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Show oo GAME SANCTUARIES ARE CONSIDERED Salt Lake. Jan 22 Claude T Barnes, president of the Audubon So ciety of Utah, held a conference yes teniay with Fred W. Chambers, state fish and game commissioner, in an effort to settle the controversy between be-tween the commissioner and Dr. W T. Hornaday of New York, over the lal-tef's lal-tef's plan for federal bird and game sanctuaries. The state fish and game department is opposed to Dr. Hornaday's plan, believing be-lieving that the sanctuaries should be directed by the individual states. Commissioner Chambers said that he had not changed his views, while Mr. Barnes, on the other hand, declared that the Audubon Society of Utah would do all in its power to further Dr. Hornaday's plan. Dr. Hornaday proposes the establishment estab-lishment of federal sanctuaries for the preservation of bird and animal life in each one of the states. He visited Salt Lake City last summer in the interest of the plan and delivered an address under the auspices of the Audubon society. He represented a number of organizations of bird lovers lov-ers and sportsmen which are advocating advocat-ing the move. Mr. Barnes has received from Dr Hornaday a copy of the bill prepared by him and others interested and which is about to be Introduced in congress. When the time for action on the measure approaches, Mr. Barnes said the Audubon society would endeavor to interest Utah members mem-bers of congress In support of it. The state fish and game department's depart-ment's attitude in the matter has the endorsement of Governor Sprj The governor favors the plan now being worked out by Commissioner Cham bers for both bird and game sanctu-a-ies in every county of the state, where the wild life will be protected all the year around and without respect re-spect to the "open seasons" for shooting. shoot-ing. These will be in addition to the present sanctuaries for larger game. Governor Spry recently had somo correspondence with Dr. Hornaday, in which he was frank to tell the director direct-or of the New York zoo that he preferred pre-ferred Commissioner Chambers' plan jjnd regarded Dr. Hornaday's proposal as but another encroachment of the federal government upon lands of the western states. Tiesident Barnes of the Audubon society said he regretted the fact that the state fish and game department could not endorse the Hornaday bill, but declared that the society would remain behind it anyway nn |