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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1924
Page
6
A call for stronger protection of Uintah Basin wild life argues for stricter enforcement of existing laws, expanded game sanctuaries, and controlled hunting to sustain deer, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, and fish while promoting tourism and preserving the region as a hunter’s paradise.
Forty years after settlement, Uintah county faces near disappearance of deer mountain sheep and buffalo. Experts advocate game preserves and bird sanctuaries with strict laws to protect breeding stock and limit grazing by livestock, while wildlife services balance conservation and destruction.
The speaker advocates protecting and expanding game by creating lengthily regulated preserves in Uintah County. Proposals include coral and state oversight, stocking streams and lakes with trout, enforcing state game laws, and cooperation with the Vernal Gun Club and Forest Service to educate the public on wildlife value and responsible use.
A lively leap year dance was hosted by the Sunday school on Friday night. Fuller Merrell returned from the mine last week while his son Ross replaced him. Mrs J W Olsen visited her husband teaching at Hill Creek and was joined by son Wilford. Mark Cook, just home from Salt Lake City hospital with bronchial pneumonia, stays with his father and shows improvement. Mrs E A Peterson spoke to the intermediate grades about stories. Missionaries James M Shaffer and Pontha Calder led Sacrament meeting. LaVell Manwaring and family move to a Brush Creek ranch while Goldie Welst stays at Sunnyside with sister Marie Sydorquist.
The Salt Lake City judging panel led by Mr. Madsen awarded four medals for best essays to Rulon Hacking a Uintah High junior and Theora Erekson a Uintah High senior plus Jennie Dodda Hazel Sowards from Central School eighth grade. The Gun club organized the event praising the outdoor life resources of Utah. The award ceremony featured the Uintah high school band and was followed by Mr. Madsen presenting medals at the recipients’ homes for Miss Sowards who was absent due to illness.
The Gun club officers credit wide agency support for a unique program that shapes the life of every one of the 660 contest entrants. Uintah County is highlighted for educational constructive game protection and conservation efforts, touted as the best in Utah and second to none in state recreational resources.
Widow and relatives of J Irvin Bodily grieve an untimely death as siblings Reed F Bodily Sterling Carl Owen Earth and Wilda mourn with mother and father. His sister Alice passed earlier. Father Joseph H Bodily left for California with Reed for health but could not attend the funeral. The wife and her kin were bereaved and lacking male support as two of her brothers perished in the mine disaster. Relatives Clair Hacking Lapoint John G Wacking Chris Sylvian Levi Bodily of Gusher attended.
The entire community offers condolences to the bereaved family, sharing sorrow and support in this difficult time.
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