Show DUCK MALABY appearance chambers chamber in favor fanor of opening season apt 15 to scatter birds rhe file malafa which infected the ducks of the northern part of the state thi this time ime ard killed so ganv of that splendid water fowl his has again made its app un on tile the principal feeding grounds of the ducks in salt lake chanty the hunters a of that vi inny are ar becoming tearing fearing that the di eige will interfere with the hunting during the tha early part at 0 the eo i and havu have taken up the brator with state ris fisl eind and ame mme fred ch chun inn berb with a view to having the beason opened on sept 15 tilts this season thua scattering the ducks from the infect ed cd region before the disease gets too much of a foothold the ful following loNing article from satur daab tribune regarding the situation will nill be of interest to local sportsmen if fred W chambers Cham hers state fish and game commissioner takes the hint offered him by the tha fi aih h and game committee of the commer ommer ual lial club yesterday he will shortly instruct ill all his deputies to go about their duties with their eyes shut so far as detecting premature duck shooters is concerned at a largely attended meeting of the committee yesterday it was urged that noting would act db as a preventive of the spread of the duel duck malady so well as aa to open the shooting season two weeks in advance thus thiis scattering the birds from the danse populated feeding grounds before the tlc alc disease e can gain a strong foo foothold commissioner chambers despou ed the idea and at the conclusion of 0 the meeting a sub committee called upon governur governor spry and Atter attorney nev general barnes to learn whit nhat action may be t ken under the law to open the s pir n september 1 ii rathar than 0 tober I 1 both the guernot guer guier noi iad and tae rf aoi ney general declared in tavor favor of the change but it was pointed out to the committee thit the game labb can only be changed by the legislature then cami the sig suggestion thit that the game missioner commissioner om should take tho the matter in his own hands and should allott duck hunters to begin egin operations without attempting to pro procure cute them governor spry de lared that the matter was entirely discretionary with the or cr commissioner chambers told the meeting yesterday that thai there are ball more re health ducks in utah at present than ever before though the disease is 13 still prevalent in many sections he estimates that at least ducks died of the peculiar malady last year the ahe intimation that tho the hunters of the northern part of the state will be permitted to shoot ducks bucka two weeks before the season la is opened hern here has been reLe received ived with some concerti concern b by y the local Nim rods the duck malady has never been prevalent in this section of tho the state but if the season is opened in salt lake county on september t c 15 it is ie not improbable that many of the ducks of the tha infected region will find their wiy way into this valley and the contagion may thus be to the dunks ot of this vicinity however there is 19 considerable opposition to the proposed opening of the season bep september IS 15 by the g en un clubs of ogden and the northern part of the state the claim bung bling made that with the approach of t cold a id weather the disease will disappear and the ducks will be in good condition by october 1 |