Show ADVISE PUBLIC NOT NOTTO NOTTO TO EAT ILD DUCKS S EARLY THIS JUIS SEASON Food Officials May TaKe TaRe Action Action Action Ac- Ac tion to Bar Birds From MarKet After a day spent at the mouth of the Jordan river the state food and dairy bur burdau bureau bu bu- bu- bu r reau au haD hao come to the conclusion that it will not be safe to eat wild ducks this year ear or at least not a at the opening of the season October 1 The bureau went ent to the scene yesterday morning and re returned returned returned re- re turned at I 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon We found round the most d deplorable of or con con- said Willard Hansen state food and dairy commissioner Everywhere th there thre re were dead dead- and dying ducks From what we wo saw In the for the five miles we traversed it would be Impossible Impossible impossible Im Im- im- im possible even to guess at the number but It surely must have reached the hundreds hun of thousands And the they are still dying fast lan J Many flocks of ducks have come in from the north and they have been afflicted with the disease and are dying The most important discovery we made on the trip was the finding of ducEs suddenly overcome with disease while flying in the flocks As the flocks circled over the ponds it was vas not uncommon for ducks to drop to the water In one flock fiock I we watched three ducks fell It looked I almost as though someone was shooting at atthe atthe atthe the flock This illustrates the fact that the birds are arc diseased and It Is dangerous to eat themA themA themA them A hunter ml might ht get a sick duck and by eating the flesh contract some disease We have taken no a official action In the matter but advise that people do not eat the ducks until conditions have changed We e are arc going to tp Investigate farther and hold bold a meeting September 27 7 to decide finally the matter of a quarantine quarantine quarantine tine against the birds on the markets In the interim we will visit the Bear river and Utah lake districts Joe Smith deputy fish and game warden warden war war- den left this morning for tor a trip through the Infected district Ho He will go JO from the west Wesl lakes to the mouth of oC the Jordan and make a careful examination of ot con con- This trip will wUl cover the most Important of the shooting country about Salt Lake City The first efforts to get het rid of ot the thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of dead ducks were begun this morning at the tho mouth of the Jordan when several barrels of quicklime were taken in boats to b bo thrown on the bodies It lt I is reported by John Hofeling who Is in charge of the grounds of or the New State Gun club that it would be a hopeless job to try to bury the ducks but it might be possible to place the lime on the most mosto o 0 This process it is reported win wIll help to put an end end- nd to the malady which is still killing kUling the birds at the rate of thousands each day The work ork of applyIng apply apply- ing the quicklime probably will require da several days s |