The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-21
Drought and Fires Take
Huge Toll of Wild Life
Leads to- Belle, =.
p'e''0n Will Be Felt for =
MANY Years j

torest fires have taLDrought and
Gus toll of wild life A en- an enorm-
repo ,4e United States, aec ,,Sa thru
naIio e protective Associat american
den1o.; headquarters bern with
l ie.os Of game and f,s nere: The
Birds 49, De felt for years. 10 0e-
es. sui suffered alike from ON b and fowl
fra A., The large number o 20 eaus-
Of VII, DESTROYED countless forest
~ wlld folk. Ashes '.ens number
and swa .a,ilng into lakes, stra s acc
of I've " sna formed a deadlv I I;ns
The dn poisoned fish life A'"o
els 60 drought lowered wator -,
casa ana streams and lakes in rev.
Eases cas- drying them un 1s. IN many
toms. VIC nara baked bot
, The finny tribes have ,,u
de en oeeimated and destroved . "a y
uegree that is incalculable y 70 a
nouncement of the IJniteJ On s an
da,oa au OF Fisheries at Wasbineton
te And the seekers Of fish
aor sport and food will be 1+,,ef,,I1,,
ware OF the losses for many saa =
All Of the cold water cow, o.
sucn as trout, began to show siens ,
=. the stress weeks ago." Mr.. Lewis
aadciyfe, deputy commissioner, Of
the Buerau, said. "As the temner-
azure OF their brooks and streams
ran up there were wholesale en-
deaVors to rescue these fish and
place them in streams where thew
might live. -
The actual dropping of water
levels In lakes and rivers every.
where has played havoc with other
nsh tribes" Mr.. Radcliffe said.
Black bass, an essentially warm
water fish, and many other species
dled in water thought to be de-
prlVed by the excessive heat of it's
normal content of oxygen. Motor
boats We're kept going in many
lakes throughout the country to
keep the water stirred up, thus Gre
atlng more oxygen. Their propel-
lors were rugged half out of water
SO that the revolving blades thrust
oxygen of the air into the water.
Millions Of fish, it is reported,
could be seen gasping for breath on
the surface Of lakes. The warmer
water, too, advanced the rapid
growth of algae. which requires a
high content of oxygen, thus TAX
ing an increased amount of oxygen
from the water.
Although the dry nesting and
brooding seasons of early spring
and summer favored most wild life,
the continued drought is causing
distress and death among many
species, it is reported. The lack of
water and the excessive heat killed
many Of the babies of the wilds.
These conditions obtained in
nearly every state in the union,
It will be some time before state
game commissioners, the United
States Bureau of Biological Survey,
and the United States Bureau Of
Fisheries can determine an approx
innate toll taken of wild life and
fish. Indications are it is stupen-
dous.
Because of these events, it is all
the more imperative for all Of us
to devote every effort to conserve
the decimated ranks and schools of
our wild life and fish," Carlos Av-
cry, president of the American
Game Protective Association said.
Alarming as the situation is" Mr..
Avery continued, 1--WE can not only
conserve what we have left, but we
can restore the losses if the public
will turn to and help their state
game and fish commissions.
"Tie up your dogs, pen up your
house cats; for both take enormous
toll daily of wild life, and then ask
your commission to tell you what
to do to help restore the wild folk.
help is needed; you can
practice environmental control or
propagation or both, and
help in many other ways. Now is
the time to stay well within all bag
and creel limits. Give the wild
folk a chance" he concluded.
Worried about debt of 35 cents
for 20 years, Charles w. Long a
railway mail clerk of Williams
port, Pa, has returned the money