Show Eastern Utah Sportsmen Fill Legion Hall for Indoor Jamboree and Game Official Outline Development Whiterocks Fish Leota Hot to Receive First Attention Good fellowship reigned at Roosevelt's first big indoor jamboree and dinner held Monday evening in the American Legion hall and at its conclusion all agreed that the affair had been an important step forward in securing the cooperation of fish and game the forest service and the Indian department for the future development of Eastern Utah as the fishing and hunting center of the The affair which was sponsored by the Roosevelt Wildlife Conservation club and the Women's Fish and Game club got off to an excellent start when V. A. president of the men's welcomed over visitors and club presented distinguished guests and introduced the P. E. who kept things moving through the remainder of the D. chairman of arrangements for the was called on first to explain the purpose of the meeting which he said was to bring people point out to them the wealth of natural facilities in this area which with the development of the fish and game department could make this a sportsmen's to convince the fish and game officials of the need for this development and to show everyone a good Out of Politics Taking and keeping the fish and game department out of poll-tics was discussed by George state fish and game who said Governor Herbert B. Maw had given his permission and cooperation in appointing men best fitted for the jobs in the department regardless of Harrison discussed briefly the new three man commission set-up in the department and asked for the cooperation of sportsmen in putting over the development program that is already beginning to take Mark director of the Allen assistant director in charge of big Marion J. assistant director in charge of fish culture and R. S. administrator of Pittman-Robison funds for wildlife development In the outlined briefly a development program for the Uintah Basin which was discussed ut length in Tuesday's game Director Anderson told of his pheasant hunt with Forest Ranger George Walkup in the Whiterocks vicinity and at his surprise at good quality of the soil in that section which produces grasses and feed for many more pheasants than there are In the area at Anderson explained that most of development work for the next year or two or until the completion of the national defense program would have to be land acquisition because of the shortage of building materials for Both he and Madsen said that the Whiterocks fish hatchery was excellently located and possibilities were great for its Madsen said that as soon as materials become available a new building equipped with refrigeration and new ponds will be constructed at the Turpen expressed interest m the development of Leota Bottoms into a bird refuge and said that inasmuch as this consists chiefly of land acquisition steps to carry out its development will be taken Game Increase Director Anderson spoke of the increase of big game In the uplands of he are more hunters and more deer and elk are killed so we know the herds in most places are on the This year the revenue to the department from the sale of licenses to California hunters alone totalled and the entire revenue to the department reached Thus money will be used to improve fishing and hunting In the D. I. of the Biological Survey who is investigating problems of wildlife and wildlife management for the federal government said that he was here to cooperate with the state and the people for development of fish and He said he was well acquainted with the Uintah Basin and recognized its great on Last I EASTERN SPORTSMEN-FILL LEGION FOR JAMBOREE from Page Oilier short talks were given by C. superintendent ot the Uintah and Ouray Indian George assistant director of the fish and game department in charge ot law Earl C. supervisor of Ashley National Ray E. Andy president of the Roosevelt Women's Fish and Game club and Toast to the Men gave a very clever toast to the men II went as Here's to you sports lovers ol wild lives Here's to you ladies their charming young wives Here's to the itself must be toasted To protect and to shield we often have Now just a let me ask you just this A point we admit is disturbing our Since the ladies have organized a Women's fish and game You men have decided rules just aren't the It used to be the female of the species was guarded full well Now the does you arc killing we it just For in the near future no safety from men Your next we're will be after the The crowd hard when Dillman who was called on to say a few words said that although she hadn't been very active in the Women's Fish and Game she was a lover of the Musical numbers for the affair were furnished by the quartet made up of Bennie A. C. Boyd Lake and Warren Kirk and by a duet composed of D. D. Lloyd R. Bennie was At the conclusion of the banquet which featured elk meat and Lee director of education for the state fish and game showed some excellent colored films of the Uinta mountains with their hundreds of trout-filled I majestic peaks and forested Ht also showed another very interesting sequence on their habits and Dancing Credit for the great success of the affair goes to D. D. general chairman of and his to Andy and her to V. A. president of the Wildlife club and to the fish and game officials whose enthusiasm and interest in this section added much to the |