The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-09-25

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BY Chuck Rattle
Sank May Get In
Southern Zone
Jake the Drake
Comes To Town
Duk-a-Nickel Can To
Raise Funds for Breeding
Itch Game Is
Challenge To Locals
Inexperience Worst
Bugaboo of Team
Center of Line
Is Strongest Spot
Game Shows
Few Yards Gained
An effort may be made to get
Sank Lake into the southern Min
nesota fishing zone, it was learn
cd mere ILLS WEN. AsoAs AAo''
the mediterranean boundary of the
southern half runs just a mile out
of Sank Centre on highway %.
Virtually the northern tip of the
southern zone touches Sank Lake.
Under the law the power to
change the zone status of any lake
within thirteen miles Of the pres
ent boundary is permissible.
Zones are predicated on spawning
habits and the like with a view
toward conservation of our fishing
stock. =.
Habits of spawning of fish
in southern lakes of the state
are noticeably earlier than
those in the northern part.
An arbitrary boundary has to
be set someplace. So the
cases of certain boundary lakes
one way or the other-as In
the case of Sank may be open
to question. Changing to
the southern zone would neces-
sarily open seasons on certain
now restricted species earlier in
the season, notably on bass and
panfish. There Is little
doubt that it would open the
real season much earlier on
Sank Lake. For the panfish
and the bass are the real forte
of the waters.
Ducks Unlimited, in case vol
don't know, is an organization o
United States and Canadian sports
men who have banded together IL
a real conservation effort. Pro
gram of the group is simply tn
restoration of hundreds of acres o
breeding grounds for American
ducks. Some over 100000 acre
have been reclaimed in Canada TO
their breeding with funds raise
through the group. The boys her
get a chance to kick in this veal
And its a rather clever wa
of raising money at that. Jak
the Drake is the key name Of tn
outfit and it's money container l
Ncah'
The Duk-a-niclel can is
very clever piece of simple
mechanism. Presumably
for every duck one shoots he
drops a nickel in the can, or
ten percent of his poker win
nings. The boys here have
it all figured out, Gerd Carpen-
ter was telling us the other
day. They have them COM
ing or going. :. Either a hun
ter is a darned good liar or he
is a cheap skate. If he brags
Of getting more ducks than he
got, it costs him a nickel for
every conjured up duck. II
he reports less than he gets,
the boys say he is a cheap
skate. And they also say
they have ways of knowing.
The whole thing is getting to
be great fun and it ought to
ring the cash register a plenty
this hunting time.
To Sank Centre football the OF
ening game with Litchfield cam
as a ringing challenge to these boy
carrying the torch. For her
in their third year the challene
is: to rise above it's own level {
sixth place in the West Centr'
Conference setup. For tw
years the team has rated in sixt
place. There will changes in tn
lineup coming up against Morri
Friday or possibly by the mex
game. Inexperience of a Who'll
flock of the boys out there playin
their first game resulted in
coaches huddle. Right off tn
bat you can say the center Of tn
line with the guards and center
the best spot in the team to dat,