Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-30 | Page 39 | Fish and Game Club Increases

FISH Af AND D DAME GA E CLUB INCREASES Local Organization 0 of r 1400 1100 Members Works For Protection One of or the largest organizations In 10 Weber county In point ot of membership Is tho Weber County Fish and Game Protective AJO elation which has ha grown crown from about members a decade ago agoto agoto roto to about members at the tb close of 1926 I 26 With Vilh a 1 small membership p tee fee from each individual a large larf fund fundis fundIs Is made available and Is i spent for the th benefit of tho sport with only the public good food as tho mo motive mo- mo motive motive tive The association has hlll the record of being tho the first fint one ono of its kind In the tho state tat and nd since 11 Its Ifs Inception inception Inception tion In 1919 1119 approximately 40 or- or or gl scattered throughout the state have hav patterned after It and have hav direct contact with near near- nearly nearly nearly ly sportsmen I The club was formed by a number of or Ogden men who had long long been Interested In getting the sportsmen to- to to co operate co-operate operate with the state lame game department and as- as a Bit Billt in preserVing and protecting i the nh game came and forests tor future generations BUSY ALL YI n YI The organization doe does what Its name works Implies work for the I pro pro- pro protection ro- ro Of o wild life The members mem mem- members member bers ber act as a deputy game gamo i rno wardens and In la patrolling the tream and apprehending poach poach- ore ere r In the tir closed seasons se ton In the tho grain Is 18 purchased and used In ln feeding quail and pheasant pheas- pheas auta ant In Jn the tho print spring and summer the members member volunteer their ser ser- services services vicc er-vicc vices and plant fish In tho the near near- nearby near near-by hy by streams stream and ponds pond War Yar is 18 d on s and predatory that destroy not only the wild game came but also poultry and livestock In the tall fall attention Is turned to water fowl The Th asso asso- association asso- asso association elation recently leased a large tract of land on Weber river which 13 to used used as a 8 public shoot shoot- shootIng shooting Int Ing ground Utah Is I known a as asa as a 8 great breeding place for tor millions million of wild ducks In fact act experts expert have de- de declared declared de declared that it ft Is la the tho source of supply for tor 11 western tern states we os- os cs pec California The Tho Bear river bay region at tho northern end ot of Great Salt Lake Lak Is a 8 vast ast area of o tUles moss and It Is here her that the th ducks rest and breed In the autumn they furnish food and sport for tor thousands thou thou- thousands sands Rands Some Somo Some hunters even ven come from far eastern states for a II few weeks hunting In Utah's ULah's Utah marshes Last year ear the state fish tish and game department headed by D DH N H Madsen commissioner con con- constructed constructed con constructed miles of ot dikes dike to keep out th the salt water which kills the reeds thus providIng large areas of fresh water ater for tor the ducks geese and snipe A tine fine pUblic shooting grounds was w also set aside wherein any licensed hunter may shoot free of ot charge FUn FOIL lOne DIKES Plans Plane Plan are aro being prepared whereby the th biological survey CalifornIa sportsmen the th state fish lAh and game came department and the local sportsmens sportsmen's associations will unite to build b lId more dikes arid and thus Increase the supply of wild fowl foal It Is I reported that the federal government may ox- ox expend ex expend pend several hundred thousand dollars In providing resting and nesting places place for the birds s I The fish and game came of tho rho state lakon each year for faT tho the table are worth upwards upward of oC a n million dollare dol- dol dol dollars lars Inn the annual report of ot tho game am commissioner stated As A a valuable resource the tho wild life of oC Utah needs preserving pre for the years to come Millions of trout and thousands of o phea phen pheasants are planted annually Thousands of deer roam the forests and moun mountain tabs tain and even elk are on the tho increase nse under the th policy fostered by the protective associations association nl The Weber county club plans to 10 conduct an essay contest In Inthe Inthe the noa near r futuro future for school chi chi- cull This Till contest conte t will bo be for the purpose of arousing Interest In conservation and protection of the wll wild 1 lire life of the Uio west it Jl I Iv to prizes prize I to the tile win win- winI win win-nw I