Show Fish Game Is Bi Big B Business siness In En Utah Sportsmen in Utah spend 44 million a year and some million of oC this goes to Utah business men That was the gist of a talk given at the Ephraim Lions Club meeting Monday night by Lee Kay chief of of public relations and education for the U Utah t ta a ii 11 State Department of Fish and Game He listed the expenditures of oC sportsmen fr from m within and without without without with with- out the state state-in state quite some detail de detail detail de- de tail and indicated that they spent some million f for o r equipment supplies maintenance ance dogs etc 10 8 million for transportation a and n d 7 million for food and lodging in connection connection connection tion with fishing and trips They pay some 16 million million mil mil- lion to the state and federal g governments for fishing and h hunting licenses and federal waterfowl waterfowl waterfowl wa wa- stamps Mr Kay compared this with the income from some of the theother theother theother other big businesses In in U Uta Utah t a Ii h like million received from the sale of cattle and calves in inthe inthe inthe the state in a year 25 million income from the dairy industry industry industry indus indus- try 13 million from turkeys 43 million from coal etc Mr Kay said the Fish a and n d Game department is NOT against against against a- a use of the range range for grazing grazing grazing graz graz- ing purposes but believes whole wholeheartedly wholeheartedly wholeheartedly heartedly in dual use of range for domestic livestock wild lf life e and re recreation He also told of extensive work being done by the department to in increase increase increase in- in crease food for the game animals ani ani- mals orals a and d livestock Others Present Also present at the meeting were Golden Sanderson of Fairview Fairview Fair Fair- view chairman o of the State Fish and Bud Game Commission Ray K Bohne of Mt Pleasant Lions District Governor and O Or V. V V. Anderson of Mt Pleasant a fish and game warden Mr Sanderson spoke briefly and told his listeners that Fish and Game is big business a big organization and that the money money money mon mon- ey received is well spent He Tie also told of problems en encountered encountered encountered en- en countered in trying to red reduce c deer herds to a point the animals animals animals ani ani- mals can b be supported by the available feed Because of the extra hunts the the prolonged seasons seasons sea sea- sons etc some some so-called so sportsmen sports sports- mep men seem to to think think no res restraint raint is necessary in killing deer and so kill the animals wantonly and then just let them lie to spoil He said the deer should be considered considered considered con con- a v valuable l able crop that is raised to harvest not to destroy The Lions Lions' voted to take a full page advertisement In the Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete Rambouillet and Junior Livestock Show premium book Mr Bohne invited the Ephraim Ephraim Eph- Eph raim laim Lions to bring their minstrel minstrel minstrel min min- show to Mt Pleasant and also asked Ephraim and S Snow n now o w College to furnish a program for forthe for forthe forthe the Lions state model luncheon luncheon lunch- lunch eon con to be held In Salt Lake City on June 6 After Arter the meeting at the Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim II Hotel tel the Fish and Game people most of the Lions and anda a number of other citizens met metat metat metat at the Snow College Little Theatre Theatre Theatre The The- atre for the showing of wild life liCe films and nd for a further discussion discussion discussion discus discus- discus discus- sion concerning f fishing ish i n g and hunting use of the range etc 0 o o. o Richard F F. and Audrey Perkins Perkins Perkins Per Per- kins and two children Lani and Freddie spent the week end at atthe atthe atthe the home of Ross and Armada Cox returning to their home in inVernal inVernal inVernal Vernal Sunday afternoon The Coxes met them In Provo a and n d brought the children to Ephraim while hile Fritz and Audrey stayed for a geology Y Y geology banquet and the Montana BYU-Montana game before coming to Ephraim |