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Show ' v , ; c i 4 , rr ViT Ml ' ' t f ' A '4 4 - . . Hi Utah Statesman, will henceforth devote several columns each week to the interests of fish and game in the state of Utah. So well received was our Sportsmen's earlier in the spring and so much appreciated other articles we have curled on outdoor subjects that we will henceforth have a special section of four to eight columns, with fish and game. The editor, a graduate forester, former forest service man, former game warden, ten yean a newspaper man, and for two years sports editor of dealing The Salt Lake Tribune, is fully competent to give the sportsmen of the state just the kind of a section they want. SPORTSMEN ! your Paper told UwoUin u aOicdbim. for charity oa Sir f ft IV KSmitb ' M n charily. who nave Muj aa man writes letter will h dropping a line to bis friends on dune IB. It? N Denocnt (or from Mr that man prob- - VOL. NO. 8. NO. 20. Forest Officer Fears Another Kaibab Case In Twelve Mile Canyon -- . Of Utah Fish Of The biologic survey te having a hard time getting tbs prairie dogs of tns Mato to rellah poison bait. It. H. Zimmerman of tho Biological Just at Survey announces. The big natives on tho Strawberry will soon be tu fifspawning. June Aral teenth is usually conald-te- d the periods when these fish are giving their eggs Rainbow trout in Fish lake are spawning now," their ' time usually being from April 1 to Juno !. Tho brook rainbow at tha Bpringvllle hatchspawn in January ery usually and ' February. brook-trout in Fish Eastern Lake spawn In November. Begin at Beginning and Trace All Character : istics, Advice Given. (Editor's i,ote Berry 8. Locke of the United. States forest service Las prepared a key" or book on identification of fish In the region. Ur. Locke Is revising his key" at the present time. In the meantime the Statesman offers the following suggestions on fish identification, based to a large extent upon the forest service classification.) Identification of fbh is done a process of elimination of charac-by teristic. and once the characteristics era known to the angler, identification la relatively easy. Game fish of the intermountain region come into four groups Salmon. Trout, Whiteflsh and Grayling. Of cours (hers ths ths baas, croppies, channel cats and others but these are not related to the trout or salmon group, and are not mistaken for any in that group. Therefore In this article we will deal with the identification of .the Salmon, Trout, Whiteflsh and Grayling. Three Things to Look For. There are three things to look for to divide the fish into the larger groups. Onto the fish family is learned it requires a little more work to trace the particular species. Thus whsa an angler pulls stream he Will first Inspect three thing the dorsal fin, the anal fin and the mouth. If the dorsal fin on the back has It rays or leas tbs qpgter knowa at once that he baa a mqqiher of tha Salmon trout or whits fish families, if the dorsal fin la large and asjl like aqd haa twenty or more rays, the angler can rest .assured he haa a grayling. Wbiteflsh. Assume now that the angler haa a fish with a dorsal fin of twelve rays or leas. How la he to tell whether ho haa a whltafiah, a trout salmon or ona of the trouts. First look at the iqouth. If the mouth is small that la if It does not coma back bayond the eye the angler may feel reasonably suro that fish la a mamber of tha whltafiah group. If the mouth la large and (stands back beyond the ere the fish la either a salmon or a trout. Salmon and Trout. Let ua assume that tha fish In hand belongs either to the salmons or the trout. How can we tell Just which one It Is. Look at tha anal fin, the fin on the underside of the fleh, away back near the tail. If the fin is long and haa from thirteen to seventeen raya the fish la a Padflo salmon, which contains three eteawe Chinook, sock eye end little redflah. If the fin la abort aqd has nina to twelve rays tha fish la either an atlantle salmon. a trout cr a charr. We will paae the paeifio salmon by with Just a word at thla time. In natural habitat tha Chinook la monster salmon, weighing the from five to fifty pounds The cockeye will weigh about six pounds when full grown. Tha little redflah la from six to twelve inches long. Weight or use la not a true way to dlferentlate between species of fish but It will suffice until later. The Cbarra. Now let ue assume that our inspection of the dorsal fin, tha anal (Continued On Page Four.) Prairie Dogs Supervisor Humphries Makes Detailed Report Refuse Poison Time of Spawning Backfill, Anal Fin and Mouth Offer First In--. formation on. Species. Inter-mounta- in present ths animate prefer tha tender shoota Later, when ths grasses get older, ths dogs will go for the poisoned bait. Salt Lake Folks Found In Utah, At Lake Resort Records Show Utah is. hardly considered the homo of tho moose but reliable records checked by Claude T. Barnes, : Salt Lako naturalist. Indicate that Anglers Make Increased Demands on Fish Factory yoloKdti pro-Vilf- tft again Increased slightly during the week ended April ST. The total output during that week as calculated by tba National Coal from preliminary shipping reports, was about B.OOO.OOB net tons. Production for tha waek ended April SO waa reported by tha bureau of mines as I.C4I.000 net tone; and for the week ended April II, aa 1,847,000 net tons. IN OUR NEXT WEEKS ISSUE e Our Friend the Bear. disease spread by rabbits. Good Dogs and Bad. he The Wolf in Utah. Soil Erosion in Utah History of Road Building in the United States. The Ownership of the Strawberry Lands Asm and many other interesting articles will be fond in the May 23rd issue of the Utah Statesman. Flans are shaping around for ths sixth annual outing of the Balt Laka Sportsmen at Utah Lake May 26 at i. Thin time ths outing will hs hold at Saratoga Springs Inst -- ad of at Geneva as formerly. White lfea outing te 'sponsored end by ths Balt Lake engineered a state Sportsmen it ia con affair and aa ths mecca for sportsmen from all ever the Mate. Many annual tournamenta arc held In connection with the outing, the archcry tournament and the state horseshoe championship being two of the favorites. The outing is open to all members of any association in the stats. Membership cards showing that dues are paid In an s llPii'ir-airttia- t la neiy get through the gate. Those who do not belong can find plenty of persons at the ato who will gladly supply membership at the coM of one dollar per. Women and children do not need memberships. Tho program will consist of two days of fun. Sunday will pa ths gala day, with the big part of ths program being run that day. Saturday te usuaily given over to horseshoe pitching- - camp making, getting acquainted and renewing eld acCamp grounds ars quaintances. available free. Trap shooting, sport events, fly and bait casting, motor boat racing and archery, make up ths bulk of ths Sunday program. Ths committee in charge always haa a bunch of good Muff up their sleeve" to anfink as surprises. Thera will be the- uaual big dance on Saturday night and ths barbecue Sunday as special at-red some of the spec lea have been seen in this state. Many years ago, that is possibly SB years ago, a killed at the head of Spanish Fork 'canyon. How long it, bad been there or whence It came no one knows, hut the feet remain the animal waa seen, shot and Haphazard tactics no longer have a place In producing gangs fish,. killed. Incidentally llr. Bare lay, Tho millions of license holders want trout and must' have (them. who killed tha moose, was arrested Utah is well up with the beat of t ha atates in fish producing and hut waa later released when It was planting- - At the top and left la a picture of the Beaver hatchery, TONS COAL PRODUCED LAST MEEK. Bituminous coal production Trip y Forert Supervisor Humphries of ine Msnti National Forest, declares that there is danger in certain near Kalina of deer becom -,ng as hlg a problem aa they aru in the Kaibab, Ha also gives a detailed report of a trip which hn and J. Arthur Mecham, fish and gams commimlonsr, made in that dlMrlct a short time ago. Mr. Humphries' official report ! printed herewith without any change whatsoever. Ephraim. Utah-May I. 1120- O (L) Fish A Gams eec-tto- na To Make Whoopee B, 000, OOO Inspection Points Out Certain Lo cal i ties Where Deer Control It Problems Moose Has Been found that the tajntea did npt 't!Nf lAH!mg f hese dnimlU. Mr. Barnes also tells ua that John Burton of Kaysvllle killed a moose in Davie coanty many years ago, - Gerald Thorne of Logan is the authority for the statement that moose are occasionally seen In the Bear Lake region in Cache county. The moose killed la Spanish Fork canyons probably marks the southwest limits of tha range of that particular member of the deer family, according to Mr. Barnes. Tha moose naturally shuns Utah and some of tha slater states because tha mooao la primarily a water loving animal. The normal range of tho moose ia in a country of many lakes and rivers. Especially in tha summer does the moose hunt for water. Tha moose is said to bo the only deer that is absolutely monogamous. A bull moose is reputed to bo so faithful to hla mate that bo will not answer the call of any cow but hla mate. Death alone can sever the marriage ties in the mooes family. In this respect only the eagle excels him in Integrity to hla mate. In conaequenea to tho scarcity of mooes in Utah woods, theea woods have boon tho acena of tho mortal combats which mark tho relatione between moose and some of the natural enemies like tho bear and wolf. The bull moose la always dangerous, with horns or without, for when ha loses his horns he finds ample protection to hlmaelf and family In hla sharp hoofs. - $1X0 A YEAR' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MAY 16, 1929. Fish' Identification Not Difficult With Key Carefully. Used Tularemia-t- SPORTSMEN Her fa Your Paper Special nays stripping tent at tho Spring villa hatchery. In one circle la seen an eagle and a rooster, living their Uvea in peace and harmony In ona of tho cages at tha Spring villa game farm. In tha other circle ia aeen a group of week old fleh. swimming around with their egg sac till attached to them- - Thl condition obtain for two weeks. (Beaver photos courtesy G L. Oaeen- - Other three courtesy George Waters, Salt Lake Photo Supply.) STOCKMEN PROTEST STATESMAN EDITORIAL; URGE SPORTSMEN TO KEEP EYE ON STRAWBERRY The eportamen of the state of Utah should unite with tha people of Wasatch county In having the lands surrounding Strawberry added to tha forest reserve,' according to L. C. Montgomery, attorney for tho stockmen.- Mr. Montgomery writes to The Statesman criticising the. editor for his editorial urging tha sportsmen of the state to unite and protect wild life from tho stockralaers. Montgomery declares that if the lands around tha Strawberry fall into private hands the fishermen will be barred from fishing there s. without the consent of the Ha urges that the sportsmen of Utah get behind the Colton bill which would reservo thesu lands for the public good. Tha stockmen's attorney alio declares that as county attorney of M'aaatch county ha has prosecuted a great many persona for violating the fish and game laws and that the Bait Lakers are the onee who are most often the violators. He also says that there need be no worry about deer and elk when they become enough of a nuisance they will be regulated. Tho Letter. Mr. Montgomery's letter le herewith printed in full: land-owner- May 12th, III. Wyoming Flier Upon to Get Best Pro duction Out of Plants. Among other things which are strictly business is Hated running a fish hatchery. Fish production, a few years ago was considered one of the functions of Mother Nature. Now. however, with almost every family owning an automobile and fishing tackle and with the great American craso for the outdoors, angling haa become a major activity in the life of the average Individual. The worst feature of it ia the angtfcrs are not satisfied with merely angling but expect to catch fish. Thla means that Mother Nature needs help and a lot of it, and fish and gams departments have undertaken the Job of giving it to her. How Money Is Spent. Since most fish and gams departments, including tha one In Utah. Is supported only upon license money, the finances are more or less limited and It Is up toiths department to figure out how best to spend tha money. Ths old Idea of spending the money In warden work haa been displaced In states by spending the money (From Wyoming Tribune.) In production. Utah waa one of RealUnder the heading of This tha first Olisson to Institute that system. Editor ly Happened," Winkler of ths Wyoming Tribune's This does not mean that Utah does aeronautics page, writes of tha fol- not do protective work for the biennial report of the departlowing incident that occurred with- last ment showed that in Wyoming's aerial history: has been "A flier, not now In tha service, collected from law violators. Tha Utah fish and game departones served a period of time on ths ment takes Just pride In its hatchground, shorn of hla flying privil- eries and hatchery men. Utah's eges. as discipline for what ha says was an accident, but what waa de- chief trouble, when the Idea of producing fish in numbers and scribed by an onlooklng deputy sixo took hold was finding men game wgrden as the most skillful qualified to do tha work. Not havpiece of flying ho ever aaw. such men available ths deing This flier was charged with killhad to develop ths men ing an antelope. This, according to partment first and then let ths men develop both aides, is what happened, one tha hatriierlex after the other: Whitney Led Pack. While flying along in Nebraska William Whitney, in charge of tha flier said he hag motor trouis ths hatchery, ble. Ho said he was forced ' to tha Bpringvllle of Utah hatchery men. Bill" land and in landing ha unintention- dean had of hatchery experience ally hit an antelope. After repair- with plenty the federal government and ing hla motor ho aaw no reason was the nucleus around which waa why ha shouldn't pick up ths an- built the hatchery staff. imal ana taka it on to Cheyenne, would be hard Indeed to single It hs said. Accordingly ha did. out hatchery man and hold The officer said hs had bean him any up aa outstanding In hla work a of flier man ons swooping getting reports but whose dual activities down ang dropping ona. wheal on a a hatchery man and enforceths back of an antelope, breaking ment officer have brought him ths creature's spine, killing It In- notice in Balt Lake City Is Cyrus stantly. then stopping to pick up Davis, better known to the sport tha carcass and flying on. Ha said as Cy. Cy has a neat little hatchhs watched a likely place for some ery at Beaver, not as large time and finally saw ths pilot hit many of the others but sufficientan antelope, land, load tha carcass ly large to take cars of tha waters in Beaver county and have some an then fly away. At a hearing the pilot's counsel fish to spare for Millard and Iron demanded to know if tha motor counties. Cy has been wUh tns d for seventeen years. His stopped, If the deputy saw ths pi- partment with fish production ranks lot working vn tha motor and If recorded best tho with and bn hatchery Is was Tha officer there agree delay. show places of his that ail that had happened. Ths one of thsBesides this Cy haa a pllol'a story might have been true territory. Hits Antelope; Talks To Judge Editor Utah Statesman. Salt Lake City, Utah. Sir: In a recent Issue of your newspaper, I think the issue before the last one, you carried an editorial wherein you attempt to Incite the eo --called eportamen Of the state against the live stock men of thin state. SOMEBODY HAS CARRIED OFF MT COPY OF THE PAPER so that I cannot quote certain Insinuations that I saw in that article. I am somewhat of a live stock man myself and am an official In tha Utah State Cattle and Horse Growers' association. It occurs to me that a person la treading on rather thin ice when ha cornea out against tho producers and heavy tax payers of the state in favor of a group of professional hs admitted. Stories from the 'boys' who said sportsmen many of whom are neither taxpayers nor producers they were on the inside, wars to effect that ths filer, admittedths nor real sportsmen. ly one of ths most daring and Worked Well. The records of the fish and game skillful of any of them, had ths said department of thla elate will show scheme all arranged. Ths boysdown that I, as county attorney of Wa- that each time he swooped on one those of animate (seemingsatch county, during the past ten or fifteen years have prosecuted ly they thought hs did It regularkill his motor, make more persona for violations of tha ly). fish and gams lawn than haa any a pretext of repairing It, start again other prosecuting official of ths and then get ths antelope carcass state of Utah, and a big portion of and fly on. If ciught the boys said, those proserutlona were of resi- hs Had a perfect alibi. Tbs Judge is quoted to have dents of Salt Lake and Utah eoun said: It may be true but 1 doubt . tti" (Continued On Pago Three). te - record for making arrests and following up with ths testimony which brought In tbs fine. He gets good results for the 100 hs spends each biennium. Bill Jacklln, In cnargo of tha Murray hatchery, is another one of the young men who have served many years with ths department. Jacklln is rated as ono of tha real technical men of ths Service b Keynote. Away over In the Uinta country we find J. Larson; in tilenwood Is Bill Sorenson: George Cox Is turn ing out the fish at Midway: Law .(Continued On Face Fgur.) B Pagpsaa la Considered vantageous For Eggs. Moat Ad- !- Ideal fish hatching water te generally conceded to have a temIf tha perature of 62 degrees. water becomes much warmer--thre- e or four degrees there te a tendency for a fungua growth which takes Its toll among ths eggs and newly hatched fish. Generally speaking a trout egg kept in water 62 degrees in temperature will batch in 21 days If ths water drops to 42 degress hatching will require so days. So on down the line until aa ths water approaches the freezing point almost two years would be required to hatch the eggs. Pressing temperatures kill tba embryo entirely. The first atop In the process of hatching is for tha eye to form In traction. The motorboat races will find tha egg. An eyed" egg te a fertile egg and the time of hatching Miss Pintagea defending her title depends only upon the tempera- as the fastest inboard motor boat In tha lake for tho J. Edwin Btain ture of ths water. trophy and Rasa box, with Am HanCarries Pantry With Him. sen at tha 1 udder doing its best consists of tho Hatching having the Utah Statesman trolittle fish straighten out a hit, poke to keep for the fastest outboard motor hla head through one aids of the phy boat. egg and his tall through the other side, keeping ths egg right along with him aa a pantry. For something ilka two weeks ths little fellow will swim hither and yon absorbing his food from tho egg and caring not a whit about ths high cost of living. At the end of this period Mother Nature has done her bit and ths young fish te left on hla own resources, . Food Problem. When the fish drop ths remnants of the egg sac they become a real liability upon ths hatchery. Tha following outline of ths Providing fish food te one of tha biggest problems of tha Utah de plans already outlined for ths carpartment at tha present time. The rying out of tho dedication of the problem becomes greater when it Lee Ferry Bridge, which will take becomes evident from day to day place on June 14. and 15, were that larger fish must be planted. printed In tha Coconino, Flagstaff, Fry do not take near as innch food Arls., Sun, and ars reproduced in aa do fingerlings. Fingerllngs do order that those intending te be on not take near aa much aa do fish hand from tho intermouuialn section mgjr understand ths elaborateof legal stee. ness of ths affair. Liver Going Up. Flan were set in motion Sunday Liver, ground almost to a fluid, to make tha dedication of Lees proves tha moat successful food Ferry bridge on June 14 te 16 of for the ilttte follows who have Juat national importance and absorbing entered upon life's Journey. The Interest. More than 40 man from liver disintegrates in the water, all over Arisona and from Califormaking virtually a thin broth out nia met at Hotel Monts Vista at 10 of ths water and tha fish fry are that morning to comptots organiable to do very nicely. But ths sation of committees, exchange liver la expensive even horse liv- Ideas and suggestions and get preer la going up and a substitute liminary InMructiona. Is eternally being sought. The meeting was called by tbs Arizona Industrial Congress, which Carp Makes Feed. The Utah fish and game dsiiart wee represent,! by L. C. Mcmeat, following a plan ntarted ter Cullough, secretary. Walter R. Dave Madsen, has gone a long way Meacham of Portland, Ore., who toward solving tho food problem haa been employed as general manby canning carp and suckers. ager of tha dedication from two These fish arc taken from Utah months preceding it. presided lake, canned under pressure, and George Myers of this ciiy was secform a cheap and subotantlal food retary of the meeting. for tha fish past ths fry Mage. The Business waa the first and only canning softens the carp bones order. Reports of general commitJust as the salmon hones arc soft- tee chairmen were called for from ened. P. J. Moran, of Flagstaff, food; Cereal combinations and various Miss Oraco Sparkes of Prescott, products baaed upon tha cheaper program: Willis J. Black of bite of meat have heen tried In gaa and oil; Sam Balllle, of various Mates but tha matter of Phoenix, roads and signs; M. G bringing fish up to a catchnbls Hankins, secretary state highway alas ta Mill largely a problem of commission, railroads; housing, F. L. Hanna, dlMrlct freight and ponds and fleh food. passenger agent of the Sants Fe, Women arc increasing in num Phoenix; publicity, Del Strong; fibers in Congress eight in this nancial. Walter Lindblom of Wil- special session. They will help make things livelier there, top. .(Continued Oa Pago Four.), Elaborate Plans Made For Opening Lees Ferry Bridge King-man- Monti On tha morning of May S X Joined the Stats Flab and Game Commissioner, J. Arthur Mac ham, and together we looked over some of ths areas within thte forest where we fee! d r are becoming too numerous. He looked over some of ths range In Twplva Mila tho canyon, low range on ths Muddy and tbs Lower Jos's Valley country. Including tho elk damage st the various ranchos, after which we drove up Hunt-Ingtcanyon as far aa Byron Howard's ranch. Tha following arc our observations for tha trip: 4 Juniper Grascd High. on p , - In Twelva Mila canyon we took ad over a small part of tha range TE frige ; eer baW apL very numerous during tl winter season. Tracks slid other Indicate that they have been signs over this range not only during the winter month, but during the period since the enow haa left ths ground. I aey thla notwithstanding tha fact that we. saw only one deer on this range at the time of onr visit. We found tha Juniper had been erased aa high aa the daer could reach, and a great many of tha small trees have bean completely killed from too heavy winter grazing- - Leaving Twelve Mil are drove to Saline where w hlrgd horses and accompanied by Supervisor Mattason ws road up above Rattlesnake where we crossed over to the south Mda pf the canyon and rod west for approximately a mile and a half. On thte range w also noticed that the deer are killing a great many of the email Juniper trees Juniper Utahsnste- (In Twelve Mils canyon the injury te confined almost exclusively to red juniper Juniper scopulorum.) In both areas visited the rabbit brush shadescale. oak. mahogany and even sagebrush wpr heavily grazed. No Deer In Muddy Canyon. On May 2 wa drove to Emery where we hired horses and rod In Muddy cgnyon. Her we saw some little evidence or the presence of deer. They are not in sufficient numbers, however, judging from the sign, to do a great deal of damage to the range. numerThey ars becoming can ous. and wa however, expect complaints from tha stockmen within the next few years. After riding the Muddy range w mat with the eportamen in Ferron and discussed the elk Mtuatlon, also the matter of Mocking the tributaries to Ferron creek, as well gi the Ferron reservoir. On May 8 we drove up to the ranches In Lower Joe's valley and walked over some of the nearby range. We looked over the corrals and yards where the elk have destroyed some of the farmers' hay, so that Mr. Mecham would be in a position te pass on any claims for reimbursement for damage done by the elk when they are presented by the ranch owners. We looked over the rearing ponds at Nad Oteon's ranch, after which wa drove to Byron Howard's ranch In Huntington canyon. We also talked about the damage the deer have don to hte young orchard east of the road leading to hie been - house-Prote- ct Orchard. On the way to Howard's ranch we saw nine head of deer in one of , ' the fields approximately two miles the Byron Howard place. At Howards ranch w saw 12 deer in one place end three In another, As w grasing on hte alfalfa fields. drove down the canyon w counted In 66 tha more than deer graaing different fields along the canyon above the old Brockbank place. Byron Howard told ue that ho did not object to the deer graaing hla farm, but that he would kill them if he found them in hte orchard, where we noticed they have nipped all the leave huds pft tha apple trees ha plant! test year. He said he wee willing. If the State Fish and Game department would furnish tha material, to construct a ' deer tight fence around his orchard that no further damns from the deer would follow. Mr. Howard mentioned the feet also that some of the farms down below hie ranafe so .(Conllnued On Page Four.) . xj |