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Show fl LI3RAKY . ; o 'K tfirfi Your Paper tim rmrrr Teicds RliM. ,i m (trrltar River Ten Years Ago Basis For State Work. wwoso Tatar I rat Wa heard a flarrae Wall be that aha waiM tlagla Were It wbera taai Mitt naate Hears i. Caartaey, lasts, Oa. ilt County Official Does it. Finally in IRIS H. CL Rutledge, county treasurer for Grand county 1. Utah, planted soma of tbesa much sought fiah In tha Colorado river. Mr- - Kutlcdgo seemed to pass out of tha picture for a while and Make headway. Ks naans Swear by It. Channel catfish won Its way Into the hearts of tha Kansans because was one of the fish which atood Kansa--: when the rest of the ly !islt virld began to desert. Channel ciito thrived under every obstacle roily waters, stagnation, dream and Inks pollution, drought Uooda and all tha rest of the things srMeh tend to decimate the finny acsutlea. Becqbso of Its gameness and spina ranca tha Kansans have chosen j be- ta use Kansas has accepted this fish Ifld has dona more towards iu artificial propagation than other hate the channel eat la becoming ip be considered a native of Kan-aalthough its natural range lakes L a guod bit of the Mississippi val-by- Varying Habits. catfish la ncltner i A ehsnnal qp nor a bottom fiah. Ho frequents water altitudes. The low high and fygler will find him allko In deep spoil and shallow waters, some lays la one, some day In the oth-gome duya the fish themselves gill have different tastes, one ipoup heading for the shallows and dinging to tho bottom of to other deeps. Relatively large .'hannel tatd have been taken from shallow ratera but a safe rule is to look or tho catfish near deep water. If the day la hot and the sun la aright It la best to fish the deep pools. Many anglers prefer night ashing for these fish for the cat-1- h does more traveling during the lark hours. Many states, however, lo not allow night falling. Hhailow voters beckon tho channel aalfish Ha y, tt night. A good rule In channel catflah ng Is to export the flan near the tank in case there is a hole near die bank, lie usually nooks his iplnea on to a pebblo or rout and, faring up stream, walta for such noraels of food aa nature carts to tend him. Tho Warden's Idea. J. B. Dose, state fish and gains garden of Kansas, tslls the about his Investigations vith channel ratfish. "I was fishing. In the itln.iisrah stream river, a clear, spring-fe- d with sand and gravel bed. Tbs cur-vhad washed out a nolo In bend and. aa tho water was very Mear on this particular an,, It was lot difficult to see bottom at many blares In tho pool. The current earned over a r ffln of sand at tho trad of tha pool. The bottom of the river appeared to la covered by rhannel catfish of many aliea, but :he vast majority appeared to ba ibout a foot long. They acurrled to deep water when 1 appeared, but returned In u short time, f kept ns still aa gnats and fill's would permit and fished st the head of the to pool, permitted tha balled nt rage four.) State Fiah and Gama Commissioner Mecham announces that he la still dealing with tha property owners in tho vicinity of Powell's alia gh Utah Iko,ii igaflatMs establish u stats boas hatchery there. Those who owned tho property twenty years ago leased It to Utah county for u base hatchery. Tho butchery piano were discontinued. Now the present property owners are attempting to beat the lease. Tha Utah county commissioners have expressed u willingness to turn tho I case over to the atate it tho state and the property owners can agree. Tho terma which tho property owners have signified aa being satisfactory to them follow. Commissioner Mecham la waiting for advlco from tha attorney general bafore actings Copy of tentative agreement t'o be later legalised and signed by atata fish and gamo commissioner and certain land owners. adjacent to Utah lako In tha event that a leaso held by Utah county la turned over to the fish and game department of tho state of Utah. Art. That tho I'am to be constructed ha placed within the limits specified by tho lease held by Utah county. Art. 2. That the water shall not he raised higher than tho point agreed and upon by tho Commissioner! land owners on May 2, 1929. I Art. 3. That a permanent marker made of concrete or other indestructible material be placed and an elevation bo established before dam Is constructed. Art. 4. That 'thin agreement be entered Into with State of Utah, for the propagation of them of blark boss only, said fish to be used for the stocking of Utah Lake or other bodies of watei. Art. 5. That tha Btale prohibit all hunting an.1 trapping or trespassing of any nnturs by the public on the grounds adjscent to that described tn the lease held by Utah County. Art. . TTist ths dam or obstruction be kept free from all rubbish or trash of any nathre that may cause the water to raise above tho point herein specified. Art. 7. 7 hat tho Htata of Utah be required to pay all damages done to private property not covered by the lease according to an appraisement made by a committee selected by representatives of all parties concerned In this agreement. Art. I. That tho State of Utah stand all eosta necessary for ths establishing of marks and elevations and all other expenses which may he Incurred Inrldent to tho project under consideration. Art. I. That the violation of any of tha articles of this agreement will make null and void all provisions entered Into by tend owner? In connection with th's nerrtment. COMMISSION' AIT ItOlIUATKS MullK MONEY (VII ltOAH At a meeting of tha county commissioners of Emery county, held last Wednesday, May 1, an additional appropriation of $1,171. was mods for graveling tha highway between Huntington and the Carbon county line. An appropriation of 373, was nlsn made for the construction of a bridge, west of Green River on tho atate road. - IMM," i Fisheries MilHundred Represent Dollars lion Annually. Commercial HIM IX I'Ut HIMAYOR'S CHAIll The lowly "Hut ilng" Wsiddy Tati'. (nrimir In s railroad office here. Into tho office of mayor of Dallas. ruinliduln, Rearing Pond Tate, Independent Program whose third campaign for the was hut featured mayorallty ly Problem Solving dog" rallies at which hu nerved thousands of frankfurter sandAmerican Sportsmen. wiches to voters, was elected yesHa reeelved votes 12.09 terday. to 3,557 for Temple Houston MorWhiln there sro probably more row, supported iy the United Dallas association. than 10.000,000 anglers, there sro doubtless ten times that number who have a rtake In commercial fishing by virtue of being consumers of fish. It was stated March 13 by ths Commissioner of Fisheries, Henry O'Mullcy. Commercial fisheries represent 3100,000,000 and food products of more than 1,000,000,000 pounds annually, Mr. O'Malley added. He pointed out that besides furnishing food our fisheries supply many products used In the arts and sciences. Mr. O'Malley's statement follows In full test: Those fighting the American Our fisheries problems ara wilderness scored their decisive and pressing, though hot new. Back In 1370 coma fish Congress created signal victory May 10, 1859, at to Investigate causes for Promotory Tolnt, Utah, when the mission, tho of food etc." depletion fishes, com- This Golden Bplke, marking lh commission, now expanded of the pletion into the bureau of Fisheries, is still railroad, was driven, it was a gala actively st work. day for tho entire country ana celeEffort to Maintain Supply, brities from all part of the notion It may seem, peculiar that in 30 attended the ceremonies. Ths press years the bureau has been unable cur wua filled with newspaper to restore the original abundance representatives from Boston, Ban of the fisheries but, during these Francisco and other cities. years, man's enthusiasm for fish Glancing through Whitney's his- has grown. lie shows Intory ot Utah a tha sixtieth anni- genuity In taking or greater destroying versary nears, w cull out tha fol- them, and the conditions which lowing facta about the ceremony. worried the Congress In 1370 are on tho The Chinese laborers We havo done aggravated. western Una having, with picks and greatly well to maintain tho shovels, leveled the road bed pre- many of our fishes and supply of keep paratory to putting In place the Will) ths.growlnq demand. As. ease a Instances, as ths case for- was now the sturperformed all but the geon, we have not don ofso. est were accompanied by Deputy U. one after which of rail, laying Game Warden bred Larsen of Cas- P. It has been demonstrated that No. eaeh company tle Dale, on a 1 3 day inspection hadengine on the scene and the angler can be given reasonably four engines over the low trip good sport by artificial propagaranges on Jlstr: t 4 on April 15. 1 and IT, at which the C. P. engine "Jupiter" moved tion, of his piscatorial trophies within thirty feet of each other In time damage resulting from con- to hatcheries. A hatchery Is an was for all snd tho dosing ready gestion of dear and elk In Joe'o scene of this memorable act In the orphan asylum for fish abandoned on tha north and south Valley and by their parents, as happens in Horn inountaina was looked Into. great drama of modern events. The fish society the world over. These Duo possibly to the heavy deposits people Inwere now requested to stand order that all might see. orphan are cared for In fish ultural or snow on tho higher ranges, deer bark establishment in tho States Mills, Esq., of Sacramento, were found to ba exceptionally Edgar then read the program of cere- and Alaska. The bureau even hss numerous In Joe's Valley and the monies. scientist, a fish veterinarian In Reverend Dr. Tuild of MasDragon sections. Two hundred sev- sachusetts offered the dedicatory fact, to study their diseases. enteen deer were counted on Get Tin Together. short trip covering less than 4 sec- prayer." Dr. Darkness of Sacramento, Of course, a fish In a hatchery tions of ground. At this time of ot Governor Hanford dues not a sportsman hunyear deer are found running in presented Iwth a spike of pure dreds of Interest bunches. In tha section north of California said: miles distant. To bring and gold Ephra'm-Orangevllfhe twain together, the bureau optho road, In Gentlemen of the Pacific rail- erates Lower Joe'a Valley, more tnan 150 specially constructed raillast rail needed to com- road cars. deer have been seen In one herd. road, the Soma of tho best the greatest railroad enterElk heve done considerable damage plete in trains carry baby trout equipped I to world tha about prise by getting into the hay stacks ot bass properly domiciled the last spike needed to unite or Juvenile farmers in Joe'a Valley. Because of laid; one of tho bureau' fish can. Atlantic and Iaciflc by a new on The the enow drifting half way up the tho solution of the angling probIs tine of trade an I lomnierce stack yard fences, elk were enabled about lem Ilea in ths creation of mors to bo driven into its place. To get over fences that otherwise From California's bosom was and better hatchery facilities to would havtf turned them- taken tho first soji, let hers Je the step up production to meet deInst tie and the last spike and with mand. it is essentially a question them accept the liupes iinil the of ways and means. In a talk In speaking of the Inwishes ot her people that the success of your rnierprlKC may not dividual angler, Mr. Hoover said: Hr have indeed made stupendous stop short of lls brightest promise.' progress n physical equipment The Fold spike tnus to overcome the mysteries of fish. Wc was ubout seven inches long and have moved a little thicker than the ordinary up from tho rude but railroad spike. It wax nmdo from soeiol conditions of tho willow pole twenty-thre- e twenty dollar gold with a butcher-strin- g line, fixed pieces and was worth 3460. On the with hooks coming ton for a dims, whoso head were engraved the words "The compelling lure Is one last spike, and the sides bore tho of sn angleworm and whoso The Pacific railway, incnntutlon Is spitting 0n the bait. inscription, We have arrived at ths high first ground broken January 6, The following suggestions by 2841; und cuinpietcil May 10, ISC9, state of a assembled from Emil Hansen of the U. A. C. Exten- May God continue the unity of our the steel oftackle, Damascus, the bamsion division may ba mads use of country ns this railroad unites the boo ot Blam, silk of Japau, of in tho coming town beautification two great tho world, the lacquer of the Chinn, tho tin of Presented by Davul lleivcs, Ban Bolivia, movements: the nickel of Canada, ths Plant a lawn around your house. Francisco. feathers of brsxil, and th silver A silver spike was presented by of C olorado It makes it attractive. alf compounded by Plant a few shrubs of your house Nevada and an iron spike by Ariz- uia-- i reduction at Chicago. Ill, In the corner by the steps and n ti- ona. Governor Htanfonl spoke in and Akron. As for insgia t)hlu. er place where the house forms behalf of ths Central l'arifit: at.d proGeneral Rodgo responded for the and Inrantatlons. wo have a corner. Plant trees of good varieties for Union Paiifi'-- . Mr. roc of the ln gressed io the application of to artificial flies, to wonrifle Union Expn-s- presented Govshade and ornamental purpose. Plant your roses in Beds where ernor Htanfonl with a silver spike derful special clothing with pigeonholes fur varied lures and linmaul. they can be cultivated. The last tie was placed In post iment. end to railing a bite s Have a flower garden somewhere ot strike'." And et. add Mr. Hoovon your premises, by lion by the two ths side of ths house inferably or In the back const rucl inn .1. 11. Btrobr,d;;i- er, It Is too long between bites; B. Puciflc Central for tlin we must h'ivu inure fish In proslid yard. for tho Union iurific. ll was portion to water.'' Aim to have beautiful worn surThu fisheries problem, consistroundings, It helps to keep tho boys eight fe,-- t long, niudo of I'aliforma and girls at home. laurel, beautifully polished ing Mxciii tally in success nr failure' hoofa tcd with silver plat-.Remember that the cost of beauof the fifthrrmnn to Ivnd his qunr-ring the names of the ofrivera of the nffei-ttifying h but little, but the Increase two the aversga rltiscn, in value of the place Is great. railroad. whe!)n r he iMtidies or eats Use your Influence to beautify Promptly nl 12:30, May 10. T. C.u fish. Ilixxilily, I should merely define tho at your church and school grounds by Durant, ot the Union 1uiilic. ns amtlcr one who attempts tn Plants so it is educational. signal from Governor Htani-irdcntih fish, for fish hone would Do not Leave your rrom yard drove the spike home und the t diloilce in the throats ef but few. ticked the new implanted, but show soma sense for graph instruments If their supply depended solely on to tho world. beauty. IrT.lnlrv under those they personally catch. The Twenty-firDo not Neglect to take care of Colonel Cogswell wa.) thu guard ot ths lawn. Sport --mr . Mu- -t Help, , Do not Plant shrubs,- rases nr honor. Tho unifiers themselves must flowers In rows along tho walk realise Ihnt to continue their sport leading to tha house, but keep an CY D.1Y1R HAY'S requires effort on their part. To open lawn. meet this need a system of fish KEKKIUOIR NOT Do not Plant undesirable trees Leon deOPEN TO AM.LEllS. tiurverirs has recently around your hum such as Cottonh Young veloped. graduating wood trees. Hllvcrlesfed Popular or from hatcheries are exceedingly Cy Davis, lltchrry superintenAmerican Elm. dent at Denver, Ut.'h. r.ilU at- rniull and cannot com polo Do not Plant fruit tree In front tention lu- -t fish reared under natural condto a ory eirried of your house, they belong In the losnrs arc heavy whe Week, taken verbatim from one ef ition. orchard. -U The h n. such fish urn planted; If retained Do not Use Evir greens of any the south' I would and reared to larger els many said that flihlng kind for'street planting, or on the story ,w.u n s rvolr, more reach maturity. Mr. Hoover lawn In front of the house, it will allowed iu around. when secretary of oomnierce. poptha beaver all county year obstruct the view In time. Do not Leave stumps In the Davis declares that thcru is a ularized tho plan now known as for ths "Hoover roaring pond" whereground when ti'tlng down trees, misunderstanding someplace receive although many people insist th.it it by groui of sportsmen take root and all x.'l tn aerlet mnklns be done he hss no legal righ to hatchery fish and ears for them I)o not will Eton Mnom as a rose, DO YOUR permit It and consequently noL (Continued On Page Four.). SHARE. DAIXAK has swept J. minor official For Golden Spike On Promontory Point Sixty Years Ago trans-continen- Efforts To Agree channel catfish were apparently In the course of two forgotten. or throe years Orand county anglers began catching this now game fiah, but for some reason did not see fit to tell the world about, ir was not until 1127, when Senator Km Pattorfoiwtho. auburn hairs d legislator from Moab, was in Salt lilts City spinning fish stories that It became known that the thamyil calfWa hod finally got a itart in Utah. Patterson and Bob Clark, Moab garage man, shipped a few specimens to the state fish and rams department to prove their ivories, Rutledge then solved the siyateiy of the planting. Since 1917 the state fish and same department has planted In Colorado river channel cats sarioea waters of the atate and Indications are that tha fiah will hr-o- IAWLY "HOT Powell Slough Parties Continue sent. ) n 35.-Ou- li j.- ! Ten Million American i Must In Anglers Help f of Fish Propagation I Lake 8portamen of Balt county should get behind tho rearing por.d at Murray. The tkilt Lake association has assumed an obligation which will total something like r.nd when complete will lie tho meano by which 100, 000 aeven Inch trout will ba planted In Balt Lako county streams annually. A construction gang of six or seven men. working under the direction of Depuhas ty Hherlff Joe Bmllh )een furnished by the sheriff's office. Theao men Ore putting In the concrete head gatea to tho rearing ponds. Later the rearing ponds themselves will be concreted. Special contributions for rearing ponde will ba gratefully accepted by the officers or directors of the association. Channel catfish, the Mississippi valley fish which ia. bait advertlaed aa the "barbed trout of Kansas," inada lta appearance In Utah aome tea yeara ago and will probably be cne o f the atate atandbya In another ten yeara. Channel catfish look amazinily Ilka tha trout when viewed from tha aide but when viewed from the top It looks much Uke any of the a peel eh of the catflah family. Three pound fiah are not uncommon and some are much larger. Tha Colorado river near Moab proved to be the first horns of the channel catfish In Utah. Dus to ths difficulty In getting eggs or stock fish little effort wm made to bring channel cats into Utah and whenever channel cats were ordered from tbo east bullheads were inn. ahlarfnf T Pond Ativities Moab Sportsmen Making Good Catches of Miss issippi Valley Native. , 'I Your Paper $1.00 A YEAR Salt Lakers Get Behind Rearing Plant Made .in Colorado (Continued On Heret SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MAY 9, 1929. Channel Catfish, Also Called Barbed Trout, Getting Start in Utah h call It tha barbed trout, and SPORTSMEN tatrenmn tv VOL. NO. 8. NO. 19. IUl . The Utah Statesman, May 2 issue, will devote several columfit each week to the interests of fish and game in the state of Utah. So well received was our Sportsmens Special earlier in the spring and so much appreciated othe articlei we have carried on outdoor subjects that we will henceforth have a special section of four to eight columns, dealing with fish and game. The editor, a graduate forester, former forest service man, former game warden, ten years a newspaper man, and for two years sports editor of The Salt Lake Tribune, is fully competent to give the sportsmen of the state just the kind of a section they want. SPORTSMEN H p-:- Utah. has. Us share xf hawks, owla wihib efr eMJlAA a aeries ms Tho birds and animals and soma of which are harmful to s much lessor dearer. No- - 1 golden eagle, not numerous enough to be s menace, t. Ths western red tan hawk, who does 'some damage IThe desert la not with some - - iali but in tho class of tha other killers. sparrow hawk, two-fowing spread. 4 The Bwalnaon hawk, s soaring bird. In the same category so the redtail. 5. The prairie Gos7. not western The I. a horned but falcon. The considered serious jnenace. owl, a game eater, hawk, tho worst killer of them all, and tha bird which is creating havoc in the upland game bird In the state. 3. Another picture of the sparrow hawk. ot Goshawk Rated as Worst Killer Of Utah Birds; Eagle Acquitted Fast-Flyin- g HawksUsual-l- y More Predatory. Tha nSoaring Varieties. Inclement spring weather and an Influx of predatory hawks and owls have raised havoc with the natural upland game birds of Utah ai.d of tha latter It la invading goshawk eauses the most damage. This docs not signify that every meinebr of tha hawk and owl families should ba put ti death on sight for many of these Mrds have been found t bo beneficial to man. Tho big draw back In aolving the hawx and owl question is that few person, can distinguish between the beneficial and the predatory birds and the person sparing the life of a supposedly worthy specimen may let a predatory bird live, while tha arduous sportsmen, seeking to rid the world of the killers Is Just os apt to bring down a bird wh-cia a recognised friend to man. Utah Hawks. Utah, Ilka all other stater, has many specie of hawks and owls, some of which are benrcJul and some of vrhlch are nut. Among the hawks and owls which ara common lo Utah tho following are perhaps the best known: Tho soaring hawks ara tho western redtail, swslson. the rough-legge- d hawk and the marsh hawk. Tho swift flying hawks are ths goshawk, duck hawx and the d hawk. Then there are two eagles, the golden eagle and the bald eagle. Among the owla the western horned owl and tha burrowng owl ara quit common. Formerly there were a consharp-shinne- siderable number r the great horned owl In evidence but this rpscle has been practically exterminated. Always an Argument. The never ending controversy aa to the habits of these bird continues with tho promlsb that wo never will arrive at a unanimity of opinion as to whether they are benefirial or harmful. This much, however, Is certain the alow flying soaring hawks ment'oned subsist on harmful rodenta and to that extant are highly beneficial to agriculturists. That they occasionally take domestic fowl from the farm yard or capture birds, soin game cannot well be disand puted, but those who have carefully Investigated the stomach contents of these birds produce tho fact that ts only a small part of their diet of birds of any kind. Kaglra Not Und. The two eagles do so little harm that they should need no one tn justify the'r absolute protection. Of all tho birds In tho country they are perhaps the most attractive. Spending nearly all of their time tn high altitudes they are not frequently seen by tha public. They non-gnm- e, Con-sla- GOSHAWK FUES IN STRAIGHT LINE WHEN CHASING QUARRY The Goshawk la a member of the falcon family and Feta lta . name from the fadt that it has been knows to attack- - geese although it usually prefers the smaller upland birds. It is much shorter In wing than tha falcon. The Goshawk, when chasing lta prey filer low and on a straight line.' It does not'raiaa above lta prey and pounce down upon It os do many of tho hawk family. Its speed, strength of flight and ability to still bunt are outstanding characteristics, in olden time Jhs European goshawk was trained In falconry. The American goshawk is larger and handsomer than the European species. It ia a slate gblue, on top, whitish - underbrown line. Its center neath. and closely barred with of activities Is Alaska but it Is a winter visitor to northern United States.- It breeds In northern United States and north to interior Alaska. Scarcity of food in parts of lta natural habitat h gradually leading tha goshawk to change Ito habit. Hence It now In those stays parts of America where the forago is good longer than was customary years ago. , xig-sa- - are not and never will be numerous enough to endanger any apsetea of wild Ufa. Not Infrequently they are taken In traps and by poisoned baits act for predatory animals, and even with ths fullest possible protection there Is some question whether they will be able to mtaiutom their present numbers. Ths small owls do no narm whatever. The western horned owl and great horned owl do oubslst to some extent on bird life but excel, In rare cases they are not considered to bo generally harmrui. L Swift Hawks are Kilim. All of tbo swift flying lawks mentioned sro killers or birds and In this doss may also be included the Cooper's hawk, though he Is not so successful In that respect as are the others. Tha Muck hawka are not very numerous so that their total kill which la confined largely to migratory waterfowl and shore birds is probably not very great. Goshawk tlie Worst. Among all tho hawks tho goshawk ia perhaps tho worst. His ranga ir really In tha northern part of North America but he migrates south during certain seasons of ths year in quest of food and when food la scarce in tha north his presence In Increased numbers is noted farther south. Hr feeds largely on upland game birds and small animals. All varieties or grouse are especially desirable to him aid ha hunts them with a akin and determination not equalled by any other of tho hawk family. His presence In Utah has been noted especally during tha past faw years where because of Increased numbers he hss played havoc with tha grouse. Hr spends most of hla time In the forests and glides swiftly and silently among tha pine trees in queat of hia prey. When grouse are scarce he turns hla attention to rabcotbits, the anowsboo rabbit and ton tall being particularly desirable ah a substitute for birds. All Hawks Dig Travelers. All hawks are capable of long sustained flight and travel great distances In search of food. When tho gome moves from one Mellon to another tha hnwka follow. It la gen. rally conceded that the extermination ot any species of wild life should not bo attempted until all the facts In tho case havo been determined by aclenli-fi- o investigation, 1. should constantly bo borne in mind that during the pas a very fine balance In nature has been ea.abliahed and to attempt to upset this balance without all the fac.s at hand ia decidedly dangerous. Bird Protection Sod Yen in Old. Protection of wild birds had been going on for 250 years before the owls ami hawks were given any protection. Early In tho 'SO the American Ornithologist union committee on tho protection of North American birds drafted a bill which not only represented the first scientific a tempt In statutory term to define and list game birds but also provided complete and permanent protection for all other wild birds save This law the English sparrow. was enacted in New York state in 1S8S. The Model Law. About tho time of tho drafting of this Mil which has sine com to ho known as tha "Audubon Model Law", certain investigations were beginning to. ba made of (Continued On Face Two) a- e lit l le Beautify Home Lot Before The prct-enlc- Fishing Starts seg-me- nt cos-niel- - ud e. y, . st - fl-- l',ls. 1 ...40 . , 6 n kl ,b A) 4 - r. h, '. - K lrv 49 n V N.'b Nk r |