Show FISH TIIIEfES THE following communication dated llarrisville Utah I Dec 0 has I been handed to us by the recipient with the request that we publish it A 3T JfKMer Deer Sir Shad Well it appears so And Is there no law to protect them Cant I or wont tho people do justice to them selves and the little fish by letting them alone long coocgh to havo one spawnlnp season I would like to sco a natiic Utah Aid But if jour Salt Lake vandals are permitted to destroy the original plant there u but little hopo of my wish over being gratified Call a meeting arouse tho people and see if public sentiment ont deter them from pursuing snch a thieving course Xo honest man would hi S guilty of catching selling them and I if there Is no law there should be one as soon one can be brought before our legislature and I would bo glad to hare it reach back and catch the catchers onrs to punish the shaJcra T W Dunn Persons who take fish especially Imported plant designed to stock local waters and thereby furnish a public food supply are certainly the enemies of the public and deserve to suffer the penalties provided by law Something should be done to restrain their greed and cupidity and to protect society from their ravages upon what would if fostered fos-tered become a source of public I wealth The liolator of the flsh and game law Is a creature who to enrich himself to the extent of one I cent would rob the public of any I I number of dollars He Is worthy ol contempt and should be prevented from going at largo until symptoms I reformation have appeared There is one feature of this fish subject which when calmly considered con-sidered Is really surprising 1er tons who are fully cognizant of the violations of law which flsh depre dators commit who arc personallY and directly interested In the food I supply which this class of offenders I are destroying and who display n commendable public tplrltgcncraU I fall to take any practical steps In direction vindicating tho law If an intelligent citizen were to sec somoperson engaged in destroying a public bridge or burning a jmbllc building what would he do Go at once before a magitnte and make affidavit to what he knew relative to the crime that the offender might be arrested and punished A person per-son who unlawfully takes or destroy des-troy fish robs the public of a food supply is tho enemy of society and should be legally dealt with I |