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Show T OUR VISITORS, THE GULLS. H ,. This is the season of the year when the seagulls come in from H , the Pacific to nest on the islands of Great Salt Lake and find food on H ) the nearby stretches .of land. The birds arc protected by the laws of H Utah ahd'becomc so tame as to follow close to the farmer who, plow- Hh ing: up his land,' turns over the worms which 'are dainties on the H seagulls menu. H j In the railroad yards of Ogden, the seagulls are scavengers, and H they are there by the hundreds. Their cry can be heard from early H morning until late al night. Hr k New Yorkers, it seems, do not consider the birds with the same H favor as is shown by the pioneers of Utah who never cease to be Hl thankful that, in the" days of founding an inland empire, they were H saved by the gulls from complete devastation of crops when the H grasshoppers appeared on the first cultivated areas of this valley. In New York, it is stated, the gulls have come to look upon Central H park as an oasis for weary wanderers of the air. But the park has HH 1 become over-populated with the seagulls, and a. rpniedy vrns sought. H ' Tt is being furnished by 0. D. Eliason of the Salt Lake firm of Brad- H ley & Eliason, general' agents for an "automatic exploder," original- lfl 5y designed to scare coyotes from sheep bedding grounds. New BH York City has ordered an exploder which emits light as well as noise. HH $ This is a 'case of too much of a good thing. Like ttic sparrows, filH the gulls arc welcomed so long as they are not too numerous, flH I This exploder which is being sent from Utah is intended to fool HB She gulls, which is a reminder that the birds are easily deceived, in BB Jact are as reac1.v tricked as arc a number of human beings, who jjHH fire known to be gullible. |