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Show EHfflTClf I ELK FEED! TASK I Members of Jackson Cattle and Horse Growers Leave Ogden After Meeting After endeavoring for the past to draw up an agreement with the forest service to solve, tho elk feeding problem. P. C. Hansen, C, J. Peterson and Thorn?. 3 Tracy, members of the Jackson Cattle z Horse Growers' association, departed yes-tcrday yes-tcrday afternoon to confer with Governor Carey of "Wyoming, and official of the Wyoming Wool Growers' and "Wyominr Cattle Growers' associations . H The committee, bellcvclng that feeding H of the animals each winter is the oni feasible solution of the difficulty, will endeavor to Taisc funds sufficient to piif-qhasc piif-qhasc a largo tract of land In tho vlclnd.", L "of Jackson's Hole. The plan 13 to hav-a hav-a supply of hay each winter for the elk. 'M 4.000 tons being considered sufficient by -M the ranchers to winter tho elk, It la . though that tho plans of the ranchman 'M Include the opening of a portion of iho ranges ivhich have been withdrawn from entry to furnish grazing land during tl" winter for the e!k. " With the feeding or tho elk during the winter, the -need oC 'H using the entire amount of this lam1, which amounts to nearly 200,000 acres, would be eliminated. 9 |