The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02

trout, spawn in the lake and protect
their spawn until they are old enough
to take care of themselves. For this
reason they are multiplying very rap
idly and you can cover Utah lake with
fleets of anglers during the entire open
season and there will never be any
visible dimunition of the supply but
ohey will ever continue to Increase. and
IN my opinion it will not be but a very
| lew years at the most until it will be
the better part of wisdom to allow
SEEMING for them under proper regu-
lations.
Mr.. Speaker, the most of the val
| leys of this state are blessed with broad
acres of fertile and valuable lands,
from which their people derive wealth
and the counties revenue. Where in
Utah valley we have instead many
! square miles of water-a lake that
should be, and under proper law will
be, great source of revenue and food
to the people of the county and state,
but, sir. under the provisions Of this
! Dill that is all cut off and the pleas
ures and benefits turned over to the
faw, and the many called upon to pro-
teot these interests for the benefit of
! the sportsmen and their visiting
/ friends. And with whom do these east
ern gentlemen, so frequently referred
4 their money? Is Il with the people
outside of the capital? Every gentle
man knows that this abundant flow OF
4 gold promised by the sportsmen will
I be confined to this city in the future,
as it has in the past
Without visibly decrea sing the bass
1 supply in Utah lake, the people can an
nually derive revenue from the miles
ard miles of water in Utah valley that
will be of infinite benefit to the people
1 If they are permitted to dispose of
their catch, permitted even by this bill,
where there is a market that will jus
tify the labor and expense required to
get them. Gentlemen say they cannot
buy these fish in this city for less than
~ 10 70 cents per pound. Then there
is a robbery on the part of the dealers
here. The catch is sold any place in
Utah county for 10 cents per pound
and our local dealers will furnish the
nsh at Is cents ait any time during the
open season and if Salt Lake dealers
are guilty of robhsry is that reason
why our people should be outraged?
Mr.. Speaker, / submit that this bill
as it now stands, is special legislation
against the county which has done
more and now stands ready to do more
than all the other counties in the state
TO protset the fish interests, and if this
bill becomes law you in the most en-
pfatic manner possible, say to the peo-
pie that they shall Tot reap she fruits
of their laborS and expenditures, and
you kill the best disposition in the stahe
to preserve and protect these interests
/ maintain that the reasons for catch
ing trout and bass and tor shooting
ducks should remain as they were in
the bill as it originally passed this
house, and that the sale of bass and
ducks should be permitted where they
will bring the best price and tils't no
matter how many ducks are killed dur
ing the open season, there will be just
as many return to our lakes and ponds
during the season as were there dur
irg the preceding one. am opposed
to the bill first. last and all the time,
and hope it will not pass this house."
Mr.. Thorn said it might seem strange
that two gentlemen from one county
should take opposite sides on a subject
affecting the interests of that county.
1t was, however, question of pro-
lection and free trade with him, and
he would favor The proposition to pro-
tect the fish and game interests of the
state. He differed with his colleague
from Utah in that he had never hard
bass were 50 plentiful. He had been
born within three miles of Utah lake,
came to the legislature. He admitted
that possibly his colleague was more
familiar with the question at issue
than he, but at the risk of being cen
sured by some of his constituents, he
would nevertheless favor the prctec-
tlon idea.
Mr. Beard hoped the house would
concur in the senate amendments. for
while the bill was better as passed by
h. -ts Ara44{ 1Nf1 f.N,-
the protection of fish and game than
had ever been enacted
Mr.. Bolitho moved the previous ques-
ton but yielded to Mr.. Larsen, who
spoke at length against the bill as be-
ing antagonistie to the interests of his
constituents.
The vote on the motion to concur
was by roll-call as follows:
Ayes-Beard. Bolitho. Condor, Cur
It's. Gushing. Clark, Ferguson of Salt
Lake Ferguson of Carbon, Harris,
Heiner. Lewis Morrison Nebeker of
Salt Lake, Nye, Robinson, Stevens,
Snedaker, Seavy, Taylor, Thorn, VIII
son, Mr.. Speaker-22.
Nays-Andrus, Bernheisel, Cazier,
Egan, Gibbs. Gibson, Howard, Larsen,
Lennon, Morrill,, Monson, Maughn,
Murdoch, Mansfield, Shafer, Smoot.
Sorensor, Thompson of Sanpete,
Absent-Critchlow Lowrey. Nebeker
of Rich, Radditz-.
There was some question as to
whether a majority of those voting
could concur or whether it required
majority of the whole house, and Mr..
Morrison, to make sure. gave notice of
a motion to reconsider later in the day
for the purpose of getting full vote.
FOR A NORMAL SCHOOL.
Speaker Denny's bill for a state
normal school at Fort Cameron, Bea-
yer county, was taken up as a special
order. The speaker called Mr.. Stevens
to the chair.
passage of the bill, Speaker Denny re-
plying.
Mr.. Denny said he was surprised
that a man living in Utah should ask
such a question. The southern part of
the state had no railroads. had no
schools better than the ordinary COM
mon schools: therefore, if persons in
the southern counties desired anything
better than a common school education
they could not have it without coming
to some of the northern cities at great
expense and inconvenience. and many
of the children who would ike higher
education could not get it because they
could not afford it. That was the rea-
son for the bill. Mr.. Denny then de-
scribed the buildings at Fort Cameron.
The reservation would be opened for
settlement as soon as the government
appraisers arrived. who were now at
Oklahoma Therefore, if the land was
to be secured as a gift from the gov
eminent it must be done this year
while the government held the title.