The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

fish and game are scarce in his county.
Ducks are plentiful The law is well
observed.
]. A. Lampert of Weber says he had
So salary left in 1894 after paying ex-
penses. Several arrests were made.
One man was apprehended at a cost
of two days work and ST. He was
fined a dollar. He thanks God his
term expires in March, because there
is no encouragement for doing good
work
A. C. Shields of Tooele says
there are few ponds there
stocked with carp and two streams.
The laws are we'll observed with the
exception of a few duck and geese hun
ters. Carp caught run as high as ten
and twelve pounds.
on the increase. The laws are gener-
ally obeyed. The Indians kill deer on
summer hunts for the hides. Game
birds are on the increase. There are
few fish ponds in the county. Trout and
carp do well where they are cultivated.
The people are driving wells and using
the surplus for fish ponds which will
increase the stock in a few years.
Charles Skougard of Sewer reports a
condition similar to that which pre-
vailed in this county before screens
less farmers place them in position
their water supply be shut off.
James S. Murdoch of Wasatch says
trout and herring are plentiful. Only
two arrests for violation of the law.
Game birds plentiful; deer scarce.
G. G. Kearl of Bear Lake county
says the laws have been faithfully en-
forced. About $4,000 pounds of clubs
were caught from the lake last year.
Idaho men come down the lake and
use seines and gill nets in an unlawful
manner. 1t is almost impossible to
catch them. He recommends the same
law as governs fishing in Utah lake.
Christian Peterson of Sanpete finds
deer scarce. Fish are killed by floods
and are found in quantity only in the
Sanpitch river. Ducks and geese quite
plentiful in the spring. Fish and
game commissioners should be en-
powered to make arrests. He wanted
to plant black bass in Gunnison reser-
voir but was forbidden.
Garfield county, by David W. Evans,
reports people seining for clubs and
suckers and catching herring and
trout. Eight tons of trout were caught
during the season from the lake. The
fish range from three-fourths to one and
a half pounds each. Herring, trout and
suckers are the only varieties.
In concluding the report Commission
er Musser makes a general statement
of the condition of affairs relating to
fish. He says he has sent bass to pri-
vate parties who have cultivated them
with good effect, some specimens
weighing as high as five pounds each.
He advises against the shipping of
fish from the state and declares while
we export our product we use stale
ell, L. IL.
cred the best market fish from all he
can learn and is highly priced as an
edible. He urges they be protected one
year more in order that they may have
a chance to increase. The destruction
Of birds and animals which prey upon
fish and ducks is urged at some length,
the methods of the "vanmints" being
described at length
Several counties are without fish and
game commissioners and the laWlesS
have matters their own way in GER
tain localities, but the work of the Of
ficers has been in the main good. Uin-
tab and Carbon counties are situated
where violations occur most frequently
and some provision should be made for
the protection of the game there. Ven
ison has been shipped out of Utah by
the carload. These two counties should
have live, energetic game commission
ers, together with Emery and Grand.
The commissioner regrets the lack
of interest in fish culture, when cheap
article of food is provided with so lit
tie expense. He advocates the estab-
hshment of a state hatchery and urges
every web-foot county to plant black
bass in the waters. A hatchery with
a capacity of from 100000 to LOCO, coo
eggs can be built equipped and oper-
ated as follows: Grounds and build
ing, $4,000; appliances, $500; team and
wagon. $500; feed, $3.50; fish food, $50;
labor 1.-TWO mem, $500. Total, $500.