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Show FISH MY HAVE BEEN DYNAMITED It is said that a number of caraporB In Ogden canyon have been catching fish in considerable numbers of late which Boomed to bo partially stunned and incapable of escaping from tho hands of thoso who waded into tho water after them. The camperB believe that the fiBh were stunned by thunder, according to some roports, but such a solution of the mystery is scoffed at by local anglers. The latter argue that in view of the fact that dynamiting for fish haa been going on to a considerable evtont In tho uppor branchos of Og-don Og-don river large numbers of fish have probably been swept down in the swift water and drifting through the reservoir above tho Ogden canyon dam havo beon found floating aimlcss- ly about In the quiet portions of the stream below. A fish sustains an internal injury from an explosion which upsets his power of locomotion and eventually kills him, although he may live for some time if he is able to obtain sufficient suf-ficient food through his feeblo efforts. |