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Show Ashley Farmer FarmerResents FarmerResents FarmerResents Resents Pheasant PheasantStory PheasantStory PheasantStory Story by WriterThrough Writer WriterThrough Through the columns of this thl pa paper paper paper per there appeared appearf'd appearfd ' an lin art1 article le In to Inthe tothe Inthe the November 21st 2l t ISlU Issue ! taken takentrom takenfrom takenfrom trom from the Deseret New News * written by byI bya bya bya a sportsman & ! possibly polbly from snit Salt SaltLake snitLake BaitLak Lake City This poor man uan man was wasvery wasvery wasvery I very much put out or as aa It was wasbeaded washeaded w headed beaded ( Irked ) by the preent present preentpheuant presentpheasant presentpheasant $ pheuant pheasant farmer tanner situation and the thepost1n8 theping theposting post1n8 ping ' of farm farma farms * In various com corn comm1,1X11Ues cornmllttlUes cornmunltles m1,1X11Ues m11X11Ues mllttlUes , Whether Whethet or not this min men minteaUzes menrealizes mmrealize teaUzes realizes ! the tact fact he has slapped slappedthe slappedthe slappedthe the farmers of Uintah Ulntah county countyI countysquarely countysquarely countysquarely squarely in the face and I cannot cannotresist cannotresist cannotresist resist the chance to rise In defense defenseof defenseof detcrweof I of ourselves OUrtle1Ve8 In this thla growing growtnK Be se Berlous serious serious rlous rious oroblem problem . . . I take it from the sound o 0 tnesketch the thesketch sketch this tWa man wrof wrote that be he lanot Is Isnot isnot not a farm operator at least inthe In Inthe inthe the area where ring necks harborand harbor harborand harborand and knows nothing whatever otthe of ofthe ofthe the trouble pheasants and huntercause hunters hunterscauae hunterscause * cauae cause us farmers farmersfut farmersPut farmersPut fut Put on your thinking cap oryour fJt or ' oryour yOur cap of ot reason Mr HackMiller Huk flack HukM1Uer flackMiller M1Uer Miller , If 11 you hav have such It seems seemsaB seemsas * e msas aB as If U you don t know what It Is allabout aU all aUabout allabout about Reference was made thatIf that thatIf thatit If it a person wants the birds killedIn k1lled killed k1lledin killedin in the sprlnfr spring h he * should not assuretheir a assure assuretheir ure uretheir their protection In the fall tall It Isvery Is Isvery Isvery very natural that the th tarmer farmer tarmershould farmershould farmershould should xant want them killed In the thespring thespring th thspring spring for tor that Is the th most moot trouble trouble- troublesome troublesome troublesome - some time of ot the year the birds birdsare birdsare birdsan are thin and hungry Whn When * the thetarmer thefarmer thefarmer tarmer farmer begins to plant the ring ringnecks ringnecks ringnecks necks begin to dig At this par- par particular particular par particular - ticular time Mr Sportsman UtUe little UtUedo littledo Uttl Uttldo do you consider the farmer or h1a his h1atroubles histroubles histroubles troubles You don t come at this thist1me thistime thistlm t1me time to offer any assistance sohs- sohs sohstion solu solu- solution solution - tion or remedy ] Even Oren our good goodgame goodgame goodgame game department offers a very veryweak veryweak veryweak weak and unsatisfactory toopera- toopera tooperation coopera cooperation pera- pera peration - - tion In th1 this thl & matter but In the th fallwhen fall fallwhen fallwhen when the th birds are fattened here herecome herecome hencome come y ye sportsmen in army numbers num num- numbers numbers - bers to bag the produce and the thegame thegame thegame game department reaps the th finan finan- ftnan- ftnan financial ftnancial financial - cial harvest so when where does the thefarmer thefarmer th thfarmer farmer get off ott ? Mention was made in the pre- pre previous previous pre previous - - vious & sketch &ketch ketch that it 1t reminds us of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Wolf Woltl Wolfl ) Wolf Woltl I ! fable I would wouldUke wouldlike wouldllk Uke like to Impress Impr s very strenuously strenuouslyupon strenuouslyupon strenuouslyupon upon the mind of the th writer and andupon andupon andupon upon others of the same , thatthe that thatthe thatthe the wolf wolt In this thia picture is becominga becomingI becoming a heap sight mon more of a reality realitythan realitythan realitythan than Just a mere fable It was al- al also al also - I so stated that Utah county had hadle hadless hadless le less Js . < posted property than ever and andthe andthe the sportsman did flheir tl1elr their best to toI toremove toremove toremove remove the birds This may be betrue betrue betrue true but unlrer under unoer the present law lawyour lawyour lawyour I your bag limit Insures plenty of ofseed ofseed ofseed seed for tor other years so goes on onthe onthe onthe the troubles troubleJi of ot the farmerThe farmerThe tinner farmer tinnerThe I farmerI The former fonner writer referred mierred to toI toth19 tothis tothis I th19 this as the th perennial perennJal gripes andgroans and andgroans andgroans groans regarding the t)1e t1e ) farmer hunter hunt hunter hunter er status I am forced to belie believe believethat believethat vthat that the greatest gripe In this t1Us caris cae case caeIs caseIs , Is coming from the U1e iporistn sporUim sportsm IJ u uand 11and IJand and it has eaten so deeply det'ply detply ' In Inthe Int ini the skin that public mention mentlon hadto had hadto hadto to be made of ot their feelings It Isquite Is Isquite isquite quite natural for the sportsmenand sportcmcn sportsmen sportcmcnand sportsmenand , and businessmen to naintam n\lmtam n lmtam nsmtam \ tnefact tne toe tnefact toefact fact that the pheasint pheant pheasant phea \nt nt " \ seamenbrings sewcn season sewcnbrings seasonbrings , , brings great revenues Into IntoJur Jur - , ur townwhich town townwhich townwhich which Is very true but again aga.ln agaln agatlr . I ARkwhat Mk ask Mkwhat askwhat what portion of these revenues 1,0we 10we LO ao LOwe aowe , we farmers recelv receive ? As to tothe 'heposting heposting the theposting ' he heposting posting ot of farms I wlm wt.m wtm whit . , to .ay ay . ay thatmy that thatmy thatmy my farm happened lo to be ane ne one : > cfthe tf cf tfthe cfthe the posted ones and to a . vry vary .ry ry . gooa gooaeffect gooaeffect gooaeffect effect I 1 also want to make It Itknown Itknown Itknown known that It will be posted m mthe mthe inthe the future as long as I am the op operator operator operator erator The only ony ] way I wou d con- con consf'nt consent con consent - sent sf'nt sfnt ' to hunting hunUng on ly y farm Is fCJr for fCJrthe forthe fortlie the open season of 365 305 days day . of ofeach ofeach ofeach each and every year until untll the blrd3 birds blrd3are birdsare birdsare are exterminated Tha The whole set setup setup setup up concerning the pheasant ; farm farm- farmer farmer farmer - er hunter situation Is purely an anact anact anact act of class legislation legj,5latlon legj5latlon le4slatlon , I defy any anyman anyman anyman man to come up with proof that the thepresent thepresent thepresent present set up Is not a perfectly perfectlyrotten perfectlyrotten perfectlyrotten rotten oneFrom oneFrom one oneFrom From reading Mr Miller M1l1er s story storyI I would infer that the general run runof runof runof purcha&e'their of sportsmen when they purchas purcha&e purchae purchase purchasetheir & > etheir 'their their ' their license and equipment and andI andtravel andtravel I travel long distances to hunt huntthat huntthat huntthat that they should be privileged prtvlleged to toenter toenter toenter , enter anyone s property wherever whereverI whereverthey whereverilhey I they come to It 1t without the theknowledge theknowledge theknowledge knowledge or consent of the own owner owner owner er This Is one ant ! thing that mak makes makesthe makesthe s sthe the farrnei farmel farmer show fight and he Is Isright isright Isright right in his feelings I have con- con contacted contacted con contacted - tacted many farmers that have havetold havetold havetold told me the pheasdnts pheasants don t bother botherthem botherthem botherthem them nearly as much as do the un unc1vll uncivil uncivil c1vll civil actions acUons of hunters Can yo 1 t 1blame tblame iblams blame the farmer fanner for posting his hispropertv hisproperty hisproperty propertv property not saying anythlng anything anythlngabout anythingabout anythingabout about the killing k11llng and crippling of oflivestock oflivestock oflivestock livestock that is done every yearEd yearEd year yearEd Ed Note--Mr Note Mr Note-Mr Note - - Mr Dodds Is a farm farm- farmer farmer farmer - er In the Ashley section ot of Ash- Ash AshI Ashley Ashley Ash-ley Ash ley - I ley valley |