Show SANCTUARY Bill MEETS APPROVAL I 1 Smoot Advises Commercial Club of Action 1 I. I Receipt today of a letter from Sen ator Reed Smoot by officers of of th the Commercial club advising them of th the making of a favorable report on the Smoot bill to establish a wild life lIf sanctuary in the Wasatch national forest forest for for- est assures the success of the movement movement movement move move- ment fathered b by local Boy Scouts for forthe forthe forthe the establishment of the sanctuary inthe In Inthe inthe the opinion of the club officials ls Sena Senator tor Smoot a copy o of a aletter aletter letter received by him from the secretary secretary secretary sec sec- of agriculture in which a bill to be Introduced by the senator was wa- w suggested The secretary said the pro proposed posed sanctuary would not Interfere with the present utilization of orthe the forest forest forest for for- est lands and suggested that boundaries boundaries boundaries boun boun- daries be established for the grazing lands of importance now included within within with in the acres to be set t aside l He e said that a a. presidential proclamation might fix these boundaries The secretary secretary secretary sec sec- further suggested that the state enact laws for the protection of game gameon on the privately owned lands lands' within the sanctuary Senator Smoot introduced a bill hill along lines suggested by the secretary of agriculture and it was reported favorably fa fay by a senate committee on December December De De- cember 6 That It will pass the senate senate senate sen sen- ate before long seems assured The senators senator's action in bringing the matter before the secretary of agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture In charge chargo of ot national forest forests followed a petition from Boy Scouts that acres be set aside in the Wasatch forest for th the propagation arid and rid protection of at all wild life Ufe President F. F C. C Schramm wrote him advising him of the petition and requesting that action be taken in the matter |