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Show THE CITIZEN 8 MINING. Silver Lead $ .66 - Copper .07 .ia The silver market was at a standstill the past week, although closing a little weak. Lead took a spurt and more ot a demand was created. Copper still remains low because of the big UNCLE SAM AND MAY DAY PERFECT CONSOLIDATION Just an ordinary catch on the Madison river, via the Union Pacific railroad STOUT TACKLE NECESSARY FOR THE OPENING DAY The trout fishing season in Utah opens tomorrow morning at 4 oclock in all streams and lakes not posted with signs as closed streams, and to quote the game laws: Provided, further, that it shall be lawful to angle for game fish in Strawberry Reservoir, in Wasatch comity, but no tributaries thereto, except Strawberry river, Indian Creek and Horse Creek Pond, only between July 1st and October 15th following; and in Fish lake, Sevier county, only between June 15 and October 31 following. The bass fishing season opens the same time, but the boys have become so disgusted with the catfishing In Utah lake that it is doubtful if many will go there for bass. All Utah streams are low and clear and fly fishing ought to be par excellence. Hundreds of fishermen will trail every stream in quest of the speckled beauties, and several tons of trout no doubt will be brought back to the city, according to present anticipations. According to general reports, the best fishing will be had on the Provo river. The law provides a limit of ten pounds, or forty fish, per fisherman. -- FEDERAL GAME WARDENS SEIZE COLD STORAGE DUCKS talk among sportsmen why Utah does not want to work with the Federal government in the protection of wild game, and there is also a great deal of criticism regarding the recent arrests by government game wardens of local prominent business men who had ducks in cold storage beyond the time of limitation as' provided by the Federal migratory game law, and why only six men were arrested instead of eight, as has been alleged were guilty of vioThere is considerable lation. Utah is one of the few states which has been against the sportsmen's bill in Congress, which would provide a public hunting ground in the Untied States for all shooters and hunters. If this bill had passed, it was the intention of the government to set aside all the available slough lands of the country for duck preserves. To hunt upon these game preserves it would cost the shooter the small sum of $1 per year. This meritorious bill was killed be- - cause the sportsmen did not concern themselves much about it, but when the ducks are all gone, these same sportsmen will stand around and, howl like a yelping coyote on top of a distant hill. Dave Madsen, our state fish and game commissioner, was very active in leading a western game warden fight against the bill. Madsen did not want any federal interference in Utah. He is competent to handle the situation without any outside help. He is the law of Utah in fishing and hunting. If you dont believe it read our game law, which gives him unlimited authority to do what he thinks best. However, the present Federal migratory game bird law does cover Utah and it provides certain restrictions in relation to aquatic birds. Federal game wardens heard that it was a common custom with some to store wild ducks for consumption and a few weeks ago a Federal warden, unannounced, dropped in around our among us and sniffed cold storage plants, when, lo! there came the familiar smell of wild duck to his keen nostrils. This fellow had any bird dog outclassed when it came to finding lost ducks. Following the scent, the officer went into a large cold storage plant and there nicely packed in many packages he found, it is reported, 166 ducks. He immediately went into the history of the ducks and found many names on the packages. As the story goes, every effort was made to cover-up- , but finally six of those who reluctantly claimed ducks were charged with violation of the federal law. These six men claimed, as per label on the packages, 125 ducks, ranging from 6 ducks for one individual, to as high as 42 ducks for the high man. This left a balance of 41 ducks, and it is alleged that the 41 ducks were aobut evenly divided among State Fish and Game Commissioner Madsen and his chief deputy, Jack Tingey. The people do not understand why the government should prosecute certain persons who had ducks in storage, and seemingly exempt others. While the vioaltion is a technical one, our game wardens ought to be the last people in Utah to break the law. The prohibition on stored ducks was made because the market men would go out at all times of the year in defiance of the law, and kill their game, place it in storage and then sell it. If caught, they invariably claimed that it had been killed during the open season and it was impossible to secure convictions. Thus the innocent man who killed his limit on the last day of the season, or at any time during the open season, and stored his supply, must necessarily suffer because of the market hunter. The business men in this instance who were hailed into court did not intentionally violate the law. They thoulght they were within the 1 law. Several people who had stored ducks in Ogden narrowly escaped. The place where the ducks were stored had accidentally warmed up and the ducks spoiled and they were thrown in the ashcan about four days before the arrival of the Federal warden. . ERNIE FORD OF OGDEN WINS CHAMPIONSHIP out-of-seas- Salt Lake trapshooters were classed by the Ogden boys in a three-day- s trap tournament held on the Salt Lake Gun club grounds, North Salt Lake, last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Notwtihstanding the very unfavorable weather, remarkable scores were made by all the shooters. E. L. (Ernie) Ford of Ogden won the Utah state amateur championship with a score of 195 out of a possible 200 targets, beating C. H. Reilley of this city and H. C. Clark of Ogden, who tied for second place with 194 broken targets. J. M. Anderson of this city finished fourth, with 193. E. L. Ford and A. P. Biglow of Ogden won the team championship, outshoot-in- g Anderson and Reilley and the teams, which tied for second place with a score of 47. The winners broke 48 targets out of a possible 50. J. M. Anderson is the handicap king. He won from the entire field the state handicap championship, shooting from 21 yards. Elmer Finch finished second in this event wtih 93 and R. E. Worrell of Ogden took third place with 92. D. N. Hood won the state k all-arou- professional championship, in which event five professional shooters had entered to compete for the honors. TROEH TIES RECORD. , vice-presiden- t; MINING HANDICAP out- liar-rison-Clar- The consolidation of the Uncle Sam and May Day mining properties ol Eureka was one of the big mining deals of the week. Accordingly, the two properties have passed out of existence and in the future will known as the Mountain View Mining company. The officers elected to take charge of the new company are James c. Dick, president; George H. Dem, George F. Wasson, secretary and treasurer. The board of directors include the officers together with Sherman Armstrong and Fred Dein. The company has been capitalized for $125,000 at 10 cents per share, and 500,000 shares will remain in the treasury; 750,000 shares will be issued in exchange for stock held by Uncle Sam and May Day owners. Engineers are of the opinion that deep mining may develop paying ore bodies and it is the intention of the board of directors to push development work as soon as preliminaries of the new organization are completed. Frank Troeh, champion trapshooter, again tied the worlds record for 100 targets, doubles, in a shoot at Atlanta, Ga., where lie broke 99 out of a possible 100 targets. The mining industry has been greatly handicapped during the past few years because of excessive taxes, high operating costs, scarcity of labor, blue sky laws and freak and restrictive legislation, all of which leads toward a hampered industry which should, instead, receive the undivided support of the entire country. Restrictions have come to such a stage that the mining men must do something for their own protection. A meeting has been set for September 29 to October 4 to be held at Sacramento, Cal., where there will be a general discussion of present unfair conditions which are a present handicap to production of the most useful metals necessary for our prosper ity. W. Mont. Ferry, one of the most prominent mining men of the wi st, says that no other industry is so by law and taxes as is Hie mining industry, and it is his opin on that the forthcoming meeting will develop into a lot of good for mining hm-dicapp- ed GOLD STRIKE Nevada has another gold strike. T is time it is in the Goldbug district ab ut 30 miles distant from Carson City. It is reported that assays have gone as high as $2,000 in gold. Many miners are rushing into the new territory ior the purpose of locating claims. Ir. point to a new mining district, although it is yet to be decided whether the discovered veins carry nny 1 |