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A. E. COLBURN, 



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I am fond of fishing and hunting and 

 deeply deplore the slaughter of game, 

 which will soon lead to its extermination 

 in the Rocky mountains. The lumbering 

 interests of this section are a source of 

 great grief to the true sportsman and lover 

 of nature. One now has to take long trips 

 oft the railways and larger water courses 

 to find large, old fashioned timber, and in 

 many cases the lumberman's ax has de- 

 nuded the hills in places that seem almost 

 inaccessible. Outside of the destruction 

 of timber, which is an evil that will bring 

 its own punishment to every settler and 

 agriculturist in the West in the course of 

 a few years, the slaughter of game is the 

 next worst evil, and this is brought about 

 largely by the sale of it. The only way to 

 save the game is to prohibit absolutely the 

 sale of either flesh or pelts. I travel a 

 great deal throughout the inter-mountain 

 section, and know from personal experi- 

 ence that most of the hotels supply some 

 sort of game regularly to their patrons 

 during the entire year. In addition to this, 

 one can nearly always get game of various 

 kinds at any of the better class of res- 

 taurants. This demand will soon cause its 

 practical extermination. 



I enclose a circular from a professional 

 duck hunter, showing his kill for last sea- 

 son, and as I was present on the day this 

 man killed 168 birds I know he tells the 

 truth. That I did not do equally well was 

 perhaps owing more to bad marksman- 

 ship than indisposition, not having been 

 accustomed to shooting ducks under such 

 conditions. If the papers may be believed, 

 on the 15th of September last many thou- 

 sands of young ducks were killed within 

 a few miles of Salt Lake. They were too 

 young and weak to get away, and were, 

 in many cases, killed with clubs. I believe 

 there are many in this city who would be 

 in sympathy with limiting the number 

 killed if it could be done, though under 

 existing circumstances they probably kill 

 all they can. 



Henry A. Moss, Salt Lake, Utah. 



The circular enclosed by Mr. Moss is is- 

 sued by Vinson F. Davis. Brigham City, 

 Utah, and contains, among other items, 

 the following: 



"I here print my score of last season: I 

 shot 51 days, killing 4,220, averaging 82 

 birds and a fraction per day." 



Mr. Davis is evidently a prize game 

 hog. Of course no decent sportsman 

 would ever voluntarily be seen in his 

 company. The circular he issues would 

 appeal only to other swine like himself.— 

 Editor. 



A COMPARISON. 



"I started out with a few dollars," said 

 the self-made man, "and look at me now." 



"I started out with a few dollars," said 

 the roisterer, "and look at me now. 



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