Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-01-20 | Page 13 | County Seeks Rule on Skiers

COUNTY SEEKS RULE ONSKIERS D rafting of an ordinance empowering empow-ering the sheriffs department to designate certain canyon areas as danger areas and prohibit trespass thefeon was ordered Monday by Said Lake county commissioners. Action was taken in the interest of safety for winter sports devotees and, was suggested by the chamber of commerce winter sports committee com-mittee especially in reference to Altft. in Little Cottonwood canyon, whore one tragic snowslida has alrendy occurred this winter. UpVVan Cntt Jr., deputy county atlii ncy and legal adviser to the coninlssion, expressed the opinion thai such an ordinance would be l-g(i. Forest rangers may help admin-i.itff admin-i.itff the ordinance, explained J. E. Gurr, forest supervisor, who, with Thornton D. Morris, Stewart Cos-griff Cos-griff and George H. Watson, ap-! ap-! peared before the commission.