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Show THE CITIZEN HIIIIIIII IIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIH SPORTS .2 - gliiij,iilli,iil"iiiiiiilllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllHlHlIHmilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiiiHinmmiminrAnother scandal In politics. This gation canal, ditch, reservoir mill time it is the state fish and game race or other waterway leading from or into any state waterway known to contain game fish, who shall desire to drain any such irrigation canal, ditch, reservoir, mill race or other waterway, shall give a written notice to the de- partment which is involved and Bob is the Siddoway, former commissioner, nllm under fire. He has been accused audiof ;.or bookkeeping by the state tor, who is checking the accounts and a complaint has been sworn to charging Hiddoway with a shortage and the limiter will now be fought out in the courts. The matter has caused a sports-mog, t deal of talk among the and the present fish and game state commissioner or one enacted and his depu- ties, and on the same date shall mail a copy thereof to the state commissioner at least five days prior to such draining. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed a misdedmeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not less than one hundred dollars. Let us collect the fine and make respect for the law. There will be a great deal of water the present season and fishing ought to be better than usual. It is only eighteen days to the opening of the fishing season in a majority of the Utah streams. The exception is the x. laws have been forced. of en- For many years past the department has been a huge joke and has been used as a private club, the directors of wh Air took out their friends to fish and hunt at will while the sportsmen stood in the background facing the bills. In fact there was so much time spent in pleasure seeking that the stocking of streams and the propagation of wild game was nearly forgotten, and according to reports there are many streams in the state that have been neglected for years. Even the U. Strawberry reservoir and tributaries flowing into it where the season opens July 1st. However, fishing is allowed below the reservoir from June 15th S. government employes at the govand on to the close of the season. ernment hatcheries were wondering Up to the present time the fish have beUtah matter with what was the net commenced their run from the to ask Strawberry reservoir up the tributarcause this state was too busy for her allotment of trout spawn or fry ies. which is a very unusual thing. which was at the hatcheries for the Fishing next year will be much betmere asking. ter than this year. Madsen is trying Dave Madsen, our new commisto secure every trout he can for disbe will a there change tribution and expects to stock every sioner, says from the past for the better, and it is stream in the state before the close his intention to place Utah on the fish of the year. If he puts the fish where and game map of the Union. Idahof a they can grow we will have good fishmuch smaller state in population ing. No results can be expected than Utah more than doubled where trout fry are dumped into the in licenses last year. Utah sold main streams because the big fish eat about 35,000 and Idaho issued 8S,000. the little ones. Fish hatched this With good fishing in this state there spring will be large enough to catch is no reason why the fish and game dethe opening of the season next year. partment ought to be able to sell more than 100,000 licenses. It is Madsens Abie Mishkin d was awarded a draw intention to correct as many of the with George Eagles, of Oakland, at the evils detrimental to fish culture on our fistic carnival at the Hippodrome last streams as soon as possible, in order Downing havto give the trout a chance which will Monday evening, Hardy ing decided that Abie held his advernaturally increase the licenses. sary in a manner befitting such a dewith ditches havoc Irrigating play cision. It was a real battle, and Abie the fish in the main streams. Notwithmet one of the toughest boys of his standing a strict law regulating the career. Darren and Briggs went four shutting off and on of water in all ir- rounds to a draw, while Kid Sparks of rigating ditches and canals of this Pocatello won a technical knockout state. A few days ago the flow of over Kid Blair of Logan. Walt Hart water from Big Cottonwood creek was knocked out Irving Jacobs of New turned off from several of the canals York. and the fish were left to die. Everybody in the neighborhood helped themGeorges Carpentier has begun trainselves to a nice mess of, trout and of Jack Dempsey, course this was proper, for it was ing for his bout with all indications is already in nnicli better that the fish should be and from excellent shape. Dempsey is busy at eaten than left to rot in the ditches. in shape to take Several people called up the fish and Atlantic City, getting who has degame department and deputies were care of the 'Frenchman crown. rushed to the ditches to gather up signs upon his "but trout remained. Then came reports from Provo that the water had Babe Pinelli of the Oaks became Bill be. n turned off a large canal coming peeved at a decision of Umpire out of the Provo river and many tons Byron and landed upon the umps rout were lost. Section 10 of the beak, putting him down for the count. bsl and game law Now the Oaks arc shy one perfectly provides: vny person, corporation, or good third sacker. Just what his punishment will bo is not known at this owning, or controlling any irri our-stat- e -- coin-Par- y 15 writing, but if McCarthy hands it to him in the same measure as he did Brown of the Bees, Babe will probably receive a life sentence. Byron has a faculty of riling the players, and it is not at all surprising that he has at last been the recipient of a shiner. team getting their eye on the ball, its a much better looking team than three The members of the Salt Lake baseball team, individually and collectively, have their eyes on the ball these days, and the team looks about 100 per cent better than it did a fortnight since. Hits enough have been made by the members of the team the past ten days to win half a hundred well played ball games. Its too bad the hitting could not be stretched over a greater number of games and to better advantage. However, now that the boys have started to soak tho pill, if the pitchers will just come up to last seasons form, we may soon be in the and that some of the tough birds who indulge In Towdyism and cushionthrowing may be place behind tho bars. weeks ago. The mayor of Ogden has come out with the declaration that rowdyism and at baseball games in that city will be stopped, cushion-throwin- g The stales attorney at Plattesville, Wis., announces that any prosecution for violation of the blue laws by baseball players last Sunday must be started on the Initiative of citizens, he having refused to allow attaches of the sheriffs office to issue complaints. Seven boxing bouts were put on at Ogden Friday night, in the nature of a benefit for the family of the late Deputy Sheriff T. H. Blackburn, the police officer slain by a Mexican bandit recently. running. An even break with Vernon, with one game postponed, was not so bad, . especially as the string of near big league flingers carried by Vinegar Bill seemed to have no terrors for our boys, the manner in which they pounded their offerings to all corners of the lot being somewhat disheartening to the opposition. One of the features of the past week has been the winning of a game by Lefty Leverenz and A1 Gould, both of whom have been far from at their best since the season opened. Now that they seem to have hit their stride, we may hope for a good many more games from these two flingers. THE FINANCIAL PROGRAM. The cutting of national expenditures, the reduction of national taxes, the readjustment of those taxes that must remain to furnish revenues, the arising of the tariff rates to the point of protection to American industry, the refunding of outstanding issues of liberty bonds, victory notes, war savings stamps, and treasury certificates into a single issue of long-terbonds, the collection of the interest and principal of the ten billion dollar debt owned to the United States by the allies these are the principal features of a financial program the realization m Salt Lake fans have taken it upon themselves to pay the $100 fine assessed against Brown by McCarthy, each loyal fan being asked to send in a dollar bill. It is expected to raise the amount in this maner. of which is depended upon to rehabilitate American industry, and lay the foundation for another long period of prosperity. The addition of Brown, Strand and Schwartz seems to have made a wonderful improvement in the home team. 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