Show CAME OFFICIAL S VISIT BRIGHAM annual get together meeting of local sportsmen held friday evening at commercial club rooms the annual get together meeting of the dox box elder fish and game protective association was held at the commercial club rooms friday evening the visiting speakers at the meeting were state game commissioner D 11 II I 1 madsen secretary george H johnston of 0 the salt lake county association and A 0 iza who is recognized as one ot of the best authorities on bird life in the western states vice president john B D presided at the meeting which opened by all present singing america secretary vance 11 II gave a a financial report of the association and discussed its activities les he told the members how their dollar membership fee is spent showing that they receive many times the value of their dollar luring during each and every year A large percent of the income of the association is spent in educational campaigns in the hope of obtaining the cooperation of the public in the conservation of fish and game deputy game warden J S hull reported fish and game conditions in the county which are being well taken care of in speaking of the deer he said there were deer in perry canyon 25 in hunsaker canyon and 17 a little further north they were fed during the winter through the efforts of the local association pheasants are now plentiful along the river between corinne and collinston collingston Col linston which have been fed during the winter by the farmers he said the state department part ment has been generous in supplying fish and game which is is being cared for and conserved mr gave a comprehensive talk on bird life and the important have played in of man he discussed their acono economic m ic and food value and said that the very life of vegetation and man depended solely upon the birds should all bird life be taken from the earth at one time he bald all vegetation would be eaten up by insects within thirty days and man mail could not possibly exist more than ten days beyond that period birds destroy millions of insects and keep the insect pest under control many of them such as the robbin bobbin cat their weight in food every day the speaker interestingly told of the life habits prorogation etc i of many kinds of birds and among many others told of one peculiarity of the duck ile he said that when a duck of the deep water species is wounded by a hunter and then pursued it will dive deep into the water hold on to some plant with its beak and drown itself five minutes is the extreme limit a duck can go without breathing he said bird life the speaker said has the highest organism of animal life the maximum time of digestion Is 40 minutes the mi minimum 20 minutes making the average 30 minutes in speaking of the owl he said this specie has a ravenous appetite living on small mammals birds rep titles ns and and insects and with few exceptions is beneficial to man the owl awal lows iowa its food whole and gorges until it is tilled filled beyond capacity often bitting r it with part of the food hanging from its mouth waiting tor for digestion to take place in eating a reptile the owl swallows bones and all and after its digestive organs have disposed of the food the bones skin shin fur etc is disgorged dis gorged in ill small pellets and the owl is ready to stuff bluff again mr air johnson complimented the association on its large attendance and the effi efficient clent worl of its officers ile he had appreciated also the able cooperation given the state association of the local organization commissioner madsen said the sportsmen who belong to the fish and game associations and pay tor for their fishing and hunting license are responsible for about 09 99 per cent ot of the conservation of all birds this alone he said would be a justifiable reason lor for the existence of the organizations ile ho paid a high tribute to the officers ot of the local association and to warden hull tor for the splendid cooperation with the state officials in the propagation and conservation of fish and game in this county ile he was pleased with the new state game law which he pronounced one ot of the best beat in the country lie ire denounced the use of salmon balmon eggs as bait declaring that their use would eventually deplete the streams of oc the state ot of their fish it if tish fish hogs bogs were allowed to pursue this method lie ile also discussed the improvement of the public shooting grounds at bear river day bay and the hunting grounds at the little Aloun mountain tain he was pleased to see the business and professional men affiliated with the various associations ciati clat ions ons of 0 the state as the influence indu ence tor for good ot of these local organizations was being felt by the state association W H griffiths pleased all present with several vocal numbers accompanying himself with the guitar and following the program a buffet luncheon WM berred |