Show NAVAJO L AKE LOOMS AS FISHING SPOT navajo lake in kane county will bo be one ofie ot of tho the greatest fishing areas in tile the west when the cedar city sportsmen complete improvements on tho the lake newell B coote cook state fish and game commissioner declares the T he improvements I 1 consist mainly ot of an 1800 foot like dike across the east cast end at 0 the 60 lake inko to keep the tha water from draining into a series of holes approximately 2000 already has been spent spend on the dike and probably adoth or er will bo be spent before the work will be complete the state fish and dept and the cedar city sportsman have shared alike in tho the expenses thus tar far evelyn parry gano game warden has boen been in charge ot of the construction the dam when completed will be than a year ago when the sportsmen of that neighborhood neigh boyhood asked the state fish and game game department to match dollars wit with h them on tho the construction this the department agreed to do and a drive headed by fred bolderman president ot of the cedar city P fish ih and game came association J P P fuller ul and arthur fife netted approximately 1000 the state contributed a like amount the first dike was put across tho the end ot of the lake a few years ago by tho the sportsmen working with wheelbarrows so successful was that experiment peri ment it was decided to build up on it A much larger scale til tb dam when completed will be fifteen feet high it will raise the lovel level ol of navajo lake about ten feet it will be ba wide enough on top to permit mata a roadway I and an effort will be boa made to havethe have the branch forest road crois cross the dike anstad of along the east end shore of the lake I 1 A he adgate and a spillway will be installed to release water to acors on the virgin river watershed commissioner cook announces that the state fish and game department 1 ls A JiIn jin ang gp 11 Installing another anoil bat tery or of rearing bearin 9 bonds at aa the Pa gultch c ft I 1 hatchery to a supply u aply navajo lake when the improvements on it are done cook declara that navajo can bo be made ma do a second fish lake and will become a real factor in attracting tourists to that section of the state navajo lake or duck lake as it Is often call called ed la is unique in that its only outlet Is the ilni ot tic buies a 8 some of the water in the lake comes from oth th adjacent hillsides hill sides but a good bit ot at the abo supply comes through the breathing springs which gush forth water every few minutes the main highway from long valley and bryco bryce canyon to cedar city and cedar breaks is on the north side of and adjacent to the lake in places tribune |