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Show m fvNy 1 v pjj U I . ui- .. siLJm Attend Brigham City Peach Days, September 10 And 1 1 - - - Utahs Oldest Harvest REFUGE BOTULISM DEFEATED, RESTORED TO EFFECTIVENESS Many Tourists Attracted Each Year, All Find The Time Interesting And Well Spent Continued From Preceding Page weak solution of Epsom salts, administered with the hose and dent's house, water filteiation bulb, frees a duck's system of and power plant building, ma- the of Western duck poisons chine shop, large garage, boat sickness or botulism. After the houses and other structures. treatments, the patients regainThe buildings all are healed ed their health and strength in until by natural gas, supplied by a a "convalescent pond nearby well. A plant operated they were sufficiently recovered by natural gas supplies, electri- to take wing again. city. The administration buildThis same waterfowl breedings are of concrete with red and feed area which several ing tile roofs, and are modern in ago was mostly a dry mud years every respect. The aquatic lab- flat, devoid of any kind of life, after oratory building .designd today is covered with a solid one at Ann Arbor, Michigan, is mat of aquatic growth. Sego devoted to aquatic research. pond weed and other natural The building contains 40 glass duck foods are found over large tanks for the development and areas. A luxuriant growth of study of local marine life. tules and rushes covers thouOld Conditions Restored sands of acres. Vegetation is l From the top of a over all of the marsh. steel tower observers m a y, spreading A visitor to the refuge today through powerful glasses, watch may see vast flocks of ducks, all parts of the refuge. geese, swans and pelicans feedTreatment Hospital on the broad expanse of At the refuge hospital, emer- ing water around the tules. Acocets, gency cases of every description among the 200 species of stilts, ibises, snipe, sandpipers, and birds that use the refuge, in- phalaropes, herons, gulls water other wade birds many cluding not only ducks but shoreline of the dikes. Canadian geese, white swans, along the officials have counted Refuge and pheas- 194 pelicans species of birds on the refants, were brought in for study Eighty-seveof this numuge. and observation. The batches of ber are classed as strictly water sick and dying birds were inIf you make a trip to stalled in "wards" consisting varieties. the refuge today you may see of rows of frames covered with at least 69 species of birds who vvire screening. on the refuge throughHere experts had the oppor- remain out the summer. tunity to give each sick bird individual treatmnt. If a duck Build Nesting Islands or swan was found suffering more To, provide area for from lead poisoning, water forc- ground-nestinbirds, artificial ed into its stomach with a bulb nesting islands, 600 feet long and hose washed out dozens of and 125 feet wide, have been lead shotgun pellets that the built. The success of the conbird had gulped down in its struction of these islands, an search for food in areas where idea which originated on this shooting is permitted. A dose of refuge, is evidenced by the fact medicine from a tall glass grad- that 493 nests were counted on uate, instead of a spoon, cures one island the second season. a pelican troubles with stom- The first season, 169 birds nestach parasites or worms. A ed there, refuge records reveal. 100-foo- ring-necke- n 5t YEARS Today the refuge is a complete success; the duck sickness is under control, the duck population of the great swamp is rapidly growing and the time is not far distant when the marshes will again be restored to their former condition as found 100 years ago by Jim Bridger. Duck banding at the refuge has proved the importance ol the marsh area to migratory bird life. Over a period of seven years, 1,400 returns were received from a total of 9,000 birds banded. Returns came from Central America on the south and the Arctic on the north. The value of the refuge in increasing bird life can best be judged by the record of the whistling swans. In 1928, one thousand five hundred of these birds wintered on the refuge. In 1933 the number increased to 6,000, and in the fall of 1934, there were 15,000. In the fall of 1935 it was estimated that swans visited the refuge on their return from nesting within the Arctic circle. 20,-00- 0 Attracts Many Tourists For a number of years past, the refuge has attracted thousands of tourists and bird lovers from all parts of the nation. They drove the twelve miles to the refuge on a graveled surface road which, in some places, was barely wide enough to accomodate two cars W'hen they met. This spring, however, the state highway department agreed to give financial aid for a new highway all the way from Brigham City to the refuge. Work was begun almost the day after the final approval was made construcand by two-lantion of a road is expected to be completed. By providing an easy access to the refuge, it is expected .to attract many more tourists and visitors than ever before. The new highway will enable a motorist to drive across marshes and swamps as he would motoi across the super highways of the nation. A number of commercial as hard-surface- e OF SERVICE... THINGS TO S0EE IN BOX ELDER s,. "KMmxjm, . . . There's excellent fishing at Locomoti Take either the read souths Springs. off Highway 30 S at Snowville, or betwee I Blue Creek and Snowville. ...TRY THE FISHING AT LOCOm well as government moving picture films have been made on the refuge and shown throughout the world. As a hunting grounds, the refuge is popular, perhaps the most popular place in the west, for the government has allowed hunting on two of the five units of the refuge each year. Wallace Beery, film star, has built a small log hunting lodge near the entrance to the area, and spends a minimum of several weeks here each hunting season, shooting on the refuge marshes daily. Hunting Under Regulation of the Bear Superintendent River Migratory Bird refuge is Vanez Wilson. Aided by a staff of experts, he administers the affairs of the marshes under his control to the complete satisfaction of the biological survey and sportsmen of this area alike. All hunters are required to register, to have their guns checked and to abide by government regulations when hunting on the great marshes. Boats driven by outboard motors are almost a necessity to enjoy all of the advantages for shooting the open units of the area offered, but nearly every resident of Box Elder county owns or has access to a boat and motor suitable for this type of hunting, and most of them are willing to make their equipment avail well-know- able to v:snors to this who wish to try "the finest w&terfovvl shootir ter the hunt is over, are required to check V their birds are counted c spected to prevent la tions and to enable the staff to keep an exact of the number of birds species taken each seasoA fine leads directly west froir ham City to the refuge, t to Utah and Brigham C: summer will find at the even more so than at parks and other j ment-owneattractions,! they are welcomed as par ers and interested fedeial reservation. o - hard-surface- d parti-thi- Visitors Welcome Wilson and his staff , are willing and eager to they can to help the visr all there is to see at the give interesting the refuge of birds, even company tours over the pointing out the birds, r their species and telling thing of their eharacterist. habits. When this is impo the staff will always . . . Hot springs resorts are located on Highwc 191 ten miles north of town, and on Hig 91 eleven miles south of town. Anotf way er hot springs is at the point of "Litfi Mountain" on Highway 83 west of town, smells like a hot springs, too. VISIT THE HOT SPRli i L00KB..gS FOR THE AT 1()4 NORTH Ml BEFORE TAKING TO THE OPEN ROAD . . . He sure your DEALERS Lumber and Builders' Hardware General Hardware John Deere Implements ear has been checked and double checked for all possible troubles. Drive into your friendly CHEVRON station at 104 North Main and let our trained mechanics look it over. IN Moore's House Paints Norge Electrical Appliances Monarch and Majestic Ranges Radios and Phonographs Knight's Spring Canyon Coal Packard-Bel- 9u North Main Street be to give directions as to esting drives that may be over the refuge dikes, anc to be looking for. THINGS TO SEE IN BOX ELDER . . . V Festiv; l Chevron Gas & R.P.M. Motor Oils Credit Cards Honored Atlas Tires - Batteries - Accessories Lubrication - Car Washi rrgi Phone ME S SERVICE 104 NORTH MAIN |