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Show THOUSANDS OF 1 FISH ARE DYING 1 B Heavy' Irrigation by Farmer Cause j ' Unuial Condition In Provo ! River " " hH Thousands of fish are reported to SB be dying, in the Provo river on ac- H count ot low waters caused prlnclp- M ally by the necessity ot Irrigation. In H the absence of F, W. Chambers, state H fish and gamo commissioner, D. H, H Madsen, chlot deputy has taken tho U matter In band with tho result that H practically all danger has boon over- H como so far aa further loss Is con- H corned. i Tho first report stated that tho loss ',H would, amount to 1,000,000 fish and jH although this numbor la oxagorated H so. many havo perished that It some- Continued on page eight M THOUSANDS OF FISH ARE DYING Continued from page one thing Is not done to remove the dead fish It is more than likely that disease dis-ease In Provo and the surrounding country will ensue. Game wardens aro doing all in their power to assist In preventing further loss. Tho farmers In that locality came to tho conclusion that It would be bettor to use water for .their crops than not Irrigate nnd thereby Jeopardize Jeopar-dize tholr crops, Nevertheless the var Jous Irrigation companies In that locality' lo-cality' havo agreed yrlth Mr. Madsen to allow a portion of the water from ditches to escape into the river thereby" there-by" enabling tho fish to proceed to tho lake. Tho whole loss will vo confined confin-ed to cattish, game fish finding ref-tugo ref-tugo In water holes prepared to meet the emergency. |