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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH lie o.nrt ffv in a cornfield five. can guards up to (locks are Com rn u n caucuses The I aptained. 1 i 1 e s hold $ numbers In that blacken a field. jiFJJ ziun ctnz2) ' REMARKABLE News Notes From All Parts of UTAH REOOVER? OF They have .ent'nels nnd signals. Anjone who thinks crows of tlo-icannot converse after a Salt Lake. T la unnt; on a ba.-- i. their with ways. familiar not own is The counts In the indictment against of the nun her of wa'er connection: The farmer in the city, the the crow are many. pupaauoti of Sal of a field r Jil,7!) than tin ( ity Lake can devastate near, lie that charges it takes to 128,71)4 t--1 .'oil h; the foie :il cm joting corn in less time than C no ,.ue.I Major plant it; that he eats fruit and melons sus LlUU i o Clarence Xi.Li, mid vegetables; that he attacks young c.cni"! me pop chickens in the barnyard; that lie even waterworks, n, ulation fitu'n announu'J by tin plucks out the eyes of mired and injuu-out federal buieau. just sheep. Sportsmen say that lie liuqts the nests of quail and eats the eggs. NaIsrael-oSalt Lake. John A. ture lovers accuse him of pi eying on r of IUium, was reeiedet postniasti life. wild small of the young of birds and of the I tah branch of tin In Madison and Antelope counties of president o thmi aril National league idea that an Nebraska the farmers have at the annual con postmasters They cholera germs. crows spread the ofm the federal building vention he'd to have failed to get fl.e legislature eshave so they bounty, Salt La 7.4, The Joidan Fur am fer a crow round-up- . tablished an annual Reclamation company of Nevada East year they killed 13, IKK) crows. This the Utah Maria Sugar company killed and for damages of .0 tmu or tne ll year 227 hunters In two days retrieved 17,000 and a few over. Tbe leged pollution of .T'OO acres of iaut crows feet were put on exhibition. The in Salt Lake and Davis counties. Hit town of Tllden played host. There was suit has been transferred from th u banquet, a theater party and a dunce. Third district court. Pulp fror Tbe Fur West and Southwest have a West Jor the beets at ground sugar crow, very different feeling about the dan factory is said to have cause; a nnd California, in lie Is protected the land to dry up. Hugroup of neighboring states. Tbe California, of repre. Salt Lake, A commercial junket mane Association humane organizations, allied 30 through Eastern Idaho has been giv(tenting called upon the gunpowder company tj en indorsement of the board of govclose its unwise, unwarranted and cruel ernors of the chamber of commerce. A crop survey of Idaho and Utah contest and withdraw its offered prizes. will be prepared by the industria association has the opinion of state than harm more good far does crow Plans for the trip are the that department. be acquitted be- being outlined Manifestly the crow, if lie is to by President Frank B. fore the liar of public opinion, must lie proved Cook, of the chamber. to be a champion destroyer of insects. T. Gilbert Association of Logan, Erna Virchow, 14 years oi Pearson, president of the National lies in a serious condition in the age declares: Audubon Societies Cache County hospital as the result he If bird bad a not is altogether The accused were better understood he would have more friends of wounds accidentally inflicted by a He eats great many harmful Inlets, an automatic pistol. Miss Virchow, than foes. sins In the and in this way makes amends for his who is an of Dr. W. B. employee cornfield. The crow Is an economic factor In farm Jones in the annihilate wounded was of to effort Logan, organized the present life, and was abdomen while the apecles recalls the mob spirit which examining an automatic pistol belonging to the phyShe was alone in the sicians house at the time but managed to telephone the hospital before she Who 15 to Determine What are Vermin and Who is To Exterminate Them? till r n n four!1-clas- s 1 Gives Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Full Credit I was under treatMinn. June., Wis. ment, but nothing seemed to help me, -n land I was and so weak that 1 had to remain in bed much of the time and was like an invalid. I had pains in my abdomen and in the female organs, and run-dow- J CTvtBy JOHN signed to bring about concerted action against the vermin In the Inlirtsts of the farmer and the sportsman. Incidentally the campaign will stimulate the imukct for shells There has arisen, however, a wide disagreement among expeils about tills campaign. . . . Officials of the I'nlted States Department of Agriculture assert that certain of the birds listed should not tie widely killed At the same time they agree that some of the birds and animals are There predatory and could he classified as vermin. Is disagreement, as well, among the officials of the various states, and between state laws relating to game amt firearms. The association mafic Inquiries In tbe states nnfi found that the laws relating to tbe open carry'ng of firearms range from strict prohibition, except during tbe bunting season, to no restriction at all. The laws and opinions as to the vermin list vry as widely. In Virginia, for Instance, the department of game nnd Inland fisheries hnd Instituted a campaign for vermin control in advance of the gunpowder company. Here Is the department's ?- DICKINSON SHERMAN HE nature lovers, naturalists, hu- mane society members and sportsmen are finding 1924 an exciting year, hey are still discussing the slaughter of the American eagle In Alaska, where the Inhabitants have the great birds In killed 25,000 the last five years for a bounty of 50 cents and are now working overtime for a bounty of one dollar. And now comes along another astonishing thing a cnmpulgn against vermin," Initiated by a gunpowder com-lunand promoted by advertising and prizes! The gunpowder company poses ns a public benefactor. The opponents of the campaign charge that it Is purely a commercial proposition. One result Is a nation-wid- e controversy among all classes on various aspects of the situation: What are vermin? Which are the friends and which the enemies of man among the various animals and birds condemned by the gunpowder company as vermin? Who Is to decide? Who is to wage war on them? Is It udvlsable to destroy natures balance? Is the campaign beneficial or statement y harmful? The gunpowder companys list of animals and birds condemned ns vermin Includes snapping turtle, woodchuck, porcupine, bobcat, red squirrel, water snake, field rut, gopher, weasel, bunting house-cn- t, great homed owl, snow owl, goshawk, crow, crow blackbird, starling, English sparrow, hawk. kingfisher, Coopers hawk, sharp-shinneExperienced woodsmen who are always practical naturalists know that a big snapping turtle eats many a duckling; that a bobcat Is a pest; that a weasel Is a terror; that some of the hawks and the great horned owl are fair game; that the red squirrel lias little to recommend him. Hut they would not pick on the kingfisher. They would admit that the porcupine kills many trees and is an unmitigated nuisance in a camp, but they would not have It exterminated for the reason that It Is the only edible animal that an unarmed tenderfoot, lost and starving In the woods, cun catch and kill. The hunting cat the house cnt gone wild Is an outlaw which has no friends among sportsmen and few defenders even among cat lovers. Its legislation will days are numbered. Nation-widbefore long exterminate tlds menace to bird life. The starling has few friends, If any. Eugene Schieffelin In 1S(H) brought 120 birds to this country and liberated them In Central park, New York city. From these 120 starlings have come the millions that have spread north, west and south. In Providence, II. I., for example, great Hocks this spring were using the state capital as n roost-tuplace. They apparently could not be kept away. And the state house was an awful mess. Insects! Theres a danger mark. Science tells ns that the insect Is mans most dangerous onemy. And all the resources of science are enengod In warfare agalust the Insect tribes which threaten to eat up the world. Birds are natures balance against the Insects recognized as such by a document of no less Importance than the International treaty between the United States and Canada. The upsetting of nature's balances In the animal world has proved dangerous by experience. The West Indies Imported the mongoose tc kill off the snakes. It also killed off all small animal life and bird life. Australia Imported rabbits and hud to spend millions to keep from being eaten d collapsed. Pinkhama : ravaroused against the pelican for Its legendary fish. ages upon The court of last resort Is undoubtedly tbj That United States Department of Agriculture. E. It. Kalm-bacdepartment has Issued a bulletin by of tbe bureau of biological survey. Some of the complaints against the crow, Mr. traditional, while a Kalmbach says, "are few of its beneficial habits have long been matters of common knowledge. Irreconcilable differences of opinion regarding the crows worth have often been the rule among residents of a community, and it has been only recently that sufficient Information lms been assembled from most parts of the bird's range to allow a thorough study of its And he goes on: habits. What a bird eats or does not eat Is the first question to be answered In an Inquiry Into its economlo status. About 28 per cent of the yearly food of the adult crow consists of animal matter. In this are found Insects, spiders, millipede, crustaceans, wild snails, the remains of reptiles, amphibians, smalt birds and their eggs, poultry and their eggs, mammals, and carrion. of the animal food, or about Over well-nig- out of house and home. The United States has comprehensive laws against the importation of animal life and they are strictly enforced us a matter of national protection. The American Nature association Is one of the organizations concerned over the situation. Its organ, the Nature Magazine (Washington) has this to say, among other things: What are vermin? Which are predatory animals? What steps should be taken. If any, against marauding memberii of the bird and animal world, and who Is to dictate these steps? The powder company has apparent'y made a study of the question and concluded that the animals on Its list are vermin. It advocates the promotion of vermin hunting clubs and suggests the creation of vermin hunting week. An elaborate advertising campaign has been worked out de h two-thir- Coofter'J JfanJt I ' e g bureau. h sharp-shinne- Pi! Vegeta- ble Compound advertised, thought it must be good, and brought it home to me and advised me to try it. After taking one bottle I was able to eat, and after six bottles I was doing my own work, which I hadnt been able to do for years. I have a new baby who is doing nicely, and I am still taking the Vegetable Compound and feeling better than I have for four years. 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There was great joy leauine who We believe that the matter of vermin control In America has never heretofore received the proper attention and that n control of the vermin which prey upon useful wild life and game birds and animals Is Just as necessary for their conservation as limits, hunting seasons and other restrictions tag In the Interest of the hunter. Wo are not unmindful of the fact ttmt some of the hawks and some of the owls are probably more beneficial than harm- ful. We da not believe It Is possible, nor would we desire, to exterminate the crow or any other species of bird or animal; however, we do believe that by greatly reducing the number of predatory birds and animals we can effect a great saving in useful wild life. We find, so to speak, two schools of thought In this matter one headed and dominated by ultra theorists and scientists; the other by the dead practical man, who has no vision and often walks over a precipice before he secs It. We believe there Is a middle ground upon which practical wild life conservationists should travel and so far as we can we propose to do this. Massachusetts allows the licensed hunter to kill at any time all the birds on the gunpowder company's list, except the kingfisher. Pennsylvania Ohio's laws allow the opposes tbe campaign. killing of the chicken lmwk, blue hawk, Coopers d lmvvk, hawk, great horned owl. F.ng- - -- J. C. (Jack) Littlefield, has been deputy collector of internal revenue in Ogden for the last three years, has resigned his position and left for Denver, Colo., to accept a position as claims examiner for district No. 11 of the U. S. veterans Ogden, both- ered me. My husband saw Lydia E. ten-ce- d stomach my Kingfisher llsh sparrow and goshawk. Tennessee protects only the woodchuck and the game warden states that It lms always been permissible to kill owls, weasels, crows, blackbirds and hawks, as they are deadly enemies to tbe quail. In New Hampshire there Is a bounty on bobcats. Nature Magazine goes on to say : Beyond these considerations there are questions of greater Importance. They are questions of principle and practice. One effect of this campaign will be to loose In the Helds and woods, outside of the hunting season, thousands with guns on their shoulders ready to shoot and find out what thty shot afterward. It will Immeasurably Increase the usual hunting season hazards to the tramper, the picnicker and the passing automoblllst from the shot. And how many who stray and would enter auch a contst merely to win prizes could be trusted to spare game or harmless species provided no vermin present themselves? It Is difficult even for the naturalist to distinguish the different species of hawks on the wing at gunshot range. For every 40 turtles killed, perhaps only one will be a snapping turtle. . . . The kingfisher, because nature endowed him with an appetite for fish, usjally minnows, mav suffer because he poaches on the sportsmens preserves. Nature struck a balance In the wild life world. It created friends and enemies, protectors and attackers, conservatives and liberals In an Inatlnctlve existence of wild winged and furred beings. There is danger In attempting to change that balance except upon the most final of evidence. Danger lurks as well tn the authority given the local dealer to determine whether the evidence submitted by contestants Is really what tt Is represented to be. Valuable members of the bird or animal world may be killed and add points to the score of the contest shooter. The American Nature resoclatlon stands definitely In favor of clean sportsmanship, tn season, propfor Its erly restricted and with proper penaltiesIs too Inabuse. The evidence today, however. definite and opinions too varied to grant to a pow-decompany authority to declare open war upon any group o animals. From a reading of the hundreds of columns being printed in the press of the country it appears that tbe controversy lias become largely centered upon the crow. The pros and cons of this feathered defendant are being weighed In the scales of popular opinion. And it may be said right here that '.bis alleged bandit In shining black Is an defendant. He lms been clever enough to Burvive and increase, notwithstanding tbe settling of tbe country. He has learned the ways of man and has'ndhpted himself to changed conditions. He knows from afar whether a man carries a stick or a gun. lie perches on scarecrows. H fifth of the whole diet of the crow, Is composed of insects, and these Include many of the most destructive pests with which the farmer has to deal: Beetles of various kinds constitute about 7.5 per cent of the crows annual food. They are a promiscuous lot, Borne beneficial, sonie neutral, and others, which comprise the major portion, highly injurious. Orthoptera. including grasshoppers, locusts and crickets, form about an equal quantity, but the damage this order of Insect Inflicts far exceeds ttmt done by the various beetles eaten. The short-horne- d grasshoppers especially are destructive. and, while these Insects have pever been such In some parts serious pests in the eastern states of the Wist, the annual toll taken by them through the country amounts to many millions of dollars. In August and September grasshoppers form nearly h of the crow's food. Caterpillars form about 1.5 per cent of the diet of the adults, however, eat nearly four times as much. The size and the voracious appetites of crows make these birds especially valuable In times of outbreak of one or another of the Insect pests upon which they feed. In feeding on mammals the crow supplements the good work of hawks and owlscar-by tending to hold In check rodent pets. As a rion feeder the crow ably supplements the good work of the turkey buzzard, especially along river banks and tidal flats. The offenses of which the crow has been accused outnumber Its good deeds, but this does not mean they are equal In Importance. Many of Ve crows depredations may be lessened or entirely prevented by protective measures, while In Its preyill be Spared. ing on Insects It does work that can An overabundance of these birds is not to the best interests of the farmer, but. on the other hand, extermination of the crow would result In taking away a most effective enemy of certain Insect pests. Consequently the Instituting of control measures Is Justifiable locally where the birds are taking more than a fair share of the crops in return for good services rendered, while In other sections where crows occur In normal numbers they may better be allowed to exist unmolested. Mr. Kalmbach, writing In Nature Magazine, Is lie emiibatlc on other points of Importance. one-fift- nVs-tltng- s, says, In part: Furthermore what chance Is there of proper game law enforcement If the excuse for shooting a crow will afford a universal, logical, and sufficient reason for being afield? Experienced administrators of games laws realize the added difficucamlties of such a situation. In fact an anti-cromanner might well be paign conducted In this most disastrous blows at looked upon as one of the efficient game law enforcement since the passage of the migratory bird treaty act simplified warden service by putting a stop to spr.ng shooting. And yet. aside from these specific objections. Is there not something still more fundamental at Issue In a situation of this kind? Organized and all the Import privately financed propaganda,wordwith in current usage, that usually goes with that has been Invoked to formulate public opinion reof a wild criature a garding the economic position matter In which sound economic principles and logical scientific reasoning alone should prevail. I shall repeat what has been said previously, that under a variety of situations, crow control is JustiIt Is, however, a probfiable and even lem that, along with other problems that arise In connection with our wild life, calls for sober careful administrathought, logical reasoning, and tion. At alt times control measures should be In bands of those who can give us constant assurLoose ance and guarantee of such procedure. unsound propaganda, and thinking, distorted data, I no of campaign have place Irresponsible conduct In such an undertaking. w nece-tsarv- . Irovo, On a charge of having several barrels of hard cider in his posof American session, Milton Ilrown Fork waa fined $70 in Judge J. B. court. Tuckers According to the the cider for evidence, Broun had vinegar but had no vinegar permit. Salt Lake Acting upon a report from Commissioner A. F. Barnes of the department of public safety to the effect that tin Salt Lake City firemen who demanded the removal of Chief W. II. By wti ter as head of the fire department refused to appear before him for a hearing the city commission denied the ietition of the men that the chief he removed Ninety two fireman nre expected to hand in their resignations. Sale of the defunct Ameri-ca- n Packing and Provision company here to a local syndicate which Las been pending receivers since the sale several weeks ago was confirmed in the United States district court here by Federal Judge Tillman I). Johnson. Ogden, Salt Lake, Noble Warrum, former postmaster here, has been tendered tlie secretaryship of the Mexican general claims commission, it was learned recently. Mr. Warrum has announced that he will accept the offer. Sat Lake, Brigadier General Ulysses Grant McAlexander now stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah, has been selected for promotion to the rank of to fill the vacancy major general caused by the retirement on July 20 of Major General Grote Hutcheson. The resulting vacancy In the grade of brigadier general will he filled by the promotion of Colonel Edwin E. Booth. W ington. Salt Lake, There will he no automobile races following the state fair to be held October 1 to 7, it was announced at the capitol. The board was informed hy the Milton Casteel attractions that it would he unable to stage the contests because Us hank had refused financial assistance in carrying American on this year's activities. 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