Show THE KI KILLING LING OF ELK i 01 fl IN T TOOELE COUNTY from reaper in our issue of december 16 wo we reproduced in our editorial column an article which had been published in the Citi citizen zeil a salt lake weekly and had tor for its a 0 c ertain certain elk hunt staged last fall in thoele booble county our fish and game commissioner mr D H 11 madsen took exception to some home of the statements in that article and nd although they were only quoted and not given as our own observations we gial comply with mr maddens Mad sens request to give publicity to his side aldo of the subject matter leaving it to pur our readers to form their own conclusions mr madsen says amon among g other things first ct nil all let mo me say any to you that the governor was in denver colorado at the ume the elk were killed now as to the facts no meinberg ot this department and no state employee participated in this hunt except myself the horses and men I 1 who assisted in the hunt hunt were provided by the property owners who complained ot of damage and the only request made by me was that the president of the county fish and game protective association be present during the hunt four elk were killed and sold and the funds turned into this department as provided by law the writer did not and never has shot an elk during any of the hunts of this character that have been conducted as provided by law the acton of the department was vindicated by the sportsmens sports mens association of tooele thoele county as aa well as by the county newspaper and everyone elso else connected with the affair 1 I should not have taken any nati notice of these reports except for the tact fact piat a number of my friends in the southern southern part ot of the state ibave have written tor for information and tor for the further fact viat in fair fairness fiess to governor fern his name should not in any manner nian be connected with this bitof bit of go gos alp I 1 am well aware of the fact that at this time aher ahei the appointment of a game commissioner la Is soon jo be made we may expect all sorts of stories to be float afloat a and that Is perfectly all right I 1 am agreeable to the scandal mongers bongers having their holiday the work of this department Is an open book to the people ot of the state and speaks for itself and ana I 1 have no apologies whatever to make for this hunt or for any other 6 act during my illy adain admin administration 11 I 1 |