Show OF INTEREST TO HUNTERS H New Highway to Be Opened From Prom West Bountiful to the lake Lakei i Opening Neutral Ground I Farmington May lofay 6 GAt At the last meet meetIng ling Ins Ing of the county commissioners the pe petition Ie i of Perry E Burnham of Woods Cross and others asking that the com corn commissioners commissioners I missioners open a highway from West Bountiful to the lake a distance of or one i and miles or more was acted upon favorably and Instructions were given for tor or the surveying of the road pre pee preparatory preparatory to declaring it open This action of ot the board means much to the scores of duck hunters in Davis Dvis county coun o who since the tIme New State Gun club secured possession of 1400 acres of land along the lake front from the Jor Joe Jordan dan aan river to Centerville have been bt en practically shut out of or what they believe are their rights In the matter of shooting during the open season The opening of ot the road will provide a way for the pub public public public lic to gain access to the open waters of ot the lake and Incidentally to the Uti duck I shooting marshes around the mouth of the Jordan river The decision of the commissioners is hailed with joy jo by the professional and amateur hunters of the south end of Dai Davis Dals is county count The contest for or open hunting privileges in the district adjacent to the mouth of the Jordan river has been an interesting one for some years It is said by Davis county count men that the New ew State Gun club has been unnecessarily stringent in enforcing what they esteemed to be their rights A number of ot those who ho have dared to trespass on the sacred precincts of o the clubs possessions have been be n ar am arrested rested and fined at the behest of or the clubs officers Outsiders who have gone close to the line of or the game preserve have been forbidden to cross the he line even een to pick up upa a duck thai tha had fallen Inside Guards have been employed it itis ItIs itis is said to watch for intruders and in inthe inthe inthe the midst of the clubs domains a tower has been reared from which a watch watchman watchman watchman man can sweep the entire preserve with his glasses These precautions together with th fines Imposed and adverse court decisions have effectually kept outside hunters away from the district which has admittedly admitted the best duck shooting waters In this locality and accordingly stock in the New State Gun club dub has ha gone to a high mark because of the clubs club s absolute domination of oC the situation There Is said to be b a strip of government land between the wa water water Water ter line and aid the clubs possessions p and it was In order to have hae access to this tract which local men claim Is neu neutral neutral neutral ground that the commissioners of Davis county were asked to open a road as It has now been decided will be done But inasmuch as the road t 1 th opened must pass through the possessions of the gun club a stubborn fight is looked for fr when condemnation proceedings proc are arc be begun begun begun gun gunThe The move now being made followed d to an In n effort to have ha e the courts decide that the Jordan Joroan river is a navigable stream tf It the outsiders could have secured such a decision it would have been to reach the coveted open waters through h the river channel but the club dub won the decision and hence the outside hunters turned to the opening of ot a public road There are said to be other excellent rea reasons reasons reaSons sons why the road in question should be opened in addition to the duck shooting I privileges es but the greatest stress Is s I naturally being laid on the reason herein given The road In question will run from th thoM tho old oM Baskin farm in West rest Bountiful on eu onan euan III an east and west wEISt line to the shore of or orthe the lake t |