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Show TRAPS EARN HIM $3309 DURING YEAR l Mitside of what he received for the gray and red foxes he trapped. Roy Mussefman trapper employed by stockmen stock-men (n the : inlty of Moab. earned by his trapping last year $3,3oD. according accord-ing to V Scorup, manager of the Indian; In-dian; Creek Cattle compan) This alatemenl was made to Ernest Winkler inspectbr of grazing of dis-'trictj dis-'trictj (OU1 of the forest service who returned re-turned from a trip of Inspection to the Ixi Sal national forest lu.st night slusselman caught in his traps 600 coyotes 10 '. wild cats, and four wolves, receiving for the coyotes and wild cats $:? ,pe: head and $300 each for the wolves Inspector Winkler said that hot made careful Inquiry among the 1 si riflemen of that vicinity and verlfieU the statements made by Scorup. That seci ion. in h.s opinion he said, was one of the most favorable in the . e ,t for the growing of stock. With ;;ood prices nrl an unusual amount of nick this year stockmen in that vl-Icinity vl-Icinity are having no difficulty in liquidating liqui-dating he said The sheepmen have contracted for this year's lamb crop i 10 cents per pound for fall delivery de-livery at Thompson liunge conditions on botjh the summer sum-mer an rlthc winter ranges are splendid splen-did Inspector Winkler -aid. I in the vicinity of Monticello dry farmers have raised as much as 40 bu-shels bu-shels of wheat to the acre. He said that alread there was heav I tourist travel In automobiles to thel natural bridges out from Blanding The general economic conditions ihroughout the region have improved remarkably over what they were last year, oo |