Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-05 | Page 10 | Hunting and Fishing

4 f I r i S and Old Time lb i l Editors Editor's s p t te This column written especially lovers of ot th the great o outdoors is one of the now new 1 1030 0 rea lUl Cs oC of The Telegrams Telegram's sport port section It will each Sunday An his ills hiso appear a Any sportsman wishing to lo voice o opinion on on lw matter of or Iopa propagation or Just plain and huntin for that matter mailer is urged to in in to tu Timer Old the author II I The r reduction of the duck limit from 25 t to 15 birds per pep day beginning beginning begin begin- ning fling next season seaon certainly seems I to have the whole hearted support of Utah Uth Utah sportsmen Since the an announcement an- an some four days ago the th writer has not heard n a single complaint com corn plaint On the other hand the tho usual statement was F Fifteen birds are Uti plenty for fOl anybody any any- body Its It's ai an OIl ideal change it The reduction from rom 10 to l 1 13 In the cour course of or only te ten years yeat-s alS is 15 a a. big step in con conservation cr atlon Duck shootIng shoot shoot- Ing has become steadily p poorer or r year yearby yearby i by year rear until now hunters who consistently kill the limit are tho the exception S The drive Utah sport lovers have been making during the past few years to secure secure- government sc scientific en C investigation for fish propagation propagation tion hon in in this state seems to have stimulated action It was only a few weeks ago that Fred J. J Foster was sent here by bythe bythe bythe the bureau of r fisheries to conduct an intermountain office At that time however the position was merely a temporary one Now word comes from Henry United States commissioner of fisheries that Foster will be be- permanently lo located io- io here S S S 'S O als also also- stated that thal this section section sec sec- tion ion will vIll receive more unUs for fol scientific ci work worl The Tho While bill tl to provide for tor a f fe year five e ear construction ant and maintenance for fol the United States bureau of fi fisheries J has been beN ant and is now no under unter consideration con by y the the marine marle and fisheries committee said O Maley and there i is Cl C every that thal it wIll will will-be be a acted tc upon favorably orab a The While lite bill bill il introduced by Representative Representative- White While of oC Maine pa passed sed both the hc house ant and I two to years Ctr ago but bul was never lIC signed b by President ent Coolid Coolidge c It ll docs does not Include a R direct appropriation for COt Utah as as' asit it lI tides docs cs for Idaho Colorado o and M Montana but Ibis tate state ia js cx- cx benefit by Us Its 11 to lo greatly lasa passage ge S S S Whether the White bill passes or not scientific research work will start in iii the Uintah lake region next July 1 according to Foster V V w VIt wIt It was in those lakes that 3 inch 3 inch fish grew to 11 and 12 inches incites in it a single year The majority however are still barren V V Isaac Isaae While of or II is be believed believed hO- hO to be bo tho the ode oldest t hunter in Missouri Ii who wio ha Iris has a a. hunting license lie He Is 99 years old but bitt notwithstanding standing his age as' ho ito i is Jullo successful suc SUC- uc- uc ful a. a rus as a a. small mall game hunter S S SUtah Utah is not the only state in which fish and game protective as associations as- as are aiding in propagation A press report from front Gotham says SAY the New York association planted seventy-five seventy ruffled grouse or partridges es last lad and Ire ate eo o t pleased with results that scores more will be be- released next summer 0 V II i lIun 1 Hungarian arlun p ia partridges were planted plant plant- L' L ed in a northern Idaho county ltd last I t. t year but the birds s have moved mu Into I If f Oregon fion ion now reports n H It 1 D Thomas m ilm yu n. n 1 I i pates pale planting more mora bir birds s however cr but In a similar locality to the one h. the tho birds have ha chosen in lii Oregon