Show v Ii I SPORTING NEWS 4 I TRUE SPORTSMEN VS POT HUNTERS Two Elements Clash Over Spring Shooting SEASON OPEN NEXT MONDAY LAW iLAW IS IZ ISTO TO GAME The Tb Unas Ius are arc being closely drawn dran be local hunters dividing themselves into glasses known as a the true sports sportsmen men nd pot hunters bunt 8 It has all come about i ver er the question of spring shoot shooting ing and if f you believe the game birus of I l tah tak should be protected during this part of if the sear ear yo can yourself with the true sportsmen On the other hand band bandS S it the desire to make a few extra dollars debars in 1 of greater consequence than the pro protection protection ot game for the future to enjoy as well as l l waja ra pot or market hunter bunter This to s the way the situation Jf d dF F by a number of weil of this city and the tb question i is eagerly between tee the tat partisans ef both tides Want Laws Lw Against Spring Shooting The question of spring shooting is not DOt nota a new one and for years yeats the th true sports sportsman sportsmen men man apt market hunters h hive ie been be n wag inn war on en each other Not only here in ID ini i tah is this the case cane but all over the States Stater It has ha even gone so 10 tar far that Senator Morgan if i quoted la 1 yes tp dispatches as aa favoring national legislation to t prevent spring shooting of game birds The Curing rIng duck shooting season open next Monday and for the past few ew da dan ds itil n effort has been iad rade by b a or ot sportsmen interested in the protection at ut utI I ducks to get Ket as many Salt Late Lake shooters as s possible to stay at flume borne and refuse p to take advantage of ot what they call an unjust law It is claimed that it would sa r prise the lawmakers if they were rully aware WaXe of public opinion on this question Whet What Warden Sharp Says ys Yesterday State Game Warden Sharp c was seen and said be was strongly op opposed posed to spring shooting and na fled used his best effort to have the WH bID permitting an open season one month in the spring defeated at the last legislature Mr d h was o by y petitions signed by market hunters and by persons persona irom Sanpete and Utah counties It was the efforts used ua by the latter persons persona ni tiit communities that secured the pats pass ge of the law which in Mr Sharps Sharp s opinion is a great hardship to ducks in InThe 1 tah The principal arguments against spring of ducks duck said Mr Sharp are that they are poor and not lit fit to eat gaIn Again ducks lucka at this season of the year yea ire beginning to mate preparatory to the th batching season reason If the ducks are dis orbed during this time said Mr Sharp they wilt will either leave the country all cli to together 0 gether or er z ass as the season ason by without TU tiring a brood This means a loss ts of millions of ducks to Utah Itah sack each year and S tho nubile is the loser thereby State Stat Senator Love Leie Gives Seasons State Senator Love to Is another strong advocate against spring shooting a H 1 said yesterday that thai while the season closed eOd in the spring there were sev sevrai rai specter of ducks that raIsed broods i j L Utah tah that ha hav c been entirely driven out w hunts hunters These are the gadwell spoonbills red redheads heads and Practically the only tIU lurks kS that breed in Utah now are the mallard and teal says saya Mr Love Lore while the I he other ducks nested here hete by the thou before being driven drUen out b the pot POI hunters The gun clubs are also taking the ques Hi I i up and the Bear flear River club the larg t in lU the state has come out with the theo o i that it its grounds and aad club house would be closed this year The New Newstate Newstate state club to Is about evenly divided on the ht question but it is claimed that the market banting element won out and abd till open its reserves during the coming I season reason Vines Vince Davis who te Is considered one of the best authorities on ducks In the state i js quoted as saying that the spring shoot rip does more harm toward driving S iu WI of ut the state than all the hunters that r shouldered a gun in the fall fail of o the Mur eur Davis himself has baa bees been a market bunter for tor years vears but conies comes out and ed says m in his opinion the law ought o prohibit hooting during this season of the year Sportsmen May Xay Circulate Petition There is some talk of circulating a pa around the city for all true sports sportsmen men to elgo ign in which they will agree not notto to in shoot any ducks this year and their heir I test let endeavors to keep others from advantage of the present law Some ome of ot the welt well known sportsman of the i tv who have announced that they will not hot do any III shooting this year are S H HI I ove vo John Sharp W I 1 Pease Peas I M Bat W M Bradley Brsdley M H 11 Walker Jay T Harris L L Terry W V M J D Kendall sAd C IL Ii Griffith These are just a few of those who have nine cut ut against spring shooting An Another Anthen then other element that is strongly opposed o eau i to 1 0 spring shooting IB is the tho local store ston They t ij y that while it to II 10 IS their advantage as 85 te ell any y i mount Q yet as aa a 1 I ion to it U is I wrong und nd they favor a law w the season t |