The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-22
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Sporting Editor -Repu blican-
It's as natural for a boy to want a
gun and fishing pole, so ne can shooI
and fish, as it is for a spider to weave
his web to catch flies A boy to grow
healthy must have exercise and fresh
air; hunting and fishing give both.
The state of Utah has organized a
fish and game commission and under
takes to furnish fish and game in
plenteOus quantities; to do this she
must have the cooperation of every
boy and man at least To do this the
state must build large hatcheries, pre-
serve the game, exact laws prescrib-
ing times and seasons in which the
angler may fish and the hunter shoot,
There are men and boys galore who
want to kill every bird and catch every
fish to crafty their murderous ma
ture, but the. state says, you can {
do this; we Will police our mountains
ana valleys with deputy game war
dens," and say mo" to the trespasseri
these hatcheries which raise millions
of fish to Testock our streams cost
money, as there are no benevolent men
who will put $4,000 a year at the dis
pOsal of Chief Game Warden Fred
w. Chambers to build hatcheries, etc.
The state says to every lover of ma
ture, Buy license and help us to
raise funds to do this" The insig-
nificant sum Of S1.25 is asked to carry
on this great work.
If every man who loves to hunt or
fish, or who has a boy, would feel
it his duty to take out license and
help the state to bring game birds.
such as quail, Chinese pheasants and
grouse, and to help them build more
hatcheries, so that every lake, every
river, every stream in which bass and
trout can live, are reStOcked, there
would be plenty of game and fish.
If every man would feel it his duty
TO do this it would not be many
years before on every hand fish and
game would be plenteOUs. Then, if
the state would enact a boys license
for rs cents per year till he is Is
years Old this would add thousands
to the treasury and help the wardens
to prepare game and fish. AS it is
the boy fishes and hunts even more
If pamphlets were written in which
every boy was asked to be an assist
ant game warden to help preserve the
fish and game and every boy found
killing the song birds or rObbing nests
reported to the game warden, it would
not be many years before birds and
fish would be plenty. This would ere
ate a sentiment that would do much
good.
If some phiIanthropist would rise,
as they do in the east, and bequeath
the state a certain sum every year for
a certain period he would do a great
work and help many tired, worn
and bring home a nice string of fish or
a bag Of game. As it is the state is
cramped for funds and cannot propa-
gate fish and game fast enough.
If every lover of sport would become
solicitor and urge his friends to take
out licenses to help the state, many
thousands of dollars would be added
to the fish and game fund.
Already the idea has been taken up
to teach in our public schools that chill
dren should preserve the life of the
birds; in winter throw out crumbs or
nail a shin bone to a tree for the
brides to eat I've seen the birds
flock to homes in the east in winter
to get their morning meal. It's fun
to see how the children watch, and
even name the birds as they come
daily.
1t is said, since the law has been en-
forced to kill only certain number of
deer each year by one individual, that
they are increa sing ten or twenty fold.
Sheepmen and herders, cowboys and
can help much to in
crease the deer in the mountains by
making those around them obey the
law.
The bounties offered to kill coyotes.
wildcats. mountain lion and lynx is
doing much to restOck our forests and
with deer.
If every citizen will try and help our
chief game warden, to see that new
wildcats. mountain lion and lynx are
laws be added and old ones repealed,
that are obsolete or unjust, a golden
harvest Of good fishing and hunting
viii be the reward. Many man whose
active duties in city life make him
long for a day in tbs field will take
it if he knows a fun string of fish
or a bag of game is his reward. To
do this the state must have more
money. J. H. WEBER.