The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-08
More Fish Questions.

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 6, 1888.
First -"Who has charge of J. T.
Gaines business as Fish Commil-
siOner for Utah ?"
Answer-First Utah has no fish
commits sioner and for the further
information of the interlccutor
will refer him to a correspondent &c
between the Hon. Spencer +. Baird,
United States Commissioner ofFish
and Fisheries, and j. d. M. Crock
well, M. d.
U. 5. COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISH.
ERIEs.
WASHINGTON, July 2. 1883.
DIR. j. D. III. CrockWelL, Clear Lake,
MittGrd County, Utah.
Dear Slr:-l send you by this mail
| twenty FIVE blank forms of application
to be distributed to parties desiring & 81
These blanks are 10 be filled in accord
snce with instructions endorsed thereon
and transmitted to this office through
mernbar OF Congress or Delegate.
Very respectfully
~ OAAnO1
Septem Der 3, 1888
J. D. M Cr0ckwelI, Esq, Qear Lake.
Willard County, Utah:
Dear Str:-Parties who have already
been furnished with carp can receive
second supply by renewing application
for the same. | forward you half.
doZsn blank forms to meet the cases re-
ferred to in your letter.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.
Fourth Question-Can persons
hold possession of fish put in body
of water partly on government or
private land and hinder other per-
sons from taking the fish so placed?
Answer-Yes sir, without you OBJ.
tain their consent, and for their in
formation will refer them to Sec
ton S, of an "Act for the preserva-
ton of fish and game, chapter 80, of
the laws of 1882.
THE MATTER IN POINT.
Prior to the death of Prof. j. L..
Barefoot he made an arrangement
with me to fix up a Matching house
at Clear lake, Willard county, on
my rancho, and appointed me SUI
perintendent. After his death
number of persons wrote to me as
to fish, and L opened q correspond
ence with Hon. Spencer E. Baird,
United States Commissioner of Fish
and Fisheries. Washington, D. G,
and he sent me number of blank
and / saw the rule
was that all applications must be
by member Of Congress,
and as we did not have an accred-
tied delegate / called on Judge Fun
ter and General Balm, and asked
them to inteTcede for nae with the
Senators of their States, and they
said for me to write to them on she
subject and they would bring the
matter to their consideration, which
they did, and then Mr.. Baird after
ward wrote to me to forward Ily
and l forwarded a
for parties il this city,
Ogden, Echo. Evanston. Millard
county and kanab, and the fish al
Cdlu0 Ill uuS Ulll1c. w c. Ia wing hO
Fish Commissioner whose duties
are to receive small fish and spawn
and take care of them and distribute
them for the benefit of the public,
labor under a great disadvantage.
During the term OF the Legislature
of 1882, laboTed hard to have law
passed creating that ofice and the
of officers to act in con-
cert with the United States Fish
Commissioner Of Washington. /
failed, but l next obtained the as
sistance of Hon. w. d. johnson, of
Kanab, and he succeeded in getting
the Legislature to appropriate $500
to be expended for the propagation
CT fish in this Territory, $500 for
1882 and $500 for 1888. Professor
j. L. Barfoot drew the first $500
just before his death and the re-
naming $500 has not been drawn.