Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-05-29 | Page 3 | Fish Disappearing Rapidly in Rivers of Western States

FISH DISAPPEARING RAPIDLY IN RIVERS OF WESTERN STATES nC Republican Special Service I Provo ro o May 2 28 A A A J Sprague formerly formerly for tor- merly in the employ of till the government In the tile fish industry Is 18 In the tile lIl after attel an extended trip trill through tile the Northwest Northwest North North- west where he has been Inspecting I ho ilie salmon fisheries of the United States Status In Speaking of or tho conditions cl confronting confront confront- In ing tho the industry Mr Mi h Sprague lc said saltI We ye are faco taco to face with viti the tho startling I facts that countless millions of eggs are arc not properly fertilized other countes countless countless count count- less es numbers a are 6 suffocated and l land land- locked at 01 ot our various rivers and swept Into the various channel channel chan chan- nel nei sloughs and tributaries there thelo to 10 await tho the receding waters where destruction do- do Is complete Mr Sprague stated slated that Utah was taking a n step In the right direction In Inthe Inthe inthe the mattor matter of or fish Ish hatcheries and antI ex expressed ox- ox pressed ed the tile hope that more private hatcheries would bo be established Mi 1111 Sprague stated that unless a strenuous strenuous ous otis war were score waged wag against tho carp that fish would control the waters of all the tile Western estern states In iii a short time lime