Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-12

1 gestions and some that / believe
could be improved upon. II was upon
reading the governors message to the
| Legislature that caused me TO write
regarding the ish and game particular
IS OF Utah county two years ago.
While no doubt, as the commissioner
reports, wild ducks are on the decrease
IN the northern counties, Il Is not so
with Utah county according 10 mfor-
nation furnished me and by obserya-
tons made by himself, and I still main.
tain that IL wild rice was imported II
would DO more tU Increase our Wild
game than any other thing that could
be done.
But II Is not my purpose TO dwell at
length upon our winged birds, but
rather upon the necessity of Increasing
our fish supply / find in general that
other states are taking hold of this
industry TO supply food for their
own people and also for commercial
purposes For instance, the Puget
Sound produces over $j,00OO00 IN salmon
alone yearly. over 2i00O0OO pounds
was caught In the Oregon rivers last
year But Washington is the chief
Salmon supply point, there being over
$4,000, 600 invested In this business. Civ
earnings amount to over $30O0,000, The
state maintains 10 large hatcheries pro-
duclng many millions Of fry. The T..
s. FISH commission operates 81 sta
tions and sub stations and results In
producing over l,l73S33, 462 fish and
egs yearly which are placed In public
and private waters,
Take for instance the nation Of ia
pan whose product in fish runs high in
TO the millions yearly. The country Is
only about one half rs large az ours,
but they have 70 skilled fishermen 10
our one, they have about one million
and the United states about 10000.
Their principal meat is fish and their
physical strength and endurance In the
war IN which they are at present in
yolVcd, shows the wisdom ot fish food.
II II were not for the fish food Of
Europe many OF her subjects would 90
hungry TO see the thousands and
thousands OF pounds OF FISH that
comes into the Blllngsgate market In
London alone, a person wonders what
becomes Of Il. but by 8 o'clock IN thu
morning it is dispatched to the various
city markets and Is soon consumed.
Bulingsgate market covers over So
600 square feet, with adjacent buildings
and many tons OF fish come In there
daily
Now to come 10 our own streams and
lakes. Certainly something ought TO
be done 10 increase our fish aud good
varieties Of fish / learn incidently that
MIR, a. O. Sldde, our present county
warden is In the race for state game
commissioner and ! think that he IS a
man that understands the business, and
az Utah county produces more fish than
all the rcst OF the state ] thing she
should he recognized. ] sec I'm Mr.
Sharps report that he recommends that
provision be made for exhibits at state
fairs, which viii be an right but 1t
seems to me that after nine years eN-
perlence, the exhibit at tho last state
fair was very amusing TO Utah county
people and also to others.
At present there are about r. diff
ferent varieties NJ fish I'm Utah county,
the carp being the most numerous, and
very few people win eat them when
they get a chance. Now instead of en-
largiug the present state hatchery
would It not be- well to build a sub
hatchery somewhere I'm Utah county so
the lake can be stocked with good va
rlcties OF fish such as the following:
white and rock bass, lake sturgeon,
buffalo fish channel and mud catfish.
drum, fresh water Holsters and shrlmps
and white fish. ! need not enumerate
more but there are over 80 varieties Of
fresh water good fish that would thrive
and do well in our lakes and streams,
but We need somebody 10 look after this
business that has In mind tho interest
OF the whole state and not one county
or section Of the state. Water farming
can be made moro profitable than land
farming, Let Ms have more fish and
food for both fish and game, with prop
or protection.
Yours respectfully,
EDWARD SDtrTHWlC'K.