Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-26 | Page 10 | Beaver Trappers Facing Arrest

HEAVER BEAVER TRAPPERS FACING ARREST Game Warden Is Warning Sale or Shipment Shipment Shipment Ship Ship- ment of Pelts Prosecutions of a large lar-e number of persons who illegally have been trapping trapping trap trap- pin ping heaver beaver in various sections of or the state shortly will be begun by by byR n. n II 11 state game g-ame and fish commissioner com corn missioner and his deputies working in I conjunction with federal authorities it I Iwas was as announced A mass of ot evidence has been heen secured I and It is asserted that the guilty guilt will have hav er chance of oC es escape ape when the they are haled before the bar of Jus jus- I tice Complaints will be he Issued within a R afew afew few days It Is stated Commissioner again ain calls attention of common carriers t to the Utah law which provides that they shall shaH not accept for shipment beaver crl pelts unless the package e containing such pelts is IS plainly marked showing 1 that the thc office of oC the state fish and g-anie g game commission commission has been advised of the shipment Violation of or this law Jaw places place the common common cornmon com corn mon carrier r In the Fame same as af the person who Illegally all secures the thel pelts 1 Is only one pl place cc In ill the tho state says Sas Commissioner where beaver a ar r pP can be purchased and that place is 18 the office of the state rl fish h hand and game Fame commission Special permits arc are 1 issued 1 from time timeto to time tim allowing the trapping of heaver and during tho the last year iU many of or th the animals h have hc c been secured In I Summit Duchesne Uinta anti and Plute I counties The pelts are arc turned over overto overto I to the commissioner and sold by hy him I to the highest hl-hest bidder B By these sales about 2000 has been heen realized by uy the theoffice theoffice office during the tho last year I The Ced federal ral authorities are arp Interested Interested Inter Inter- est ested cd in n the enforcement of or the l law ony in so o far a as It Is violated in re respect respect re- re sped to interstate shipments