The request of the local chapter of the Izaak Walton league for permission to lease a portion of the several-acre plot of land owned by the city on Sixteenth street was referred to the cemetery and buildings committee of the council.  The council was informed that the recently organized "Ikes" chapter would like to build a clubhouse on the land that in recent years has been used in the main as a show grounds for circuses and carnivals.

Some 50 members of the Ames chapter of the Izaak Walton league made possible over the weekend the completion of the first half of a reforestation project at the northwest corner of the 65-acre tract of land under option to the chapter, which hopes to purchase it for a recreation area.  Dick Trump, chairman of the chapter's conservation committee, is shown planting one of the pine trees, while fellow workers look on, left to right, G.V. Giffin, member of the membership committee; Charlie Sorenson, chairman of the finance committee raising money for the recreation project; Trump's son, Dickie, and George Clark, chapter president.  The reforestation work will be finished next weekend, weather permitting, when another 500 trees will be planted on the land that has been contour plowed.  Regular meeting of the chapter will be held tonight at 7:30 in the Sheldon-Munn hotel west dining room.  Jim Zabel, WHO sports editor, Des Moines, will be the principal speaker.  Carl Lechner, head of the Lechner Engineering company of Ames, will make a report on his survey of the tract of land the chapter proposes to buy.

The "wildlife" of Story county already has expressed its approval of the tract of land northeast of Ames recently acquired by the Izaak Walton League.  President Geo. Clark reports seeing a deer as well as nesting quail and pheasant in the area.  With restricted hunting, this area could soon become a safe and popular game refuge.

At last Tuesday's meeting the membership voted to exercise its options on the land owned by Max Bailey and Fred Davis and launched immediately into an improvement program to provide identification and fencing of the grounds, a skeet and trap shooting range, and as funds become available a fishing and boating lake.  Quite a number of League members have worked several weekends on two particularly undesirable conditions in the area.  One is the vigorous mullenweed which is abundant but diminishing and the other is empty beer cans also abundant but with little thoughtful consideration, quite controllable.

The tract of land comprising approximately 65 acres of timber and rolling pasture offers unlimited possibilities for the practice of conservation as well as affording considerable recreational facilities.  Besides the shooting ranges and lake, the chapter hopes eventually to build a permanent clubhouse for its projects and meetings.

One project quite apart from the land acquisition is the raising of pheasants at the Stanley 
Van Voorhis home.  Four hundred baby chicks are due to arrive in about two weeks and chairman Norvall Curry has asked any who can to be at the site on Saturday at 1:30 with hammers and fence stretchers to complete the fencing job.

Entertainment highlight of the meeting was the showing of the "Superior-Quentico Forest" film, a color picture of the last primitive, roadless timberland on the Canadian-U.S. border.  This film is available to civic groups and service clubs and is well worth the viewing.  Curley McNabb's coffee and doughnut committee adjourned the meeting until Tuesday, June 20.

GERBRACH TO TELL IKES ABOUT FISH THAT DIDN'T GET AWAY - "The Big fish Story" or "The One That Didn't Get Away" - that's what the Ikes will hear about at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday night.

A good many people have admired those mounted beauties in the lobbies of the theaters of Ames and wondered just what it took to get them.  Joe Gerbrach, genial manager of the theaters and deep sea fisherman extraordinary; will be on hand at Tuesday's meeting to explain all about it and probably deny the rumor that you can buy them already mounted anywhere along the Gulf of Mexico.  Anyway, Joe has been out of the bent pin and worm stage for many years and has several prize winners to show for his efforts.

Business part of the Izaak Walton meeting will get under way at the Band shell with a discussion on the immediate plans to complete the construction of the dam at the new Izaak Walton Park northeast of Ames, as well as discussion of plans for the further development of the area for picnicing, trap shooting, rifle shooting, landscape and lake beautification.  Completion of the spill way and flood gate will impound up to 20 feet of water and cover an area of nearly five acres.  It has been reported that water back of the dam is already up to the spill way or about eight feet.

Meeting time is 7:30 with the usual good coffee and pastry to wind up the proceedings.

IKES WILL HOLD BIG AUCTION - The makings of a gigantic public auction were assured today by the announcement from the Izaak Walton finance committee that plans are completed to hold a huge outdoor auction Saturday, May 5 at 2 p.m. in front of the Bandshell.

Merchandise already secured for the auction includes an outboard motor, some shot guns, radios, used washing machines and ranges, a sheep skin coat, paint, wheelbarrows and an automobile.  All items are being donated by "Ikes" - merchants and other interested persons.  According to Lewis Van der Wilt, general Chairman of the project, this should be about the biggest public auction sale ever held in these parts.

The entire proceeds of the sale will go toward improvement of the new Izaak Walton Park northeast of Ames.  Most urgently needed improvement is a new road to the trap and skeet range since construction of the dam has flooded the old road.  There will also be considerable planting and general beautification of the area as well as building of numerous picnic tables and fire places.  Plans also call for construction of a rifle range to meet the need of the newly organized Rifle Club.

Col's. Joy and Johnson, popular auctioneers of Ames and Story City will cry the sale and Bert Vinsel and Early Brown will serve as clerks.  Van der Wilt in announcing plans for the sale stressed the need for donations of merchandise for the auction - anything large or small anyone might have and doesn't need but some body else might want.  Donors are urged to get in touch with Van der Wilt, phone 2089; Doc McNurlen, phone 3860 or Con Wendell, phone 1108; as soon as possible so that their merchandise may be listed in next weeks sale bill.  Anyone not able to bring their goods to the Bandshell may contact any of the above persons and a truck will make the pick-up.