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Show fW ; V Iw-- S : .. ;';v "'. "tr--i .v-- '.jr'ru-v :' n- rrrr' fjrj1 r : - t. - : 'u!-- '1 - :i v . ., V . . .u 'k -- .. ; - irf . .' i '. . ?- - x '.V-- fV ? : - K'.t . ;r ' ,,j r v . r ' 7'1. T : 1 4 m J 4i .,r A J 1 'M . :,v:);.:v' ' 'i-l- SALT LAKE CITYUTAH, JUNE 13, 1929. V0LL:.N0. 8. NO. 24. Investigation Shows Pheasant Mixes Good J Habits With Bad Ones SIAO Conservation of Game Is Considered Resource , By Federal Government lAnd Letthe Rest of the World Go By . -- ',-- . i i Useful-Balance- s. Harm. ness mi .. , i'j: ' J Many Main Streams High; But Cold Holds Water Back in. Mountains. J Little Sproutuif ; Grain Found Via Stomachs ' of Specimens During Test. . , .n " . . ! Indications are that unless hot weather or 'storms hit the Utah mountains before Juno Ik Satur. day will find tho streams generally fair for fishing, wltlv. a pros peel of higher and roUter wafers latsr I on. - White tha spring and winter In .many have been. Spars tha cold weather which has ;1btainqd so much of ths past month has hold a lot of thte waterContinued In tho hills. cool weather will Pisan fairly good fishing waters In moat parte of - tha state but real hot ereatljcr- or storm will turn loose a lot of tha In mojyturs which te still locked . the timber. Tha following report of stream conditions la mada by tha fish and game dspartmsnt and te natural)! tubj set to change In case of heat or storms: i :?,,. The phaasant'at rlut 'does m .much benefit te' agriculture ..ak 'It oaa barm, according t Jr: Clarence Cottam of thoBrlghste Toung ; university Who' ftcitljr made' pub-- i. 11a a rather coniprebtnslvasuprcy rba made at pheaaant fopd baMta 'Dr. Gotten found thaf-tbphaat I ant 'Will .satalmost anything but' tbaa e'spacal fondness tor1 grain.' 'Howavar, ,tb atomacba examined ahowad that' birds takan in tba tell.' attar tba grain-babeen harvaatad.' , are tha ones Which had a .predominance of grain indicating that thb' food' which bad wattwai pick-u- p ed on tha ground-'- - .j ' I Kozioaa Weeds Eaten. v Thousands of noxious weed seeds . Ware found In tha atomacba of the apaclmena studied. Little sprouting grain was found. In tba tail the birds showed a liking to bast roots and In tha spring there wtra some ' . ' - ' ' bgeta found. (Continued on Page Four) Right Fork, olaar. , Wood Camp creek, crook, clear, ' Temple Fork, clear. Spawn creak, clear. Beaver creak, ctear. Blacksmith Fork canyon, clear. Clear Bock croak, clear. Curtis erpek, clear. " . Sheep creek, ctear. .Mill creek, clear. The south and middle forv 1 Utfte Bear River, little roily. In East and Scar canyon, clear ' ir; t A. P, , BIGELOW. , (lows: ;v ."1 . Cottams report, wllh- - tho analysis of Individual- - stomachs omitted, follows: Tho K'ng-Xec- k phassant (Fhas- -, lanua colchlcus torquatua Omalln). Is a native of southern Siberia, Korea, and northern' China. It was first introduced Into tha United States about 1IS7: however. Its suocessful Introduction did not take . wntn-nsitttw it'iHfnrstmfla Into Utah by the Walker family who released a number of pairs In Cottonwood Canyon, near Salt Lake City In 1111. These b'rda did not spread out of Balt Laka county and In 1113 tho Utah state department of fish and gams under tha able direction of Its commissioner, Mr. D. M. Madsen, brought In additional numbers snd developed a pheasant farm at Sprlngvllle, Utah. Since 1121 tho bird has been placed In every county In the state. It is pro! flo and reports Indicate that it la becoming very common In moot section! of tho stute. Bar Friends snd Foes. Despite the short open season each fall, the pheaaant probably la now tho moat abundant gallln-acelogame bird In northern and central Utah. Because it Is becoming abundant, and because It is oommonly found in agricultural areas. Its presence la both enMany couraged and opposed. farmers axtol tho pheasant as one of tha greatest benefactors of tho bird world while an equally largo number condemn It as a decided enemy to agriculture. In order that opinions regarding its economic worth may bo supplant ed by a certain amount of actual data, this study has been undertaken. Ae a result of ths extreme and CACHE OqCNTV. Seeholser, Logan. Iheodon Logan eanyon main stream, dear. ' . UtahSix)6fers; U.S. Reserves Mountain Tract For Bird Refuge A 17,000-acr- o sanctuary for birds on tho site of tho former Fort Keogh Military Reservation near Miles City, Mont., to bo known as tha Fort Keogh Bird Refuge, It has been announced by the department of agriculture, has been created by Preeldent Hoover by executive order. The full text of tho statement followe : Administration of tho refuge will be by the department of agriculture. The reservation te under tho control of tho bureau of animal Industry of the same departn Sharman-Relll- y trophy. ment, as a range livestock experiHarlan Bharman of Salt Lake ment station, and its use for thtee. won the Browning handicap with purpose will be continued as C. B. Hlcxins of Ogden second. The move to establish a federal C. E. Hulah of Eureka was vlc-bird refuge at thte point was In(Cont'nued on Pago Four) augurated by tbe Montana Sportsmen's association, tho forest servof ice. and Montana members with buCongress, In reau of animal Industry officiate In charga of tho experiment star tlon. Tho project was recently approved by the Montana Fish and Game commission and by the Custer Rod and Gun club of Miles .City. Within ths area te a artificial lake used for several years by the Montana Fish and Gama commission. In ill two-ma- hers-tofor- IN THE STATESMAN ThU Issue , 70-ac- re The Deer in Utah. Rabies a review of the outbreak among tbe coyotes of Utah. The vanishing upland game birds. The pheasant and its relation to the farmer. State trap shoot scores. Fishing season opens in Utah. Federal government and game NEXT ISSUE Highways old and new. Identification of evergreens. New Fish Hatchery on Beaver Creek. State Parks in Utah and Elsewhere. The White Pelican by D. W. Parratt with tho bureau of fisheries and the bureau of animal Induetry, for tho production of warm-watfish, particularly black basa. The establishment of refuge will not opInterfere with tho erations. The tend area of the refuge Inhabited prlnclpellv bv sharp-taile- d d grouse and pheasants, which are reported to be on tho Increase there. The artlflcal lake forme an important reeling place for tho waterfowl and other migratory game birds of tho region. Although there has been little hunting on the ores since It has been operated a livestock experiment station, officiate bellave of that ths complete protection birds there will result In material Increases In their numbers, thou huntgreatly benefiting game-bir- d ing In tbe adjacent region. While the refuge te primarily under the Jurisdiction of the bureau of biological surrey. It will In bo administered with tho bureau of animal Industry. and one or more of the livestock expsrlment station employes will ha designated as wardens to reserva enforce federal wltd-llf- e tlon tews. Tha biological survey tarde the Fort Keogh Refuge as an Important unit In tho svatam of refuges that gradually te being built up bv that bureau for tha malntenanco of migratory and other birds. er fish-cultu- re ring-necke- the Peter Manning, 1.21 speediest trotter the world has seen, made the fastest mile turned course In 13S In over a half-mil- e 2:02 despite tho fart tht hone hag reached the age of 12. 2-- 4. V: 'j M V National Forest). The federal government te mudg ' interested in game conserve tlon resource of the tend largely aa administered by federal agsnctaa. t. is made for provision lgal ,n out actvlttas in connection oanyw with wildlife conservation either direct ly or In with varU uo Mates The federal ths agendas ehlafly concerned in this are tho ' Biological Survey, the National Service, tha Bureau of Ani1928 Park mal Industry, and tho FDreat Sore- although others share in ear- -' ' ks tain phases of it. Indians Practiced Management.'-I-t te Interesting to follow tho Federal hatcheries stocked United States waters with 7,000,000,-00- 8 development of real game conserfish test year, according to vation. Whan tho first white man the annual report of division of came Into tha oountry there was flab culture of the bureau of fish- a great abundance of gams with eries, mada public on May 27 by a rather constant balance between tho department of commerce. The Its production and its use by preIndians departments statement follows la datory animate and by full text: During the early pioneer developIn the government's efforts to ment dependence for food auppltao provide good fishing-- ' for tho waa had largely upon gam animate and the early commerce was 0, sportsman. It produced about bass, croppies and aunflah, built chiefly about tho fur Indusand 1,000,000 trout, furnishing try. There waa s lavish waste of these resources which, could with nurse rlis with trout fry for rearing to a mors effective methods of size.Tha bureau's own out- tuns and tho increased larger put of flngerllng fish axceedid dells m, gradually rsduosd 200.000.- 000, an Increase of 27 per species nearly to extermination. Game animate .bad. targets-- . d year, cent.evtr, thq nrecedlng test-ye- ar 1.710.000.- 000 were cod, haddock, vLtupicd by them. Tha buffalo aa ' extinction. pollock and winter flounder, im- a species approached were restrictions placed portant food fishes of the North Gradually on use f until Its game Atlantic.' Its output of such food capture fish as pika porch, laka trout, yel- waa made a sport rather than s low perch, whitefleh and lake her- commercial activity. Ac tho pub-l- ie of tho valuo of ring, food fish common to tho our appreciation wild Ufa and tho need of Its Great Lakes region, exceeded ci:d of tho Important Pa- protection developed, extrema procific salmons ncsrlv 121.000,000. tective measures were made afTho fish nursery Is fective and there began s recovthose species not too meeting with popular approval. ery ofreduced or whose natural In Initiated 112$, 1$ agencies co- greatly boon destroyed by operated with tho bureau in 192$; homes had not civilisation. Probably IS In 1027 and II in 1132. An- advancing ebb In the wild life low other Interesting phase of tho bu- tho between 20 reau's work la tho rescuing of supply occurred fish from overflowed tends along and 20 years ago. In moat cases since tbat time there has bean a the Mississippi river, totaling Improvement In conditions and la In 1131. areas a real surplus of For Its fish cultural work the certainanimate has resulted. Plantbureau maintains 1$ fish cultural game to re stations and IS subsidiary sta- ings have bean made gams in areas formerly tions Its flva specially equipped them. by railway cars trgveled over 113,000 occupiedFood LUntt Supply miles In distributing tbo output To those giving serious thought and detached messengers traveled to game conservation, tho present nearly 500,000 mites in addition. Over 100,000,000 egga were al- situation presents thought to ismo lotted to stats and territorial fish reaching inuen beyond that of procommaslona and shipments of eggs tection. Game animate and game and fish were made to six foreign birds must have food and suitable breeding places. Protection from governments at tbelr request. use and destruction by natural anCoach Ky Enright of Califor- omies bring about a condition nia's world's champion vanity whore tho supply may bo too great crow, has a great freshman eight for tbo food available. Although to represent tho Golden Bean this our public land may support year. Tha crew averages 102 1 game In numbers other established feet 4 uses exist there, such as tbe livepounds In. weight and nch In height. stock industry, which require cone sideration. Wild Ufa la not under Coach Oakes of tha Nebraska dose control and to a groat extent can- makes use of football squad had twenty-fiv- e privately owned tend, didates for backfleld positions sometimes to tbo distinct detriment alone In tho spring practice which on corn eleven held. tho husken (Continued Pago Four) Billion Fish In Rabies ;Edidemic of Dozen Years Ago Brdught to Utah By Coyote - i , . purvey i State Health Botr Co-operate; Beat PUfne. liologicnl Newspaper. Much! Like a WnmatO And Heres Why $150,000 .Worth Livestock Killed; 150 Persons Get Treatment For Bites. l Ths. question was The Lead sr, pub- llehad at Fort Mead, Florida. For tho best answer, a subscription for one year was offered as a prise. Here are some of tho replies Because they are thinner than they used to be. Because they have bold- rabies which had swung up and down tho Pacific coast and was heading eastward In aplta of of all efforts to check It. For six years cr mors California and tha coast states had been In the grip of tho disease, which, when finally pickfaced types. ed up by the coyote (of which Because they are easy to then are thousands In the west) read. began spreading eastward Utah was Because they ara well tha point of attack bars use It was worth looking over. through Utah that tho stockmen Because back numbers are trailed the heeds from tha Nevada not much In demand. desert to tho hills and mountains Because they are not afraid of Utah and southern Idaho And to speak thslr minds. Because they have a great along tho sheep trails cams tha plague, spread to tha herds directdeal of InflUenoo. Because If they know any ly by the rabid coyotes, or indirectly by the faithful dog. who made thing they usually tell It. his gallant stand protecting tho But the correct answer te tleck from tho ravages of tho mad given thus: BECAUSE EVERT MAN pralrls wolves SHOULD HAVE CXE OF Call to Arms Sounded HIS OWN AND NOT RUN When the call to arms waa NEIGHBOR'S. HIS AFTER aounded as the plague started In 11 the biological survey and the state board of public health answered and lmmedlatley began a save human life 'and Incidentally battla which was won only after do tho stockman a lot of food. Tha two years of hard and courageous There waa no animal 'predatory animal control of the plugging quarantine by which tha sheep biological survey had Jaut been trailers could bo regulated, but organised, and that branch of govDr. T. B. Beatty of tho board of ernment service, acting under ths public health, soon applied a quar- .power given it by the secretary of antine and regulations aimed to rrrlculturs and that given by the state homed of health fMVyrt!oe Plan of at race got AltiA,' ' Tha plan of attack was as follows: Tho services cf the state bacteriologist, Dr Daynes, waa glvtn In tho matter of determining whether or not suspected animate had tbe rabies The biological survey took to tha field spreading poison bait by tho ton, giving tho herders advlca (and often being told to go to a hotter line) place than tha snd killing any coyote which came within rifle distance. Pet dogs were tied uo and muscled and stray doge and cats were killed. The board of public health administered the Pasteur treatment to those persona who wen bit by rabid animate. Soma private physicians also administered tho treatment Utah-Neva- ISO Parsons lUiten.. When the smoke of battle cleared away and the epidemic had been broken It was found that more than $150,000 worth of linstock had been killed by the disease and that ISO Utah people had been . bit lei-Lrabid animate Only three persons died and thee three had to taka tho Pasteur treatment Rabies have broken out at odd times In Utah since then but only In local epidemic form The last appearance was in Grantsvilbi three years ago Tho epidemic, which waa short lived, was first noted In a houso cat which had been bit by a mad coyote is transferred from aniDOES BEAR FAWNS AT JO MONTHS. malRablea to animal throi'gb ths saliva of the sick animal Ths saliva enters the body through a break In the ekln often caused by the teeth. The disease bearing saliva has slho been known to enter the body through a cut. Those treated at the elate board ( I health had been Estimates place tha number of have increased to their limit and In exposed to tho disease by various Cenyon In way- - coyote blteo, dog bites, saliva deer in Utah at 40,000, with a pos- ona place, Twelve-Mil- e sibility that thte number might be the Mantl National forest, therebill-te from an Infected calf, from a an over population. Iron, greater. Thte compares with an guinea pig. a colt, or a bouse car. estimate of leas than 10.000 In iard, Sanpete, Sevier, Garfield, PlTha period of Incubation te con120. And thero ara from 1,000 to uto and part of Emory Counties sidered something more than thirMadsen says. 7.000 deer taken each year by have enough deer, ty days, llenea if a person has animal been bitten by a rabid hunters. Buck Lew Good Law. considhe ehould have treatment before Tha deer has had a varied career The second thing to be In the state of Utah and oftentimes weeks. te two In of a In deer Utah ered study hla best friends have been bla the buck law." Under thte law Unnecessary Worry. worst enemies. all does and bucks which do not One of tha difficulties encounWhan a plan for game manageh have aplkee are protect- tered was tho fright of tha poo ment 1s finally put Into operation ed. Only the larger bucks are per- plo and tha tendency to kill a susIn Utah It will be used first on tbo mitted to be killed by huntsmen. pected animal, thus destroying tne Sometimes those persons The buck taw has been the esuse evidence, and causing tha Injured deer. who begrudgo deer the browse It of many a wordy battle In Utah person, at times, a lot of undue wna eata and those who have an altrubut authorities pretty generally worry. Another difficulty istic but imprartlbal Idea of conagree that the buck tew In the chief getting the brain of tbe suspected in servation to tho test fawn will inset thing which is making Utah a good animal to tha bacteriologist on a common ground and devise slate for deer. There are many condition for proper Inspection. means whereby the stale of Utah who are in a position to know who Tha biological survey finally solvwill be fully stocked with deer and claim that tha enforcing of tho ed thte problem by shooting their the surplus taken each year and buck tew is the chief reason why suspect In the heart rather than put tq economic use. Tha present tho number of deer In Utah have In the head and then Immediately tew Is too rigid to permit proper increased mors than four fold In transferring tha brain from tho deer management. Laws which tho past eight years and why skull lo a bottle containing a mix will permit authorities the rlshl of hunters nowadays hag almost ss turo, half and half, of glycerine discretion In Jiandllng localities ere many door n one season as were and water. Ho! man's Report. necessary. In the stale eight or nine yeere ago. . A flurry about the burk tew Slate Not Fully The story of the work done bv In considering the deer In thte started about lbs time tho leglele tho biological survey In tho epistate the first question naturally to lure waa meeting aome months ago demic Is told by George Holman, come up Is When trill Utah bo but did net test long. Many well leader of predatory animal con The fully stocked with deer. meaning aportamen, and some who trol In Utah, In a report made to given by David H. Madsen, were not well moaning, declared tho office In Washington. It folformer fish and game commissionthat there were so many "dry" lows In part: Tho first case of rabies tbat was er, Is that the tlma te soma time In does In the bills that It seemed the future. He does not rare In set evident that there were not enough examined by tho state bacteriologa specific date. Madsen declares tnalo deer left. Thte argument was ist In tho slate of Utah and proved that Utah, from Frovo northward spiked In a dozen placet by tha In be positive was that of coyote can still rarey a lot more deer. following hete: that was kilted at Lemsv, Rnx 1 Utah from Provo southward can Utah. March 14, A female deer will not biar elder county, also carry noma, but In many (Continued On Page Two) (Continued on Fago Fvur) places south ot Frovo the dear Status of .Deer In Utah Distribution Is Problem five-inc- stm-kM- an-sur- er . 00.-00- - 4 dll Sam Bharman of Salt Lake City, by shooting a perfect score for 200 birds won tho Utah trap shooting singles championship In the state meet held In Ogden Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A. P. Bigelow, Ogden Businessman, financier and one of tho moot ardent sportsmen of the state, was elected president of the Utah Sportsmen's association, tha state trap shooting organisation. G. L. Becker and E. L. Ford, two prominent Ogdin businessmen, were elected vice president and secretary, respectively. Frank McGonney, professional of Salt Laka City, waa second In tbe alnglea shoot with 11 out of a Jack Campbsll of possible 200. Ogden and H. 8. Mills of Salt Lake wltn 14 each. third tied for City G. L. Becker and E. L. Ford came each. next with took the Mills and Campbell A radio talk mado over KBL by ik Shepard, auperivaor of tbo Wao-et- ch C. Distribute Seven . (Continued On Page Four.) Offers as Well as Economic Assets to ILS U. S. Hatcheries . '', Outdoors ational r-- - ' ' Perry Burnham of tha Burnham dub, near Bountiful. reports tbat Monday he discovered a marsh hawk and a western horned owl blissfully eating duck egga In a ntsl on the club . Several nests had been found destroyed. but thte- 1a tho first time that the- actual culprits had bean discovered. - a . Hi; Rod and Gun PririL ' eges Bring SpUadid Manhood to Our Bops Hawk and Owl Caught Taking Eggs From Nest 'Clarence CotUm Reports iiThat Birds A YKAR y ed tfWi tablish 1-- Pheasant Saving Upland BLUE RUFFED CROUSE AND A Sage Hens Survive Tho pheasant Is the mvlor of tho upland gams bird In Utah and tho goshawk te hla curse. Up to the present tlma efforts to raise native upland game birds In captivity have proved useless. Hence the future of tho sage hen and the grouse tha blue, the ruffed and rest entirely In the the sharp-ta- ll bends of mother nature. Tho pheasant te the one game bird which can be propagated In Utah with a marked degree ot success. The problem of the game department and the sportsmen te to see that enough pheasants era planted to give the nlmrpda plenty of epert, thereby giving the upland birds a chance to re populate their thinning ranks. The aorst enemy of the upland Mnls Is (he goshawk. This bird has been seen In Utah lit great numbers lu lata years, presumably because hla food supply elsewhere te running tow and he has found a fertile field In Utah, Of tho throe grouse only tho seems to bo making any sharp-ta- ll headway. Thte bird te relatively unimportant at the present time nn srrount of Its small range. It te ronflned to a smalt area In the northwestern part of tho state. The blue grouse, also called tha pine hen or the dusky grouse te Birds it LOSING. 1 .A Gvilizatioff 7 fc V found In elevations from 1,000 to , demands the 10,000 feot. This-birbest attention It can possibly get r for aa slated above It ha not yet tn J been successfully propagated captivity. Hence, aportamen imtst extant It protect It to tho fullest it Is to survive. willow ruffed Tho grouse, grouse, or drumming is In some- whet the earn condition. In spite of all efforts It te not doing so well, presumably on account of tho hawks although thero are probably other causes. This )lrd has no been propagated In .captivity and 1 its tutors tba . , bauds of Mother Nature. The sen hen te bolding Its very well, under conditions bare In Utah, and the quail, wihch la not exactly considered an upland bird te also holding its oum. Tha cold and foodless winter are tbo worst onemieo for the qusn. Thus It to that tho sportsmen must push their pheaaant planting and must at the same time keep careful check on thv pheaaant In relation to tho farmer. (Sea thin Issue). Sportsmen tntabt also bo gin experiments wltn upland birds which can be artificially props- sated, for game birds In tho upper altitude offer fine bunting, good eating and tha least possible Interference with agriculture. .. m i |