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Show JANUARY 12, 1952. THE JOURNAL 5 able expense involved in the handling of moneys and the return of fees to unsuccessful applicants as in the past. FISH AND GAME One million German Brown trout eggs, purchsed from private hatchery sources in Pennsylvania, should arrive here today. They will be distributed to several of the State hatcheries for processing and eventual planting in the water where the German Brown has proven itself best suited as a top trout specie. Some of these waters are the Sevier, Provo, Logan, Weber, The regular quarterly meeting of Duchesne and Blacksmiths Fork the Utah Fish and Game Commis- rivers, along with several smaller streams over the State. Generally, sion was held December d Chairman Golden C. Sand- these are streams having fluctuation in their water erson Commissioners J. Allen 28-21- ). Com-Missi- on apro-nounce- Browne, K. E. Bob Bullock, and level. Newel R. Frei were in attendance. This shipment forms a subCommissioner E. N. Larseji was stantial million part of the unable to attend. German Brown eggs that are exA full agenda occupied the two-da- y pected to be handled by the Fish meeting. Some business was and Game Department hatcheries million eggs passed over to be handled at a this year. About special Commission meeting to be will be taken from State hatchery held in January. Motions passed spawning stocks, most of them from the Morgan hatchery. Another during this meeting included: 1 million of of the Approval purchase eggs will be received from winter range for big game near private hatchery sources at a later 3-- f Bird Farm. The birds were freed when the weight of the extremely wet snow from last weekends intense storm crushed several of the coops and screen-covere- d runways. One large coop and runway containing another (MM) chukars was saved through the efforts of Mr. Rhy Hiatt, farm supervisor, other Department employees and members of the Carbon-Emer- y Wildlife Federation. No exact loss of birds is yet known but it presently appears that such loss will be very small. The birds are being held in the area of the farm by feeding, deep snows and cold weather beAs ing helpful in this respect. rapidly as coops and runways are rebuilt, the birds are being recovered and placed back in them. Loss from damage to the farm facilities is estimated at between five and ten thousand dollars. A crew to help in the rebuilding progiam has been dispatched from the Fish and Game headquarters in Salt Lake City. Director J. Perry Egan, Supervisor Hiatt, and the Department generally are appreciative of the timely help given in this emergency by the Carbon-Emer- y Wildlife Federation members. Parowan. date. Happiness is spiritual, born of Authorization for the Department Truth and Love. It is unselfish; to send a representative to a JanuSome c.OO pheasants and 18(H) par- therefore it cannot exist alone, but in Pendleton of the tridges were on the loose early requires all mankind to share it. ary meeting Pacific Flyway States relative to this week at the States Price Game Mary Baker Eddy wildfowl in states. these migratory Department authorization to purchase multiflora rose and other fence row shrubs for this year's program in the improvement of game bird habitat. Approved a request to the legislative council that the Department be represented on the Executive Committee to work with them on all antipollution legislation and related problems. "My hat's off to the men who manage Utah's Approved the expenditure of mines, mills and smelters. They have the tough necessary moneys to repair and rehabilitate Stewarts Lake near job of keeping complicated organizations workVernal, Utah, as a waterfowl reing smoothly so that employees, shareholders fuge. and the public are all satisfied. My job depends Approved the spring fur trapping on their ability, and they're right on the balll" proclamaton, the dates being February 15 to March 31, 11)52, inci- f 1M1& - a -- ii till m Seen the sive. Approved the special fishing proclamation for Bear Lake in nothern Utah, the open season to urn through the full year, except for certain seasonally closed areas as marked and posted on the OYeM inq ground. ( Authorized the Department to proceed with the securing of a new type locking big game tag for use in 11)52. Approved the seining proclamation for 11)52, the chief difference to that of other years being that all seiners will be required to give the Department first preference on all trash taken. This move was made to insure the States hatcheries an adequate supply of such fish as are needed in their feeding program for oil display Saturday Olsen Chevrolet Company Layton, Utah Morgan, Utah Gjnmfmcemenh . e. . With Distinction! Wedding hatchery fish. Gave authorization to Mr. R. L. Turpin to proceed immediately with the recodifying of the Fish and Game code. Approved a motion that no fee be required to accompany application for elk permits this year, that successful applicants be notified by registered mail, return receipt requested, that they have ten days in which to send their money for the permit, and that if, in that ten days, a successful applicant does not respond, successful applicants from an alternate list will be noti-fidThe intent of the Commission in the motion is to eliminate as much as possible the consider- - . invitations and announcements printed by us have an indefinable air of grace and beauty. Inland Printing Co. Phone 10 Kaysville |