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Show THE CITIZEN 6 majority of the fishermen made a fight against the use of the salmon egg. Of course there were many of the boys who used the salmon eggs legitimately and they have to suffer along with those guilty of baiting holes. The law also provides that sink boxes shall not be used less than one-hamile from the shore line, island or marsh vegetation such as rushes, tule, or grass, and under these regulations only in such localities as are designated by the state fish and game commissioner. Last year the shooting at the clubs was spoiled on account of the large number of sink boxes allowed on the lake shore and the present law ought to result in much good. The sportsmen of Salt Lake county ought to get together and see that no sink boxes are allowed on the lake front. Such action will allow the ducks to come into the tules to feed. The sink box diverts the ducks from their feeding grounds. Everybody should take out a fish and game license in order to help raise sufficient funds for the propel propagation of fish and game. Everj sportsman should make it his duty to see that the laws are obeyed. If you know of any violations, report them to The Citizen and we will give the violator all the notoriety we possibly can. We have a good fish and game law; now let us see that it is enforced to the letter. See what Pennsylvania has done for its sportsmen. We can do the same here if we will but try. lf IF PEOPLE OBEY LAWS ELK HERDS WILL INCREASE If promoters of the Izaak Walton League of America have their way all the elk in the Jackson Hole territory will be saved. The league members are fathering a fund of $100,000 to purchase grazing lands for the elk in the Hole ,and if the money is put to good use and lands are purchased in the grazing territory of the elk, it will do much good. For twenty years past the writer i has visited the Jackson Hole excepting the past three years, and has gradually seen the open territory grow smaller and more fences circling the choicer lands. Elk do not come down into the valleys as of yore when they were seldom molested, and it takes a hard winter to drive them down into the valley to the Snake river and its tributaries. They fear mankind and they have a good reason. Elk meat was not uncommon among the ranchers and a little acquaintance would many times pro- duce the desired choice and delicious steak. Therefore, elk do not venture into the open until absolutely forced to by deep snows and lack of feed. The animals . scent the danger, and one or two shots soon make them wary of the hunter. As a result of the much hunting for the elk they find new ranges where it is hard to get to. In former days it was easy to go out and photograph one or two thousand elk in a herd during the winter months. Thousands of elk have been killed just for their teeth; their carcasses were allowed to re main and rot where they were killed. Several years ago, when a hard win- ter was said to have killed many elk, and probably did, the next spring carcasses could be seen at many points. However, it appeared that most of the dead animals were bucks and their teeth had been extracted. The surprising part was that many animals came to their death on the banks of the Snake river, where they could get feed. On Squaw creek, about 11 miles below Jackson, there were many carcasses and it did not appear reasonable that the animals had starved in that locality, although that was the report. Anyhow, it was during that winter when so much was said about the starving elk and thousands of them died from alleged starvation. It would appear upon first thought that the state of Wyoming would take some action in the matter, but if the people are as anxious to get rid of their big game as they are in Utah, it is little wonder that the Izaak Walton league is so anxious to do something for the preservation of the elk for the future. The Jackson Hole is a big cattle country and this industry is grow- ing larger every year. Is it not possible that the cattlemen want the Just see range for their cattle? what a few head of Elk on Mount Nebo created the past winter. It appears that there is little or no room for anything in our hills except beef and mutton. Several years ago some sheep herders killed a bunch of antelope in the section where Nevada, Idaho and Oregon join and when asked why they did it, they answered, the animals were feeding on the sheep range. It is hard to get protective laws through the legislature. Even at this late date in Utah there is no license tag for deer and a hunter may kill as he can with little or no fear. For all these reasons it is necessary for the government to establish forest reserves where in later years the people may go to hunt. During the past five years especially wild life is fast disappearing in the west. Quite to the contrary, in the east where there is a hundredfold more people, game is increasing. The majority of the people have very little to say about the game except to pay , taxes for alleged protection. One cattle- man or one sheepman can rise up and prevent proper protection for our game. Their hirelings and employes carry guns and kill game at all times of the year, if any credance can be given to common report. If it is lawful for sheepherder to kill out of season it is lawful for all citizens to do the same. Did you ever visit a deserted sheep camp? If it is evidence of killing out of season, that is where you can get it. There are few places left where the elk can cross the Jackson Hole valley because of fence obstructions and of course such condition limits the animals to limited range. It has not been so many years ago when the elk crossed over into the Teton Basin and over the range where there was much less snow, but of late years elk have been very scarce in that country.' The more the elk are restricted the fewer there will be, but the surrounding mountainous country to the Jackson Hole is so large that it appears with proper enforcement of the big game laws, the elk in that part of the country would continue for many years to come, and can take care of themselves under proper protection. However, you cannot pop over an elk every time the animal shows itself and still have elk. Under strict regulation the elk will take care of themselves in that country. Western states which will make efforts to increase their fish and game will be the states to gain most in population. The automobile is teaching the people what outdoor life really means and many of them will not return to the oldtime indoor life any more. If every man would take his family to the canyons to fish and hunt there would be very few people in our penitentiaries. The great outdoors makes the ideal man or woman. Frank E. Schefski. MUCH WORK CONFRONTS providing work f )r a gr. of citizens of tin counts beaten by the de aocrati and it is more tl an p democrats both in the w ate, unwilling because of!! bornness to yield, will efforts to again beat the hoped, however, that tl calm, and the fact that e throughout the country t hint to stubborn repress senators that the good off comes before paitisan have, to a degree at least, effect upon the lawmaker pog The action of the wheats gests that the supply jg as some of the speculator, Virginian Pilot. What ails Simpkins He was stung by a nt& Snake? No, used car. Transmission of photo; wire will be undertaken on cial basis by the America and Telegraph company, April 4. - CONGRESS NEXT SESSION. 1 I (By U. P. S.) April 3. When Washington, Congress again convenes the senate will be faced with a long calendar of legislative business; three of the most highly controversial questions will be that of Americas adherence to the world court, the Muscle Shoals project, and a measure that will tend to make for the downward revision of federal taxes. While the subjects just mentioned may be listed as the more important ones, there are other problems that will confront the law makers when they again go into session. For instance, gasoline prices, disposition of the Lausanne treaty, the restoration of commercial relations between the United States and Turkey. Then there will be the matter of naming a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, for it will be recalled that Thos. L. Wood-loc- k of New York was named as a democratic member, as required by law, but the democrats smothered his confirmation, both in the 68th senate and in the special session, casting aside his fitness for the position and rejecting his appointment because, as the democrats claimed, it would de prive the south of its traditional repCom- merce Commission. It will be recalled that last year Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon advocated a further reduction in surtaxes, which, put into everyday language, means the releasing of more capital for various enterprises, thus ALONZO F. BARN ASSAY HI l and cm riione D. 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