Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-13
NINE HUNDRED
DEPUTY GAME WARDENS
Big Force of Volunteers WIN Enforce
State Fishing Kcgulati0ns-rrout
In Irrigation bitches.

Provo. June Members OF the Utah
County Fish and Game Protective Assoc
citation are daily being sworn In as dep
uty FISH and game commissioners by
chief Deputy Brig Madsen. when the
members OF fsh and game association
I'm all the counties where such organtza.
tons exist are all sworn In az deputy
commissioners. as they will be- there VIII
be 80 sworn officers OF the state to work
for the enforcement OF the fish and game
laws-that II, counting the present mem
bershp, and this is constantly increasing,
According 60 MIR Madsen, the member
ship is now apportioned as follows: salt
Lake county, 80: Utah county. 80: We
Der county 15J. Cache county, 10
with the exception of the great loss Of
nsh caused by the lack Of screens AZ the
head. OF Irrigation canals and bitches. the
fish condition IL most favorable In this
county In speaking of this waste OF tlsh
Mr. Madsen says.
millions Of game ash are being des-
troyed through the unscreened irrigation
bitches and canals OF the state every
year and after careful investigation |
feel safe In asserting that more hsh viii
he destroyed this way this year between
the first Of June and the twentieth. than
win he taken during the whole year by
the sportsmen,
large FISH. and millions OF small ones, are
dying in the irrigated helds.
While the spor'smen are waiting with
son the hsh are goir out On the
through the uuscrcened bitches. q Is
caused by the receding waters Just at the
time the nsh are commencing TO run
bitches and canals are damned every
where throwing the water out on the
fields. ana all the Ash are carried thith-
or there to die.
'''The Inst session or the legislature gave
us a law providing for the screening Of
the canals, but as II carried with It no
APPROXIMATION for covering the expense
1T is OF little use to the department
Il want TO say right here, that the de-
partmont Is doing all In It's power Ia iqdsN-
serve the Ash and game Of the state
and while II Is doing much, we are all
very sorry that II cannot stop this terri
BILE waste.
APPEAL TO sPoRTsMEN.
Il appeal TO every sportsman, in the
and game protective association. and not
only see that the laws are obeyed. but 20
work for a legislative end that VIII pro
tect the ish and stop this waste. The
way 20 do this is TO see that delegates
go to the FISH and game convention, which
the department will hold some time In
December, who are good representative
men who will present the matter in the
light Of the Importance u deserves.
every year we are Matching millions
OF trout fry, and planting them in our
streams and the most OF them are being
wasted on the helds.
y appeal TO ali good citizens CONNER
cial clubs and conservation commissions
and all others who business Il Is to look
after the welfare OF the state, to work
for legislation. and way hv which
funds can be secured TO build up one Of
the greatest resources OF the state. the
nsI and game
Il am confident that by united EFFORT
We can so build up and conserve the Ash
supply, that even with an open season for
trout, lasting the year around, the supply
can be increased every year
Il am well aware that this advocacy ~ |
"A ycar-around open season Is new de-
parture hut I think II is justified by the
fact that our hatcheries are annually pro-
iucing i've times as many ish as are TAX
en- by the sportsmen, and IL we can stop
the waste through irrigating bitches and |
dynamite. the supply will far exceed the |
demand.
The law We want Is sufficient ap- |
propria ton from tho state for the proper |
screening % canals and ditches after |
which the license money will maintain |
them"