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Show Game Officials Kill Sickly Elk Near East Bench State and county game officials offi-cials Wednesday were to study the dissected body of a cow elk, shot Tuesday near Twenty-first East and Twenty-first South streets. In sn attempt to learn If an epidemic threatens the elk herd In the mountains east of Salt Lake City. The cow, which had been under un-der observation for several days, had wandered away from the herd, and, apparently too sick and weak to climb back Into the mountains, gradually moved toward the city In quest of feed. Permission to shoot the animal was obtained from the state gam department, |