Show n EH U fa ay TEH U N injuries suffered previous week prove fatal to well known blanding stock man 0 the entire community to together jether w lh a wide avide circle of admiring frienda and I 1 acquaintances were i sincerely grieved when they len learned arned that clark 1 I 1 bayles had succumbed to injuries re ie ned may when a youn hop hors I 1 ha was riding rea reared red and tell fell on him death came fi friday iday afternoon abal may at the moab hospital CI blaik ark L bayles son of evelyn L lyman y nl an and the late dishop bishop hansen bayles was born in bluff twenty nine nine years ago at an early age he moved with his parents to blanding abler le he received his preliminary training and education later lie attended brigham young university at provo in business he was associated with his father and a nd brothers bro theis well known stockmen stoc kmen of san juan county dark clark ars rs particularly interested and de botet atel much of hn hh time and ener energy to breeding and raising purebred pure bred bied herefords Here fords march maich 1924 he h was vas united in marriage to pearl adams of BI blandin and rc alo survives with two young sons grant and donald I 1 sir mr bayles has for many years been a devoted member and active worker in the L D S church only a few months ago he returned from the canadian mission were vere he had spent two years he was a good husband and father by his plean clean living he portrayed his excellent c character h ind and high ideals ideal in his passing the community anrine church as well 0 as r his family and friends sustained 1 a L distinct loss funeral services were held at the blanding anding BI ward chapel may botn baij D black wayne H redd kul kumen n en jones and A R lyman who acie the speakers speak eib all spoke feelingly of the deceased and paid tribute to his sterling qualities A trio cotti corn posed of lucy adams margaret MargaT Ct perkins and ila iia jones sang during the services the pall beahrs were H D grant D L weston wesley and iyman bayles all brothers ot of the deceased the profusion of flowers beautifully expressed the sorrow and sympathy felt besides the widow and two sons there survives to mourn his loss his mother mrs evelyn lyman bayles and sisters sirs mrs annie perkins adelia mary of blanding mrs edward stevens la sal carlie riley ot provo and emma bayles of salt lake city and the brothers already mentioned vars bayles sister clara from salt lake was present at the funeral services also other relatives fron trove provo OF U S biological SURVEY mm TELLS OF that hat the native rodents cause heavy losses fosses both in cultivated crops and ana in forage crops on the pastures and range is a well known fact after careful calculations the U S biological survey has conservatively estimated that this total loss loas aroun ar ounas Ls to annually the most important ro of the species i acis a oi indents rodents which I 1 narrow narion the margin of profit of the larmer and stockman in the westen states antes fire are the prairie dogs ground I 1 squirrels pocket gophers and jacki lab rab bits biti among these none I 1 doss does afi eater damage to the range lange grasses tha t phe nithe prairie I 1 doga and evon even tanty years ago they th ey were referred to as bie lq odthe 01 the mot pernicious enemies of agriculture the year 1918 three experimental areas were nere established in arkana to determine quantitatively the damage done by prairie dogs to I 1 forage griisser grasses these areas were located at coconino near the grand I 1 canyon i at williams and seligman and anal were wre under the supervision ol 01 iho the bureau of biological survey the carnegie Car pegie institution of washington and inah the forest foresi service tl TI 3 praIrie dog found there and concerned acci 0 ej in iii th L was the prairie dog gunt soni a sub I 1 species of wide distribution abbing found in central northern noi thern and east I 1 cm c r n arizona Ai izona in central and north I 1 western new mexico southwestern colorado and san juan county utah i results of the four years year expert ments on these areas showed that the prairie dogs destroyed 80 pr per cent of the total potential annual reduction po of forage and that these rodents come in in direct competition with cattle as they do not eat anything that the c cattle attle do not eat and that the two eat I 1 grasses in the same order of preference fhe impre impressive silve total of forage fouge forge a ge that may be destroyed by prairie doga clearly indicates the constant lasses suffered almost unconsciously ly by stockmen stoc kmen who utilize the open iange in where the rodents ahtye not been for the past few years the prairie dogs in san juan county have steadily I 1 increased until in certain districts district it has bits become impractical to farm much much of f tie the land the county is dotted with 10 abandoned farms and these lands have an ideal breeding place pace the dogs or in other words a steady stady source of a new supply of dogs which readily move in on lands ands 1 from which they have been eradicated during tye the past three years there has ben I 1 repeated requests from the citizens ot of san juan county for assistance from the U S biological survey in con trolling rg prairie dogs and during this time the biological survey have had investigators in the field to determine the best control method one of the most molit difficult that AM men had to solve was to find a way to get the zuni which is typically a 1 grass and root eater cater to readily take the c poisoned coi noi grain this pr problem was finally solved and this spring the biological survey y felt that they could confidently becom recommend in end the control method which is now being aved in the county with such marked maried success the following follow ng control method th iss the 0 one that was avas worked out by the ilfeld investigators investigate irs and is the one no advocated by the biological surn survey cy the oats used are steam crushed anu ano this enables the strychnine to penetrate into the kernel so that even though the oat is hulled by bv dog ye he still gats a toxic dose the first dose close that is ih put out is known as the pre bait and these oats have been treated factly the same me us as the poisoned bait with the exception that they do not contain the strychnine from 48 to 72 hours later the field is s again sow gone over with the poisoned oats oat T when dpn put put tinz tine oit ait the loaft care be token taken to see that the luer rols are well scattered over the cronne so 0 as to clinnia eliminate ate as fa aj aa possible the anger anger of their being beai picked up by S stock t k under no circumstances should tho the oats be put in small piles or down the holes or on the mounds amounda keep it out where the dogs dog gs feed A convenient way is to do the work on horse horsa hack back as the holes tan can be seen more readily much more moie ground covered in a day and the oats scattered much better the biological survey has placed mr M W ke kelly lly in sanjuan san juan county coald in organizing the various communities muni ties for operative cooperative co campil campaigns igns and to give any practical assistance that is needed mr kelly will remain in san juan county until about july and i is s reade to help with the cratl 1 work in any community that notifies him that they would like hl him to be with thorn them for foi a few days dui ing tc month of may some pounds of oats were used in ii tl th coti rity and operative cooperative co campaigns wf were re con ducted in the bucolo ucolo summit pon point and blanding districts |