Show on visit to old home J P miller manager of the moab operative cooperative co company accompanied by mrs miller and their daughter mrs madge daxon left the first of the week for a months visit at mr millers boyhood home in ohio this is mr millers first visit to his old home in many bears there is much difference of opinion as to whether the number of wild ducks in this country has increased in the past ten years since the passage of the migratory bird treaty act of 1918 the bl logical survey of the united states department of agriculture with the assistance of about observers in various parts of the country Is making a study of the abundance of ducks by counting or estimating ti the numbers of birds at their concentration points on the same day each month over a period of the state of utah alone joany millions of ducks have died during the past ten years from poisoning by alkaline waters but with certain areas ot marshland m this asido tor feeding breeding and nesting grounds for wild fowl under bill approved by the president on april 23 great numbers of ducks ath b saved ahls is a matter of interest throughout the west for ducks banded in utah have been found in at least 11 other western states |