| Show correspondence I 1 TI tite eyle protection OF GAME AND fisar mor uon rAw ran gan february 1884 editor deseret neuss there seems to be considerable excitement cit ement just now over the idea that the indians are destroying many more deer than they should no doubt this is true in some instances and very veny veryan beryan annoying to the less favored pale face who did and would again if he could do the same thing the law no doubt should be framed to prevent the nee needless ess wasteful and wholesale slaughter of fish endgame and game by any one red or white but priority ot of right should be acknowledged and the poor indian only restrained and prevented by law from wasting his natural resource for a living under the present law wild game have greatly increased thereby showing that it is good but lish fish have decreased the cause Is not hid up ap it is plainly made manifest by the pleasure seeker the persons who can spend from one to three weeks on the baas banks of streams that before the present law abounded in trout and herring engage in nothing but fishing and hunting it if a law could be made to restrain these would be seekers of pleasure and prevent them from needlessly wasting and destroying fish it dould be it a ste step in the right dlo dio direction angier angler ang er a former correspondent of yours ifil will find on close examination that the t indians agrenot the only on lyones ones who resort to the use of giant glant powder nets and other unlawful means of destroying ying fish this class of health and pleasure seekers do their part it may be held that a law exists a against ins t this kind of work true but I 1 it gi ia inoperative practically why not make a law compelling these campers I 1 to eat all the fish as well as game they catch and kill while thus engaged they like the indians Ind lans ians are hopelessly hopelessly in the tle minority if we want our mountain streams to abound in ia fish they must be protected during the spring months as is now proposed by a bill before before the legislature also during the early autumn in gvinter winter they will care for themselves the enforcement odthe of the law in regard t to 0 screens in water sects with the above protection will do much toward the desired effect yours respectfully mast EAST ot |
