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Show CHEAP FISH AS FOOD IS ! I PROPOSED BY SIDDOWAY ! I 1 m Stvpa orc taken by Robert II. Slildowuy, ninto finh nnd gnmo 4H commisHlonur, Inst Sntunlny to mnku nvnilnblc to tho people of the 1 H Rtnto one of the best nnd cheapest Hupplies of food nvnilnblc nny- ! H where by thu employment of fishermen to seine Utnh Lnke, and H put the fish on the innrkct nt prices ho low ns to mnku them nvnll- H able to nil classed. H After n conferencu with Governor DnmbcrKer, Commissioner H Slddowny said thnt he hnd receiveil the executive's consent to take fH the step. Thu fish to be mnrkcted nre carp nnd suckers, both cdiblo H nnd which enn be marketed nt five cents the pound. The fisher- A I iH men who will be in the employ of the state will bu paid from the 1 4H proceeds of the sales. I iH Commissioner Siddoway made an inspection of Utah Iako last J JM week nnd concluded from information Rained that there is enough j jH fish, carp and suckers, in Utah Lnku to make a material dent in iH thu IiIkIi cost of llvlnir. Hu Hays thnt the fish can bo taken by , H seine for nn indefinite period without harm to thu supply, nnd thnt iM thu housewives of the statu mijiht better have thu ndvnntntcc of . J buyiiiK cheaply than for these fish tq crowd out the trout nnd bass. J TM Commissioner Slddowny says thnt certain Interests thut have SM been selnliiK, under state licenses, in Utnh Iake have been imped- f 4 Iiik the work of the statu fish nnd gamu department nnd have .H ceased scndinK their hauls to the Salt Laku City market, with the y I H result thnt the price of fish food has soared unreasonably. Hu l r will check this movement by launching the statu in thu fish busi- jl ness, ii M Commissioner Siddoway has asked thnt those who will be ' ti leady to become vendors for the state, at reasonable profit, com- " H municatu with him at once, thnt hu mny mnku arrangements to v IM Mipply them with fish. The fish will be placed on thu market May ' ' tt WM '25th (today), and will be sold nt five cents a ound. They may Irgf H be lought nt I'rovo nt 2'j cents thu pound, thu difference in cost ' being due to trnnsportntion charges. 1 IH |