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Show Precision Flying DRYING STREAMS RESPONSIBLE FOR LARGE DUCK LOSS I Crvsh out your mokes. 2. Break your match hi two. I 3. Drawn your campfire. 4. Never bum grass, brush or trash on dry or windy days. Continued from Preceding Page great numbers and gathered dozens of baskets of duck eggs for food. They also took hundreds of flappers, or young ducks which had not yet learned to fly, chasing them through the shallow water and killing them with clubs. Major William Cook Daniels, a Spanish-Americrwar hero, of Denver, came to the marshes to hunt in 1900. He was accompanied by Mrs. Daniels who, shooting from a small island, killed 52 ducks the first day. The island was named "Ladies Island in her honor, and bears the name to this day. s say that 1880 to 1906 probably was the period of n Old-timer- Welcome To Gambles Western Auto Supply ... ... 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Irrigation Ended Heyday To make the charge that development of irrigation systems in Utah was the direct cause of the decline of the marsh area, and the resulting destruction of millions of ducks by disease, might sound absurd, but nevertheless it is a fact. In 1900 the Bear River, iMalad, Box Elder and numerous small creeks flowed into the marsh, flooding thousands of acres and producing heavily vegetated areas which offered feeding and nesting grounds for countless waterfowl ducks, geese, 6hore and marsh birds. It was a paradise for the hunter, and a nesting place for millions of wild fowl and a resting spot for as many more migratory birds passing to the Canadian nesting grounds. The migratory birds would return with their grown young in the fall, using the Bear river marsh as a stopping place to fatten up on the seeds of the tule and other natural duck food. The hunting area extended from within three miles of the Wasatch Tange on the east to the Promontory range on the west, a distance of 30 miles. of From the south shore-lin- e Great Salt Lake the marsh area extended back Inland from five to 15 miles. In 1910 a far different picture was presented. What once had been a vast expanse of productive marsh, with thousands of acres of open freshwater shallow lakes, had become a barren waste of mud flats. Where Bear river and other streams had emptied their full flow Into the marsh, only a fraction of the water reached the duck lands, The demands of a rapidly grow-infarming population in northern Utah for more and more Irrigation water had rob bed the streams of their lifeblood. Canals, pumping plants and power dams diverted the -- At ' 3 s s - ;? Kjf... t t;ss - ' ' ' ' ' - ? V- - .5. 'v , - 1 ' V ; s s . ' ' -V r ' ; , ' ' 1' f 5 "V ' I 1 t i- s'T - e . Not equipped, with jet motors, these snow geese nevertheless offer hunters a fast moving target that requires the best of marksmanship. water Into more productive lng.of the area with fresh wate uses. would wash away the alkali, Duck Sickness Appeara promote new growth of natural The old, old story of man in- vegetation and relieve the stagterfering with nature was re- nant pollution thought to be peated, and the "Western duck responsible for the duck malsickness appeared on the Bear ady. Pressure of game officials river marshes. Ducks died by and bird lovers at this time rethe millions, due, it was said, sulted in action by government to the birds contracting disease from the stagnant pools of alkaline water which had gradually replaced the fresh water. It has been estimated that seven million ducks perished from 1910 to 1925 on the Bear river marshes. During the outbreaks dead ducks could be seen as far as the eye could reach. In an effort to check the mortality, game officials employes men to gather and burn the dead and decaying bodies. The problem became one ol vast importance to Western bird lovers and game officials alike. Then the idea was conceived that by construction of a series of dikes in a great-circl- e around the Bear river delta, the marsh area might again be restored to its former condition. It was thought that impounding the fresh water and locking out the Great Salt Lake brine might save the marshes and eliminate duck sickness. Government Aid Secured The sponsors of the idea con tended that the constant flood officials. Engineers made sur- veys and computed the cost ot the construction of thirty miles of dikes which were to impound the fresh water of Bear River during the spring run-off- . The Bear River Migratory Bird refuge was established by an act of congress In 1928. The government appropriated $250,i 000 to carry out the provisions of the act, and in 1929 contracts were let and construction of tho dikes was commenced. Tho bureau of agriculture engineering in cooperation with the bureau of biological survey, was held responsible for the supervision of construction and administration of the refuge. Finished In 1931 I Considerable thought and investigation had been made concerning the type of dike to- be constructed, and the final decision was in favor of the low,-widearth dike. By 1931 thirty miles of dikes and eight miles of canal had been built, as called for in the contract. The main outer dike is nearly (Continued on Following Page) OF FUN BUT MV HOW CLOTHES GEI DIRTY TRY IS FUN! OUR DRY SHEEN PROCESS If you can SPARE a few moments The Perfect Dry Cleaning For All Types of Fabrics STRIKE drop in and up lets an Tourist Special! You Can Bowl For 30c A Line One day service on tourist dry cleaning. 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