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Show M tho LEASED GRAPEVINE Tallies from the recently completed com-pleted winter waterfowl census covering Utah marshes show a limited number of ducks and geese finding weather and feed conditions to their liking. Totaling 31,712 birds the count this year shows only about one third the waterfowl wintering in the state compared to the count of 102,000 birds made one year ago. Extreme cold weather in December De-cember resulting in a freezeup of feed and rest areas accounted chiefly for the lower count this year as the birds moved southward south-ward prior to the survey period. The survey is conducted annually an-nually on the same days in all Pacific Flyway states as a management man-agement measure to determine carryover of brood birds from the fall hunts, effects of the past open season and supplies necessary neces-sary information in setting future fu-ture seasons. The full picture covering wintering waterfowl on the Pacific Flyway is not complete com-plete until the tally from each state is summarized. The State of Utah this week received $1,614,535 in oil royalties royal-ties which it will spend for the benefit of the Indians. A check for that amount was received by State Treasurer Sherman Preece from the U. S. Treasury office by requisition of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs at Gallup, New Mexico. E. O. Larson, regional director of the Bureau of Reclamation in Salt Lake City, is expected to resign the post soon. He is expected ex-pected to be replaced by Frank Clinton, Billings, Mont., regional director of Region Six of the Bureau of Reclamation. Known in this area as "Mr.Reclamation" Mr. Larson played a leading role in the authorization of the nearly $800 million Unner Colorado River Storage Project. Frank G. Shelley, Utah Farm Bureau Federation executive secretary, has been named member mem-ber of the Special Advisory Committee Com-mittee by Secretary of Labor James E. Mitchell. There is one member from each state. . A public hearing will be conducted con-ducted Feb. 2 by Sen. Frank E. Moss on a new Senate bill to amend the law governing the acquisition of federal lands for state parks purposes. Testing operations began this week on the $6.9 million Little Cottonwood Water Treatment plant, now reported nearing 95 per cent completion. Bids are expected to be opened March 24 in Los Angeles for construction of a million dollar air traffic control center on the northeast corner of 21st West and 6th North, just east of the Salt Lake Municipal Airport. |