Show destruction OF FISH exterminating the flony tribe in the sevier river the following letter written by dawid david cratts at ingersoll lug ersoll utah AUR aug portrays a dad bad state of things we have a segious question to solve and that is how to procure pro the fish of the sevier river it if some steps are pot taken to protect the flnoy tribe they will soon be a thing ot of the past in this river the settlers ajo ci the entire length of the stream lave joined hands to destroy the fish I 1 do not think there is ie a stogie single fish way or run iu in or over any darn dang of which there are many mallys and inmost in most cases the water is shut dry from the main chancel and turned into ditches it is the nature of the flab fish if he fand t the water failing to run up the result is they hey soon reach where the water has failed and chere bere die there have been tons of fish destroyed between debret audbur place this ibis I 1 summer JI deseret has bas two tight dams in the abe river and the small seepage is shut off two miles below when I 1 questioned the party in begat d to it he be replied that he wanted the water for his calves grass grassett etc this party has no prior claim to the water it is sickening to go along the dry river bed and see the fish crowded and dying in the few pools of stagnant water myself and others have taken to stock the waters with ca carp rp wh which ic h do re mar kably well in thi this locsi locality it y I 1 have already taken a gre great man many from the A pools and placed tb them in Is k 9 that are not yet affected by the low water I 1 i had bad a small propagating ropa gating pond which i was supplied supplied lieT with fresh water from the river I 1 haye have been beeg obliged to remove alithe all the carp to a place of safety s there are still many in the stagnant holes that will perish I 1 I 1 was out outlast last saturday and found some very large ones I 1 think three years old these will weigh 15 to 20 pounds it seems their heir nature to stay together as one is seldom found I 1 alone the german carp mature manure young they t pawn in two years after being received from washington fish that were hat hatched clied last year will by the end of this thia season reason weigh one ohe pound each and the next scara growth is wonderful |