GOVERNMENT EXPERT IS 
■ HERE TO STUDY DUCKS 
' p cstre.tr Neds ,., a 
^ 4hIu ij, \“IT 
Alex Wetmore, governrdent expert 
of the bureau of economic Investiga¬ 
tion of the interior department at 
Washington, arrived in this city this 
morning, to give his personal atten¬ 
tion to the duck malady and to see 
what he could do in furthering the 
solution of the problem. Prof. Wet- 
more is at the Cullen hotel, and will 
go to Bear river bay Thursday, to 
begin investigations. 
The state fish and game commission- 
I Or will, work with Prof. Wetmore, and 
has already sent Prof. Byrnes find 
Voorhees of the state university up 
there to make a start, assisted by three 
helpers. He expresses the belief that 
with this expert force at work, the 
malady that has occasioned such heavy 
loss among the ducks in the past few 
years, and has brought out so many 
conflicting theories and opinions as to 
its' cause and origin, will be cleared 
up. Commissioner Chambers will ex¬ 
tend every possible help to the ex¬ 
perts, and will be present himself, at 
i some tol' their investigations. Prof. 
| Wetmore says the government is earn¬ 
est in ferreting out this mystery, anti 
win. leave no stone unturned to ’•effect 
a successful solution. 
WILL INVESTIGATE 
DUCK MALADY HERE 
-s.H unt TViUm 
ore, specinl investiga- t i u 
States biologicul sur-« u W l", 
len sent to Utah by 
■ Dr. Alex Wetmore, 
tor of the Unitod SI 
7®^* has been sent to Utah by 
the federal department to investigate 
TMm* malady in this state, arrived 
in salt Lake yesterday and spont tho 
™° 0n conferring with Fred W. 
Rin^o lber r, fis!l game commis- 
nesd?,; P r ' will leave, Wed- 
fo ,: Bear river in Boxelder 
’ w *? ore hs will begin his inves- 
mak^i 1 °? th -° (i,Ick He' will 
whera a , aciontific analysis of the water 
a' J* j ho : ducks and snipes live in or- 
ady * determine the cause of tho mal- 
