Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-05 | Page 14 | To Open War on Mountain Lions North of Ogden

I TO DPEW WAR OW I UTAH LK I niDFOH Predatory Cats to be Eradicat-ed; Eradicat-ed; Mountain Sheep Re-ported Re-ported Near Willard Mountain lions which arcs preying on deer and domotslc stock near Kk North Ogden canyon are to bo orad-icated orad-icated If plans mado by Game Ward-en Ward-en II. Anderson mature' With the increase of, doer and other wild life in the game sanctuary to the east of Ogdcn, preliminary arrangements are being mado to rid the mountain and hlU district of such destroyors. Seventeen head of mountain sheep arc making their homo on the hills above Willard and have been seen frequently by neighboring residents. Near the outer boundary of the game, preserve, between Five Points and N'orth Ogdcn, the deer are becoming tamed under protection and often onter the cultivated fields. Two herds of deer, ope of nineteen and another of thirteen head, were counted a few das ago in tljat territory. Though a strict watch was kept, no viola-tlons viola-tlons of the hunting law have bean observed. oo