The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-19
SP0RTSNEN ARE
AF TER CANE HOG
Seek to Organize Protective
Associations in Every
County in Utah.
STATE COMMISSIONER
LENDS AID TO EFFORTS
Seasons Campaign to Begin in
Meeting to Be field al
Heber Tonight,

Fred ". Chambers, state fish and game
commissioner, is after the game hog
BY the end of the summer Mr tham-
bers hopes to see the organization of a
protective fish and game association IN
each county of Utah. Each member "l
this association will have the same
powers as deputy game warden. he
will have authority TO make arrests Tor
any and all violations OF the lish or game
laws
The campaign against the game hog
will open a; Hcber CITY tonight WIN
the formation Of protective aIsorla ,i.i,,
tion To cover Wasatch county. This wiIl
give the fifteenth association oI thls
Kind In the state. The fifteen orsaniza-
tions will have a membership OF close
10 $50.
Chambers to Attend
Mr.. Chambers will attend this meeting
and on his way to Heber will confer with
Lchi sportsmen who are agitatlnG the
tlon. Next week Mr. Chambers will visit
Beaver In the interest of protective
organization for that part of the state.
The, movement forr the formation M OF
popular with sportsmen. and usually In
each community originates with them.
II they do not so organize they lose out out,
that and the members organize for real
business.
"The value of their work 10 the sports.
men D1 the Sldlt IL llNdltul db'Ns s'p'
so much for the arrests they make: though
there is a pretty fair list OF those.
but also TOR the deterrent cHevt
on the would -be wrongdoers Ii makes
a man cautious when he realizes that
there are from fifty TO one hundred per
sons in the community out watching Tor
such infractions Of The law as he Is con
templatng: further thai these men axe The
men who from their love Of Sport are
likely to be just where the best sport is;
and men who have a very vital interest
a., f,, la,t tC nh ksn1 Inc
cause they realize that unless all do so
observe IT the sport Is spoiled Tor the
man who does.
Get one-Half of Fine.
"The member OF the association who
secures a conviction Is repaid ey one
half the fine; but we find that most are
not so much mindful of that as seeing
that good sport is provided. They secure
what evidence they can. in cases OF viola
ton and then either handle IL i'll the
courts themselves or turn II over To this
office
"And these associations are getting re-
suits For example. the word / receive
from Cache county this morning is that
conditions among prairie chickens are re-
turning 10 those good old days when there
was some shooting 10 be had. and the
few years the birds were Thoroughly
scared OF ANYTHING in the shape OF a
man. Now YOU can get somewhere with
in a reasonable. shooting distance Of
them
Where Associations Are.
In this county there are two protective
associations. one here and the other at
Murray. Davis county has one such or
ganizs stion, Utah two, one at Provo and
the other at Springville. while Sanpcte
has associations at Mount Pleasant.
Gunnison. Ephraim and Manti. Sewer
county has an association at Ricnileid
and Uintah one at Vcrna
Mr. Chambers has announced his in
tention 10 obtain permission from the
,{cci of fisheries n make
shipment OF channel catfish to be planted
in tho Grand river In Canyon county. As
soon as possible. Mr. Chambers says.
quail Will be shipped 10 Grand county for
distribution II is probable that bcauti
ful trout fry will be planted in Grand
county streams soon, too