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Show J Farmers Organize To Handle Pheasant Hunt; State Dept. Answers (! To further discuss the pheasant hunting problem in this vicinity, and to dev.se a pian protect their private property from dam-I dam-I age done by pheasant directly and j indirectly, the farmers of Springville, Spring-ville, owners of some 3900 acres '. of land, held a meetine in the 1 library Tuesday night. Karl Alle- man was elected chairman and Lee Sumsion, I. E. Clegg, Victor I Phillips and Mark Law, other committee members to work with him. Mr. Phillip reported on committee com-mittee meetings with Commissioner Commission-er Newell B. Cook in Salt Lake City, who was asked to send a letter stating the material discussed discus-sed and what protection was offered of-fered the farmers. The letter, which appears in the Herald, was 1 read. I Laws concerning property protection pro-tection and other items were discussed. dis-cussed. It was moved that Springville committee meet with representatives from Payson, Benjamin, Ben-jamin, Spanish Fork, Provo Bay area, who also are planning similar simi-lar action to that of Springville. The sentiment of the majority of farmers present was that if the state does not claim the pheasants, pheas-ants, the farmers should take united action to. exterminate them. Many suggested that a gun club be formed, or import birds from out of the state and lurn them loose on the property. Following is the letter which Commissioner Cook sent to local farmers, following their meeting and communication with him on the problem: -j "I am in receipt of your letter ! of October 9, carrying with it f the signature of people in that i vicinity who are the owners of I 3900 acres of land. I have care-i care-i fully read the communication and know Oiere is a great deal of truth j contained therein. After meeting 1 i with your committee twice and I discussing with you this mutual I problem. I can only make the following statement. j "The Fish and Game commis-t commis-t sioner of the state of Utah has 2 been given jurisdiction, by the jl legislature, over the wildlife re-i re-i sources of this state. The Ring-; Ring-; neck pheasant now involved in ' this difficulty happens to be part of that wildlife. The Fish and Game commissioner is authorized to issue a license giving the citizens citi-zens of this state the right to hunt and pursue game under s specific rules and regulations. This j license carries with it no author-! author-! Hy, nor does the state presume to elve authority, to hunt on privately pri-vately owned land. There is noth- I ine in the law that gives the j state Fish and Game commissioner commission-er any jurisdiction whatever rela-i! rela-i! tlvo to property rights, that is a matter solelv In the hands of the Mividual desiring to hunt and , owner of the land on which he desires to hunt. "I have long since realized that we were headed for just such a condition as is now shown by your activities. With that thought in mind, some few years ago, at our suggestion, there was appointed a committee from the farm bureau na the sportsmen to work out a (Continued on Page Eight) played at the legislate is no reason why SUfh should not be passed and . less of any action taken n lem confronting the ia' and the department cm settled by hiRh blood pre, by becoming disturbed an things that would not be sive to good citizenshin "Therefore, I appeui to v pie to tolerate the condi', we will help to the utmoa ability in formulating J that will better protect 11 erty and livestocx, peK convening of the next len at which time I shall k than happy to have , the enclosed act or anv act which will have fOT':, pose the making of a belt ing between the ajtricuiur' pie, on whose land ou. range, and the sportsmen sire to pursue those birds' the open season." Respectfully y.. (Signed)' N. B m Utah Fiah and t Commissioner. FARMERS HOLD PHEASANT MEET (Continued from Page 1) rlan whercbv land owners would Save complete jurisdiction over his Hand and would be able to or not to have pheasants planted on his property just as he de-s de-s red Through such a plan he could legally post his land against hunting, making it a misdemeanm to trespass thereon and many other factors which would tend to make better conditions between be-tween the game department and private land owner. Mr. U L. Bunnell, of Provo, and Mr. C G. Adney of Corinne, were largely responsible for the formulation of the enclosed act. which did not pass I call your attention to the fact that when this bill was being considered and even after it reached the sifung committee there was not one agricultural representative to help with its passage. It was interpreted that the commissioner was endeavoring to penalize the poorer class of hunter in favor of the more wealthy which was not true, but nevertheless that feelmg was dis- |