Show WALTON LEAGUE OBJECT SHO Wages Campaign to Save Sa Ducks in iu Bear River Marshes The Izaak Walton League of Amer Amer- rc Ila r an n organization that a fosters the conservation cons of or wild geese forests and other natural resources has sent out circular letters to newspapers fish and ond game clubs and prominent sports ports sportsmen sportsmen men In the nation outlining Its plan to aid In reducing duck disease In the marshes of Great Salt lake particularly particularly July the Bear river bay region The league Is Inaugurating a cam cans campaign campaign to provide greater fresh fr h water area tea and ond thus eliminate the alkali poisoning that claims millions of ducks clucks during some ome seasons Utah sportsmen tp look favorably on Con the project and on the Izaak Walton league Interest In the matter as it will focus attention on the need for of the mud flats to make fresh freshwater water ponds n I Ibay Ducts Ducks hatched hed In the Bear Beu river bay region of Utah find their way Into IG 16 western states as a proved pro by py banding it Is said While the large amount of rainfall this year ear has pre pre- prevented pre pre- prevented vented to some extent the usual late summer and autumn sickness which is a II form of ot paralysis end and diarrhoea there Is H need to prevent pre the recur recur- recurrence recurrence rence of malady In the future Scientists estimate from 10 to 15 million birds have perished in the thelast thelast thelast last decade from this sickness At Atthe Atthe Atthe the last session ot or congress confess a bill was proposed which would have carried an appropriation of for fer the the marshes A similar bill Js s being framed frani d for the next congress As the Izaak Walton leagues league's great great- greatest est cat strength Is in the Ule east the Ule cam cam- campaign campaign by that organization will sene to call caLI attention ot or eastern sports sports- sportsmen men to the need for conservation con in inthe Inthe inthe the west especially In making suitable resting and nesting places for water water- fowl |