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Show THE CITIZEN iwiiiiiiliiiiiiiliiiiiilillliiililillililiiiilliilliiliiliiiillliiiililliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I THE GREAT OUTDOORS ill Sihihwhhuimiuhhhhiiiiiiiiihiiuhiiiihi GAME DEPARTMENT WILL TRAP BEAVER ON WEBER MARKET FISHERMEN REAP HARVEST UNDER NEW LAW War has been declared upon the heaver and muskrats Inhabiting the Weber river from Ogden to the head of the stream. Game wardens are now trapping these fur bearing animals, notwithstanding that their furs are not yet prime. The beaver had been protected for many years on the Weber river, and the farmers have carefully watched them, hoping that some time in the future they might be allowed to go out and take some of the animals, but they were only dreaming. The farmers may go out and poison and kill the gophers on their property, but the beaver in which there is good money, belongs to the state, which collects the toll. The present extermination of the beaver in the Weber has been brought about by the great damage these animals are doing to the farmers, or are alleged to be doing, and the game department is now determined to make a general clean up. The poor farmer. Everybody is saying it, but whenever there is any The trout fishing season closed yesterday and will remain closed now until June 15, 1924. However, it is lawful to fish for common fish at any time in the Jordan river, Utah lake, Sevier river between the mouth of Clear Creek canyon and Otter creek, Logan river below the railroad bridge. Considering the millions of trout planted the past few years, the fishing season as a whole was not what it should have been, and outside of a very few places it was pretty hard to catch many fish. The Weber river which was the best fishing stream of the state at one time, afforded ' the poorest fishing this year in its entire history. Catfishing in Utah lake of late months has proved a big disappointment, but this was predicted in The Citizen when the new law went into effect which permitting the setting of fish traps in the lake. These traps work day and night and the toll is heavy. The law also permits shipping the fish but of the state, and the good prices received made life miserable for the delicious cat. As a result angling for them has netted few fish. Catfish should be exempt from the seine, fish traps and set lines having more than two or three hooks. This is a matter for the county organizations to take up, and they ought to see to it that the market men do not draw up another bill full of jokers. There is no reason in the world why the majority of the people should provide the money to protect fish and game and then have a few people come along and reap the harvest on the market. You might just as well make up your mind today that you cannot have market fishermen and fish, too. The catfish is rated as a game fish in most of our states and receives protection. It ought to be protected from the seine in Utah also. money in sight, some one else takes it. If the beaver have damaged any property, it has been the farmers property. The state should allow the farmers to trap these animals or else reimburse the farmers for the damage done. It is pretty hard for a farmer to live along a stream and have a colony of beaver working on his land cutting down the timber and then have someone come along and trap the entire colony. Some of the farmers have tried to get permits to trap the beaver but so far they have been unsuccessful. About a month ago some of the farmers were advised that they could trap muskrat and mink if the pelts were sent down to the commission office and when sold they would get half the money. Three weeks later this order was countermanded and some of those who wanted to trap were told that they could do so and keep all the money, but they could not get any permits to trap the beaver. It is wrong for the game depart-.meto trap the beaver. If there are too many of these animals along a stream the farmers who live there or owners of the land should be allowed to trap them. The state should not be engaged in merchandising. It creates trouble. Our present law provides that muskrat cannot be trapped until 1925 and then only between December 15 and March 1 following. In the same section it provides that licensed trappers can trap during the open season under such restrictions as the state commissioner may prescribe. The law is not decisive here. The commisioner could under that nt al-.wa- ys section prescribe that the state re- ceive part of the pelts. All such jokers should be eliminated from the law and it should clearly prescribe what one may do and what one may fiot do. LOGAN AGGIES WIN HARD GAME FROM UNIVERSITY Utah entered the field with confidence, but the Logan Aggies with her sturdy line, and a series of trick plays, proved the undoing of the local team which had been picked to win the Thanksgiving game, but which went down to deefat by the final score of 13 to 21. It was an Aggie day and the Loganites yelled themselves hoarse during the game. It gave Logan the undisputed championship of the state and the annual footbal classic of this state passes into history. Ten thousand people witnessed the 'contest, probably the largest crowd that has ever attended a similar game at the local campus. The Colorado University won year's intermountain football -- GREAT BILLIARD PLAYER WILL BE SEEN IN ACTION ... Local billiard cue fans will' be given a treat at the Commercial club next Thursday night when Welker Cochran of Hollowood will appear in an exhibition game. Mr. Cochran is one of the best 18.2 balkline players of the world, and while he is not the recognized champion, he is not far from the title. He is a master with the cue over the billiard ball. The exhibition will be given at 8 oclock on the" evening of December 6, before 500 to 600 spectators, ali members of the chamber, including workers for the 75,000 advertising fund campaign of .the organization. Indoor bleachers will be erected in the main dining room. The exhibition will be a feature of the campaign for advertising funds, which begins four days later. Besides the Cochran exhibition there will be other athletic features and addresses on the drive. The affair will be given as the regular monthly smoker of the membership. No one except members will be admitted. George Hauser, former manager of Jake Shaefer, will be announcer and referee. Negotiations for the appearance of Cochran here were completed by G. C. Spratt, manager of the Brunswick-Balke-Collend- er company. 113 engines Increasing traffic in the west, will resent an expenditure of about Government I Municipal Corporation Local Securities s I Central Trust Ca ImestmentBonds Main at First South Salt rjiiiiiifiiiiiiiiii 1 Lab IIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIII,,,. d Morgans Vienna I CAFE I Now open in new location I Finest Restaurant in the City i The Best of Everything I Where the Live Ones Swim I 169 South Main 'ViiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiHiinuiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiKs Member Federal Reserve 8yatem 4 Per Cent on 8avings Regard this bank as your new and powerful locomotives to be placed in service in 1921 have just been ordered by the Southern Pacific company. Coincident with the new purchase, it was announced Your succets it of vital Importance to ue because both banks and communitlea depend upon have begun delivery of . fifty new freight and passenger locomotives ordered the early part of this year by the Southern Pacific company. The two orders, adding a total of I New Furniture New Equipment FRIEND that eastern manufacturing concerns s5 City. Utah NEW RAILROAD EQUIPMENT. Sixty-thre- e S inmmimtiiiiiiiiniiiinnnHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniuiiiiiii,,,,,. I ce claims for disabilities which were received during their service in the U. S. army and navy branches. Section 309 of the War Risk Insurance Act, October 6, 1917, provides: That no compensation shall be payable unless claim therefore be filed, in case of disability, within five years after discharge or resignation from service, or, in case of death during the service, within five years after such death is officially recorded in the department under which he may be serving, provided, however, that where compensation is payable for death or disability occurring after discharge or resignation from the service, claim must be made within five years after such death or the beginning of such disability. A great many men were discharged shortly after the armistice in November, 1918, and in these cases the time limit is maturing. These men should communicate with the Veter-and- s Bureau at once, to protect their rights in later years, if not at present. ser- uniiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiwiiiiuiuimiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNi sub-distri- ct ex-servi- rep- $8,000,-00- 0 when delivered and fitted for vice. DISABLED SOLDIERS. manDr. B. W. Black, ager of the United States Veterans bureau, at Salt Lake City, desires to men of the late impress the war with the necessity of filing their for handling constantly the success of each Individual. COLUMBIA Trust Company 125 80UTH MAIN 8T. |