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Show Utah Game Commissioner to Speak at Spokane Cooperative conversation will be dis cussed by D. H. Madsen, commissioner commission-er of the Utah department of fish and game, at the first Western Outdoor Out-door Life Conference, June 17 and 18, in connection with the sixth annual Sportsmen's and TourWU' Fair in Spokane, June 16 to 19. The keynote speakers, it Is announced an-nounced by J. C. H. Reynolds, chairman chair-man of the conference, will be Dr. W. T. Hornaday, director of the New York loological park and president of the American Game Preservation association, and Col. S. Maynard Rogers, superintendent of Jasper Park, Alberta, representing the Canadian Ca-nadian Parks commission. The programs for the four sessions include addresses by M. A. Burch-duff, Burch-duff, commissioner of the Oregon department de-partment of fish and game: S. F. Rathbun, supervisor, and Charles R. Pollock, acting supervisor of the Washington department of fisheries, . Warren Kinney, former fish and game commissioner of Washington, and Lieut. Paul J. Roberts, state secretary se-cretary of. the Washington National Rifle association, and representatives of the United States department of public roads and the federal forestry service. Mayor Charles Fleming will welcome wel-come the delegates and visitors. Mr. Reynolds will presire at the Conference. Confer-ence. The closing session will be devoted de-voted to reports of committees and discussions of subjects in relation to national -and state conservation and propogation of fish and game. "To maintain the Northwest as the outdoor recreational center of America Amer-ica is the dominating objective of the conference, "Mr. Reynolds said. "The aim is to tell people what we have in the intermountain and coast states. "W. G. Ramage, chairman of the general committee, says it is expected expect-ed that upward of 100,000 persons will attend the Sportsmen's fair, as compared with 87,000 in 1924." |