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Show 4 ... Salt Lake City, UtaTi THE Kf Saturday, February 14, 1942 DESERET-NEW- S by Mill Jacob ' Fish, Game national deer Men Release the Intermountain in the try have the harvest even ures the big ' v - DEER INCREASE ON U. S. FORESTS Mule ests of on 24 &V' Je . i for- xy coun- increased past though year, of game animals in 1941 reached an peak of according to figures just re: leased by the Forest Service. By states the estimated deer population at present is: South Idaho, , all-tim- e 14,188 'K'S o.fi - .riijr Hunt On - Nevada,, 45,000; Utah, and western Wyoming, 6,600. 73,000; - Ecker Hill Ski Jumps Face Chance Of Being Cancelled " ' 143,-500- Elk numbering 39,000 show but little change in any of the states. Wyoming, of course, has a good share of the elk on its western ranges," some 24,000. The 1941 deer harvest of 54,000 State-Owne- d Not Available, , Grounds 1940. was airincrease of iO.OGO-ev- er Hunters who. reportedly bagged some 1,400 less elk than in 1940, took home 4,100 of the animals. Number of hunters In the field also showed an Increase, about The figures were obtained by 10,000. By states they were dividstations located in state Checking ed as follows: Idaho, 33,000; Nevada, 3,900, western Wyoming, areas where sportsmen hunted last fall. Number of ducks, spe3,500, and Utah 50,000. cies, sex and other' vital lntorma-Uo8130 BEAR IN was recorded by thecheckers and report on the work was pre WE8TERN AREA pared shy Marcus Nelson of the The report listed some other In- federal aid water fowl research teresting census figures: Black and project. More than'1300 hunters took to brown bear in the area, 5,000; the Jield on antelope,. 7,000; moose. projects mountain sheep, 3,000, and on opening day, according to the goats, 1,800. Estimates for preda- survey. They bagged 4000 ducks, tory animals. Including lynx, bob- most of which were green wing cat, cougar, coyote, wolf and others teal, pintail and mallard. Three totaled 64,000. Coyotes, numbering hundred and sixteen of the hunt47,000, still apparently are able to ers averaged five ducks each on hold their own despite continued Ogden Bay Refuge and the 570 and expensive efforts at control. hunters at Farmington Bay averFur bearing animals were esti- aged 2.4 birds a man. The huntmated at 150,000, with beavers mak- ing was heavy on the public ing up 40,000 of the total.licensed shooting grounds where 400 hunters took 2.7 birds a man. .Some 640 trappers,' and supervised by the state fish HUNTING SLOWS UP and game department and the Figures showed that hunting Fish and Wildlife Service, engagthe state was poor exed la far trapping which resnlted through occasional for cept stormy days, 1.900 of 17,000 coyotes, In a take until the middle pfNoveiTber. beaver, LSOOmarlln snd mink, While the ducks were plentiful, 200 cougars and some 11,000 pelts mud flats around the lake from from - Other- - species valuable for Garfield to the public shooting fur. grounds, west of CorMine, were flooded safe. Huntthem and kept HUNTING MOOSE ing picked up at Thanksgiving OUT OF SEASON when the flats froze solid and the ducks were forced into hunting When book. Here is one for the areas. an Indian In Alaska shot and kill14,188 Through the season, he said he whom ed another Indian hunters on state areas spent an was taken mistook for a moose, he average of four hours each in to Anchorage for trial. Although the field. They shot 24,492 ducks, not was the manslaughter charge 234 Canadian geese, 229 snow geese, pressed, the Indian was convicted 400 coots and 74 fish ducks. Most closed moose of hunting during of the snow geese were shot at and was sentenced to 90 Farmington Bay and the best Caseason days in jail. nadian goose hunting was at Clear I.ake, west of Fillmore. A cottonit believe I Would you SOME LEFT BEHIND wood tre,7 luo Jett in diameter, Further figures showed that for bottrowing in m grove in a river every eight ducks brought in, one tom, uses 4 00 gallon s of water dur- was left in the marsh where the ing an average lummer day. Don't hunter failed to get it either 'because of deep water or thick rushask ut how the expert $ of the F Resource s Branch of the Geo- es. Mr. Hunter traveled 29 logical Survey figured that one out. miles, Average took one friend with him, and shot 9.1 shells to get 1.7 ducks. About 5000 boxes of shells were shot, but the cost of gasoline pont for hunting trips was about twice that spent for shells. Other vital statistics on the hunt- Is Report S' ,THE SPORTSMAN It took Utah duck hunters 9.1 shells for every 1.7 ducks killed last fall, but they- - spent more for gasoline than ammunition, figures released today, by the fish and game department showed. Following are road and ki PossibilityHhat the annual In- conditions at the Intermountain termountain ski jumping Cham- winter sports centers as released pionships, scheduled for Feb, 22 by the U. S. Weather Bureau at Ecker Hill, would be post- and the U. S. Forest Service: cancelled was seen here Alta Powdered .snow surface. ' poned today. - Vic Johansen of the Utah' Ski of Club, who has been in charge lining up entries fonthe big meet, said no ski jumpers of note were available, for that date and that he would contact Art Roth of Ogden, Intermountain secretary of the Amateur Ski Association, to determine If the meet can be shifted to a week-enin March. TOKLE WIRES BACK Johansen said he had been in touch with Torger Tokle, national champ, and other nationally-knowjumpers byt that they were signed up for other meets on Feb 22. The army has taken many of the nation's best jumpers out of circulation, he reported. Tokle wired Wednesday that he. would be unable to enter the Intermountain Championships. SNOW GOOD AT ECKER Snow conditions at Ecker Hill are reported excellent, arid the meet, said Johansen, could be run off in March when jumpers would be available. Only sanctioned meet scheduled for March, at present, is the three-wacombined downhill, giant slalom 6, 7 and 8. . n d i f . i state-owne- " Sage Hen, Grouse Near Extinction Here The native sage hen and ruffed grouse have almost disappeared In ringUtah, but the introduced necked pheasant is thriving, today said Mark Anderson, director of the Fish and Game Department. the Andersom in summarzing conservation picture in the state, sucreported that conservation has and ceeded with some species failed with others. In some cases, foreign Epecies have thrived better than native species persecution, Despite continual the pheasant is thriving throughsaid. Anderson state. out the Of other wildlife conditions, he -- ing follow: OTHER REPORT ITEMS At Farmington Bay, 5,177 hunters shot 5566 ducks: at Ogden Bay 5,173 hunters shot' 12,254 ducks; at the Public Shooting Grounds, 1,984 3.661 ducks; at hunters bagged Clear Lake, 1100 hunters shot 639 at- Locomotive ducks; . Springs. 238 hunters shot 834 ducks, and at Stewart's Lake, 510 hunters bagged 1,438 ducks. From the figures, it is apparent that Ogden Bay Refuge offered the most successful shooting considering the number of hunters and the fact they traveled an average dis- tance of only 26 miles. Locomotive Site For I ASAs Three-Wa- y SNOW BASIN'S downhill course which will test Intermouhlnin skiers tomorrow, as the area's top performers fight it out for combined slalom, downhill and jumping honors, Is pictured herel showing The vertical drop of 2,000 feet. The two-mil- e Idalio Fish, Finish Parley 14 Feb. (Special! State fish and game officials today wound up a three-daschool, plan- BOISE, y ned to acquaint department per- sonnel with various phases of the state's wildlife program, and made plans to attend the annual meeting of the Idaho Wildlife Federation here tomorrow. Todays sessions were devoted to administration problems witn talks by J. 0. Beck, new department director; Allen N. Miller, fish and game department chief clerk, and Elwood Grimes, clerk. Chief Justice Raymond L. Givens of the state supreme court, Lay Enforcement Commissioner J. L. Baiderston, W. B. Dillon. FBI agent: Prosecuting Attorney Kenneth OLcarv of Ada County, and Robert S. Bach, Fish and Wildlife Service law enforcement officer for Southern Idaho, spoke yesterday on law enforcement. Thursday speakers included: Secretary of State George H. Curtis. Ed Seattle fur expert; Orval Bagiev, state trapper; John Boyle, director Of federal aid projects in Idaho; William Rush of Portland, former agent of the Biological Survey; William Marshall, biologist for the Fish and Wildlife Service, and John W. Smith, district con'r' servation officer. Springs yielded an average hag of 4.4 ducks a man, hut the average man had to travel IK) miles to the area. Hunters were most congested ,at Farthington Bay where the average hag limit was i.l ducks a man. and said Grace Petersen, club director. Some 40 club members have been taking weekly ski lessons at Alta, she reported, and the two day outing will be their first opportunity for actual competition. The clubs complete winter program issued todav follows; Bear Gulch (Ashton, Ida). Six inches new powder snow over packed base. Skiing very good. Roads good. Carry chains. Sun Valley Powder surface. Excellent skiing and skating. , Maryland Hat BALTIMORE, My Feb. 14. (Special) A couple of muskrats on the Blackwater National Wild- -' life Refuge in Maryland have-gon- an 23 Carry chains. Timpanogos (North Fork of Provo Canyon) One inch new powder snow. Skiing good. Tow operating Sunday. Road open. Carry chains. Summit Valley.. (Logan) Four inches powder snow over medium crusted base. Skiing good. Tow operating. Roads good. Chains Up, Go High Mountain Alta WASHINGTON, D. C Feb. 14. Indian soldiers are in (Special) high hat. Instead of building their home in a bank or on the shallow water of the marsh, this couple selected an old tree trunk as the site of a "muskrat penthouse." Instead of the usual the ranks in the Hawaiian IsPhilippines, in the lands, and in the strategic military posts of Alaska, according to re- plunge-holentrance, good ports received here today by the enough for common PARK TO BRIGHTON Feb.: 2 1 23 An nual moonlight United States Office fo Indian Af- this duo of, Tur animalsmuskrats, climb a.1 trip from Park City to Brighton fairs. wooden twisting, to open a holiday weekend of Foremost in rank is Gen. Clar- stairway to reach their nest. ence L. Tinker, Osage Indian, who skiing. The youngsters will probabiv March, 8 Brighton to Alta tour- heads the Hawaiian Air Forces. A number of Southwest Indians practice high diving from the ing trip. iti the Far East penthouse roof. March 15 Touring Cardiff Fork were stationed early this fall. Among four Ales-of Big. r March 22 Annual cross country calero Apaches, reported at several months ago, trip from Red Pine Fork of Little regidor one ofj to Alpine. descendant of , Geronimo, Cottonwood Canyon in history. This trip will be for experienced the greatest warriors 5.000 United States (It required skiers only. troops, 500 Indian auxiliar - 1 KJctlillfy March Overnight to Ben Army of and and number unknown ies, lSXllIlg Lomond. to force civilians Geronimos small GLACIER NATIONAL PARK SPONSOR BIG MEET 8 35 101 of band and men, (Special) Angling waters in Glac- April 5 Intermountain Lang-lau- f women and children boys, to surrender er National Park should be teem-n- g at Brighton, sponsored by the after months of the ini with trout next year as the fighting club. Southwest and in the mountains of of extensive recent fish plantApril 12 Climb up Mt! Ogden. Mexico.) ings, according to the Fish and April 19 Touring up Broads Good-- , Wildlife Service. A letter from Innocent Fork. of Standing Rock house, Sioux, A total of 2,722,363 fry, finger-linApril Overnight at Alta Reservation, N. Dak., stated that and yearling rainbow, brook,' and erbss country from Alta to about 100 Indians were in train- and trout, with art Cardiff Fork. States Army over-al- l blackspotted United the at. ing weight of 8,979 ,a pounds, Anv skier interested may take militarv Alaska. was distributed at Anchorage, post during the past the club trips, said Petersen. 4,000 IN .ARMY season in fishing waters in the . Over 4,000 Indtans were in the park by National Park Service United States Army by October 1, angers from the Federal hatch, 1941 not including officers. Many erv at Qreston ar in actual numbers, Indians have enlisted since blackspotted was declared, indicating that the trout predominated in the planting: be will record Indian probably 0f ings parts these, weighing 3.437 j750268 muskrat even greater than m the last war. p0untjSi werc distributed through- be replaced in the field by Approximately 1200 saw Indians About 8,000 forlicenses military have been area. out bolts About 336,000 brook and many trapping the removing four The majority of trout with a could be made from machines of warded to agents throughout Utah, service ip 1917-1of 3,845 weight eliit was reported today by the Fish them, as- noncitizens, were not one design. pounds and 636,000 rainbow trout and Game Department. gible for the draft. It was because weighing 1,679 Vi pounds completed The licenses, which sell for- - $5 of the Indians splendid showing the seasons stocking program iij each permit and trapping of in the last war lhat Congress ex- the park. muskrats under provisions of a tended citizenship in 1924 to all .This record of 7 distribution beproclamation issued by the com- BIndians born in the United States. comes doubly impressive since the mission. Since muskrat trapping t;lacler hatchery, a comparatively Inthe" IndianstheP was prohibited last fall, the sup- barticullrlv one has been in fuU Pera Intel-reusual. ply will be greater Than tion onlv duHn ,he Paft season- sciJe and The proclamation said that after Hgence 14. In- GOODING, Feb. (API an investigation it was deemed raiding beyond' enemy lines Seven of the dozen starters m the a(lvisabl0 secret Deer Horns t0 open the trapping, dian languages proved a annual Gooding i)uUav baketball scilson f0r muskrat only durinsr COfe wich completely baffled the The number of points on the still in the iun - ,(be Tournament antlers of a deer is not a reliable iCguar season from Feb. i5Cermans. the Indians Ining for championship prize nton- are Today pr j indication of the animal's age. lev after a dny ofhigtvspccd action in a modern to fight and scoring thrills." Tf YTH movement". mechanized of army Commissioner of Indian Affairs Remaining in the qhasc for S150 sUallO IJ liOXPrS nv defenf-- borwls M ero .iorome Pointed--ou- t Stale Edge RedOregon Burlcv Elks, Shoshone "Rural Indian youth today is MOSCOW. Pocatello skins. American Kalis. Idaho, .Feb, more at home wjth ... mechanized The GoodSouthern Branch University of Idaho equipment than were their fathboxing team national' collegiate ers in the last war,1 the Commising Lions and Hailey. Three clubs; Gooding. Shoshone titlist, edged out Oregon State sioner said. As proof one need and American Falls entered to- College last night, 5 to 3. only look at the thousand and one on days final stretch with unblemish- - Hottest fight of the evening was jobs they have accomplished in the ed. records. Me. Bill class. the Indian C. C. C., the roads, Fadclen of at Oregon State rapping bridges, dams, and telephone1 lines Saturday morning play starts 9 oclock when Burlcv tangles with Warren Briggs of Idaho to the they have built in the past 10 the powerful Pocatelloans. Good- canvas just as the gong clanged year, and the specialized Diesel-moto- r to end the and unbeaten. Each both had ing Jerome, argument; and other types of training collide at 10:10 a.m. and at ll:20,taken a round and the knockdown they have excelled in at the FedShoshone and Hailey begin an won the tile for McFadden. eral Indian vocational schools. Don Hawkins, O. S. C., J53- elimination fray. The afternoon session opens atpoundcr. scored a O J oclock with an fncounter be-- technical knockout over Darrell Sun Valley Makes tween American Falls and the win- - Lott of Idaho, Plahs For Ski Meet From Ford to Cadillac ner of. the Goodfng-Jeromgame. SUN VALLEY'. Feb. 14. (AP) I rwomore. contests precede Satur.-daW ithout a Ping I There wili be competition-class- es Antelope 'Numbers nights championship clash. Before the coming of white for almost, weryone in the Sun The Little Retail Station With. not Valley Ski Club meet Feb. 22 acmen, there were probably Wholesale Ware Woodchuck Chucks less than 30 to 40 millian prong- cording to Secretary E. C. Jilli, The woodchuck, or groundhog, horned antelopes in. the United including an open division for in- 1 3'h SO. and WEST TEMPLE Vis a vegetarian. structors and experts. States and Mexico. front-fightin- e one-inc- T well-wor- 1 GlaCier Park Anglers Expect lllnrnvPfl 28-2- - re-u- lt g, 25-2- Licenses For Trapping On Sale -- Seven Quints Still In Idaho Outlaw Tourney lT' v 1 A j. - " ( proj- .Even the fishi in tire rearing Mounof Great Smoky Uiins National Pj rk are making defense.. sacrifices for national have Advancing, prices in meat made It necessary to change their diet from sheep liver to pig liver and melts, .which cost approximately 50 per cent less. According to reports, the fish accepted the . charige without a murmur. - John-Colli- . irriga-- Fish Do Their Bit Jav-cce- s, All-Star- ... r Course IIe'sNot riili j umping WK MIGHT SAY this ski jumper, happens to be Torger Tokle, Norwegian . who star, is between heaven and earth as he soars downward on the Snoqualmie ski slides npar Seat- - , Muskrats Act An. by the Club of Salt Lake in Feb. 22 to Skiing excellent, but confined to tested, safe slopes. Lift operating. Road open. - Carry chains. Brighton Powdered snow surface. Snow unstable on steep, open slopes. Skiing excellent. Tow oper-atinAlpine skating rink open. Road good, but carry ghains. Rasmussens Three inches new simw. Skiing excellent. Roads good. Ecker Hill Three inches new snow. Skiing excellent. Tow operating. Roads good. Carry chains. Daniels Canyon Skiing good. Some 6 inches of snow. Roads open. d with experime n t a plantings of paprika, peppers and m sage on the Yakima project Washington promises a commer-- i cial acreage of spice crops on the of project" next year.. Cessation and spice imports from Europe tl.e demonstrated success of ex-- : . perirr.ental plantings, make spice Success . y Indians active winter sports program outlined Wasatch Rank High gets underway earnest and with the InU. S. overnight, trip Army clubs annual races, today anti-aircra- A Spicy Story pounds Wasatch Club Skiers Arrange o JACK WELCH What this country needs is more crackpots- - rackpots like (le Wright brothers, for example, who invented the airplane, says a news story out of Washington, emphasizing the necessity for new inventions that will lend impetus to our military efforts. Ta encourage such crackpots f the 'SationaJ Inventors Council a shed which was taken over by was formed, to receive and exthe army, and turned out plans amine ideas which, while they for an improved and efficient fantastic, may appear possibly h.and granade. Now Tie has an contain germs of ideas that will designed to some new "secret combat dive gun into' develop bombers which has is council headed The weapons. won favorable comment from by C. E. Kettering, himself no ordnance experts. field. in inventive the tryo It is electrically operated and Most of us have been content fires 90 explosive shells to roam the open in pursuit of in from three to five seconds. firearms with game carrying The electric operation permits inwhirh we were well satisfied, stantaneous sighting, as comconfident that American manucumbersome crankfacturers turn out the best in pared with ing necessary in present antithe world. However, military reaircraft guns, - the inventor quirements are slightly differHe says the . weapon claims. some ent, and it's there that would have an accurate range cracks, gun of at least a mile. through a spark of genius, may EFFECTIVE RANGE will device a that help produce "Present guns light enough to set the dictators back on their be aimed accurately aren't heavy axis. enough to be effective, he points Usually the gun crank becomout. "If a bullet hit-- s the gasoes acquainted with shotguns line tank the tank seals. Unless and rifles through hunting exthe projectile hits a vital motor is his interest then peditions. part of the pilot it might just as so aroused that he sets up a litwell never have been fired. tle workshop , in his basement The superior feature of this and does some experimenting on gun are that it can be accurately his own hook. aimed and can pepper the air GUV - . with explosivedmllets. And A case in point was called to hits even the wing of a plane mv attention the other day. The the explosion would tear the wing off. The bullet is designed to carInventor, employed as technician at an industrial plant, has ry an explosive many times as devoted his spare hours for many powerful as TNT. It is a tracer years to experimenting with new pullet that explodes on impact. The gun is water cooled with centypes of military arms and shells. trifugal pumps, and friction is During the last war he perfected carried on ball bearings. Work- if given half a chance. Conservation has also restored the beaver almost exterminated in Pioneer times. Waterfowl species are generally on the increase." .s n meet got underway today with slalom events. Downhill races are scheduled for 11 a.m. tomorrow, and jumping events will follow at 1:30 p.m. The Basin's downhill course is rated one of the finest ski touring setups in the country, Sportsmen Supply Game Leaders s Combined Championships reported: "The German brown trout, once established is able to withstand much more fishing and adverse stream conditions than our naThe German carp tive trout. will crowd out any and all native fish. Among the most thrifty of native game species is the mule It probably is more abun-- ! deer. dant In Utah todav than at anv time in the past. Elk also tlune cultivation on declamation ects appear profitable to tion farmers. Skiing Good At Local Sites Competitors Just Over The Mountain tle, Wash, Tokle, who had been Invited to participate in the Intermountain jumping championships at Ecker Hill, Feb. 22, wired this week he would be unable to accept. third-roun- ASOLINE d 1 e -- v - -- . : |