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Show . oo BEAVERS 01 IE SHEIK OF UTAH So numerous have the beavers become be-come In tho streams of Utah that they aro causing much damage to farms bv their river-damming operations, opera-tions, and Fred W. Chambers, state fish and game commissioner, has decided to begin extensive trapping operations to removo tho busy animals ani-mals from their present scones of operation. According to many reports re-ports received from wardens and protests pro-tests from ranchers, ranches aro being be-ing flooded by the beaver dams. Most of the beavers are at present pres-ent In Boxelder county on the trlbu- tarlos of tho Raft river, Sevier river In Piute county and the headwaters of tho Weber and Provo. They are said to be especially numerous on the Weber river. Recently Commissioner Commission-er Chambers and Warden Joseph Smith visited Fish credit in Carbon county and found at least thirty-two dams not more than 600 yards apart on that stream, each dam holding a colony of from twentyfive to fifty beavers. The beaver 13 protected at all times of the year, and for that reason they ' multiply rapidly. The department deputies will place traps at the foot of their timber slides and capture as many as possible. They will be placed on swiftly running mountain streams where they can cause little damage. |