The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-13
deputy Madsen Finds Thou
sands of Dead Fish Upon
Irrigated Lands.
LEGISLATURE SHOULD
COMPEL DITCH SCREENING
Nine Hundred Game Wardcns
viii Aid Department to
enforce Law.
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
PROVO. June l2.-Bris Madscn. chief
deputy game and ish commissioner. is
swearing In a large number OF new mem
bers of the Fish ana Game Protective
association as deputy fish and game COM
missionerS.
The membership of the association all
of whom are OF Will be deputy commits
$50. L tah county. 80; Weber county 100;
Cache county, $50; total 900. who will be
active sworn officers of the state and
forced
Mr. Madsen Is well satisfied with the
conditions of his department In this coun-
~ with tho exception of tho great loss OF
ash by reason OF unscrecned irrigation
canals and ditches.
Must Have Funds.
In speaking of this condition and the
great loss OF game fish it causes. cspe-
cially in this county Mr., Madsen snid;
Millions OF game fish are being
destroyed through the uuscroened irriga-
tion bitches and canals of the state every
year. and after a careful investigation,
] feel safe in asserting that more fish
will be destroyed this way this year be-
tween the FIRST OF June and the second.
than VIII be taken during the whole year
thousands of large fish, and millions OF
small ones. arc dying in the irrigated
fields
while the sportsmcu are waiting with
son. the fish are going out on the hclds
through the unscrecncd bitches. This is
caused by the rcccding waters Just AT
the time the fish are commencing 10 run.
bitches and canals are damned every
where. throwing the water out on the
fields. and all the fish are carried thithcr
The last session Of the legislature
gave us law providing for the screen
ing OF the canals. but as 1t carried win
It no appropriation for covering the eX-
10 Af lH If-n In ~ ms nj =
mcnt.
Il want TO say right here that the de-
partment is doing all in its power 10
conserve the fish and game OF the state
and while it is doing much we are ali
very sorry that IT cannot stop this terrible
waste.
Appeal to Sportsnen.
~ appeal to every sportsman in the
state to become member of the Fish
and Game Protective association. and
not only sec that tho laws arc obcyed.
but To work for legislative end that
will protect the FISH and stop this waste.
The way 10. do this is 10 see that dele
gates go 10 the fish and game convention,
which the department VIII hold some time
in December. who are good, rcprcscn nta-
tive men who will present Inc matter In
the light OF the Importance II deserves.
Every year we arc Matching millions
OF trout, Try, and planting them in our
streams. and the most OF them are being
wasted OH the fields.
appear 10 All Spptl tltlSellS, CpIltlitl-
cial clubs and conservation commissions,
and all others whose business il is 10
look after the welfare OF the state. 10
work for legislation and a way by which
funds can be secured TO build up one of
the greatest resources of the state, the
1sh and game.
II am confident that by united effort
can so build UP and preserve the
fish supply. that even with an open sea-
son for trout. lasting the year around.
the supply can he increased every year.
Il am well aware that this advocacy
OF a year-around open season Is a new
departure. but I think IL is justified by
the faCt that our hatchcrics are annually
producing five times as many fish rs arc
taken by the sportcmcn. and IL ws can
stop the waste trough irrig3ting di;cncs
and dynamite. the supply Will far exceed
the demand
The law want is a sufficient au-
propria tiou from the state for the proper
screening of canals and ditchcs or one
that will force the canal companies TO
screen their bitches, after which the
license money viii maintain them"