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Show WARDEN SUGGESTS FISH AND GAME WW CHANGES Makes Annual Report on j General Conditions in the State. TIIK I'tuh alata fish and same rommiMicin, through It chief, Hubert II. Hlddoway, haa filed with the onior Ita report, I which, by the way, la the twelfth blen- niitl statement of the department. t'otnmirisloner fflddoway makes varloua recommendation, for changea In the fih 'and name laws and alao adda various va-rious comment, that will he of Interest I to KiMitlMiit n t the Mt'tte. j Financed during 1917 are shown to I have been In the following condition: Balance In treasury, March 15, 19)7, I1&7 31; recelpta, flthluc nd hunting I IJceiiaea. $7.5:'0 9; rgitrtion fee for bud reaerv-, ll.ftO; alne liceneea, thi ; private pond licftifea, fill ; fines, j IK70.2U, aale of fUh fry, $1104 10; -if heaver hlda. 175 2.'. aale of confia catd (turm. duck and other aundrta. $(4 60; rffunil, $s3 8.'1: total, M.T,9 27 , dieburaemnte. $24,443.40; lialance In -treaaury January 1, 1911, $.'.a3V37. I iMirlna; J 9t ft the financial condition I.h j .given aa follows: It i la nee in treaaury treaa-ury Junuary 1, 191 K. $:,33& 7; receipts. fieh!nr and hunting l.censes, $2. ".". lift; aelne licenaes. $ .'.; private pond licenses. li-censes. $2: registration fee for bird reserve. re-serve. $l.riO; fine, $:0ti.40; sale of fish and fish fry. fo(i Oh; sale of beaver hides, $.'5.77 92; sale uf confiscated guna and other sundries, $419 $7; refunds, $ft; total, $36,775 9: disbursements, $1'9 M7.?: balance In treaaury November Novem-ber JO. 191K. $7L't.a 63. Proierty In poaseeston rt the atate ftsh and game department. :r. Hlddo-wny Hlddo-wny saye, la valued at $3$.Mn. In view of the fact that 40 per cent of the trout each year are destroyed through getting out on to the land by means of Irrigation ways. It Is recommended recom-mended that a fund for proper screens he created by raising the license fee to $2 per person. In I'tah laki 10 Ooft yellow catfish " nHVe""Te n pTa n Ted; "f h e se "Tie! n g received" fmm the 1'nlted States bureau nf fisheries. fish-eries. "I am sure." Mr. Hlddoway aava. "that within the next three yea re the fishermen of I'tah will begin to appreciate appre-ciate Ihe value uf these fish. Thev grow to a weight of six and seven pounda, and aa fond they compare favorably fa-vorably with black basa and other of our better varieties " About eluhtv-seven tons of tough fie-h were marketed for food during the 1 winter of 1917-1. Complaint ia made that the ca?p In I'tah lake have Increased In-creased so rapidly that they far outnumber out-number other varieties. For this reason rea-son he advisee enlarging aeinei to enable en-able fishermen to catch more of the rourh fth and give the better class a chance to survive. Hnder the war conditions that have prevailed for the oast two years there has been a starting advance In the cost of ftsh food. The department haa endeavored to relieve the situation by having rough f'h ahlpped to the ponu- lous centers from points of plentiful J sunplv. State hatcherlea. the report atatea. are being operated 'n cooperation with the federal government fisheries bureau, bu-reau, from which valuable help Is con- j stnntly received In stocking the streams , of Ctnh. Some of the game b'rds which have formerly been protected have become so numerous that open seasona are now advocated for them In order to thin , them out In localities where they eat J the crops of the farms. This condl- tlon Is part'culrirlv true of grouse. I quail and mourn In e- doves. ! In respect f wild docks and geese, J the commissioner recommends exten- j s'on of the cnen season to conform ! with the fe leepl regulation. This i would set the t'stea from October 1 to the following Januirv 1". The dates now are October 16 to Iecember 31 In I'tah. Peer ar becoming so plentiful In some localities that Cnmm'es'nner Sid-itiiwiiv Sid-itiiwiiv re"errimends an cien season for them In 1 W t tr. In order that there shall be proper rare rf these antmil as well as of game hlrd. the establishment establish-ment of gnme preserves is advocated. Several herds of elkn. placed In d'ffer-ent d'ffer-ent narfa of the etnt are doing well. Attention la called to Ihe proposed experiments In nvster culture In the waters of p.r River bay of the Great I Salt Inke. fr. Slddowny aava that 'n the spring these will be renewed with he help of the federal government'; hMogtcat experts. j Among the changes suggested are; the following: j T. (cense vear n begin January 1 and ; end December St. j j IJcene agents to he paid 1f cents j aa compensation on each license Issued1. Is-sued1. Fishing end hunting license fee for rp-Mert. ?. J l icense age. t? venra nad nrt'for all i persons, bova. irla men or women ( Seln'ng In Hear lake for game fish preh'bttei. J Seining license In I'tah lake. t?5 per ; vear. aelnea to be Increased 10 yards I In wings, of two -Inch mesh I Selnng In other waters than I'tah ! lake per year Fining for catfish proh'hlted. Kale of black bass prohibited. I Onen aeason on grouse. j Stats laws to ronform to federal I laws on water fowl. Open season on o.u&it and nvournlng doeg. Came preser-ea for deer and game bird a. Open season on deer In the fall of , - Tagging- system for deer hides and beaver pelts . j |