Show FISH AND GAME REPORTS SALT LAKE jao 16 1895 the enclosed reports from the fish and gathe game commissioner of respect lively utah and cache counties no BO doubt will engage the attention of your ida jre adera es 0 a twoie h 0 0 is w ahu are interested get in i tha a ture and s j ud in be protection pl otee of the ga game 1 of I the TI territory tory I 1 will add that the outlook for obtaining free transportation for the whole carload of white fish bob try fry from sandusky Ba city is at present very on en yours fours truly A MILTON utah desemer 29 1894 A M musser esq q territorial plan fish and game commissioner salt dalt lake city utah dear Sir according Accord log to jo statues re quiring a report from me as aa county commissioner I 1 take pleasure plea aure in sub aub witting same I 1 have submitted my I 1 report in detail somewhat of my labors labora for 1894 to the county court I 1 am pleased thai game which under the laws jaw la Is protected la is nut not suffering buffering ering to any great extent from indiscriminate person but bat this of course is io not the rule in all cases caseb 1 ainu that the figures below represent as aa near ss aa one can gain from close observation and in formation some somewhat whaL the amount of flah fish caught and marketed suckers chubs earp carp and all other common flab bob pounds retailed at 6 5 cents wholesale at 2 couts 2920 pounds retailed at 26 cents 1000 1000 wholesale at 16 ag 2 base baoe pounds retailed ret aird aj at 29 20 cents at 9 cents 1800 total retailed total Whale wholesale eale 67 I 1 have appointed live five regular d deputies pu tor lot this tb county which are of f a great benefit in to enforce the law during the year twenty one arrests for unlawful fishing and hunting have been made seventeen cases tiled and fined MOO leur am oases are still attil pending and one or two 1 eases caw of forfeiting of amount put up 88 assur lot appearance in court I 1 have bare called the at attention tenSion of the county court to the the matter of large canals being filled with sm am 11 trout in the spring of the your year when the water la in diverted for cleaning out purposes as a great many small mall trout are destroyed in thusa end and asked that some means be provided by which they could be saved and con keyed tu to the lake jake for maturing mi mitering turing anu and have recommended that a mall mail dip not net and tanks be taken and those these trout saved I 1 find and that all classes of fish are doing well the cat flab fish which were placed in the be lake jake are thriving and acing abing well so as are also the dog clog fish and bass these three kinds as aa you know were placed in the lake some four our years ago and some one year ago the rho trout are in my judgment 6 as ae plentiful as they have teen been for two years last past it be been oleu reported that provo river has been very extensively shot with giant powder and in tact fact this to is the case as I 1 have visited and seen the effects of this deadly work this tale kind of work has been done ill III wasatch copula in burther conclusion I 1 will say that a close and careful estimate of flab fish caught is not to be got at but the figures given above are the number oi of pounds obtained from june 15 1894 to decem december bet 80 1894 yours respectfully MYRON MYBON U J fish anti and game commissioner utah county LOGAN utah jan jtb 1896 in compliance with bee 4 of the BOA sad and game laws law I 1 herewith submit you my annual report of 1894 the conditions condition are more encouraging in this cache county than ever before we have organized a society for the protection of flab and same game with nearly members enrolled which will greatly abot in enforcing the laws ahe sentiment of the people Is in growing in favor of the enforcement and protection of game there have been seven arrests and live five convictions this season I 1 spend the winter months in the canyons watching and arranging with others othen to detect violators of the laws law with reference to door deer and mountain sheep after the snow enow falls falla deep they are easily tracked and killed quite a number were killed by mountain lions jion which are greatly on toe the in cre alivin those these mountains A bount bounty y for the killing of these animals ought to be offered by all county courts the sawdust nuisance to is not alto gether got rid ot of but is better than other seasons aea sone the laws lawa ought to be amended to mention in the befoul og clause I 1 received your notice to meet you at ogdon ogden to receive our proportion of black blaar bass and had bad tanks made for that purpose I 1 was greatly disappointed in not getting the feib bisti L will be prepared to receive any and all kinds you may offer iu in the future I 1 have bad the laws as amended to 1892 published in pamphlet form nod bud coplea oo and as amended by the lost last legislature which have been distributed to all local and ia every precinct in this county with kind rega bearde re arde ift I 1 remain youre N W CROOKSTON commissioner for cache county |