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Show mm DECLARES STATUTE IS VIOLATED State Fish and Game Coin mis-sioner mis-sioner Admits Having Fractured Frac-tured Existing Law. Spoclal to The Trltiuuc. OGDEN, .June 21). Slate Fish and Game Commissioner Crnmer lias at last admitted that the laws regulating the taking of trout out of Slate waters and especially in Ogden vailed", are being systematically violated. His loiter to (jcorgc Halvorson, District Attorney under date of Juno 28. is a tacit, admission ad-mission that he himself violated the lnw when he gave Adam 0. Potersnn authority to seine a main Btream to recoup re-coup Petersen's pond where the latter alleged he had lost fish by the flood. iuo following is Ins letter to the District Dis-trict Attorney: "On my return from Ogden a day or so ago I took up the matter that you and I have talked about with the Assistant Attorney-General, as the Attorney-General was in court on another case. He gave me 1o understand that the proper procedure for us was to take proceedings against that fish company for miantaining a public nuisance. T explained the case to him thoroughly and he advised me to take it. up cither with tho Attornev-Gcneral just, as soon as he gets through with his case, which T will do. .1 hope that we can work together on this case and probably proba-bly establish a. precedent that will be the means of putting a stop to all these fish people taking possession of the best streams in this State, The greatest, great-est, reason for wishing to do so on my parr, is because these spring tributaries tributa-ries are the natural spawning grounds for trout, and if this thing is allowed r.o go on it will only be a year or two before every tributary will bo taken up as a private pond. Therefore, J would much prefer to stop it. right, now before it, is too late, because if not. done at once we will havo no natural spawning grounds for trout.'' There is intense feeling in Ogden valley about this piracy of fi6h, and especially about; the action of Cromer in giving authority to a private individual indi-vidual to seine the river. Today a number of Ogden valley citizens came to Ogden, who asserted that ihoy wonla swear put warrants for every one concerned in fish piracy. There are other and even more serious complaints made. Men whose names are known are charged with the slaughtering of prairie chickens at this carl- season. When the continuation of that species of game bird is eutirely depeudent on the observance of the' closed period from now until it is raised in September. |