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Show Spring Deer Count On Dixie Shows Decrease of 4,000 ? Some Areas Over-Stocked ? But Most Districts J Could Carry Many More i" With the spring deer count on 'I the Dixie National forest com- l pleted, figures are released by J Warden Vernon Snow indicating f that there has been a decrease I" of 4,000 deer on the forest over the estimated count in 1942. t The estimate for 1942 showed a ff count of 13,000 while the count t this year indicates an estimated S 9,000 deer on the range. This " decrease is also in addition to the f regular yearly increase. ! 'There is still somewhat of a - hot spot," reports Mr. Leavitt, 1S "from Leeds Creek west to Veyo, where the count was definitely d larger than last year. This part t. of the range is agreed by all the riders to be overstocked. Also the Pinto division shows some :h hard hit areas, perhaps due to the summer drought through the Pine Valley and Grass Valley sections, sec-tions, with a question mark on the Magotsu, Garden and Moody districts. This, of course, remains I to be determined when the sum mer range survey is made. A con-; con-; tributing factor is thought to be the fact that parts of this area are difficult to cover, .the hunters generally swinging to the easier (Continued on page eight) Dixie Deer Count (Continued from first page) areas, leaving the deer of this section practically unmolested. "All of the riders have agreed that the balance of the entire Dixie division is under-stocked, a fact which will be covered in detail de-tail in our final report." Each district and its count for this year and last will be listed, so that those interested may have an opportunity to check the various vari-ous counts and the range conditions. condi-tions. Also, a more detailed report re-port will be given at the annual meeting of the Washington County Wild Life Federation, Participating in the recent survey sur-vey were Albert Anderson, forest supervisor; Ben Swapp, Irwin Johnson and Bob Williams, rangers; rang-ers; Oliver Stratton, Claude Mac-farlane, Mac-farlane, S. M. Clark and Vernon Leavitt, deputy game wardens; with an excellent assistant in Al-vin Al-vin Larson, truck driver and camp tender. "Although some difference differ-ence of opinion were expressed, these were threshed out on the ground, where they occurred, making mak-ing possible the conclusions given in this report," states Mr. Leavitt. F , 1 SWIM for HEALTH Swimming is one of the best recreational sports known. The City has an excellent swimming pool operating under the State Health regulations. People wanting want-ing to learn to swim may arrange ar-range for special hours. SCHEDULE: Monday 2 p. m., to 10 p. m. Tuesday Open for rentals Only. ($2.50 per hour) Wednesday 2 p. m., to 10 p. m. Thursday 2 p. m., to 10 p. m. Friday 2 p. m., to 10 p. m. Saturday 2 p. m., to 11 p. m. Sunday 3:30 p.m., to 10:30 p.m. REED BLAKE, Manager. |