Show 1 1 t UTAH'S FUX FUNNY TJ LAW Two vo years cars ago ngo the J legislature of ot Utah Ulah enacted a 0 Jaw law prohibiting the selling of fish from front Utah lake lake probably ably the best fish pond pond-in the country The The waters o the of-the the lak at that time timo teemed with called common fish fish- fish carp mullet and few tew carp n a others not distinctively game Provo people had lish every dl day winter and anti summer If it the they wanted It and tho tio price was extremely reasonable One could get plenty plent of or fish at four to five cents a pound Hundreds of or pounds were taken taleen from the lake Jako with O el every draw of the seine Quite a n number of Provo people made a UUSI o 01 or me and ana the product of their catch went to tho the markets in every part parL of the state But Dut there thero were a f C few w game fish In the lake anti and it was d tho fishermen couldn't bring themselves es to throw back a game gamo fish when tho they found ono in their ilet net So the Jaw law forbids taking any fish with sith the seine Well eU the next season hundreds of or thousands of pounds of fish didd died didd and anti rotted the J on banks tho banks of oC Provo Pro i river an and ther streams f into the lake ke and anti the charms ot a summer s resort It were destroyed f for r the tho entire year And the tho people got no more mor fish than they theY could c catch atch with a hook and line which which Is Is slow and more of t r an e entertainment nt than an an occupation 4 Now It is proposed proposed to repeal al that portion n of at the fish l law aw It Itis is proposed to let let the tho Provo PIO people people and ami any anyone o one ne elso else In the state who desires seine desires the tho fish from Utah Jake Jale throw back the and cat eat or ai sell the c common fish for fish for which there is a decided demand That seems scorns like a sensible thing to do 10 Provo PIO people c can an be depended on omi to deal fairly with the tho state and preserve pro pre s serve erve the game gamo fish The They prove provo excellent citizens in OV II u n J o other ther matter malter Why hy believe e they would be bo disobedient to t tho ho laws Jaws In this As a matter of or fact it would be a good thing to have e eve every 1 fish game fish game anti and common taken common taken out of or the tho lake Jake a and alid mid then lien stock it with true game fish and anti take tako care caro of t them hem Utah lake is as has been said peculiarly peculiar adapted t to o the propagation of oC fish Tho The water Is Just right as to t temperature and ingredients The pasture is right The c conditions are arc perfect There should be a government go h hatchery hatcher there and probably will rill be within tho thio next two y years ears ars But for tho the present there thero are arc about a hundred t times imes as man fish many in tho the lake Jake as can bo be taken with a I line ine and about a hundred times as many people who want the food as can get it under present conditions The dut duty of or tho the legislature seems seems clear |