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Show WILD DOCKS IN GREAT DANGER Salt Lake's Sewage Is Poisoning Sloughs, Mad-sen Mad-sen Declares SALT LAKE. July 29 Thousands I of Wild ducks are threatened with disease dis-ease this fall, due to the overflowing of Salt Lake City sewage, according to I . H. Madsen. state fish and game commissioner Many ducks are al-r al-r ported to be dying on the mar-' sins 01 th. New Stat-- Gun club and the Burnham club, west of the city. Mr Madsen fears greatly the widespread wide-spread destruction ot the birds through the polluted water and food. Which Is all that is left to thtm. The flume which carries the sewage to the Great Salt Lake went out last year dumping its flow directly on the ; duck nesting area Warnings that the 1 break was likely to occur had no ef-fecl ef-fecl Mr. Madsen said, the city commission com-mission ignoring protests then ahd later, la-ter, when, instead of repairing the 1 flume, the commissioners turned the sewage Into the Jordan river "They j huve done absolutely nothing." Mr ; Madsen said ' And they did not even show rin- the courtesy t reply to my letter " |