Show COMMUNICATED Altonah Utah Aug AuS' 25 1923 1023 Duchesne Courier Duchesne Utah Dear Sir 51 In regard to your item in the tIle last I issue of or the Courier regarding violations of oC the game law being re 1 at Myton lyton I will say that we will never get all the violators of the he S' S game me law unless the people themselves help with evidence they ha have as a game warden cannot be beIn beIn L. L In all localities at the same time Lime m. m game me-game game laW jaw is brOKen at times but we will wll all have to admit that the game law Is not broken one-half one as much as a few tew years ago The sale of license have more than doubled in the state and also atso in Duchesne county in the last two years ears Also the game department is trying to do the work for tor the ithe entire entire en en- tire Ure state with about thirty men including those working at atthe atthe atthe the seven even hatcheries against wardens under Mr Vay Instead Instead Instead In In- stead of oC paying out so much money for or deputies deputes the Uie money is used for forthe forthe the tho propagation pr of ot fish and and- game The last two years we have built five new hatcher hatcheries les I have Duchesne UIntah and Daggett counties to handle besides s. s am called out to other parts at times and the only help I ha have ve is the forest for for- est eat rangers The the members of the Vernal Gun club have been appointed game wardens without pay lay What Is Duchesne county goIng goIng goIng go- go Ing to do It looks like the sportsmen sportsmen sports ts m men n of oC Duchesne county would get busy and organize when en we have havethe havethe havethe the best county in the state when it comes to 10 fish and game You asked me in your article to publish the names of ot persons that I had arrested for Cor violating the game law Jaw I think it ft perfectly right that the people should should know what a pub public lIe lic servant is doing I have pinched pinch pinch- ed a number of violators rs this year and arid everyone has asked me not to publish their names for they went and pleaded guilty so I 1 dont don't feel fool like giving you their names but will give y you U the numbers arrested in n 1923 up to date twelve date twelve cases in all seven all seven for tor trapping beaver without without without with with- out a permit one for shipping beaver beavor beav beav- er or through the mails three for tor fishIng fishing fishing fish fish- ing without license One for tor killing kUlIng deer out of oC season Tho The fines run from 25 up to I have turned turned turned turn turn- ed in more money to the thio game fund the last two years from Crom the lawful sale sae of ot beaver furs than was received ed during all of ot the last tion Also I 1 have helped to plant more than one ono million fish this year In Duchesne and Uintah counties more moro fish than we have ever had bad all aU together before Anyone that knows anything about the game will tell teU you that in the last few tew years the deer have havo increased moro more than double also sage chickens willow grous ous and pine hens Fishing Is la gradually getting better In conclusion conclusion con con- elusion I ask aak the help and cooperation opera co lion tion of ot all good sportsmen and am willing to be criticised and will take advice and help from toom an any person Yours truly D. D J. J THOMPSON Deputy Game Warden Varden |