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Show FOREST RANGERS TO PLANT FISH IN UTAH STREAMS Forest rangers" in Utah will plant between 700,000 and 800,000 fish in the streams within the national forests of the state, pursuant to an arrangement that has been entered into between R. H. Siddoway, state rnd game commissioner, and Homer E. Fenn, representing the United States forest service. It is agreed in the arrangement that the state shall furnish the fry Laud also insruct the rangers as to "w Td where and when to do the I work. To facilitate this part of the rrcgram Mr. Siddoway has made a map of Utah in which different colors indicate streams that are now fully stocked and others which are to be stocked this year. Valuable support of the forest service in the past is highly appre. dated by the state fish and game commissioner, he says, and the present offer is regarded as a special spe-cial favor. The fish are to be sup-r sup-r lied to the rangers for planting by transmission to the nearest railroad point to each stream. Many mountain sheep are reported report-ed by District Forester L. F. Knlpp to bo ranging in the Ashley, Uintah and Wasatoh forests, according to Information received by Mr. Siddoway. Siddo-way. ' There are also, according to Jhe report. 327 elk and 8105 deer in the national forests of the state. Indiscriminate hunting by Indians land destructiveness by predatory animals are given as the causes for |