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Show REVISION OF THE GAME LAWS. If Utah is at all attentive to her best interests she will at tnce instruct her legislature to pass the most stringent lawa for the protection of her game-fish, game-fish, as well as her winged game, such ai quail.sage hens, prairie bens and tbe ; like deer, bear and mountain sheep. Utah lake is today full of black bass, perch, mountain trout and other choice varieties of came fish. These would foou prove a never ending source of pleasure for sportsmen and visitors 1 generally, would result in bringing here annually many hundreds of tourists and thus prove a big profit to us, but alas! under the present law the seine is tolerated. It is true the law provides pro-vides that the game fish are to be replaced re-placed in the water when taken by the seine. But it is expecting rather too much of our poor human nature to expect ex-pect that the 6eine men who fish only for profit, will replace the trout, black bass and perch when once these aie entangled in their mercenary mesht s. ; Who is by to force them to do so? The seine, giant powder and such like modes of fishing should be made misdemeanors mis-demeanors punishable by fine and imprisonment. im-prisonment. It is the only way to do , thi3. The next most necessary point to be covered is to protect the fish in spawning season. If the law is amended bo as to make it possible for her gun clubs, fishing cluls and other sportsman-like organizations organi-zations to act efficiently the infractors of the law will be rigorously rigor-ously prosecuted. In a few years our trout Etreams and the lake would teem with all the choice varieties cf game fish and we could offer to tbe sportsmen of the east the most taking attractions in this way and thousands would promptly avail themselves of the advantages. Utah is Eupreme in scenic and cli matic advantages for those seeking health or the pleasures of wholesome and legitimate sport. A little care for these interests by our territorial legislature legis-lature would result in vastly increasing increas-ing these attractions as well as the numbers of rich people who travel to secure both. No visitor of this class would come here and get safely away with an expenditure of less than five hundred dollars each. Ten thousand such in one season would amount to a big sum of money. This does not include the pleasure of our own true sportsmen who would enjcy it equal to any of the best from a distance. We cannot urge too eeriously or earnestly this subject upon tne keen sportsmen of Utah nor the legislature now in session. The man who moves first in this matter will win the eternal gratitude of every manly man and true sportsman sports-man in the territory. Nor can action be taken too soon because the new law, should one beenacted.ehould be in force ere next season's spawning and nesting time arrives. We commend this matter to the sportsmen of Utah urging at the same time that they promptly flood the legislature with petitions asking that this matter be acted upon without further waste of time. We are continually adding new varieties va-rieties of game fish to our waters, but it is a harsh waste of effort and money both so long as the dastardly business of seining is permitted. Let it be stopped at once. |
