| Show Local Sportsmen Move for Better ry ryr f r i Game Conditions Condition r I Action 1 Now r Under Way Tay to Stamp Out Destruction of Fish and Game GanIc and to Secure t Better Le Legislation for Sport in iii Utah Interest at t Height By r Frank E. E ski SeIze ski EVER in the history of the state has bas so much interest been shown shown hown in NEVER N fishing and md hunting as at the present time and no doubt the unusual interest taken e at this time is entirely due to the fact that fish and game have c been getting scarcer every ever year the At-the At the present time the future appears appears ap ap- ap pears pears cars very crr gloomy to the average J citizen who likes to fish 1 and hunt Every cry year it is harder to get the limit of ducks fishing in our streams has become be become bec be- be c come come me a n very cry serious problem and the chickens doves es and quail arc are also fast disappearing n- n The big game is fast going and the question uppermost in ill the minds of the people is s to secure better laws for protection o or of our fi fish h and game Th The sportsmen are of ot the opinion that we must have o stricter regulations and trapper trappers trap trap- I governing o market hunters pers per fishermen who sell their catch and egg collectors coUce The sportsmen are arc Yer very emphatic In their expressions that a uniform fish and same game law ought to be enacted b by the states west o of the hc Rocky nock mountains As a r rule le big biff game travels tra from one state to another In quest for Coo food and we have h the die situation situation sit sit- bad had a good example o of the present winter In the tIle north the ducks and doves e shore hore an and uplands uplands up up- lands ands birds are all migratory and antI man many o of our streams aro are interstate which provide pro a runway from rom one state to another It Is the intention of oC the sportsmen to get together In this state and to ask the sportsmen of of other of-other other states to operate co with them for tho purpose of oC drafting Ideal fish and game came la laws s 's for Cor the west est Wetter Better Protection Tho The people know that we must have ha better protection for our fish and game and unless this Is forthcoming In the tho near future there thero will be no need o of a fish h and game arne department The sportsmen have hoped from front year ear to year ear that the federal government go would take lake over the fish and game of ot this country countr In connection with the forest reserves reser and while w we have havo a a. migratory bird act wet wei have ha nothing In general The government Is very strict In tho the enforcement of or Its Ils laws and ItIs it itIs itis Is for this reason that the sportsmen favor federal control Plenty of fish Ish and game garao in an any state has a tendency to hold down the high cost of ot living In Utah tho the past two two or three years rears our rabbits havo have been poisoned and left lert on the 1 plains to rot As a big contrast tho the news comes from Au Australia that In the year 1919 1319 just passed that country ex exported exported ex ex- ported rabbits and their skins to the amount of about and the United States was one ono of or the largest purchasers of tho the skins Upon tho the face tace of this evidence it app appears ars that our citizens have havo overlooked a big proposition especially In the districts it Is ls said that the rabbits are such BUth a a. pest L Leaves a 1 r for tor Many of oC the sportsmen In indorse orBe the movement inaugurated here bere b by the Elks lodge to secure better protection for the Yellowstone national park parle elk 0 O. O W. W EwinG has left for Cor Washington Washing Washing- ton together with others from Crom the tiro various arious states who will attempt to place th the true situation of ot the elk before Congress with the hope of oC se securing securing se- se curing some adequate provision for Cor future protection and feeding grounds Y L L u that 6 1 h that It It Jt has JiaS been X n CjU suggested b OL i LU e big I herd of oC elk olk be bo distributed to suitable localities In the tho l United States especially espe espe- I espe-I to Ideal forest reserves where her the animals can bo given the tho best I of or protection under which conditions I I the they p would multiply very vena rapidly Another cause caUM for the destruction of ot much of or our wild game g is th the th s big forest forest for for- est cst fires we ve have ha had in tho the western states tates the past few years year The fires Ires originate from Crom several cral Camps Campers Camp Camp- ers s become very cry careless and leave their fires burning which start the flames a going Smokers throw cig- cig into tho the grass b by tho roadside and tho the insignificant and harmless looking smoke mole soon starts a a. blaze which crawls up the mountainside and into the forests forest And then there thero is another source of ot fire which ought to tobe be stopped by legislation and that isto Isto is isto to burn timber Umber on private ground It h has s been reported many times tines that the sheep and cattle men clear their ranges from timber by the fire method In order to produce grazing grounds for tor their sheep and cattle If It they could confine contino the fires to th their lr private private vate rate property no ono would or could complain In Snit Salt Lake County Some Somo of ot the things which toe the boys of or Salt Lake Lak county are arc Interested Int in into into t to bring about better conditions conditions' for our fish and game came and which matters will be he carried to tho the next r Legislature are now under discussion and the tho bO boys 8 are arc confident of or eucce success s. s It is proposed proposed proposed pro- pro posed to put a a. stop to dumping sewage sewage sew sew- age and all filth Into the Jordan river It Is cited that this city is Ie about to build a n pretty prell park on tho the banks of ot the tho Jordan Joroan river and together with the many homes along alon the tho banks onks of or the river this stream should be protected With the se sewage c a and filth out of ot the thc river It immediately becomes an Ideal ideal water for all kinds of oC fish flah Thirty years year ago aco tho the Jordan was an nn excellent trout stream and It could bo be made mae so BO again al It Is also aleo proposed to stock tho the river with catfish Its sluggish sluggish- n n 18 a Is an Ideal homo for catfish As Aa there thero are arc about I 1200 OO in this city and ana hundreds more surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding Utah lake efforts will be made to secure legislation to prohibit the seining of or catfish and shipping out of ot the state CO fop a few Cew years until tho the home supply Is replenished There fliers aro are man many largo laroo rivers in the state Mate that ought to bo be stocked Blocked with catfish and If it seining was prohibited the die sportsmen argue that these streams could be stocked In one ono o or r two years The planting of the fish In inthe th the tho streams would be bo In the late valleys whore the water Is sluggish and where the fish ish would ouM thrive There Thore are aro also man many Inland lakes and ponds which could bo be stocked This would take a n great many fishermen from Crom our trout streams and tho the latter would then thon secure se secure so- so continual cure curo some rest from the tha whipping of ot tho the fly 1 for Cor tho the speckled beauties be Oth Other r 1 legislation I It Is also proposed to secure legislation legislation legislation legis legis- lation prohibiting tho state from selling sell soll- sollInG selling ing any spawn or trout fry try or game Jamo fish taken from the waters of ot our state to private individuals for Cor commercial purposes Tho The sportsmen argue that they produce tho the money to propagate at tho the streams with fish ish and that tho the fish Ish belong to the public and that the state has no right to sell the fish and should not bo be allowed to do so Our fishing seasons ought to be governed governed gov gov- b by the spawning seasons of or the trout It is IB a well known fact tact that fish vary several sc weeks In spawning according to the locality of ot the streams I and whether the water Is warm or II cold If It necessary e each h stream should have o such protection that fish could not be bo taken during durin their spawning I season at an any rate not until such a a. time as the fish become so plentiful that all the streams are arc ro well stocked Those who aro are interested In hunting will Ill make mako a a. request to have money set aside out of or tho the licenses collected each year car to increase our wild game g birds In n many of oC the eastern states tho quail and grouse louse and prairie chickens chickens chickens chick chick- ens have havo been so 50 materially increased that each cach year Car there Is an In open season sea sea- season son and a majority of or tho the sportsmen are arc ablo able to bag ba the tho limit allowed by bylaw bylaw bylaw law durin during any day of tho the hunting season It Il Is said the same samo can bedone bo be done here hero Tho The hunters also say that the they object that all the tho money bo be ex In behalf of or the fishermen claiming they have equal rights |
