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Show PROTECTION OF GAME Arrangements have just been completed com-pleted whereby agreement is made between be-tween the Game department of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, and the District Forester of District 4, for cooperation between the state and government officials of-ficials in the protection of game and the enforcement of the game laws. The National forests are the natural habitats habi-tats of big game animals and it is there that protection is especially desirable and essential. The agreements set forth that all forest officers on the National forests of District. 4 who can be of assistance in enforcing the game laws will be appointed ap-pointed deputy state game wardens to aid, as far as is consistent with their regular duties, in enforcing the game laws. Forest offi i. es will also make an effort to ascertain the number of big game animals killed each season and to obtain a census of the nurnoer of deer, elk, moose, mountain sheep and antelope within their respective districts. They will report the condition of the big game ana make all suggestions possible for its perpetuation. In turn the state game warden will assist the forest service in discovering, reporting, and extinguishing forest fires. Therefore, it is evident that mucn mutual good should result through the cooperation of state and government govern-ment officials. The wild game is a very material asset as-set of the states, supplying as it does not only a considerable amount of food of great intrinsic value, but also furnishing fur-nishing sport and recreation to thousands. thous-ands. It is therefore economically important im-portant that it be conserved. The forest for-est service is interested in the conservation conserva-tion of all the natural resources of the areas over which they have jur.sdiction, timber, water, and forage, and in addition ad-dition game animals. in carrying out his agreement with the states, the district forester has already al-ready recommended for appointment as deputy sta game wardens 179 forest for-est officers in District 4, of which G5 are for Utah, 90 for Idaho, and 24 for Wyoming. These accessions will constitute con-stitute a very big addition to the number numb-er of men of the Game department in the employ of the states. There is a very healthy sentiment a-mong a-mong the people in favor of a strict enforcement en-forcement of the game laws. The public pub-lic generally appreciates that only j through good game laws and their strict and impartial enforcement can the earh' ; extinction of the big game animals be avoided, and in view of its great economic eco-nomic importance to the states they realize re-alize that the disappearance of the big game would be a calamity to the west, robbing it of one of its interesting, j valuable und distinctive features I 1 |