Show I FISFIANDUAPIE REPORTQ State Fish and Game Warden John Sharp of this city does not make a regular reg-ular report until the next session of tho Legislature But he kindly furnishes fur-nishes The New Years Tribune with I tho following valuable information for the past year The most Important work of the year T was the building of the State hatchery for which an appropriation of 55000 was madeby the last Legislature J3000 of that sum to be drawn during the llrat year and 2000 the second year The act provides for the establishment of a State hatchery under a commissioner who shall maintain the same secure the and distribute and hatch eggs young fish In the waters of the State as accoidjnf to his Judgment may be advisable This became suitable or found came a law on March 9 1SOO The commissioner appointed was John Sharp formerly State Fish and tamo Warden and whose title was changed lo State Fish and Game Commissioner Com-missioner as this would make a necessary neces-sary distinction between the commissioner commis-sioner and the County Fish and Game Wardens Mr Sharp was appointed Ward n May 0 1800 by Gov Wells and reappointed by the last Leglsla lure In pursuance of this law the uimmlsioner devoted most of the past summer in examining numerous places In tho State for the most suitable place for the establishment of the State butchery By the advice of Gov Wells Commissioner Sharp decided on Spring river near Big Cottonwood between Ninth and Eleventh East streets Salt Lako City one and onehalf miles cast of Murray This Bite was chosen because be-cause of the purity of the water and freedom from foreign matter making it peculiarly advantageous for pond use together with the special advantage of the purest flowing well water in the State which will be utilized for hatchIng hatch-Ing purposes There are two fourInch and one twoInch wells which give an abundant supply of the purest water at 52 degrees F summer and winter The hatchery was completed and ready for hatching December LMrd and Is now ready for operations which begin be-gin with the new year The United States Commission of Fish and Fisher lea have kindly allotted to the State 500000 lake trout eggs In the eyed stage from the Duluth Minn station The commission also have allotted 50 000 brook trout and 25000 rainbow trout eggs in the eyed stage from the Manchester Man-chester station In Iowa In addition to this a small supply of land locked salmon sal-mon eggs is promised from Maine and In the spring Is also promised a good supply of grayling eggs from the sub btatlon at Red Rock Lake Mont This ec will make j a fairly good start for the i new hatchery but will not be enough for the full capacity and the commissioner gr commis-sioner is arranging to procure from 200 500 to 400000 additional brook trout cggu which will about supply the full rapacity of the hatchery for the winter b run rllnIt Is Intended to utilize the hatchery lvlco In each year Eastern brook 1 gr trout whose spawning period Is In No ember and December will be hatched I in January and the fry from these eggs wlM be distributed a month later into the different mountain streams of the State and will be out of the way before the native trout eggs can be taken e which will be In May and June These arc to be distributed as soon as hatched into the different waters oC the State This will keep the hatchery employed nearly the year round All these species spe-cies of fish arc of the trout family and best adapted to the local waters which are mosCly mountain streams and typical typi-cal homes for this clays of fish On June 10th in company with County Coun-ty Warden Martin Garn of this city Commissioner Sharp went to lied Rock Lake Mont and secured 110000 grayling gray-ling eggs which were brought to Salt Lake and taken to Hampton Millers Mil-lers private hatchery at Cottonwood and through the courtesy of the proprietors pro-prietors these eggs were hatched In about five days after being deposited In the hatching troughs Between 30000 and 40000 of the fry from these grayling ling eggs were deposited In Dry creek emptying Into Utah lako near Provo This stream being a spring stream and free from large fish It was deemed ad fl Isable to plant these small fry there so they would have an opportunity to develop unmolested to any great extent ex-tent by large linn And then they would a have a good opportunity to distribute themselves Into the lake and thence Into the connecting streams Six thousand thou-sand of this same class of fish were planted in East Canyon creek near Kimballs in Parleys park and 6000 uere planted In Brighton lake at the head of Big Cottonwood Before being L able to distribute the remainder of I I these fish which hatched with little or no loss It was found they were escaping escap-ing from the hatching troughs through the screens and before It wan fully realized they had escaped Into the adjoining I i ad-joining ponds and thence into the runs and Big Cottonwood where they will I TIO doubt distribute themselves all along Big Cottonwood stream and probably into the Jordan The grayling Is an entire new fish to our waters being found only in certain cer-tain streams of Montana tributary to the Missouri river It IB of the trout i family and a magnificent game fish I It does not grow very large Its extreme ivolsht being between three and four pounds In Montana but averaging one and onehalf pounds Mr Sharp Is satisfied I sat-isfied l Utah waters arc well adapted for tills fish and that it will bo a great acquisition 1 ac-quisition for the State The black has are doing well in Utah lake where they are distributing themselves and Increasing In-creasing and growing but from Bear lake no report has been received and as It Is only two years since the waters there were stocked and it may be a year or two before the waters are sufficiently suf-ficiently stocked for fishing Commissioner Commis-sioner Sharp docs not se why whitefish white-fish should not do well in Utah lake and will experiment with that end in view I In the near future I The hatchery will prove a very important I im-portant institution to the State In enhancing I en-hancing thq utility and value of Utah mountain streams and lake waters I I which are capable of sustaining many millions of fish i and which through lack of hatching facilities heretofore have I become nearly depleted of jlsh The I commissioner has advocated the non i marketing of all game and gamp flalv I and says We will never be able to keep our supply up so long as market I I fishermen and hunters are allowed togo to-go on taking fish and game In endless quantities during thO open season and putting them on the market to make money out of them I believe the fish I and game should bo preserved and protected pro-tected for the people to go and take them in the proper season and it Is I an injustice to the publicthai a few men should bo permitted to make traffic lout of a public interest that Is so Important Im-portant not only to us at the present time but to future generations Other States have adopted this prohibitory I proccedure and It Is the only way to prevent game and game fish being put I on public sale The httciery building Is sixtyone I foot long arid twentyfour feet wide onostory high with two rooms on the I north end 12x12 feet which will be usel for qfilces and one room for attendants I at-tendants and cooltlng h food The I main part of the building will be used for hatching find contain battery of I I eighteen hatching troughs fifteen and I onehalf feet long by fourteen Inches wide and six Inches deep At the head I of this battery a feed tank fifteen Inches I In-ches wide and one Coot deep will l run I the full length of the hatrhery part of the building This tank vlll be tapped with an one and onequarterInch tap to feed each trough and at the waste cud of each trough a twoInch hole placed two Inches from the end of each trough will be placed and a double screen of perforated zinc Is fitted to a collar that sets In the hole and Is connected I I con-nected with a twoInch waste pipe extending I ex-tending from the bottom of the tank down in to the waste gutter which runs I the entire length of the battery of troughs and from thence outside to the ponds On the opposite slde of the building Is I a bench or table fifteen inches In-ches wide and running the entire I length of the hatchery to support small i hatching pans fourteen Inches square These will be fed by a threeInch galvanized I gal-vanized pipe tapped with threeeighth Inch pet cocks to feed each hatching ran The entire floor Is of cement five inch base of concrete and one Inch of I and and cement half and half with a gutter six Inches wide at the head increasing to ten Inches wide at tho lower end to curry out waste water from the hatching troughs The hatchery will be supplied with flowing well water aerated two and if I necessary three times before being discharged dis-charged Into the hatching troughs thus I securing a quality of water hard to I equal for fish hatching because of Its purity The onlftr objection to flowing I water for hatching Is the lack of air when It comes from the ground Where I air can be supplied readily there Is no doubt It will be superior to taking water wa-ter directly from a spring The building build-ing and equipping of the hatchery will cost 1500 1000 being for site Tho I commissioner says he will cut close on I figures and time from the legal allowance allow-ance by the end of the year 1900 But I I he Is pleased to say the hatchery hue one hus been built and Is now In I I running order Commissioner Sharp and special deputies have carefully I watched the streams so that dynamiting dynamit-ing has been reduced to a minimum I Utah county Is the fish county of the State and the annual report of the warden I war-den at Provo Is always of special Interest I In-terest His statistics for the year Is as follows Finn caught and sold BOSH COOOO lbs at 12VC per lbS 750000 Trout 18000 Ibs at 20c per lb 300000 Jan 103000 Ibs at 2c per lb 262500 Mullet and chubs 116000 lbs at I 2Vic per lb 25S7GO I Total J16312tO Game caught and sold I Ducks 200 doz at Sl75 J 35000 Grouso 3GO doz at 250 40000 Total 750 00 Grand total 1 1706250 Number arrests for violation of law20 Number of convictions IS Number of acquittals 2 Number d persons nerving sentenceS Warrants not returned 1 Fines collected fH5 Number of llvo bass furnished to stock ponds throughout tho State large CO I small 1W As shown by the number of bass and trout taken there appears to be an increase I In-crease In the better kinds of fish of the county Respectfully subletted I MYRON C NEWELL Game and Fish Warden Utah county GAME I From reports received deer are increasing In-creasing in many places in the State I The open season In October was favorable favor-able on account of early snowfall for I hunters and quite a number of deer were killed that would have escaped but for the snowstorm There are bands of antelope reported In Iron county couth of Mllford on the Escaante desert des-ert These animals are multiplying although al-though the advent ot the railroad tends to scatter them In smaller bands A few elk ore reported In one or two localities lo-calities but are becoming scarce Of mountain sheep there are a few In Isolated Iso-lated places but are rapidly lessening In numbers There are no moose or caribou In Utah The quail In some parts notably in Salt Lalce county are increasing under legal protection Grouse are as usual holding their own The ruftuQ grouse are becoming more I rare although quite a few remain The sharp tailed grouse or prairie chicken l are thinning out SO is I the sage hen though In localities beyond the hunters reach they are plentiful In view of tho continued decrease of game animals I ani-mals and game birds it is evident to anyone Interested that unless something some-thing Is done by law to give better protection pro-tection to game birds and animals tho time Is not far distant when they will become extinct But with proper protection I pro-tection and means of stocking which should be provided for It will be possible I possi-ble to maintain a reasonable supply by legislative appropriation Mr Sharp advocates an annual appropriation of S1000 for five years to Introduce the Chinese pheasant the English pheasant pheas-ant the Eastern pinnated grouoe or prairlo chicken tho California mountain moun-tain a number of other spe eiea vhlch would do well here Then the Dixie could be distributed all over the State WILD FOWL The commissioner considers it a shame the way our wild fowl have been slaughtered and recalling the language of his last report says This class of the wild game birds being be-ing largely migratory has withstood the withering effects of the powder magazine maga-zine and the shottower much better than the grouse and quail but the great numbers of these birds that have been hilled annually during ho last gvod many years to supply the local ana also the outside markets Is having an undoubtedly decimating effect that is clearly seen by those who know of the vast numbers of these birds that haunted all the suitable places in former for-mer years There is now out one place perhaps the State where the great decrease in their numbers Is not noticed no-ticed so much at the mouth of Bear river where the bay covering quite a ftrw square miles of tulles and rushes forms their favorite feeding und breeding breed-ing grounds Here they breed and feed hi Immense numbers and here also Is where the unreasonable and unrestricted I unre-stricted killing has been done season I after season for many years post It I Is variously estimated that from 40000 to 50000 ducks have been killed each season and shipped to markets In and out of the State mostly out for a number num-ber of years besides the many thousands thou-sands that have been killed by sportsmen sports-men for private use from this one locality i lo-cality During favorable times Immensely Im-mensely large bags are frequently I made It Is not uncommon to hear of 200 to 250 being killed In a day by one man It will not take very many years of such Inordinate slaughter to clean 1 I out even this most favored breeding I 1 ground unless something Is done bylaw I by-law to prevent it and regulate the i i killing of these valuable game birds r |