Show rR PROTECTION N NI I I l f FOR R GAME I WANTED WANT l I Song Birds Are Not NotAble NotAble NotI I Able to Withstand the Modern H Hunters Hunters' Guns That game sanctuaries now numbering number ing lug three in the Ule state of Utah be extended extended ex ex- ex tended to cover at least one section in every county in the st state te Is a recommendation recommendation in the biennial report of Fred W. W Chambers state fish and game commissioner It is bellev believed d by the commissioner that this Is the only means of successfully sue suc I propagating the disappearing song n and insectivorous birds in Utah With the Ule establishment of I the reserves laws prohibiting persons on the grounds with guns will be te enacted enacted en en- I acted according to the I and Jl t is proposed until the birds get et accustomed to the places everyone E I save the wardens and a few persons with cameras be kept out of I If JC the plans are carried out says Chambers it will only be a few years eara before the the whole- whole state will be thickly ly covered with game birds and game animals animals animals ani ani- mals and then the la laws ws may fre le changed Attention is called to the buck bucl law now possessed by Utah among a few of ot the other states stales in the country prohibiting prohibiting pro pro- the killing of or any an- another other kind kin of deer but the buck showing visible horns It H according to the commissioner commis commis- stoner is the wisest of all conservative conservative conserva conserva- tive measures for tor the protection n of ot game animals BEAVERS SHOW INCREASE Beavers in Utah due to the protective tive measures now in force show a aI carked increase and in some soma parts of the state farmers have even registered I complaints against the little tree choppers hoppers chop hop pers saying the animals alp air doing I damage to their canals and wooded sections When such cases J are aro found I the beavers are trapped and planted in another section of the state 1 I animals in the tate are on the Increase In regard to more D stringent conservative conservative conser conser- measures Fred W. W Chambers says Tile The sportsmen in Utah have lived the law as nearly as man can where r i game is fairly plentiful but the time has arrived when they realize that unless additional measures are taken I to further promote the propagation of game birds and further safeguard and protect them it will be only a matter of at time when the shooting of ducks geese and other game will be a athing athing athing thing of the pastOn pastOn past On the opening of or every hunting season there can be found at least hunters upon the duck marshes of or Utah I The idea of commercializing hunting hunting hunt hunt- ing in any state is criminal With the of destruction so much more powerful than the forces of propagation propagation propagation tion it seems imperative that all the states state or of the United States should lobe to lo tobe tobe be effective Join In a uniform law to declare a against the destruction of game birds for market purposes Among the chief amendments to the present fish and game law recommended recommended mended is that a provision be made I making it unlawful to angle in the I Strawberry reservoir at af any time ex except except ex- ex between July 1 and November 30 0 TO PAY TAX Another one Otte is that provision be made against taking catfish In any other manner than by angling with a hook and line Another potent recommendation Is that Individuals or corporations operating operating operating oper oper- seines in Utah lake for Cor the purpose purpose purpose pur pur- I pose of oC catching common fish flail and selling selling selling sell sell- ing them on the market at wholesale be taxed a per cent per pound I Receipts for Cor fish and game licenses sold In 1915 amount to of this tilts amount came from the sale of or licenses to residents of the state The amount turned in for sale of ot li licenses licenses li- li censes during the year of 1916 to November November No No- vember 30 falls tails off oCt slightly in comparison comparison com com- parison with the tho sales of the former year The total collection from Ii- Ii li II license I I I cense sources comes to I The total receipts from all sources I I amounts to the Ule balance on hand at the end of ot November 1916 I I l nn on pass paco flA 2 1 I II I PROTECTION FOR Continued from page 1 after expenditures for the two years have been deducted amounts to 09 A decided Increase in the number of pf arrests and convictions is evident inI in I I 1916 This according to the commis commis- does not mean that violations have haye been more nore numerous than in the past but that the department is constantly con con- doing more effective work in the field There were sixty nine arrests and convictions in 1915 One hundred and nine arrests were ma made e hi in 1 1916 16 All were convicted |