Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-06-10 | Page 3 | Many Fish Threatened

MANY FISH THREATENED Provo, June 9. There is grave dan ger that more than a million fish will die in Provo ns the water is getting very low and the third run suckers and a great many of the trout are going go-ing up the stream to spawn Deput Came Commissioner D, I!. Madsen said today that unless more water -ould be secured to flush the river the fish will poison the water to such an extent that all the fish would die. Mr .Madsen worked all day yester day and is still busy getting surround-in? surround-in? farmers to turn as much water hack Intn thr liver as possible so ;is to flu9h the stream He also con-Btructed con-Btructed trap today to prevent the fish from going up the stream and getting get-ting oul Into the irrigation dltchea Mr Madsen said late this afternoon that he believed enough farmers could be prrsuaded to turn the water back into the river and put off their Irrigation Irri-gation for a few das until the fish can be taken care of.