| Show Continued Bitter Weather Hikes Telegram Feed the Deer Problem I B By Bill Coltrin Scores of deer starving and freezing in the bitter winter were vere were invading Salt Lake Lale City Thursday but hundreds of others were being held at feed lots in the foothills though efforts of the fish and game department and public spirited citizens were backing the Telegrams Telegram's Telegrams Telegram's Telegrams Telegram's Tele Tele- grams gram's Fe Feed d the Deer cam cam- It was not the fault of sportsmen sportsmen sportsmen sports sports- men and citizens generally generall that all of the deer were not being held away from the populated areas Money for feed was available and ever every pound obtainable was being picked up workers with jeeps and trucks called the Tele Telegram ram and andere were ere sent to the proper pickup points to aid in the actual feeding and the public was cooperating ing as much as possible by not bothering the stricken animals and thus increasing their plight I The battle was a fierce one as I Ithe the record-breaking record cold and snow made life impossible for the deer deerin in the higher elevations ele and practically practically practically so in the valleys Frost- Frost crusted snow makes it ft impossible I for or the deer to get to any of their natural food thus making artificial al feeding absolutely vital Members of the jeep posse had their work cut out for them Each posse member was sas given plenty of hay and a particular feed ground as his responsibility t Every day until the emergency lets up these sportsmen with the jeeps will vill take I a load of hay to their area Unquestionably Unquestionably Un Un- I questionably this regular feeding will ill help The Utah Frozen Food Locker realizing that its members not only wanted anted to aid the present situation but that they had a vital interest in the future of deer hunting hunting hunt hunt- II in ing entered the fj fight ht Thursday with a big check And according to B. B M. M Anderson of Layton president president president pres pres- ident of the association members all over the state will be ur urged ed to back the drive to the Feed One of the most vital services anyone can do right now is to in inform inform inform in- in II form the Telegram or the state fish and game department where I II I feed can be bought If there is a bottleneck in the Telegrams Telegram's drive to help out in this situation this is it Many tons of feed perhaps feed perhaps 10 tons altogether have altogether have been do do- been extremely welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come but there is mone money in the emergency fund now all donated by public spirited citizens to buy feed Feed is scarce however and anyone anone with any to sell should contact the Telegram sports department department department de de- de- de or the fish and game de de- de- de More offers of trucks were coming coming corning com corn ing in Thursday and all will ili be put to use Bissinger and Co called Thursday morning and offered a truck to help haul feed and this makes the truck total up to almost 20 aside from the jeeps used by bythe bythe bythe the jeep posse And dont don't forget the collection cans you will see in more than business houses A dollar or a dime will Ill be put to good use in helping save one of Utah's helpless deer |
