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Show day to ho subject to the uniform do-imirrnpo do-imirrnpo i emulations. In a decision by tli? Interstate Commerce Commission, which upheld the railroads eunien tion. The rifclvioii win tendered In the rase bronfiht liy the Pwtor &' Gamble company of Cincinnati. filALABY CAUSE i OF HEAVY LOSS; Mysterious Disease Among Wild Fowl , Costs State Close to 515,00?. That the monetary loss to the state of Utah through the. duck malady of 1 ttui past season will amount to he. I ween fl.l.uci) and ?15.u.n In licenses is .1 conservative estimate made by Stale Pih and Game Commissioner Pied Y. Chambeia In the eighth biennial bien-nial report of the state Its'i and ga.ne depart tin nt t the governor, submitted submit-ted late Mcnday afternoon. This malady mal-ady not only was prevalent among the ducks, but affected the geese, snipe, plover nnd even the Fen gulls, the scaMtigers, said to be Immune. CommlMoner Chambers s report 6hows that three times ns many more 1 game fish were taken from the lakes 1 and striums id" thp state in the biennial bien-nial period of 19iij-lu than in previous pre-vious years. The principal fih taken tak-en out of the livers and streams werj the eastern brook trout, rainbow trout, native trout and I.irge mouthed black bass. Licenses and Fines. According to the report of the fish and game department for 1 9 0 -1 0 there wore In 190?, 25 013 licenses soli and $.1n.435. 00 collected In licenses and fines, and In 1910 there were 27.20d licenses disposed of and .s".2,5:57..riU collected In licenses and lines. The total expenditures for this period amounted to $Gu,4SS.ii. The Important value of the fish and game department includes not only the JKo.unO worth of licenses sold, but the direct advantage to the hotels, railroads, ranchers and tourists coming com-ing from all parts of the country to Hsh and hunt In his report Commissioner Chambers Cham-bers estimates that the fish hatchery at Murray Is worth $2Jou: the plant at Springvllle. $1."i.0u0; Pa mot Itch. $.VtfM and tho eying station and plant at Klh Irke, Jlf.00 Within the past two years mop thon n.onn.ono eastern brook, rainbow nnd German brown trout frv have been hatched in I'tah. These fry are valued nt $4 a thousand. In the same bngth of time, S Oimi, 1 natie trout fry have been hatche I in Minnesota These nro salable at $:! A thousand. It Is estimated that the four state hatcheries w ill produce 12 0i.i0,0mi fry a year. Commissioner Chambers says in hU report that the success of tho state fish j.nd game department in propagation propaga-tion ami protection of the Ilsh and game has given an Impetus to the private pri-vate trcut and bass Industry In the s'ate an1 that ninny ranchers in various vari-ous portions cif Utah now have small hatcheries of their own. The closed season, according to Com niislonoi- Chambers, has resulted in the presence of thonaii'is of pine hens, vrouse, sajre hens, prairie chickens chick-ens and quail in the state. C inmls-slener inmls-slener Chambers sucests that the value of the game birds be taught in the elementary grades lu the public schools. Predatory animals are lucreaslnc In this state, notwithtnndinr th bounty offered. Deer are inf'.isln There are a few elk In the no theastern part of the state, and they ore given great protection. Ante'one are inrrea-lng In Kane. Washington, Grand, Suit Juan and other southern cnuPII s Menn-Inln Menn-Inln sheep are increasing. There are a few buffalo pwncd by private Individuals, In-dividuals, on the Islands In (lie Great Salt Lake. rommipHnnor C'"mh-rs avers thit I iack rabbits aie 'he cause of much I I noble because foreigners pp"" allow-el allow-el to kill theni wltho-tt a 11c-nsp and at the same lime kill other same unlawfully. un-lawfully. Commissioner Chambers will recommend recom-mend to the next legislature IhrU a bill be passed requIrM" forclcners til purchase a gunner's license of $1 2i to kill jack rabbits onh. Another reco'mendathm of Commissioner Com-missioner Chanib'-rs,H l that a gam" bird farm be e.-tnblhcd in the 'ato where nil the present native and !m-i ported slock- of i-ame blr-'s can be re le)ished and others adc,i by Importation Im-portation or hntchlnsr. Owing to th" gre-it amount of cereal an 1 berv f-Ofj In Utah. Co'omls'iloner Chmb -s believes be-lieves this stale to be a na'ural home for the game birds. Situated. a it would be, midway between the Colorado Colo-rado game bird preserve and a nre-serve nre-serve In Oregon, a bird farm in this state would attract attention and create much Interest among Iho I rue sportsmen in this section of the country. coun-try. UNIFORM DEMURRAGE RATE. WASHINGTON, Pee. 13 Paitly owned freight cars were declared to- |