Show Cities Hearted deer taken during 1B58 and for the continuing high hunter success ratio Records show the best hunter distribution over the state was achieved during the past year grams Such services are design This is credited mainly to the ed to weaknesses and diversity of hunts and seasons set how they may be overcome by the Board of Big Game Con"The final responsibility how- trol to attract hunters into the ever in strengthening-sucpro- problem areas grams rests squarely with the New access roads built into agencies concerned and the deinaccessible areas previously gree to which the public will also added to the better hunter support them’’ Mr Badger condistribution and harvest' cluded The final figures are annually compiled from kill card reports of As Major Cause checking station records checks of hunters afield and other sources Department director J Perry Egan today thanked all sportsmen who had returned kill cards deer tags checked through the various stations or in any way contributed to the general information necessary to compiling these records He noted that this Information becomes doubly important as it is used in forecasting future management practices to maintain the state's deer herds in a healthy balance with the available range Of 1056 Utah Traffic Dsaths Traffic accidents in the cities of Utah were the principal cause increase in traffic of Utah’s deaths during 1050 over those in 1953 This was the significant fact revealed in a special analysis just completed by the Utah Safety Council Salt Lake City’s record was the most important single factor in the 76 per cent increase in fatal accidents in 1956 in Utah cities of over 5000 population The comparison f&r such cities were 167 fatal traffic accidents resulting in 203 deaths in 1953 In 1956 there were 176 fatal traffic accidents causing 214 deaths "These facts bear out the direct ratio between accident experience and the amount of congestion and enforcement activity ” Ashby J Badger vice president of Traffic of the Utah Safety Council stated “Failure to keep pace with today's requirements for better controls in critical factors such as increased enforcement personnel selective enforcement adequate training proper engineering controls and similar deficiencies must be identified as one of the principal reasons for these increases" Mr Badger said Until such deficiencies at both state and local levels are overcome Utah will continue to experience mounting increases in traffic deaths and injuries the He Council spokesman added emphasized that the Cbuncil has greatly increased its services to the cities of Utah in evaluating their accident prevention pro Deer hunters in Utah harvested 122585 animals during the 1956 hunting seasons according to recently compiled data from department of fish and game offices This figure show an increase oi 10678 deer over the 1955 kill of 111917 animals taken by hunters during the previous year Hunter success remained high as 71 of all regular license hunters bagged an animal The hunter success using special permits and antlerless tags was 81 and 74 respectively Total kill records including all deer hunts show a 64 buck and 36 doe harvest during the 1956 season The figures also show that 142703 hunters during 1956 were properly licensed to hunt deer in Utah either through the purchase of a big game or combination hunting and fishing license Of this number 9027 did not hunt leaving 133676 regular license holders afield during the seasons Of the total kill 94870 deer were taken on the regular license The balance or 27715 were harvested on special or extra antlerless tags to bring the final total to the above 122585 animals Several factors are listed to account for the record number i 31 AT BARRETT'S PACKING PLANT In Sallna -- O- Everyone Invited FREE REFRESHMENTS AND TOUR OF THE MODERN FACILITIES AM UFU Annual Convention ol--j (SChguitoOoR 557 OVviacClS 5 PM TO ily Designed to save your dollars ! --O- 11 Elect Officers At is y OPEN HOUSE- Sunday March GiiniohneVs taking steps to preserve famfarming Mr Simpson said Gunnison Sanpete County Utah delegates drafted the March 21 1957 Fage 4 state program for the year with Thurs a series of resolutions Prominent among the resolutions were GUNNISON VALLEX NEWS statements advocating: price Published every Thursday at supports of all farm produce at Entered at the 100 per cent of parity support Gunnison Utah Post Office at Gunnison Utah a of U S Senator Arthur V Watmatter under the kins' bill to establish a National act qf Congress of March 3 1879 Grazing Reserve government credit agencies broadening of Wesley Cherry the Social Security program to include farmers support of farm program administration by farmers themselves and continued effort to implement the UTAH STATI SOaATlOH preference clause in the Upper Colorado River project A N A II O N I EDITORIAL This preference clause provides for government-buil- t transa sTo c Fa t i"o n mission lines and generating ‘AFmiATfMIMIM units to carry electric power to load stations where sm&ll REA and power com- president of the Utah Cattlereprepanies couid feasibly take ad- men's Assn vantage of the Upper Colorado sentative Clarence Palmer Jay power potential Bingham chairman Utah Water Farmers Union said it would and Power Board Utah GoverDouglai T Simpson Kamas presides over Utah Farmers support a new organization to nor George D Clyde Utah Cowork toward actual implementa- operative Assn Manager W B Union Board of Directors Robins and assistant manager planning action on resolutions tion of the preference clause A resolution on taxation ask- Justin C Stewart approved at recent Fourth Annual Convention ed for a decrease of the tax burden on low income groups Utah Farmers Other speakers for the Union directors this week were meet included State Sen Alonzo planning action on a bevy of F Hopkin County) resolutions approved at the organization’s Fourth Annual Convention February 21st and 22nd in Salt Lake City Closing session saw approval of an expansive state program and election of eight members to the board of directors Douglas T Simpson Kamas was to his position as president Starting a term as vice president is Jesse S Tuttle Castle Dale and continued as secretary is Carl A Larson of Salt Lake City ITacCi-PoiKS- G Other board members elected were Foster Reese Smlthfield Douglas A Bergson Cornish Raleigh Williams Spanish Fork Joe Malnar Neola W Wallace Holman Delta Evart Jensen of Ephraim The convention centered the problem of the disapGuest pearing family farmer speaker for the annual banquet TWICE-PROVE- D was James G Patton president National Farmers Union Denver Colorado A plan to cut down farm production to the Economy proved and performance proved point where it affected prices on the GM Proving Ground was offered by the NFU presiand an the Alcan Highway to Alaska dent Mr Patton advocated restriction of farm production to Already proved In the hands af nearly achieve higher prices making 100000 owners supply and demand work in the farmers favor instead of penalizas ing him for his production at present He said when farmers do a Here's the hardest working good job of producing they are penalized by the fall in farm pickup of the yearl instead of being reprices warded From smart now grille to Chevrolet offers the most modem "Perhaps a line should be drawn representing a price that tido panels pkkup of all! will return a parity of farm inon th pickup box make for easier come and no commodity allowtid loading And there are no ed to cross that line unless it wheel housing bulges in the body to brings that price” Mr Patton taka up valuable load space You said concealed Safety Steps panoHe continued "If the volume ramic visibility of farm production was reduced You get all the latest cab by only one per cent the avercomfort and safety features age price received by farmers would Increase six seven or even ten per cent This is the factor in reverse" he said "which has worked against us" Mr Patton stated Earlier “Farm income is only about 44 per cent of a reasonable definition of 'parity of income' for farmers" The NFU president said farmers have no bargaining power in the market and advocated bigger and better organization of farm groups Mr Patton also described what he called two major "hoaxes" — cheap feed and the 'sliding scale The sliding scale he said neither ended the nor the surpluses but put farmers even deeper in the For modern features hole Cheap feed policies he you can bo suro of said eventually meant a lowering In livestock prices — cheip livestock Using history si a reference Mr 81mpson earlier cited the family farm system as one of America's strongest weapons BlgSost Seller Biggest Savors against Communism and stressed the need for action to keep the small fanner on his land He said countries where the land is owned by only a few persona provide fertile fields for Only frsnthlttd Chevrolet dsslsn dlspliy this Ismout btdsmsik growth of Communism more than 100000 Today farm families a year are leaving their land and coming to the rity The UFU head expressed his belief that loss of these farmers Is one of America’s greatest problems Utah Farmers Union Utah Farmers THE ONLY Fertilize HOW for harvest dollars ! 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