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Show t Bird Refuge 17 Miles Of Acres' Wildfowl ear Has Vest where the Bear River ran after leaving the valley. Bridger was selected to settle the bet. Late in October, 1824, he itTo Refuge ill Worth An Ameri-foremo- Bridget. Western explorer, trapper trader, In the fall of stumbled onto the great-naturgame bird refuge fur of the Rockies and thought discovered an arm of the He Is credited fic ocean. Great .Salt discovering lad of the north shores on h the established Migratory Bird is now River re-- acres of 64,000 an area i lo-- d rivers Injunction at the the lake. and a party of Hud-Bacompany fur trappers camped on the Bear river, y dger i flowed westward the alley known as :h otters through Cache, between the party as to was made rager of was deafening. Market Hunters wings . Come loaded e turned with the report that he launched his t and had discovered an arm of the floated westward. After shooting Pacific. the Bear river narrows, a danCaptain John C. Fremont, as gerous stretch of rough water "the pathfinder, came to the which ran through a deep and shores of the Great Salt Lake narrow gorge, he entered the in the autumn of 1843. Great Salt Lake valley. Bridger launched his rubber boatFremont on the climbed to a rock point to lake and explored the Bear rivand was the first er marshes. In his writing he white man to set eyes on the mentions that he loitered Great Salt Lake, which 20 miles of a day shooting ducks most and to the south glistened and spar- geese in the marsh, which was kled in the autumn sun. abundant with waterfowl. Brigham Young led his band Mistaken For The Pacific of Mormon pioneers into the Then Bridger .padded his of the Great Salt Lake lo-skin boat down the river, valley24, 1847. Soon after arrivJuly to reach what he thought eager was the Pacific ocean. A few ing, Young sent a party of men to explore the valley. miles from the lake, he entered north an area of swamps formed by They reported that millions of ducks the rich silt deposited by the in the and geese could be found river. In these swamps his as mouth ofgreat swamps at the Bear river. tonished eyes saw millions of Thousands the of Acres of Ducks ducks, geese and waterfowl of In 1849, the .United States all descriptions. Great flocks of sent Captain Howgovernment ducks arose before his boat, ob ard of the Standsbury the sun, and the roar of phical engineers corps topograscuring to explore the Salt Lake valley. The following excerpt taken from buffa- IN their brass shells each years ago public night for the next days hunt. rthe succulent wild In one season three men used duck brought many market 21 kegs of black powder, each hunters to the Bear river marsh weighing 25 pounds. Five sacks area. There are still a few men of shot, each weighing 25 living who can give an accu- pounds, were used with each rate and interesting account of keg of powder. Knudson only their activities year before his death told in the late nineties. this writer that he still had a The late Rudolph Kaiser, Sr., callous on his jaw, caused by early-damarket hunter, re- his gun kicking against his called that 65 years ago, when face. In the biggest market a boy of 13, he went into the hunting season that he rememBear river marshes with an old bers, his party of three killed Hours later he reached the Sixty-fivlake, tasted it, found it salty and re- demand fo puff-boa- urOrADay i their market-huntin- l7 g r to kill ducks for 5,600 ducks. the Chicago The equipment for a days markets. Kaiser said that in 1887 .he killed in hunt included a shovel to set one season, 1,880 ducks, and out mud decoys, a dinner pail, that his record for one days gun and 175 home-loadeshoot was 196 ducks. He shot shells. The hunting season from a boat blind and used a opened on September 1 and lastdouble-barre- l shotgun and brass ed until April 1. shells loaded with black pow Indians Gathered Eggs In the late nineties Indians der. During one ten day period he averaged 111 ducks a day, went to the. marshes area in and gathered taking out 150 shells each morn- great numbers dozens of baskets of duck eggs ing. e The record for duck for food. They also took hunor young slaughter in this area, accord dreds of "flappers, ing to Kaiser, was held by V. F. ducks which had not yet learnDavis, a local market hunter, ed to fly, chasing them through who, in 1899 with a pump gun the shallow water and killing and paper shells, killed 335 them with clubs. Major William Cook Daniels, Standsburys report is signifi- ducks in one day. This was war hero, cant: flock shooting, and Davis would a Spanish-Americrnot shoot unless he could, kill of Denver, came to the marshes "(Monday, October 22, 1849 The Salt Lake, which lay about four or five duck with each to hunt in 1900. He was aca half mile to the eastward, was shot. companied by Mrs. Daniels who,' covered by imense flocks of Brought Good Prices shooting from a small island, The ducks were picked wild geese and ducks, among by killed 52 ducks the first day. which many swans were seen, women and girls during the The island was named Ladies being distinguished by their night ,and the next morning Island in her honor, and bears size and the whiteness of their were shipped in ice to Kansas the name to this day. s say that 1880 to plumage. I have seen large City, Butte, Denver, Chicago and flocks of these birds before in San Francisco. The market 1906 probably was the period of various .parts of the country, hunters received $1.10 a dozen the finest duck hunting In the and especially on the Potomac, for teals and $1.50 a dozen for history of the marsh area. but never did I behold anything mallards. Dressed geese brought Irrigation Ended Heyday To make the charge that delike the immense numbers here ten cents a pound on the Chi velopment of irrigation systems Thou- cago market. together. congregated e market hunt- in Utah was the direct cause sands of acres, as far as the eye Another of and founder the first of the decline of the marsh area, seemed could reach, literally er, covered with them, presenting a duck club on the Bear river, was and the resulting destruction of scene of busy animated cheer- the late James Knudson. Knud- ing on the broad expanse of the tules. Acocets, fulness, in most gracious con- son has related that he and water around trast with the dreary, silent sol- others hunted for the Eastern stilts, ibises, snipe, sandpipers, and itude by which we were imme- markets from 1895 to 1905. They phalaropes, herons, gulls double-barrelleon used following and page) surrounded. (Continued guns diately muzzle-loade- k all-tim- n lounst Old-timer- iti i. j old-tim- d ELM Harold FUNERAL Heres I day over to exchange the soiled linen in for fresh, crisp, clean apparel to see your chance your luggage, you HOME along your vacation. route.' It while youre visiting, sight-seein- g, takes only a looking this interesting area. And the same speedy service on dry cleaning and Unpack those bags and got a start, right here. Bring them to us, sure to ask for our TOURIST SPECIAL pressing, too. FRESH and be service! I t Tourist Special Day Service Some 9 Well It In By 10 . 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