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Show ARIZONA TO STAGE A BUFFALO HUNT The last series of the famous buffalo hunts of the early west is being staged yearly in House-rock House-rock Valley, just over the Utah line, by the state of Arizona. This state owns one of the few remaining herds of native bisons. bis-ons. All license dealers in the state were asked by the warden to report as soon as possible the numbers and names of all persons- who purchased hunting and fishing licenses between January 1 and February 2. The numbers and names will be placed in a large container and February 10 eight nam-beis nam-beis and eight alienate numbers num-bers will be drawn. The names of the persons holding license numbers will go on the cne-d.'y hunt, which will be supervised by the com-m com-m on. Joyner said each hunter will be allowed to keep 100 pounds of meat and the head of the animal. The hides will be turned turn-ed over to the state and sold, the money going into the Arizona Ari-zona fish and game fund. The buffalo herd numbers 9! hed. With the exception of 1 iK'.l, the annurl hunt 1ms ben held for several years with 10 animals bring hilled. The commission com-mission specified in its order that only eight animals- be killed kill-ed this year. |