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Show COMMITTEE IS SURE LOOKING AFTERJTHE 'ELK John Christiansen, Lowis Edwards, C. W. Hansen, E. I. Stewart, Harry Stoney, William K. Robblns nnd Ed Spcncor, the first six members of tho Fish and Gamo commlttco of tho Commercial Club and tho latter In tho forestry scrvlco, took n trip Into tho mountains east of Logan yesterday yester-day for tho purpose of determining how tho herd of elk aro farcing and as reports wero current that tho elk were getting low on the foothills this commlttco decided to drive them back Into tho hills. Desplto tho fact that It woh storming storm-ing tho commlttco left at 8 o'clock by horseback and when they returned return-ed at 12 o'clock noon they wero wet to the skin, having weathered a blizzard bliz-zard of rain, hall and snow from tho the tlmo they left tho city. Whllo they did not see tho elk they found evidences of their being several miles east of Providence. Theso evidences evi-dences wero shown from fresh (racks encountered on the trip. Tho boys report that thoy never weathered a rougher storm, and when thoy arrived homo for dlnnor the wearing apparel was so wet that thoy had to chango ojry article. How-ovor How-ovor tho boys woro pretty gamo and stayed togothor until nftor lunch which was taken In tho workshop of Edwards Furnlturo storo. A flro was built and tho lunch that had been carried with them on tho trip mado a spread that would mako ninny a soldier In tho German army feel that ho had been fed on tho best luxuries of tho day wero ho to bo dined In such a fashion. After rehearsing Incidents of tho trip, which wero most thrilling, tho raembora of tho committee returned homo to recclvo tho usual scoldings from "tho girl thoy left behind them,1' whllo Messrs Edwards and Hansen put In a full day In tho said work shop on n nice soft bed In closo proximity prox-imity to tho stove which evaporated from tho clothes, tho waters which had accumulated as a result of tha trip in tho Providence hills. |