Show GAME V 16 11 g A anestin n end cad resting place tor for waterfowl that will be the finest in the world is the end to which a committee called by governor mabey is working following rol lowing a meeting held in the governors offices friday a committee was appointed to draw up resolutions embodying the consensus of opinion of those present this was wag done saturday and the resolutions were presented to governor mabey I 1 the plan has the hearty cooperation of officials of the united states biolo biological i survey two of these being present and assisting in drawing up the resolutions lut ions it Is said that there is a large area encompassing about square miles in box elder county in the dear bear river valley which is fit jor for nothing else but a reserve tor for waterfowl water toul foul but which Is an ideal place tor or such a reserve the federal representatives are ot of the opinion that thai there will be no trouble to get the federal government to set aside lands adjacent abent to those set aside by the state it if the state takes the initiative we have put the plan up to the governor said R K hardy who was secretary of the committee 1 I think we have made the proposition plain and we shall await his pleasure in the matter we are of the opinion however that there will be some action taken up by him with the legislature before it adjourns the present session the members of the committee are R H state fish and game commissioner H S stone george cgeorge E holman ot of the united states biological survey J F bowman chairman R IC hardy secretary david jensen state senator from weber county A I 1 R Alc Intyre representative from weber county james knudsen of box elder county I 1 IT fisher perty pert y burnham harold P fabian D H aladden al AI hestmark anard and W bur gess tile the resolutions presented to the governor are as follows your committee to discuss ways and means to provide for the preservation and creation of game preserves I 1 begs leave to report to you as follows that after a very full and tree free discussion of the phases of the question which discussion was joined in by representatives of the biological survey of the department of agriculture of the he united states it was unanimously ly agreed that tile the legislature 1 first pass such necessary legislation as will set aside as a permanent 0 public hunting ground and as a nesting breeding and resting place for or waterfowl water toul foul such lands as may be found suitable tor for said purpose situate in box elder county and bordering or adjacent to bear river and bordering or adjacent to great salt lake that said lands when so designated and set aside be administered and controlled by the fish and game department of the state of utah second that the legislature memorialize ori alize congress requesting the federal government to take similar steps atwith ith relation to all public lands in box elder county state of utah similarly situated and tor for like purpose |