Show federal and county officials overseeing intensive drive to exterminate prairie dogs I 1 A A prairie dog campaign began on thursday morning orning rn in clines when men and boy boys of that vicinity co operated with alth V L johnson of 0 salt lake field agent of the biological survey who has been here and had this work in charge since may aud county agent E peterson Pe tereon to cover the territory as its far west as the twelve mile hollow to exterminate the prairie dogs the aim Is to cov coy er all public domain and kill these pests thereby prettying prE tryIng the oed reed for or sheep and cattle and protecting the farms forms aror tho inroads ot at these rodents it ts Is estimated that five oy or elx six prairie dogs actually eat an as much as one sheep besides betides the damage done it to 18 estimated abit thi it faill take five tons ot of pol poisoned oath caty for chiq thi campaign to oata oats are divided no so that each man carries from fifteen to pounds on norst horseback back and arid alx lx men under the supervision of a captain are assigned a ertain sec see flon of land to be covered la this manner one man Is able to cover tao aundrel acres ft a day A meat j ing was held wednesday evening in davis whereby plane plans were ivere given eo so that they may do their chare share it ig Is hoped hat that the other cobino etues jensen naples ashley maeser and owl the sheep sh edmen men will co operate so that the entire area from green river on the east to uintah river on the west and arid diamond mountain may be cleared of theme tive animals the land from ouray to deep creek tor for ten miles side has been treated and ta to now tree free from the pest farms rating that before have bean abandoned are this thi year yielding good crops lets all operate cooperate co and do our bit |