Evening journal., 1922-04-18
TO HAVE
ORDER REVOKED
Delaware City Fisherman
Get Ready for Meeting
Next Tuesday
WANT TO NET
FISH IN CANAL
Special to The Evening Journal.


the fishermen that a public hearing
VIII be held I'm the town hail. next
Tuesday morning. beginning at 10
O'Clock, 10 discuss the order forbid
ding the use Of nets or fixes in catch .
ing fish IN the Chesapeake and Della +
ware Canal. For several months the
residents. many OF whom for years
have made a livelihood from fishing
have been endeavoring 10 have the
rule rescinded by the department
without avail Not until the bust
ness interests OF the city took up the
fight did any visible results appear.
II has been the contention OF the
government that fishing with nets
and fixes I'm the canal was hind
rance TO navigation. and that unless
Il was prohibited the department
would be compelled 20 make heavy
expenditures IN keeping up the
canal. From other sources Il was
claimed the fishermen with net and
nke were taking the game FISH from
the waters IN direct violation OF
federal and State laws These
complaints came from anglers.
While every resident knows there
were slight violations. they believe
the greatest violations along these
lines were from the fishermen who
came only once or twice a year and
from anglers who dlsregarded the
laws and took fish under size from
the waters
u was estimated that between
$4,000 and $4,000 year was real
led from the Industry Il was on
these grounds that the business men
started the move 70 have the meet
ing held, and the people Of this CITY
and vicinity given a chance 10 ex-
press their desires and views IN the
matter.
United States Senators Ball and
DUPONT. Congressman Layton. Gov
ernor Denney State Senators and
Representatives, irrespective OF DO
lltical alliance. have been appeal
ed 70 in an effort 20 have the order
rescinded
Two weeks ago, a local delegation
Of business men visited Washington
and laid the matter as a business
proposition before Senators Bail
and dupont, IN an effort to get the
matter before Secretary OF War
Weeks. At the conclusion OF the
conference. a letter was sent to the
Secretary OF War proposing the
public hearing. At the public
hearing Horace Greedy Eastburn
will represent the fishing interests
, one OF the principal reasons to
he offered al the hearing for the
resembling OF the order will be the
loss sustained by local fishermen
financially because OF the dlscon-
tinuance OF net and fke fishing;
another will be that, according 20
printed reports. experts on the
nropagation Of FISH agree on the one
salient point that the ravaEes by
carp on the young fish and spawn
OF other kinds OF fish, IS devastat-
ing the canal OF other fish and
vegetation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Peacock. OF
Clinton street entertained n mum
Der Of young people. class and play
: mates of their son Lawrence. last
Saturday evening as a surprise "a
r Lawrence. Following an evening OF
fun refreshments were served. Those
present were: The Misses Louise
Rose. Frances Webb. Kathryn
Spicer. Louise Smith. Evelyn Morris
Kathryn Netsch. Elvira Lewis. Mary
Adelaide and Elizabeth Adkins
Margaret Ellis May and Harriet
Bentley. Alberta Miller. Dorothy
Stanley Florence Neary. Elizabeth
, Pennington. Mr.. and Mrs Harry C.
Webb. Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ
Householder. Mr. and Mrs. Rober
Peacock. Miss Alice Foard and Mrs
Laura F. Adkins. OF Philadelphia
p Elias Lewis. Charles Rose. Harrl
Heal Walter Lawrence. Waite
Ellis, John webb. James Brannon
Wyatt Bentley. James Mehan How
ard Austin. Wilson Losey. Clarenc
Bender. william Derrickson. Edwii
- Schaefer and Harold wilkinson.
Arrangements have been com
, pleted for the members OF the first
:. second and third companies, IN
medical and quartermaster's corp
TO take hike TO the National Rifil
!, Range. near New Castle. on Wednes
. day afternoon and camp over night
Iieutenant-Colonel Spur. com
mandant az Fort Dupont, who Ia
been m at the Walter Reed Hos
u pitai. Washington. ID. c.. IS reporte
- improving. Northumberland VIII
p liam p. TidbaA IS in command az IN
fort during Colonel Spurs illness.
Lieutenant Colonel Higgins. o
the Second Corps Area Inspector
Generals STAFF. Is expected to max
practical inspection OF the fort
:. men and equipment during the lat
= ter part OF April.
Two Of the largest congregation
in recent years attended the service
I'm Christ Episcopal Church las
Sunday morning and evening. Tn
= Rev. Joseph n. carp. rector. cele
brated Holy Communion at ST.
o'clock in the morning and Bisho
Cook ofciated at the evening serv
ice, when following the presenta
ton OF the Easter Offering Of S54.S
by 1G children OF the church schoo
Bishop Cook addressed the youn
folk.
Mrs. Frank Cassidy will be Il
charge Of the program for mex
Thursday evening when the Della
ware city Century Club will enter
tain the Boy Scouts and Girls Com
munity Club. Chief Executive FRAN
Greenhawk. OF the Boy Scouts o
America. will address the meetin
and be the guest OF honor. Tn
meeting OF the club was schedules
for Friday afternoon in the tow