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Show Annual Meeting of Fish and Game Club Held Monday Eve by Beaver County Sportsmen at County Seat State Game Commissioner Newell New-ell B. Cook Gives Interesting Talk Dues for 1932 Reduced to 50c and Officers Elected An enthusiastic meeting of the sportsmen of the Beaver County Fish and Game club was held in Beaver Monday night. This was the annual meeting of the association, which was organized about twelve years ago. Members fronn botn Milford and Beaver were present. Newell B. Cook, state game commissioner, com-missioner, William Whitney, superintendent superin-tendent of the state fish hatchery at Springville, and A. L. Turpin of the state fish and game department were present at the gathering and gave interesting in-teresting talks. Mr. Cook reveiwed the fish and game situation in this state, stressing the asset of big game in this state and particularly to Beaver county. The deer crop, Mr. Cook alleged, was of equal values to the people here of any other crop raised. He presented figures compiled during the deer season sea-son of the average cost of each person per-son in getting his deer, the number of hunters checked in the Beaver mountains during the season and the number of deer killed, which showed that one dollar a pound was left in Beaver county for every deer taken out. Mr. Turpin and Mr. Whitney also made interesting talks, the latter telling of the efforts of raising pheasants phea-sants and the success that is being-attained being-attained at the state game farm. Mr. Whitney stated that the value of each female bird released was placed at $3.00; that this bird would hatch two bi'oods each year ma'.dng an average of twelve pheasants, thus each female pheasant was worth $36.00 to the county. He made a plea to protect the female pheasants. Ranger Christensen gave a few points of the work of guarding the range for the benefit of both the stockmen and sportsmen ,and that by co-operation and systematic elimination elimina-tion in congested areas of deer and stock, there would be ample grazing for both on the National forests. Plans were suggested by the board for establishing camps during the hunting season next fall in favorable spots v over the mountain, where the hunters could find accomodations, guides and horses. It is believed that these camps would be an incentive for bringing in more hunters and a greater revenue derived from their visits. The plan received heary approval ap-proval of both the state game commissioner com-missioner and club members. The annual election of officers followed fol-lowed the discussion of fish and game matter. Jack Miller, of Beaver, was elected president for the ensuing year; Pratt Root, of Milford, vice president; Arnold Ashworth of Beaver, Beav-er, secretary and treasurer. For directors di-rectors of the club, the following were elected by acclamation: Art Meredith, Ed Larsen and Bernett Swindlehurst, of Beaver, and Frank Osborn and Rue Nielson of Milford. In a desire to secure a large membership mem-bership in the organization during the coming year, arid considering the present economic cpndition, it was voted to reduce the membership fee to the club for the year 1932, from one dollar to fifty cents. Practically all present at the meeting enrolled for the coming year and a drive will be made to secure a membership of several hundred. |