Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-01-11 | Page 14 | Sportsmen of Utah Move to Save Department

CLUDS ODJEGT 10 FHOPOSED . CUBE ; Freedom of Fish and Game -Department Is ;" Sought , HANDS off! : That is the sentiment ex--; pressed at a meeting of repre-ffentativrg repre-ffentativrg of the Fish and Game " Protective associations of the , state, at a convention neio. in tna tottt- , mearial elub yesterday.' The warning was for tha state legislature which convened yesterday. Tho warning came after expressed Intentions In-tentions of legislators to take too atato . fish and game department tinder tho. wins; of tho general fund, ana ta handle It In that manner. Under present con- ditlona, tho deportment to now Indo- pendent of every atato organisation. It asks for no money, aako for no aid, an tho ahip of state aallo o wlUMut em--knowing It la there. Tho sportsmen ' handle tho department, keep op tho stork of animals and struma, and pay for It. MAVt BALANCB. In addition to doing their own workv" tho sportsmen have in tho funds U4.000 to continue work. This money they want to keep In tho sportsmen's handa and not " bo compelled to go to tho legislature for appropriations to carry on their work. - For this reason a atrong rooolutlort,--condemnlng any attempt of tha leglala.' turo to change tha present status of tha department, waa drafted and adopted tho gathering of sportsmen. It will b presented to the legislature hy a com" mltteo of six, 5lch will also act as legls-"' ' latlva com rfee for the organisation' Tho commtXeo consists of 8. H. lcke or Vteber.telnty. Charles Jenklna of Cache.. coitTfTyV l'reston J. l'eteraon of I'uh county, Vllliem Archibald of ftummit. county. Robert Anderson of Hanpeto count,- and J, 9. iiowmau of Bait Lake county. OINOUNC ALK. Deaplte tha presence of R. H. Rlddo-way, Rlddo-way, state game and fieri commissioner, commission-er, and against his advice, tha eportamen " adopted a roaolution condemning the salo of fish fry and egga by tha department. The fry should be used for the restock. ' Ing of streams, according to tho eporte-jnen. eporte-jnen. Obiectlon waa slso voiced to tho department de-partment negligence for yeara In acreea , Ing canals and dltchea. It waa claimed that with the present situation tbo beat fishing waa In Irrigated fields. TATE PK DERATION. - Ten of the fourteen associations "In " tha atato ware rapreaented, and plana . S.? UL,,,.to ,om ,t federation of . flah and Us me ITotetHlve aasoolstlona. A, . committee waa appointed to complete Utopians. Uto-pians. The associations represented and tholr representatives at the meeting were ' follows! Cache Valley Klsh and Gam. Protective aseoclstlon, J. K. Hvde and t harlra Jenkins; Nanpete Flnh and dirna' aasoclatlon. Charles fikougaard; Weber' lounty aanoclatlon,. B. iajeke, A. V. I rsen and W. H. Anderson; Bozelder t ounty aasoclatlon, Frank Keyser; Par-?.WMn!. Par-?.WMn!. vn "uren; Tremonton, O. " w. Chrlstenson; rtah County aaaoclatlon. Hyrum Argyle; Beaver, J. y. Smith.,, Hummlt. tleorge II. Crockett and Lr. i.. King. The Halt Ijike County araocla. . lion was represented by the entire board of directors. Harry pinch, clvde K. Hansen. Han-sen. George A. Husher. Dr. John K. Wharp, A. U Humion, Jaok Tingev, Htephen H. Ive. Malcolm Keyser, John f. Bowman and Uoorge H. Johnson. ladoway, state fish and gamo-eommlasloner, gamo-eommlasloner, and a. B. Locke of Ogdea ' were also present.