The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-05
Plan Fish
Rearing Pond
At Little Sank
Game Warden Knowles
Talked To Community
Club On Project
PLAN ADVERTISING
School Building Project
And Parallel Parking
Feature of Meeting

Discussion of promotional adver-
Using, road signs, road work, road
side development, conservation and
a school building program featured
the Community Club meeting
Thursday evening. Following the
opening Of the meeting, D. B. Caug-
hren, president of the club. read
letter from the basketball squad, a
thank you for the trip to the state
championship games. A part Of
this trip was sponsored by the club.
The Club voted to sponsor pro-
motional advertising pamphlet, and
road signs, and recommended the
appointment of a committee to
work out details for transportation
for a senior baseball team. Vern
Soltau asked the club for aid in
the matter Of the ball team, which
has for its nucleus some forty in
terested young men.
Game Warden Knowles, Of Long
Prairie, was present and gave an
explanation Of the pike rearing bed
to be constructed at Little Sank.
He said that the tourist influx Is
the states third largest business,
and that advertising for the 10000
lakes has been increased 100 per-
cent. The proposed fish rearing pond,
to be built at Little Sank, where
the Sank River has two branches,
will have dams and control gates
for water supply and drainage. He
stated that these rearing ponds
supply the seed Of fish supply, and
that If we want to reap the har-
vest we must furnish seed. Includ-
ed in the work will be a dyke Is
feet long Of concrete structure, and
another OF eighteen feet. The esti-
mate cost is between 5000 and $225
including control gates and screens.
It is planned to divide the cost Of
construction among various cities
Of this community. william Thomp-
son, Of Little Sank, will secure the
easements on the land, and after
that it will be up to the county,
state or some other organization,
possibly the Conservation Commits
sion to have WPA project made
out. Most Of this project would be
work, but the necessary materials
would have to be supplied by spon-
sors. 1t is also planned to install
a footbridge and benches as park.
Spring fed the pond would be ideal
for fish growth and it would pro-
duce enough fingerlings for many
lakes in this community. These
would be apportioned to the various
lakes. The rearing pond can be US
ed, for pike, pickerel, panfish, such
as crappies, sunfish and bass, ro-
tated each year as needed. The
state will supply the brood stock
for panfish and the fry for pick
eral and pike. Harold Gray stated
that clubs of the various commun-
tiles interested would be asked to
appoint committees to raise the
necessary funds for building the
rearing pond, and the local club
went on record favoring the pro-
ject.
DR.. J. f. Dubois presented the
school boards building problem,
stated that complete data was un-
available at this time, due to no
fault Of the board as changes in
the program are contemplated.
However, he gave an outline of
proposal and asked the cooperation
Of the public. He stated that un-
der a building program As percent
Of the amount could be had under
WPA and that possibly the IS per-
cent could be borrowed from the
government on a longtime loan at
IN percent interest. The latter
plan was not definite and the board
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