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Show HAULING AWAY THE DEAD DUCKS Chairman Oscar B. Madson of tho board of county commissioners Is busily engaged today with a force of men and teams, hauling dead ducks to a crematory, to be destroyed. The field of operation Is In the vicinity of the mouth of Weber river along the shore of Salt Lake. There are thousands of dead ducks and It ha8 been deemed advisable to cremate them In order to avoid infection infec-tion of the shooting grounds at the Wasatch and Lakeshore gun clubs An investigation discloses tho fact that the afflicted ducks are pintails which migrate from the Gulf of Mexico Mex-ico to Canada. They move about in large numbers and keep closely together to-gether on land and water. Stato Commissioner Fred W Chambers states that tho duck season will not opon until October 1. the time prescribed by law and that a violation of the law will be prosecuted. prosecut-ed. He is at a loss to know just what to do regarding the Impending epidemic but Ib of tho opinion that tho malady will be abated to a groat extent beforo the shooting season begins. be-gins. oo |