Show Will ASK CHANGES CHANCES IN CAME LAWS Mr Cromar's Report PicKs Holes in the Existing Regulations SYSTEM OF NAMING DEPUTIES FAULTY State Warden Also Wants Larger Hatcheries and More Screens Radical changes in the tho game amo laws of the state will be recommended to the I next legislature by a report covering erin I tho the past two years now v under preparation I tion by H. H B. B Cromar state fish and game ame commissioner Probably the greatest of these proposed pro pro- posed changes is an in effort to increase th the efficiency of the tho office by chan changing ng tho the manner in which tho the deputy wardens wardens war war- dens are chosen Tho plan will quadruple quadruple quad quad- ruple tho the pay roll of the office making it a 3 month where it is now 1000 Tho The law now requires that I recommend mend one chief warden for each cach county an and that the appointment be affirmed by bythe bythe the thc county commissioners the of separate separate sepa sepa- rate counties says Mr Cromar My Iy plan is is to put this matter entirely under under un un- un- un der dor this office allowing it to appoint six chief ward wardens ns with a a good salary In addition n w we wO would need deputies tics ties who ought to be bo paid at least east 3 3 per diem where the they arc now receiving 50 a n month even en bein being required to furnish their o own teams for that for that amount when traveling trav-eHni bec becomes mes necessary Under Under Under Un Un- der the tho present conditions we are unable to do our work satisfactorily with the means at our disposal and this improvement improve ment merit is is absolutely n necessary Politics Has Hash Crept In Iu It does not seem to me that tho the county commissioners will oppose any measure to take tako this patronage out of their hands although I have had some somo experiences in this regard in the tho past Occasionally Occasional I would woul recommend a man who I thou thought bt was perfectly fitted to hold the position n of chief warden In the county concerned When the matter would come before th the county commissioners commissioners commis commis- they would ignore my ray re recommendation I 1 entirely and put up another man roan who was totally unacquainted with tho the work but had o bo be satisfied to pay payoff payoff payoff off some political debt Mr Mi- Cromar will make a n re request for br with which to triple the capacity capacity capac capac- ity of the tho present nt fish tish hatchery at Murra Murray Murray Mur Mur- ra ray and to establish now hat hatcheries at Sprin Springville i Ito Ie and Fish lake I These increased sed facilities are arc absolutely absolutely ne necessary essary to secure the results that are required to keep our lak lakes s and aud streams well sto stocked with fish said Mr Cromar 4 Greater efforts would bo be put forth to raise trout a large p percentage per renta r- r enta of ot which are now nors lost through h irrigation bein being carried out on the farms fa where they are aro left to die de The Tho sportsmen of the state also capture an increased d number from year car to year car To Save the Trout Ener Energetic efforts to save sa the trout lost lostin in in the irrigation ditches will be made by the tho in installation of fish screens wherever wherever her ever ever- necessary According to the game Jamo war wardens warden's en 8 report last year 1900 trout were ere taken from irrigating ditches canals and mill races and returned to tol the streams I At th the present time according to a al law Jaw passed in 1907 the fish and game ame commissioners commissioner's office is expected to put in these screens whilo too the leJ legislature at atthe tire the same time tima for forgot ot to provide an any funds to carry out the tho work Mr r. r Cromar will recommend to tho the legislature leg leg- that this law b be chan changed cd so O that tho the owners of the irrigation canals canal bo be forced to install the tho screens It would cost this office about to do o this work says as Mr Cromar Whereas if the owners oWner of the canals forced to do it the tho cost would bo be be scattered and would fall where it be be- 1 longs lons In Cottonwood Cotton creek for or instance seven en or ei eight ht bi big screens ens would woul be needed and arid these would cost about 1000 It would cost about 2000 to carry on this work satisfactorily along the Provo river an and practically as much alon along tho the Weber river Taking the Whole state into consideration the t figures fig ures urea wi will soon roll up to lar large e New Invention Is Tested A revolving in screen has been invented by a a Murray urray mechanic which is proving in very ery valuable in in- inthis this work It can bo be used with success in streams where there is little rubbish to be encountered Twenty five of screens have bave already already al aI- al- al ready been installed and it is is' expected that a great marry many more will go into use before lon long Efforts are also abo being di directed directed di- di towards toward forcing the power companies corn com com I panics panie to put in screens to l keep e tl the fish from into their turbines where I I large numbers of the tho tinn finny tribe are aro known to have already y perished I The black bass and trout t fishing shin in Utah lake is till still d Mr Cromar Cro Cro- J mar although b I 1 clon don't dont t think that it can can bo bl much improved d' d upon owing to the tho presence of the carp We e are trying to I find some somo way to get ct around this although although al nl- al- al though h wo we have not as yet et been heen vcr very successful The rhe Li big supply of spawn for Utah lake now comes from Powells Powell's slough about mi midway between Geneva and andI I Provo Prove This is a n sort ort of natural hatch hatch- ery The legislature two two years ago appropriated appropriated ap ap- ap- ap with which to improve it lt but hut owin owing to the tho high water last year car nothing was done and tho the money IS is till still in the possession o of the game gam warden Replenish Bird Supply Mr Cromar also has designs towards replenishing tho the supply of birds in tho tIm state The number of pheasants rind nd grouse in the state is gradually diminishing until un til it seems that tb they l. l will soon loon become extinct he lie In ID I says s. somo some parts of the state they aro are even now nov practically unknown It is known that the Spanish Span ish pheasant the tho English pheasant nt and andI I tho the Chinese pheasant will thrive here very well veli and efforts clIo will be mado made to import some Borne of thou thu We 0 will also try to get some soie English En quail Tho big c cn garre gane n e of tho the state seems to tobe tobo tobo bo be getting along very ery well under the present laws and as a result little chan change e in them is needed I r will wm how- how over ov-er make a n recommendation that each h hunter bunter be allowed to kill kin only one ona deer during durin a season this being either cither a 3 amale male arnIe or a fema female c. c According to the present law a hunter is i allowed to kill two deer with ruth tho the understanding that they are to be males tb horus horns The penalty for killing a 1 is a fine Wh When n a hunter runs Ino into a 1 bunch of ot deer the tendency is s to blazt away in Iii inan inan an attempt to hit bit anything at it all and anda a n female is often k in tide tl s way A law permitting only one animal an nail and this to to be bo of oC either sex ex would do dr nw awry away y with ith t this h 15 Our object is to t this i office to the highest hest lt-ite lt or of possible and arid I think that as many of the these o rec as lS can be put through h will materially ai aid in that direction A |