| Show 1 I I i THI THE THIT THIt r-f- r t T R REEL E E L LI p I DOPE D 0 P E j By ly Lt COLT II I I Sportsmen throughout the state stal I have been applauding Hill air force fore base for its efforts In helping feed feet the starving d deer er of th the state but bu but there ar are other things happening around round that big air base that are worth mention Se Seems ms like the commanding Off cere Gen Geri William M. M Morgan I Js Is quite a sportsman In every sense of the thc vord Yord Ea Early ly in the winter he saw that the pheasants oh the I base baM were having quite a timI time tim I getting enough to eat I So he and Cot Col Robert E. E L. L Knapp Enapp decided to do something about it Out of ot their own pockets thc they b bought for the birds not knowing at nt the time that the state tto fish and game department had lu n a fund for lor such work When hen the tho fish and J game mB department heard about It they furnished the toed feed and the general arranged arranged ar ar- arranged ar- ar ranged for tor the tho feeding The people of ot Utah treat us so nice when we go hunting and fishIng fishing fishing fish fish- ing said aid the general that anything anything any any- thing we can do to help out you youcan can an be sure we will do x I Game Sanctuary The base has been made mad a g game mc sanctuary ry iy and nd with its more mOr than acres it makes a fine refuge for pheasants especially So the officers and enlisted men at Hill ThU really de deserve a pat on the back not only for helping out in this deer crisis but also for helping every bird hunter un er In the area Another outfit that deserves a abit abit abit bit of ot a n plug plu Is 1 this jeep posse recently organized The jeep owners ownen banded t together gether to have bave some sport surely but they have other motives also When hen they volunteered to help out In this the Feed campaign cam eam- they pointed out some interesting things For instance bylaws of the outfit outfit out out- fit say that no member can accept money for a any y work done by him and the jeep And another li lists ts certain things not be bedone bedone done by a member of the jeep posse These shall-nots shall include such things as going cross country without regard for property rights and various arious safety rules They'll pull you out of a snowbank snowbank snow snow- bank for free if it you get stuck They'll aid in any emergency such as forest fires lost plane hunts and the like and of course their first big job was WB aiding in the Telegrams Telegram's Telegrams Telegram's Telegrams Telegram's Tele Tele- grams gram's the Feed campaign Want Good Goad Joes' Joes Good Joes will be welcome Inthe Inthe in inthe the organization and no doubt there will be a lot of fun attached on n hunting trips fishing trips and ad just plain ordinary junkets by the g guys ys Those looking for some easy money to be made when folks get into trouble need not apply says Lou DeWolfe De first president of the theor or organization It Is Ig going to be difficult nay diffIcult nay Impossible to to to give everyone who is helping out in this the Feed Deer drive due credit We Ve have received big checks little checks big bills and little bills and many of oC the contributions have been turned in anonymously Then there are the guys who have nave donat donated d trucks given feed and actually helped with the manual labor of oC getting gettin the feed to the lots in the foothills But some thanks are also due to just plain old private citizen Naturally we h have a ve been deluged with calls telling us of deer in this yard in that orchard or in that park Normally we would expect that most of the callers would confine themselves to cussing the deer for the damage damage damage dam dam- age they are unquestionably doing To our amazement however only about one call in 10 Is that type of call Everyone seems to be sympathizIng ing with the deer which of at course is a wonderful attitude since common common com corn cornI mon sense will tell anyone that the deer would much rather be up in the hills hUls than down in some citizens citizen's back yard Perfect Example For instance here is the perfect example of the way many folks are accepting the situation Ira Dern one of Utah's time all-time greats In the athletic world lives up In a neighborhood where the deer haye have been invading daily But instead of ot worrying about it Ira has been calling up his friends and telling them to be sure and bring up their youngsters so that they could look out of his window and see the deer And And what are arC the deer d doing there Eating Iras Ira's expensive shrubs |
