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Show SAY FISH ARE FED j DECAYED MEATj Officials of County Health Board Make Charges Against Hat-clieries in Utah. Feeding fish upon decayed horse meat, gathered from dead i-arrasses, was one I of the many unsanitary conditional brougiit to light by officials of the Salt I Lake eounty board of health in an investigation in-vestigation of public and private lish hatcheries, which began several days ago. County Physician T. J. Howell s declared last night that the fish hatcheries hatch-eries of the county are in wnre condition condi-tion than they have been for twenty-five years. The state fish hatchery was the only one where conditions were reported sanitary. sani-tary. At this hatchery the rih are fed grains. Thousands of fish in the private hatcheries hatch-eries of the county are dying from an unknown disease. Dr. Howells said that tlie loss yesterday to one private hateh-, hateh-, pry amounted to 2i0. Specimen? of tlie diseased fish have been obtained by George F. Roland, county pathologist, who will make an imniedjate investigation investiga-tion of the causes of tlie disease. A thorough investigation of the conditions condi-tions of the fish hatcheries has been ordered by J. S. Lindsey. county health commissioner, who was instrumental in calling for the assistance of state, county and city officials to prohibit tlie sale of fish which have come from unsantary hatcheries. |