Show Big Rabbit Hunt Planned for Novo N v 23 w. w Many Suggestions to Improve Game By Frank E. E p-i p r sportsmen have designated November as rabbit I 1 I ay 1 and Johnson Johnton of the Western Vestern Arms Is making arrangements arrangements arrange- arrange A ments for tora or a big drive on the Cedar valley colony of jack Reports have it that there are plenty of rabbits in the valley and that means that many a poor family will be supplied with a big Jack for a Thanksgiving day dinner All All the rabbits killed will be brought to the city and they willbe will willbe willbe be given to the poor The trip as scheduled will be made by automobile providing providing provid provid- ing tug that weather conditions are favorable The road to Lehl Lehi is all paved pa and going west from Lehi Lohi to Cedar valle valley the road is sandy and is JS generally in good condition for tor tuto luto Johnson says that all the sportsmen who have I automobiles should report to him immediately in order that proper arrangements can be made for the big drive He ii il I I trying to e automobiles and If this number can be secured it means that at least hunters will make the trip With such a number of shooters In line nearly every rabbit in the valley would be shot Four hundred shooters allowIng allowing allow allow- ing log yards between each hunter would take in a radius of two twenty-two miles and Johnson says sas that if he can get the bunch to go it will be the biggest rabbit drive in the history of ot the state He lie Is also confident that there will be a general up clean-up of the rabbits and that there will be no more complaints com corn plaints from the farmers In that locality for a long while PUBLIC DUCK HUNTING GROUNDS s In anticipation ot of f a public duck shooting ground several of the sportsmen have been making an investigation of available available available avail avail- able slough ground and have found that they can secure acres of ot swale swab land south of the Black sloughs With a few ditches and dams put in hundreds of acres of land can bo be pu put under water at r. r It has las been sl suggested that th the higher r 1 land jand I carl can r no e cultivated e anti anu sowed with grain to maite maae a e I selo elo lr T g gI grounds u s for the ducks u It Is also found that t there are r thousands thousands thou thou- sands of acres of ot the same kind of land west of the duck I clubs and if the state would acquire all of ot this land for forI I hunting grounds that the same tame would take care of ot all the hunters In Salt Like count county and then some The public grounds would have to be governed much the same as the private clubs That is i everyday shooting would have to to be barred and the shooting days das made to conform to the shoot shooting ing days of the gun aun clubs club Such regulations would give the ducks five rest days in every week weel It Is also argued that with the increase of duck sloughs we would increase tho the supply o of oC ducks There would be more territory for tor breeding and a much wider range to fly about In than at present present pres pres- present ent and consequently many more ducks would remain here dur during the summer months The reports o from Ogden hat that there are thousands of ducks dying in the neighborhood of the Bear river sloughs are re received re- re here with much regret A majority of the sportsmen sportsmen sports sports- men believe that the ducks are dying on account of local such as the dumping of sewage oils poisons etc into some of the streams The various tests that have Been made of ot the duck disease in the tho the past ten or twelve years ars is not satisfactory to a majority of tho the hunters It is argued I that alkali conditions existed here hero formerly to a greater extent than at present and no one ever heard of a a. sick duck years ears ago When the cities began to brow and the sewers were run I Into the streams It was then and not until then that the I i duck disease began to show itself and this condition has now flow I VI I A rn ro itt w e on vears vear The more water that is i i I I I I i taken i. i out of our r- r big rivers s' s for for 1 irrigation TJ the less water finds cinus I Its way to the sloughs hs In fact tact during the hot summer months nearly all of the water consists of sewerage and even the fish cannot live Jive In it I TO INVESTIGATE SEWERAGE CONDITIONS I It la is the Intention of the sportsmen to make a a. thorough Investigation of all 8 sewer conditions and they will bring tho the matter to the attention of ot tho the Incoming legislature for the I purpose of correction The Jordan river is probably one ot of the dirtiest streams In the country It carries nearly all I the filth from the cities in the southern end of the valley and when it reaches Salt Lake L City it is nothing more nor less than a big open sewer During the spring months when the tho streams which flow into the river are high It Is partially par par- cleaned up by the Immense body of ot water running down the stream At this time a few fish come down the tho river from Utah lake take and from our mountain streams but hut butI these fish do not live very Ion long Just a as soon as the water goes down and becomes low it is fa so ISO poisonous that It kills kUla all the fish This river r can be made one of the tho bc bet t catfish streams In the country It i Is sluggish all a the way from flom Utah lake to the Great Rait falt Lake tho the kind hind of water that catfish like e and can be made a 8 source of food supply for tor this city Its water Is also alo favorable for the tho yellow elow perch and the sunfish known as tho bluegill Both Hoth of ot these fish are fa rut fast st growers aid the government h has s had great success wherever 1 planted I Utah lake ought to be running over with some of our Eastern fish instead of allowing the lake to thrive as a carp pond SUGGESTED CHANGES IN LAWS Many changes In our present laws are being suggested b by the sportsmen Here are some of ot them 1 Prohibit the sale of lish 01 or game gane 01 ox any kind by the state The boys argue that all fish should be planted In our streams and that tha t we have none for tor sale The fish and game belong to the people who take tale out licenses Nearly all our streams I are depleted and the sportsmen say that we ought to buy millions of trout for our streams Instead of ot selling any I Provide our present license with game tags as as do other J I states Whenever a deer is killed there should be a license tag on the animal According to reports there were many hunters hunte's who killed more than the law allows During the I past deer season three prominent business men went down downto to Wayne Vayne count county on a deer hunt They got to their destination destination destina destina- tion and camping ground the day before the opening of the I I I season Upon Upon- an an- an inspection of their th surroundings they f found plenty of ot deer tracks and also plenty of rifle shells and some blood They hunted for tor three days and did not see seea a deer although there had been seemingly hundreds in that locality lIty several days previous Giving up their hunt In disgust disgust disgust dis dis- dis- dis gust they returned home Upon arriving at the first settlement settlement settle settle- ment they were accosted by a stranger tho remarked that they did not have any deer No said one of the business men we saw plenty of tracks but some one beat us to the deer and they broke the tho law to do so The stranger informed the he had three thre fine bucks that he would sell but was informed that the three men had lead come down to kill deer and not to buy deer In their thE anger the sportsmen forgot to get the strangers stranger's name and there are of the opinion that he ho could supply more than three deer and that he be was supplying any hunters who might chance by and willing to buy I MERCENARY DEER HUNTERS CHARGE I I It is thus seen that our deer law Saw is a Joke and there are a few persons that go out and kill all the deer they desire re regardless regardless regardless re- re of the law It is hoped that a heavy fine is attached ot any anyone one violating the law and that half the fine be paid to the person making the arrest or giving the Information of the violator The law cannot be too strict In regarding t te killing wild game out of season Strict laws have given I Ine New ne UY York hk state tt 7 per cent of t the e deer in the United e States and Utah h has a range a for td deer r rt a eh h hundred eJr a times r e as great ft as I Ithe the Empire state With good laws we can also have havo our share of the deer a To provide a heavy fine for the Illegal taking of ot fish out of or our mountain streams and lakes There are a few tew people who traffic In the sale of fish In this state and these people ought to be brought to Justice One of the most flagrant violations vio yb- lations of the fish law came camo to the notice of a Salt Lake sportsman while fishing In some of the small lakes In Uintah He lie said that he ho came across a man who had ten gallon 1 Jars filled with trout fat and a pile of fish that was a dis dis- dis- dis grace When asked what he did with the fish fat tat he said that It was used for Or coyote bait claiming that It was vas the I best bait balt In the country The Tho fish fat was poisoned and mixed with meat and he said that the coyotes c smell it at a long distance lie Ho also said that he took the fish down to Vernal where he sold them It took many hundreds of I pounds of trout to fill the ten Jars with trout fat And that r t was fish r not he t n no all all lIdo doubt If t the killed me mea party a tons s sst used of st fish ls an in explosive this g s one f lake to secure where e t the he I I was 1 working 1 The sportsmen me u that a OO fine a and d I 4 u nail nair 01 ox It n to go to the toe Informant will be a remedy esp especially lallY In such a case as aa the above stated The sportsman further I said that this bait balt collector was employed to secure this fish fat The sportsmen also want quail trapped in the southern I part of the state and brought to the northern counties for tor distribution every spring Nothing has been done to In Increase Increase increase In- In crease our wild game gamp birds and protection under our present presents laws s seems to l be a f farce I It is reported by people O I living In Big I C Cottonwood nsw that h t tf many y quail u 1 are being snot and d trapped p 3 at the tho present time and they wanted to know if there was I an open sehl season season on on the birds SPORTSMEN AFTER HEAVIER FINES The sportsmen also wish to have the Jordan river and the 1 sloughs west of ot the river stocked with such fish that ale alc best adapted for these waters The sportsmen wish to see Iee heavy fines Imposed d upon all fish and game violators and that half the line fine be given to the party making the arrest To ro better accomplish this many mallY of the boys have suggested that ever every man who man who buys bus a li license license li- li cense cease then and tire re be sworn In as a game warden with fa authority r rd to arrest rh t o u Ig violating a the tho fish h and game laws and for his hia I Ices he be he allowed halt half t the fino It la is argued that such a law would immediately place In tho ho field over game gamo wardens and this of or Itself would bring re re- re peel s-peel for tor our fish and game la f |