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Show Federal Trapper Tells of ofLoss oLoss Loss of U 8 S Traps Trapl TraplJohn Tr John W Wlllls WIlIJs Willis government trap trapper trapper per with headquarters at Vernal Vernalrf'port.s Vernalreports reports rf'port.s rfport.s rfports ' . that In 1937 he capt.ured captured . 285 255 coyotes . and a.nd a number of bob bobcals bi cats calli cals Mr Wlllls W1lI1s Willis also reports quIte quitea qia ilte a . number of coyotes were stolen stolenfrom stofrom len tram from his trapsand traps and In some sOfie annie instances ln In stances IItances the traps were taken a also alsoMr alsoMi ; lso : Mr Mi WlUls WUlIs Willis works through throtrgh the thecooperation thecooperation t cooperation U S biological survey surrey surveyBnd surreyand and Bnd the livestock llv lC1t ( ) associattons associations of ofthis ofthis this section for far the protection protectton of ofthe ofthe the sheep IIheep and cattle Industries IndustriesDuring IndustriesDuring During the summer time w a \ hen hensheep h ' sheep and ca cattle We ar are on the _ . mO mona I _ _ _ tain taut ranges his work Is confined tothese these districts Just as soon 118 as the thesheep tlv tlvsheep sheep ore are brought to the lower lowei lowerrange loweirange / range along comes Mr Coyote Ooyote too tooand 1 & and d long lines of traps ti-ape ti ape - covering coverint coveringsevt'ral coverintseveral ) ng several sevt'ral sevtral ' hundreds of miles of disLance d.ls dls dis d.lstance . tance Lance are setThe setThe set The traps belong to the U Sgocornment B S BR Bcrnment government gocornment R \crnment crnment \ and also the toyotp .oyot oyot ioyotc ( . ( " iter af at after aticr f ter icr It Is caught The liie revenue from front frontthe , the tht " pelts helps In cal cairying rylng on the thewerk thewcrk t tie work werk wcrk wcrkI theI I 1 -I I - The ht lie ' traps and coyotes most frt fre freq fi " q lently 11"Iltly 11Iltly imntly " st 5t at > ) len Ien Ietl are Ilre those set st't stt ' nf near nearthe > ar ! the hlfhways hlrhways highways he states state.s . Tile The value valueof val valof ue : of traps used u'Ipd uIpd ' In this teTTltorv territory Is Isaptroxlmattly isapproxtmatlv approximattiv aptroxlmattly approxtmatlv ) $10000 10000 $ lOtOO } and rind and11Cn \\11Cn 11Cn when whenlost \ 11Cnlo IsI n I lo lost ' > t or stolen mu.t mut rnut mu . . , t be rf replaced > placed , I losses OIIses oases throu through h the thl ' depredatio depredations depredatlonsi depredatlonsiof depredationsof of the coyotes coyote , > li is I " partic partie parttc li ii Illrly irly triy heasy heasyamong hea ht'a hta ' 111ng YI YIRtnong among Rtnong the thp , > sliecp hrt"11 hrt11 sheep " nt at . all seasons seBisonsthe of ofthe Q { thl the Oflthl ' year Mr Wlllls WIIH'I WIIHI Willis ' htntps states tatl1 " ' and andwhen andwhen arwhen Ofl when a ff ft f < w tI tiai till III s 'I I ' are arp taken outl outlof out outof o of a line llne tli th lb lo.ss loss Io.s Ios . . . becomes becotnl1 becotnes " ' ht'llv htllv he-nv he nv ht'llvIl"r henvter ' - / ter Il"r Ilr " Traps aic alt ate ' set < ; 't t ( ' at strategic tratf'glc tratfglc . , ' point 0itttS 0itttSand . < ; t and when I iii llstirbf-d llstirbf d 'lul lul ! < ' . irbed > t"d td " - 1I tI tie f e- e ' - eroyote 'oyote oyote royote 'oyotepa.sses royotepasses ( ' royo ht'llvI I passes pa.sses . bv by wlipre where \ IIPfe he ht " would have havebf"t'n havebeen ' bf bf"t'n bftn bee-n bee n trapped trappedMr d c ! " ' en - trapp tcapPt < Mr Wlllls WllIl Wlliii " al at aid d ( ' crx ene ( ) ' pcntors pt'ntor ptntor perstors " ask askdie a < ; ' ; klthe the die COOpel coopeiatio coopetatio a Uo 1 of dll U1 til 11 liseatot llvM Hof.t Hoft . > < fco ) ( < k mrn men mrnand menand ( , kl and tlie the p l I 1 lie HI 11- 11 11ii ' , - Ir 1r ii Rent"r Rentr ge-ncr ge ncr gciicril - " d LI TIH'rp TIHrp The-re The re TIH'rpIs ThereLi Tlip - ' : - Ls Is Li 9 i heavy fite fl rl ie a aii nil I I Iml lmrLs itnrLe ( r ! . melt meltto i 11 n CI eito t , | to anyone nyone a convloted coninLe4j eon \ lot.ed loted . of stdijlngovernment sttilItig sttilItiggovernment , > ttt , dinK dinKgovernment r government traps trap or ai RI at v ai fil am In fil at ataught caught raught aught In tl 1I U m oh Utt titt t it it,11 { Ml \,11 ,11 11 'ilt ilt \ , ' WIlL W V IlL 111 |