Show FISH AND GAME legislation AT sach each session of the utah legislature attempts art made to remodel the statutes which relate to fish and game the house spent most of thursday feb 13 in considering a bill having this object in view and Z the proceedings convinced spectators that the solons were trying to io legislate upon a subject concerning which most of them knew very little they were apparently desirous to serve the best interests of the people relative to the matter but did not seem to know how to reach that object the only way in which this territory can be provided with a good fish and game law is to have a methodical thod ical and scientific investigation of the whole subject made by competent persons and a law framed in accordance with its results who knows enough of the habits or of the fishes birds and animals found in this elevated mountain region to be able to make an 11 intelligent tell igent statement of them probably not a member of the assembly claims to have such knowledge even from hearsay and yet to legislate C upon this subject in the absence of this information is like administering medicine to a patient in the absence of a diagnosis the fish and game interests of the Territory are V very ry important they involve a food supply for the people and should he be protected and fostered by intelligent laws that laws relating to them may be intelligent it is absolutely necessary that more complete information than that in ati the possession of the present legislature relative to the subject shall be procured the usual method under these circumstances is for a commission to be appointed to collate facts make observations and report to the assembly a bill adapted to the ends desired |