Washington County News | 1931-09-17 | Page 2 | Decision will Mean Much to St. George

DECISION WILL MEAN' MUCH TO ST. GKOHUE. Tomorrow tho state board of elk control will meet in Salt Lake jind among the matters to be taktm up for discussion will be tho boundary line of the Pine Valley game preserve. A change has been made in the boundary since last year, which, if allowed allow-ed to stand, will do away with regulated hunting on the preserve. pre-serve. The line follows the Central-Pine Valley-Grass Valley road and the trail to New Harmony, Har-mony, and is Inconsistent in the extreme. The local sportsmen's associ- countered with a plan to incorporate incor-porate the whole Pine Valley division di-vision of the Dixie forest in the preserve, reaching from New Harmony on the east to the Nevada Ne-vada line on the west. This would give absolute control of hunting hunt-ing in the forest. If regulated hunting, which has proven a success in the short time it has been in force, is done away with through a change in the preserve lines, it will eventually mean the wiping out of the deer. It will also mean a loss of business to local concerns. Deer hunters from California, and the northern part of the state, are increasing in numbers each year, and this means that garages, hotels and outfitting stores get the benefit, as well as the state through the sale of licenses. If the preserve is thrown open it will means hordes of hunters Sot a year or two, and then nothing.