fish for certain streams. Only one consignment will be given to each stream. For instance, there will be one for the Warrior river, one for Shoals creek, one for Yellow creek, and all the other streams running into the Warrior river, and we hope to get at least 12 consignments for this district.
 Another important thing needed to restock our streams Is a state hatchery. This, I am told. would cost approximately $75,000. and we are working on a plan to obtain hatch cry for the state. The state of Wis., consin has II state hatcheries, and Nwice each year the streams of that state are restocked. In the New Eng land states there is a law regarding the size of the fish to be caught, and any under 10 inches in length must be thrown back into the stream. As a result of this people go there from all sections of the country to fish, for they know they will catch fish that are some size"
 .1r. t..1 |. f-l.o mems Club will attempt to get the next legislature to enact law fix ing standard size for fish that are caught. and if this is done then the fish in local streams will be allowed to grow to some size instead of being caught when they are almost too small to fry.
 The club is trying to stop persons from dynamiting streams, the speaker stated. as this kills the fish and those in 500 feet of the dynamite are shell shocked as result of which many die.
 It is probable that the name of the fisilermen's association will be changed to include hunting as we'll said MT. Oliver. He spoke of the bill pending in Congress whereby per sons hunting ducks and snipes must q q. It is estimated that approximate iy s2,000, ,o00 will be netted each year from this license, and one-haif of 1t will be used to purchase public hunting grounds. he said
 It was decided to have barbecue on the Warrior river next Sunday. when the wives of members and their lady friends will be guests of the club The party will leave the south <ern club at 10:30 o'clock and every one going is urged to meet promptly The president and officials of the Fishermen's club will be guests of the Community club on this occasion.
 John Bradley announced that the clean-up squad will be in Birming- ham tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednes- day at the Chamber of Commerce to assist all ex-service men who have a claim against the government.