DAILY NEWS - INTXRMOUNTAIN IiEGION

Ogden, Utah, July 1, 1937 .

C. K. McHaxg, Assistant Regional Forester, in charge of State and Private Forestry in Region 1, was an office visitor yesterday. Re had been vacationing in Coloraao and stopped off in Ogden to see our office and nome of his acquaintances enrouta to Missoula, Montana. During the day he was taken on a short trip to Ogden Canyon and over a part of the recent addition to the Cache National Forest. * INS AND OUTS

Miss Arlene Burk of Operation retuned to the office today after an absence of three months in Washington, D. C. Miss Burk spent three weeks vacationing in Washington, New York, and other points in the East, and the balance of the time c;n a detail to the office of Persorinel Management. Arlene looks well and says she enjoyed her assignment. Of course, we are all happy to have her back with us.

Regional Forester Iiutledgc is back in the office today. He and his sons-in-law, Kenneth Jacobsen and Lyle Stcvens spent a week trecking the hills of Idaho and doing a little fishing.

WHEELER BASIN INSPECTZD

Last Tuesday, Supervisor A. G. Nord and Ranger H. H. Price of the Cache Forest, and F. C. Koziol of this office, accompanied Messrs. Robert M. Hoggan, S. IT. Wherry, E. J. Fjcldnted, J. C. Goodfellow, Louis H. Griffin, Heber Scowcroft, Lawrence Farr, and Vard Armstrong of the Ogden Chamber of Comierce, and J. M. Jones, V. N. Beatty and Harold Tripp 3f the Utah Power and Light Company, on a trip of inspection over the Wheeler Basin watershed in Ogden Canyon.

The water from this area, they state, is unfit for. hmn consumption and this condition can be remedied by protecting tho area from overgrazing. The Utah Power and Light Conlpmy recently turned over 2,520 acres to the Forest Service for adrninis tration, however, no rehabilitation work on the watershed be undertaken by the Forest Service &ti1 2,400 acres of privately owned land Exre acquired, this land to be purchased with funds raised by the Chamber of Commerce.

NEW EMPLOYEE

Laurence E. Srni th of Portland, Oregon, reported at this office 'this morning for duty in the Division of knge Management. Mr. Smith will work under the direction of Orango A. Olsen and be assigned to fish and game work on the National Forests of Idaho. Xe is being transferred here from the Soil Conservation Service, having been in their employ for the past year and a half. He previously worked for the Forest Sarvice in Regions 6 aild 9. THE OiXE LICK METHOD . ,+ .

"011 Saturday norning, April 24, a fire meeting was held about five siles west of Camp F-1, Mystic. Those attending were Rangcr L. C. Anderson, several of his key men, the facilitating personnel, an? %bout sixty netv enrollees of Camp F-1.

"It was planned to start a small fire in the dead cyclone timber in order to actually demonstrate fire suppression. Sowever, due to t'ne extrerae high wind and low hulnidity, it was considered too hazardous and in lieu of this ?la1 it was decided to test out the so-called 'ONE LICK XETIIOD' of building fire trails.

"Two crews of twenty men each were selecteC! from among the enrollees. These Inen were all untrained in fire suppression mid were still in their ten-day conditioning period. A foreman mas api~ointe?.for each crew and with only n few minutes of preliminary instruction the crew mere started off building two parallel trails, about twenty feet apart. One crew was instructed to use the lO"I\TE LICK METHOD1 and the other the standard method in which each man is assigned to complete a certain number of feet of line. The conditions were the same for each crow, eke ground cover Being fairly scaiity, for the most part bunch grass and kinnikinnick.

"At the end of seven and one-half minutes, time w?,s called. The completed line for each crew was paced off md it was fomd Chat the crew using the 'ONE LICK W,THOD' had coiqleted one hundred twxity yards of line, while the other crew had conpleted only sixty yards.

"It was unanimously agreed by those present that this method has tremendous possibilities, at least in the Black Hills. At the same time it was apparent that it would require a better organization of crews and n good uliderstanding by the forerwn of the proper distribution of tools." --The Bulletin, R-2, June, 1937.

CONCESSION SPROVED FOR MIZiROR LAK!3

Saddle horses, meals, groceries am3 soft drinks will be available at Mirror Lake, in the upper reaches of Prcrvo River, as the result of a pernit granted Tueschy by the Wasatch National Forest to J. M. knn, salt L&e City. Ca'ijins will be ready for use probably by mid-August.

The Ranger1$ Wife

Feel sorry for the Ranger's wife; The Ranger has no night, no day; She leads a most unsettled life. Xo schehlecl time for rest or play. Though mrried she r~~ststay alone No dawn or dusk, since almys he Should the Raxger junp at the ring On call to serve mankind mst be, of the phone, And thus it is his faithful wife And iil his sweetest manner say, Must lead a most unsettled life. "Another fire? - I'm on my way." (BY E. M. Zimmerm, Jr. Forester, R-9) Approximately 250 people, residents of VVillard axd Brighar~City, Utah, visitefi the Willard Cmym watershed yesterday, U~~OIIinvitation of Supervisor Nord of the Cache Forest and. Superintendent Smith of the Willar2

Soil Conservation Servica CCC Camp. The visitors were shown all of the ' coriipleted flood control inprovexents and those which are pro jectod for this s-ler. The Willard Canyon watershed is now under complete public control since the land purchase program initiated cooperatively between Box Elder County, the State Road Conmission, and 3righai-a City has been coni$eted. This purchase consists of 1,800 acres of lend at a cost of a;?proxir*mtely $6,000. 1t is uq3octcd that eventually the land will be donated to the Cache National Forest for adr,iinistratisn.

Until further notice, all of George L. Nichols1 field inspection dates are cancelled &ue to his illnoss. George is r~~akin,:satisfactory progress toward recovery.

OGDEN RIVER-TELLSVILLE MOTJNT&LN BILL PASSES SENATE

On June 29 the Senate passed and sent to the House the bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to use receipts from the portion of the Cache National Forest in Utah for the acquisition of dcwged privately owned uvater- shed lands. This measure will be a big sTep in miniri,izing soil erosion and f 100d Canage and sill bring tnis area under organized fire protection. Civic C~II~San2 other orgazizntions in Cache, Box Elder aud Febcr Counties have been largely responsible for the passage of this bill in the Senate.

RZmNS E'ROIV~VACATI ON

Helen C. Pwne, clerk ic the Division 9f Range Man

It is quite rmar1;able how effoctivo and lastins is the training on the job which boys get ill the CCC CEL~~.A recent issue 3f I1Tine"arried the follo~iilgcxar-lple: "In Manhattail, arrested. while hckii~gat a fire hydrant witb an ax, Jams Boyle explainet in court: '1 found the ax on ny way hone from u tavern ad just couldnt t resist the ilqulse to chop so:xn thing down. I used to be in the Civilian Conservation Corps.'"

Enjoy your smoke, enjoy safety too, Put out the spark whim you are through. TOOELE 'JILL GIVE CVATXRSIBD ACWE !PO FOREST SENTIC3

According to this ~lorninglspress, some 2,500 acres of watershed lands in Settlement and Middle Canyons will Se made by Tooele City and local service clubs to the Forest Service in the new future. The land mill be offered as a nucleus for a nmjor addition to the Wasatch National Forest. Prelirainaries lookinq totrard tlie forual proffer of the land are now being made, according to Earl Marshall, city attorney.

Supervisor J..E. Gurr of the Wasatch Forest recently conpleted a casual survey of the areas proposcd for inclusion in the Forest. He was accolqanied by Tooele city and council gfficials, representatives of the local Lions Club and Junior Chasnber of Corxierce, and representatives fron other interested ccixiwrities.

The LJOS~1ova7~1e ar,d livalr)le quality t2la.t any liwn being can possess is tolerance.

Tolerance is the vision that mables us to see things from another's ;3oint of view. It is the generosity of spirit that cmcecles to others tile right to their om opinion and individuality. It is the bseac!th of mind that enables us to want those we love and respect to be ha~jy in their own way and not in our way. # if## DAILY NETS ,M'k'M # #,f$,$# Ogden, :# 11 TRAINING OFFICERS VISIT Re 0.

Messrs. John N. Kirmey, A. X. Standing, Thos. Van Meter, with Peter Keplinger, Chief, Persoilnel Division, Washington D. C., and Ray Lindberg, training supervisor in Region 6, arrived in this off ice Thursday from Idaho. They had attended a fire guard training conference at tho Cottonwood Ranger Station on the Boise Forest the fore part of the week.

Mcssrs. Keplinger aad Lindberg will spend several days in the aegional Office discussing personnel and training matters with members of the Divisions of Personnel Management mid Operation, following which Mri Xeplinger will return to Washington. Mr. Lindberg plans to visit each Begion to correlate th3 use of the new Fire Guard Training Handbook and to receive their suggestions as to ~vhatform fiaal publication of the handbook should assum.

Yesterday, Msssrs. Standing; Van Meter took the visitors on a trip to Logan Canyon ta inspact rccreational developments on the Cache National Forest and to visit the site of the ranger training school which will be held next C,ct.oSer. The site is at the old CCC Camp near Tony Grove Ranger Station.

IT IS GOOD PR TO PAN YOUR BILLS PXOMPTLY

Tfi-ile the heading of this item applies to both personal adForest Service official bills, this itein has p~rticularreference to paying our official bills. Fiscal Control cannot forvmrd vmchers fw payment until they are raceived from the F~restSupervisors and other certifying officers. The Forest Sulerviwrs cannot certify bills for paynent until they receive them from the rangers or othsrs TVLOactually incilr the expmses. YQU will no doubt recall the iten in the Daily News of June 22 nkich requested the cooperation of every Forest Officer in getting in all obligations promptly covering expenCi tures of a11 kinds duriiig Fiscal Ysnr 1.937, including pur- chases, expenses, tirne slips, etc., etc. If that i tea escaped your notice we suggest you lqok it up arAd red it if ygu still have ymr Daily News of that date. E~~twe are trying to do is t9 get all accmnts for Fiscal Yzar 1937 cortificd for papmnt on Dr befwe July 15. This cannot be done without youy full cooperation. Therefore, do n3t put off writing up that expense ,zccount for June or t;etting your duplicate Forms g77 and all time slips coverins Jme obligatioas imiled NOIT to the Suprvisor. Tie thank you in advance for pur kelp. L.S.

SCENIC ROD PdOG2ESSIKG

Anticipating the corq~letionr,f one of the tfastts most scenic rod links, Supervisor Scribner cncl Assistant Supervisor P3tter of the Targhee National Forest, acconlpanied Sqervisor West sf the Teton Forest, and Regional Eigineer J. F. Martin over the final portion of the proposed route of the Star-Valley-Yellows tone road 13s t week-end. Cutting through the wonderful Snake River Canym, whase walls rise to tonering heights on either side, the drive will be a pojpular route of travel for all tourists to Yellowstone Park from both Bast and west and will lirk 11.13 with Jackson, Wyoming, to forrn one of the rmst, if ilot Tm MOST interesting a~groachss to the Park. Both the All3ine CCC Camx~, with headquarters at St. Anthoily, Idaho, and the Tet~nBorestls Jackscn CCC Caj:iip in t7lryoning, are mrking on the poject, which will -mdm.btedly attrzct n trenendcus nurnber of tcwrists by 1938. --Targhee News Notes .

SHADES OF PAUL BUNYAN

Stories concerning; a considerable area of i3 to 10 inch diameter lodge;,ole pine trees lying flat on the ground in the hee-zc? of Trqper Creek 3n the Cassia Division of the Miniiioka Natimal Forest began filtering into the Su;~ervisorls office a cou~~leof we,-ks ago. Ths informtion received indicated that pcssibly Paul i3~lyailaid his blue ox, Babe, were loose in the woods, initiating lulbering operations by the siqle ex-edient of 13uulling the trees from the ground, rocts an& all, without resorting to saws and axes for felling the trees.

Ranger A. K. Wo~enseninves tigate3 the situation and f ound epproxi- ~mtelytyo acres of g to 10 inch lodgel2ole pins trees lying flat on the ground, having besn torn out by tl~roots. The theory that a heavy mind was re~~oi~siblewas at first aclvcnced. However, Rmgcrs %lint; ond Wogensen mde a trip though this particular locati~iion skiis April 1 and no wind- thrown trees were noted at that tim. Also, very few branches were Eouid broken from the trees. After careful cr~xlsideratian,it wos decided that the heavy snowfall of May 30, together with the comparatively light wind which acco~~pmiedit, was responsible for the fdlen trees. The stand of trees was so thick that when clne tree went down it pushed its neighbor down in the same manner as an entire row of doninoes xhen sot on end close to- gether will be flattened by knocking down the first one. --Minidoka Messenger, 6-30-37.

BILL, THE ELK, TAfCES A RIDE

Bill, the Green Biver Lake elk, has at last 'sicL g33d'oye to the Greeil River Lake caqgrounds and vicinity. Sill WLLS fcmAbiy loalled into a trailer and lmuled to the CL Bar Xdz iiancln at Cora, Wyming, rjne day last week, where he will be ke;~t in a sL.lell lot for the entertairuxmt of CL Bar guests this sumer. Bill objccted to being loaded and put up a ,god fight but came out on the losing end, iiiinus one 3f the large TrDngs on olle 9f his antlers. --Vyming Wiz zard , 6-30-37.

HOW OLD AI"X YOU?

'1 m;i young enough to have joys, sorrows, deep longings, high dream, and many, mny problems, and olcl enough to know there is cause for every joy, a cure fcr every sorrow, a solution t9 every poblea, anC a ful.fillment for every aspiration. --Vtzsatch Watchua. DAILY NDlS - INTERMOUNTAIN REG1 ON Ogden, Utah, July 6, 1937

John N. Kinney and C. E. Favre have ret~rnedfrom Wyoming where they went Saturday by airplane to investigate the Gros Ventre fire on the Teton Porest. Tney report that the fire was brought under control Monday aorning. The 200 CCC boys from the Jackson Cmp and a National Park Car-p made rapid progress in suppressing tne fire and they are to be commended for the splendid work they did. Uo other fire fighters were employed. Supervisor J. W. West of the Teton Forest is still on the fire. Mr. Xinriey states that the fire was a freak in that no trenching was done except to control roll. The tiaber type was 50 percent lodgepole bug kill inter- mixed with balsm clu-qs. The fire was caused by lightning md spread by spottiilg only. The ground cover was green. Latest estinates gave the fire area c~t1,200 acres.

Sunday evening a barns tormi;;< airi$ane at Jackson was hired! to deliver 100 ka130k bsfis to the fire cq. This was accon~~lisim3in three trips. Assistmt Su~ervisori3uclri~gha.m stated tht with one exception he had good success ii1 hitting the grount! target. This excqtion was a bundle of four beds laded inside the fire line.

The Horse Creek fire ori the Wjrmint. Fcrest was repxted to be under complete control Sunday aoriling after burning apprcxir-nately 250 acres. It burned within the Horse Creek sale area and was controlled within the first burning period.

FOXSLING VISITS 2EGION

C, L. Forsling, Assistant Chief, in charge of Xesearch in the TJ. S. Forest Service, Washington, D. C., arrived in Ogden this morning and will spi16 about a meek in the 2egion discussing the progress of research work and tdce uis ~thernatters pertinent to his work. Mr. Forsling had spent the pst two weeks in Begion 2 md at the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experilllent Station. He states that the rwst interesting thing he saV?in Iiegion 2 wcs the Colorndo part of the dust bowl which is setting 9 a tremendous range i)roblem fcr sonebody because the native grasses have been practically killed out on thousands of acres of range land.

Mr. F~rslingstates that cming to Ogden is like cori-iing home, so he is aj:;parently hai~pyto be anong friarids and old associates. We are likewise h,~i~yt~ have him visit us.

Herbert Burrell, clerk in the office of the Intermountain Experiment Statiox, is the prouc'. father cf a ?-pound baby girl b~nat the Dee Yospital last Friday, July 2. This is their third child an6 second daughter. ON TIE AIR I

The Juiie 24 edition of the ffWestern Farm and Home i our" relates- two interesting exporienccs of aegion 4 Rangers I. M. Varner of the Boise rand V. N. West of the Wasatch.

The episode relates how Ranger Varner extricated tfPinlgT", his favorite rmle, from a dangerous situation while Pinky was loaded with 200 pounds of dynamite. In the other instance Ranger West tells how he fmnd his way back to cmp on a pitch dark night sim2ly by letting his horso use his head. The episode plays up strongly the virtue of horse sense and how frequently animals have it and huniln folks suffer from lack of it.

ATTENTION FORESTS!

The Washington Office is using pressure on the Regions to get in their rkports of Tiinber Cut and Sold (Form 949) for the period ending June 30, 1937, as proiaptly as possible. Each Supervisor should please see to it that his report is in the Regional Ofiice not later than July 10.

GOl' AGAIN

Thos. H. Van Metcr ,and D. E. Eomano left this morning for West Yellowstone to meet Mr. Hornby of the Washington Office and representatives frou Region 2 to discuss fuel type classification and lxqping.

The "Tree Nam Cocmittee" has been reestablished by the Chief of the Forest Service and the following have been appointed to this Cocmittae: Messrs. Shantz, Dayton, Coville, Haig, Gross, and Brush, under the chair-- ship of Dr. Shantz,

Announcements were received at the office today of the marriage of Harry E. Malmsten to Miss Olive iioof on June 30. Mr. Mallasten was at one ;'' .' eqloyed on range surveys in this Region and later was a nenber of the staff of the Experirxnt Station. He was later ong~;nzo:: in teaching work at the University of California, Berkeley, and we understand he is now back in the Govarnment Service. Congratulatisns!

A professor was once accosted by a little bgotblack: "Shine your shoes, sir?!' The professor was disgusted by the dirt on the lad's face. "I don't want a shine, my lad,lf he said; tybut if y9u111 go and wash your face, 1'11 give you a quarter." "Righto, guvlnortf, replied the boy, as he made his way to a neighboring fountain. Soon he returned, looking much cleaner. "Vell, my boytf, said the professor, "you have ecrned your qmrter; here it is." "1 don't want ymr quarter, guvlnor, If replied the boy. "You hang on to it and git your hair cut." Under the direction of the Ephraim Irrigation Company and the Great Basin Branch personnel, the second day of the 3-day Ephraim, Utah, Home- coming and Tunnel Celebration, held July 3-4-5, was centered at the Great Basin Branch Experiment Station located in Qhraim Canyon, 10 miles east of the city,

Accompanied by the Ephraim High School band, a caravan of approximately 200 automabiles formed in Ephraim at 10: 30 a. m. July 4 and proceeded up the mountain to the tunnel site. After a short stop at the east portal of the tunnel, the caravan turnad about and c~meto the Experiment Stntion where a special progrslrn commemorating the conrpletion of the long-dreamed-for tunnel was held in tho beautiful aspen-guarded anphitheatre on the Experiment Station grounds. After the meeting, free barbecued sandwiches .wid punch, prepared by the local Relief Society, were served cafeteria style from tho Station mess hall to ap~roximately900 people. Tho "30mccomerst~ate their sandwiches on the Station lams aild enjoyed thenselrres lounging under the aspen trees and inspecting the experimental set-up at the Station. Supervisor Folstor and family of the Powell Forest and Ranger Ivan Christensen and fa~~lyof the La Sal, two dPed-in-the-wool Sanpeters, were identified. ir, the crowd. Ivm was the chief drink nixer for the itelief Society 10, 4' les.

The 3-day celebration at Ephrnim served a thee fold purpose. It reenacted thc first July 4 celebration held in Z-phraia in 1854 when the pioneer families erected a fort an2 started. tilling the soil at the present site of the city. It ~oi~w~eraorntedthe coi~2letionof the irrigation tunnel ~Piicnwas first started awe thm 40 years ago. It offered a nost ineal opportui~ityto again met old friends and acquaintances.

The conpletad tunnel is 7,113 foet long, 64 feet high, and has a capacity of 95 second feet of water. It is cut through solicl limstone and extends frm the head of the left fork of Ephrai~iCreuk of the Sevier drainage, an?. through the mountain to the head waters of Beck's Creek of the Colorado drainage. A network of ditches pick up the early snon melt fron the huge snon &rifts that forn on the east side of the rmuntain, turn the water into the tunnel w5ero it is eqtiej. into Ephraim Creek for the use of tho farms in the valley below.

I T FAYS TZZ CPEUTOR TC! K3E? IWGES IN GOOD COISDI TI ON

At the Canadian ;iarzge Ergerizlent StaLim near Manybcrries, Alberta, Canada, Dr. Gmrge Stewart found an experiment 8ealing with tne problen of keeping rangos in good condi tion as coi~paredto soLe that iw~eheavily grazed. It msfound to be very profitable to the operator of cattle to ijrazo ranges conservatively us is domoiistrated by the following experinent:

Cows roaring cillves were gr2zed at the rate of 40 acres per head, 30 ncr-s -er liead, and 20 acres per head. The setison of grazixg mas about 7i months and durinc the winter the animals were cared for partly on other pastures and partly. by feeding. Cows having 40 acres per heend made gains of 260 pounds each and reared calves weighing 375 pounds, in comparison with cows which grazed on areas with only 20 acres for the season which gained 72 -~>oundseach and reared calves weighing 295 2ou;lds. An exmina- tion of the livestock therilselves pointed out that the al?;&~ear~mceof the animals secned tc suggest even gre3ter differences than the averagcs r~entioned.

In the 20-acre pastures the cows wore skinny an& extrenely unthrifty in apjearnnce, whereas in the 40-acre pasturos they were sleek, strong, and mde a pleasing apparance to the eye.

During last winter, which was sonewhat more severe than usual, 20 percent of the cows in the 20-acre pasture becrul~e so wec& that thsy had to be pt on special rations ant sor~leof the anirals ,die?. There was no loss at all in the 40-acre 2astures.

A siuilar exprinent was con&cted with two-year-old steers which were grazed for tho 75 no:lths on 40 acres, 30 acres, and 20 acres respectively for the season. In the 40-acre lastures the steers gained 350 pounds each as comgared with 125 pounils each in the 20-acre pastures. There could, of course, be twice as r.mly steers in the 20-acre pastures as in the bowacre pastures. However, two times 125 pounds, which is the gain in these pastures, makes only 250 pouncls as conpared with 350 in tile 40-rtcre pastures. More- over, the better condition of the steers which hepastured at the rate of one to each 40 acres brought nearly a cent and a half higher price per pound than did tho poorer condition of two steers on each 40 acres in the 20-ccre pasture. This experinent brings out for the Great Plains clear-cut evidence that profit in the livestock grazed is materially affected 3y conservative use vhich, in this expriment, yielded about 50 percent more profit than did heavy grazing. This sxperinent corresponds almost 53a tl with one concluctcd by Mr. Fiurtt of the Northern Bocky Mountain Experinen$k?%iiles City, Montana, which has been previously called to the attention of readers of the Daily News. It also corresponds to our experience in tho nountniri regim rjnere it is known to be highly profitable for the operator to keep his range in good condition'. --Priai tive Area Weekly.

ftFifteen thousslicl folders advertising the Pnyette Lakes Area mcl th west end of the Idaho National Fnest, and particularly emp'nnsiziilg recrea- tional gossibilities, huve just cone off the press and are being received with favorable coment in all qmrters. The folder is in the form of a double letterhead, with nineteen illustrations, a key rial, of the State of Idaho showing the relationshi,? of the area to State and National highways and the Idaho Priritive Area, and a detailed ~mpof the min Idaho National Forest and adjoining recreation areas. Tne front of the folder nay be used for correspondence.

The lay-out, photos, and text mterbl were all >repared by the stCaff of tlie Idaho Foroa t, while the McCaLl Ckmu5er of Comerce underwrote the printirg ex-jenses.

Cm&? CITY FAS i3XGADCASTING STAT1ON

A new radio station now in opwation at Cedar City, Utah, will shortly begin to present n series of talks by the personnel of the Dixie Forest. Further details relative to these programs will be announced later. .. . 9 DAILY N3.3'VS - INTERMOUNTAIN RZGION ## Xff?'kW Ogden, Utah, July 8, 1937 , i%ki#;'w# # :/

-YOU - -FOXEST OFFICERS - WHO T3AVIi:L: Have you submit your eqense account for June? If not, do it nox so it can be 2aid by July 15. Thanks.

FOXSLING IIdPRZSSm .BY i3ECOVERY CI? DAVIS COUNTY WATE3SHEDS

The rapid recovery of eroding sore spes and the attendant reduction of flood hazard followirig contour-trenching, relegetatior, and protection on the Davis County, Utah, watersheds w~scharacterized as a major step toward improved wakrshed mnagernent by C. L. Forsling, Assistant Chief, in charge of Porest Service Xesenrch, after a full4ay impection of this area yesterday in company with staff ir?e~,lbersof the Interaountain Forest and Zcnge Experimmt Station.

Returning to the D&vis County area for the first ti!:le in two years to inspect the experimental flood control and water yield studies which were initiated under his direction w'riilc serving as Direcbor of the Inter- mouitain Forest and 3mge Experiment Station, Mr. Forsling was particularly impessed, be said, with the remarkable grorth of artificidly reseeded grmscs and thc response of the native vegetation that 21ns occurred on formerly depleted cnd seriously eroding areas following the construction of contour-trenches and protectisn of the plant cover.

"The work done on the Davis County watersheds appears to be a definite aid in flood control", he said. his work was severely tested by hei;vy storms last smer with no ill effwts, but it is still ud~io~rn~~, he cautioned, "as to what might hppcn if extremely unusual, heavy rains were to occur before the co~tourtrenchas have beco:ne fully stabilized and covered by vege tati oil.

"The improved conciition of this importnnt vatershed and the new methods developed for hastening rec 3very, It he said, I1ap2ear to justify tho action progrmn carried out with the CCC, although there is need for cmtinuing watershed research so that effective rehabilitation measures luy be &evaloj?ed for different, but tlqully hzamms x-ttersheds elso- where in this region."

h iqcrtaat feature cf the inspection trip was i~noxauinatia~ of ize~lyconstructed streanflon g,=Ees on six tributaries of Farnington Canym and numerous surface water r~r~offilots where studies are now uider way to deteri..inu how ~-aters:ieds in this regisn should be managed for the r-mxi~iu-nyields of usable ~Tater. The obtaining of significqnt results conceriling mny phases of research on this watershed laboratory, it I-ms pointed out to Mr. ?3rsling, is to be hastcnecl materially by the use of prtable rainimker qy3aratus, which will produce artificial storm 011 study plots and thus elinixnte the necessity of waiting for natural rains to detemine run-off and erosioii potentials. (over) Mr. Forsling was accornr~aniedon the trip by 2. W. Bailey, Director, George V. Craddock, A, 2, Crgft, George Stewart, and. 24 H, Walker of the Interr.10-~xntninForest and %age Z~jerir~~entStation, who described for hin tlie cnnjt new ilhases of reseeding and watershed research that art. bcing conducted OR this arm.

NW&72IVAL ON BOISE . .

Amouncernents have bea received in the Iiegional Office of the birth of Mary Frances to Mr, and Mrs. ,Jerone her at Boise, Id,dio, on July 4. Last August Jerry was transferred fron the Division of Fiscal Co~trolin this office to the Boise Forest. Congratulations, Jerry and Helen!

WE APPEAL TO YOU_ once :;lore to round u.13 all outstanding acco-unts for Fiscd Year 1937, if you have ngt alroady done so, and submit then to the Supervisorts office for pttymnt. DO IT NOW - have this job out of the way. Start the new year off v:itk. a clean slate.

The effect of proper forestry prnctices on water supgly is graphi- cally illustrated by the exiprience af Little Falls, Nex York, according t9 the New York STATE PLMNING IJXWS. Twenty years ago i~henrefwestation ims started, two creeks were necessary to su;);~ly water for the city. Tofitly but one stream is required to i~raiiucethe same mount of water, The New York Statc College of Forcstry says this is entirely due to reforestation efforts. ,

The effect of forest cover on strea,~flow coliditions was discussed at the recent Pacific Northwest Regignal Plauing Conference at Doise. It was noted that logging operations have denu6.ed vast areas in this region and that care will be necessary in order that water supplies of sme Northvves t r~~~~~icipalities r:ay not eventually be threatened with sarious depletion. TLe New York expricncc illustrates what my be eq?ecteC of proper reforestation work in local areas. --Plmniag Hews, June 1937 - Pacific N3r thwes t 3egi onal Planning C~~mission.

GOGD 3EFORE AND A3TEZ

"What is de usefulest kind ot food dar is?" "Ah spxts chicken is, case you all can eat 'en Ifoh dey's borned an? after aeyls daid." 'L #k DAILY HXNS - - INTEIIMOUNTAIN REG1 ON It 'L 'p!/ ref it if7 # ##I! ## Ogden, Utah, July 9, 1537 3 #

The July issue of "Seeing Idahoft, a monthly magazine Nlished by Graves & Potter, Inc. of Pocatello and Boise, carries an illustrated article on the Sawtooth idountains

The contents of this magazine will be of interest to any Forest Officers and we believe they nculd find a subscription well worth the expense. It also offers an op9ortunity for Forest Officers with literary inclin.atioim to contribute interesting stories about National Forests and Forest Service work as well as good photographs.

GOOD WORK BY CCC1 S

CCC Forem R. J. Dyches and crew for Camp F-40,Xock Canyon, Uinta National Forest, took an iirportant part in the energericy work for the Western Air Express in finding and salvaging the contents of the large air liner that has been missing since last December 15, zmd which was found on June 6. A great deal of credit is due the boys for their efforts in naintaining camp and serving meals to as LWXI~ as thirty persons, three times a day, as well as for their struggles in conking the Alpine peaks and craigs until the plane was found. In addition to this work they also constructed a horse trail up the steep mountain side which enabled officials and vorkeru to ride half the distance to the wrecked plane. They also assisted in the work of gathering nail, searching for bodies and digging out the plane under very dangerous conditions.

Praise was given to the 3oys, representing Compmy 958, by the Testom Air Express officials, Departinent of Comerce, Postal Iiispectors, Sheriff Is Dsprtaent and the Utah State Patrolnen. The Western Air officials expressed great ~ppreciationof the efforts put forth by Foreman Dyches and his crew, and of tlie coo2eration of the Uinta National Forest. Forei-mn Dyches was also a~~~3reciativeof the fine atti tude , cooperative efforts ad courageous work done by tlie enrollees. FOith a hard job well clone, the 1.1en are now back to routine work. --Uinta Dii~cst , 7-7-37.

Dr. George Stewart, in visiting the Branch Eq~eric~icntStation at Hnvre, Msntma, founc? dlat seorne? to him a very interestin[< exgerinent regarcling the use of 2ussiail-thistle as faed for livestock. Some feeding tests with cattle coi1[7-~~tec!at tht s'ccrttioil through the wintert s feeding period brought out the fact that Russian-thistle, when fed alone, procluced very re- cults. One lot of catt.le were ferl for a period of 90 days on hay mde of 3ussiail-thistle with no cthar forage.

(over) At first lnost of the cattle seemed to do well, but grdualljr they lost their lustre an?. took 9n a scraggy, urithrif ty .az3?earmce. Weeks befsre the eri6. of the feeding .test nobt of tka -ems were losin, flesh and wuld lie on the ground for hours every day. SoLLleof the nnimls that aere iil the worst condition when raised to t+hetr feeet vauld stagger only a few steps and then slurq to the ground again. Such animals, of course, during this ;)hme of the test lost weii;ht rqidly and the hair turlied toward the anii.lall s head. When it was clearly evident that the Russian-thistle had produced. this decidedly unfavorable effect, the aninals mere then fed on alfalfa. In a perid of two weeks they were all up op their feet, viere gaining ral~idly, and had taken back the lustre of healthy growing condition.

Another lot of cattle were given Xuussian-thistle as only a frnction of the forage ration. These anii3als continued to do well on Russian-thistle up to about 25 percent of their feed, indicating that in nixed rations Russian-thistle could replace other forage rather satisfactorily. This experiment particularly interested Dr. Stewart in view of the f-tct th~t hrga areas of foothill and winter ranges have hen 0ccui2ied a1:ost cr~.;lpletely by ilussian-thistle. Stockmen in so~iecases feel that this pl;cJ; '; ; r good forage. The experiaent cited bears this out where 2,ussian-thisfie c~ilsti- tutes only a fourth or less of the total feed that is consumed. It does point spocif ically and strongly, however, to a danger of un5alanced nutri- tion whenever the major part of the forage is derived frox this source.

This is another -~haseof range depletion which nee& to ?IF: kept carefully in mind in discussing tile value of good range as coxpared xith that which has been severely abused and particularly when ihssian4histle has taken the place f orinerly occupied by gocd grasses and valuable native herbs.

SAFETY IS BEST

When you boys are sawing dowa a tree You should i!o it very carefully. Watch that tree and when its about to fall Yell, "~irilber~~, so it ccm 5e heard by all.

When you truck drivers get into u truck Don't speed too much, don't trust to luck; Dont t try to psh the foot feed thru the floor; Don1 t try it because it has been done bof ore.

You dplaiite men, be sure to work with ease. Put surplus powder in the shelter of trees. Then you get ready to touch 3ff a '!last, DOE' t wait to yell "3'irat1 to the very last.

You men who work with dangerous tools, Work carefully; don1t be f 001s. IfSa.fety is best." That will alwnys be The greatest motto in the whole country.

Fron "Le Bois Log" 7-5-37 By Toiu?~Rmsdall, Red Fish Ripple, Co. 4784 DAILY NEWS - , INTERMOUNTAIN REG1 ON Ogden, Utah, July 10, 1937

Accordin?; to worc? brought to the aegion by C. L. Forslii~~~,cverynno will be &id to learn that Chief F. A. Silcox is well on the may to rrcov:xy. Wnilc it will be necessary for Mr. Silcox to take n long prid of rest, he: will be 2ble to enjoy more freedon of F-~ovenentas time goes on. It 5s ii~t exj~ectedthat he will he able to resume his full duties for several rionths. GIXL SCOUT PBOGiUS

?he Cache National Fortst and ~xembers of the ilcgianal Office are carrying out LL bi-weekly progal of nature study lectur'es at the Xed Cliff Girl Scout Cosq on OgdL:n3iver. Thes72 prograr~swill continue throughout the Curation of the caq which ill last throughout ncst of the sumer. 3otmy, geology ard sild life are pnrticular subjects on which attention is concentrated.

WASATCH IiECBATIQN STATISTICS

Daily counts taken on July 4 and 5 sho~that s tot::l of 1,182 peo;,le sought recreation in Lmbs Canyon; 1,704 in Little Cotbnr,ood Canyon, and 6,277 in Mill Creek Canyon. Mirror Lake also proved to he a popular place over the holidays with 1,600 cani3eru registered Sunday night, July 4.

Besides visiting the several Exyerir~entStati~ns in Montana and Albtrta, Dr. Stewart visited, with L. C. Hurtt who is in charge of range investigations for the Uor thern ?,oclQ Mountain rtegion, about 30 cooperative plantings of crested idwlgatgrass. Tiiesu plnntings , together with the dozen or so that could be seen at the e~~~erirxntalstations, all told the scme story.

This story is that over tlie period of extreae drought that has just enden, crested wheatgrass is the only range fora;:e species in the $mtings that has withstood satisfactorily the extreaa severity of the drought. Favorite forage plants used in this regi~n,such as snooth bromgrass, slender wheatgrass, mid western whatgrass, hme , in many cases, killed out entirely onin2 to the shorta?;e and poor distribution of soil moisture. When the drought ended, crcstcd heat irmzdiately s-pang into growth and in a period of three wet.:ks it produced a iioight growth of q3proximtel7 a foot and in iwy cases v:l~..nt seerfied. to be a co~~l-tecro;, of heads. Among the faru crops a recently introduced variety of alfalfa kaovrn as Ladak brought from the high mw-tnin seotion of northern India also stood the extrene drought.

In the foothill zone of Montana, however, as represented by the experirilental work at Pozeman, rhere the drought had been i-~chless 131'0- tracted and less severe than on the plains, snooth bronegrass seeaed to be outyielding crestec wheat by at least 50 percent and one of the finest stands of grass that Dr. Stewart saw anywhere on the trip was in a field sown to slender wheatgrass. This seems worthy of mention as it is tkought the conditions around Dozeimn represent sonewhat nore clearly the conditions in the intermountain region. Visitors of the Station at Ephraim during 1936 re~ienberthe maijnificient stands of smooth brotle and wheat grass obtained in the foothills above Ephraim.

Crested wheatgmss, however, seems to hzve a good place in the Silake Xver Plains since it has done rrignificiently on the sheep station near Dubois, Idaho, It has also done well in the foothills of northern Utah. It has oile extremely valuable quality for internountain territory, namely: that it begins growth very early in the spring z~nd night prove a valuable asset in furnishing early feed before the forest ranges are in a fit condi- tion for the livestock, This whole question of early spring feed on the farm and foothills needs careful stufiy, and is ngw being given some consideration.

Frm "Careers in ~overfi;,lent",article in the July issue of l?J%DEZiiSt DIGEST, condensed frorn SCBIBNW S MAGAZINE: he Forest Service in the Departneiit of Agriculture is another excellent exttiq3le of a career bureau, The demand for foresters is steady, nnd at present greater than the supL21y. The exrunination is a stiff one, virtually necessitating professional train- ing in a forestry school, Forestry is ra2idly tying in to soil conscrvw tion, lalid purcl~~se,and large-scale planning. Here lies one of the nost challengiilg opportunities for young people with a sense of social responsi- bility and a love for the out-of-door~.~~Leonard D. White of the U. S. Civil Service Cormission is author of the articles.

You l-ay regret, if a cigarette You carelessly drop on the ground, For a tiny spark, between 8ay and dark, Zecorfies a ,blaze with leap and bound. DAILY KiRS - INTElRMOWAIM REGION Ogden, Utah, July 12, 1937

The Fire Control Board of Utah met in Salt Lake City Saturday, July 10, to proceed further with plans and organization iil accordance with the provisions of the Utah Law passed by the last Legislature. John N. Kinney of Oixration has bean designated as the permanent chairman. The 3oard suggested to the Govarnor that Newell 3. Cook, State Qcme Farden, be appointed the Fire Rarden. Under the law, hoxever, tho Governor may use his own discretion to apgoict a mn for this position, The 3oard decided to act in the creation of fire districts only following favorable action and initiative on the part of local communites and county commissioners.

TRAINING IN FUXL TWE IWPING

After the conclusion of the Fuel Ty-ge Training School at West Yellow- stone last week, D. 3. Xomano and Thos. H. Vm Mster proceeded to Cascade, Idaho, where they will hold a training school for all Idlho and Tyorning Forests on this subject.

OFFICE VI S'ITORS

a. D. Bonnet, Landscape Archi tcct of the W~shingtoilOffice, is spend- ing today in the Regional Office. In cornpcwi.y with H. L. Curtiss he will go to the Sr~wtoothForest, meet Assistant Regiolial Forester C. J. Olsen there, and with members of the Sawtooth Forest discuss the details of the Service- wide recreation report md study. Ur. 3onnet ,znC Mr. Curtiss will return to Ogden Thursday and spend a day on twcl or more of the Utah Forests.

Enroute to Ogden, Mr. ijonnet spent a day on the Targhee Forest. He states that he was much irxprcssed with the new burnt letter signs along ti-~e Yellovfstoiie highway on the Targhee and also with the roadside improvements.

W. H. Shafer, Washington Office phatcgra#er, arrived in Ogden today for a 30-day stay in this Zegion. Forests coiicer~edshoul?~ :?lease refer to our "PR-Pho t ographs menlorandurn of June 17 ancl innke ne co ssary arrange- monts in preparation for Mr. SPmfer's visit. The schetulc willbe mmintained essentially as set up in tbt rneixorandun.

1Ilrs. Hazel Estes of Moscow, ICahc, former Librarian in this office, called this inorning to say tthellottto some of her acquaintances. She ant?- her husband mere enroute to Colorado a~c!thence to Yellowstone Park on their vac$t%on. We mro &a6 to have her call. PINE VIEW XEGATTA I. ._.

Tke first annual regatta.at Pine View, 15 miles east of Ogden, took place yesterday. According to a careful coult, 3,186 cars containing an estirded 12,500 people cons ti tuted the crowd of spectators. While the races were interesting, although spectacular, it is particularly impor- tant to note the hugh crowds that the Pine View reservoir is attracting. Since this reservoir is within the boundaries of the Cache National Forest, the water users have indicated a desire to give the Forest Service jurisdic- tion over tne shore line for the development of boating and other rt;crea- tional facilities.

Forest Service Press Release (washington) :

"~hrecquickly repated calls or signals will be the SOS of the National Forests in the fu-ture, nccordillg to lobert Marshall, chief of the Division of Iiecrenti~naxid Lands of the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. "The standard distress calls, which may be either audible or visual, have been reco.mended after careful study by the Americnn Alpine Club, with which the Forest Service is cooperating in establishing a standardized signal for persons lost or in distress in the outdoors.Ii Etc-Xtc.

And This is HOK the Newspaperman Vrote It Up:

"Vhen a grizzly bear chases a lady tourist up a tree, she is supjjosed - if she is able - to purse her lips and whistle three ti~nes,. tlms: "Tneet , tweet, tweet. "In the distance she will hear, if the bear hasn't got angrier still at all the disturbance, ar. answering whistle, consisting of two tweets, from the brave ixn of the Ucited States Forest Ssrvice. "\?file the bear sits on his haunches and licks his lip, the ladjr 1.113 the tree should llang on for dear life and keep on whistling. Pretty soon the forestry laddies will gallu~np'n1x13, shoo away the bear, and rescue the lady at cost. "ilobort ivIarshd1, Chief of the Division of ilecreation and Lands of the Forestry Service, aimonnces toby this new service for treed ladies and others in distress. "The standard bear, snake, quicksand, robber, flat tiro and runaway horse SOS in the N;tional F3rests hereafter will be the triple-whistle, whistled urgently. Tile answering signal, denoting help cn the way, will be a dou3le whistle, whistled ~oothingly.~~(And so forth for a quarter column)

Your '!best" today isn't good emugh tomorrcw, therein lies irsiprovei;lent .. --aoise ~u3le6-23-37. Messrs. Fred Ev Lukens, I?. P. Hoskyn, and Ew W. Field, District Educutioi~alAdviscrs for the Doise, Pocatell~,,2nd Fort Douglas CCC Dictricts, respectively, are spending aTfewdays in' the,Regional Off ice. Iil .doope~ation with Iiorace Hedges tiley are g~ingover the job training i~zterhlsused i11 the CCC Carps with a view to developing analyses nnj. study texts and outlines and simplifying and revising the tcxts to increase their usability to enable tho camp advisers'hnd canp foreraen on the job to teach the skills of tlie job operation. Tncy shall be able, in a very short tim, to annpunce as ready' for distribution some 23 outlines or cwrses, sme of wk-ich are ready for irmediahe distribu$icn,

. 3.

The revised instructions for prepwing the Road and ~raf1 An~ua1&$or t were inadvertently oxitted from circular No. E (R-4) 123. They are being, sent out today. . A

TO GIVE LECTm . .

L. 2. Linford, Instructor in 13hyc;ics at tiie Utah Stnte Agricultural College, has extended an invitation to th9se in the Forest Service I-~hoaesire to attend n lecture by Professor Ernest Lawrence of the Physics Department of the University of California, Wednesday evening, July 14, at g:00 o'clock in ITidtsoe Hall, Logan, Utak. This lecture is sponsored 5y Sigma Xi. prof. Lawrence is outstamling in the experimental approach on the nature 'of~natter. Since 1930 he has beon nost active mr! has dixcted the work of mny research men oil problem of the ;~to::lic nucleus, its disruption, and- the transimtation of elerneiits. Some of the results of his work are encmraging in their bic- logical ap-jliccttim, particularly iil tiie treatment of rxalignant growthsw

Mr. Liiiford statocl in his letter that a group will hnve an inform1 dinner at tlie 3luebird before the lecture ad will ke glad t9 have myone who desires join thexi.

Professm Ed,md Spieker of the University of Ohio, while working with n Geological Survey party in 1936, locatzd a large cli~osaurosin the head of Rock Canyon. Profassor picker &me to the Manti Forest in June with a crew and is no~7Susily,engaged in cutting tne mrw-mth rxonster loose fron the bed where it has remained these mmy cen.turies. according to Prof. Spieker, the huge beast ms a grass-eating animal aid i%s removal f roi2 the h-orn Mountain range should gre~;~tlyrelieve the overgrazing condi- tim of the ran& in that sectisn-. This dinos~urosis a?-~roxiwtely&O feot in length and is suppsed to have required about as rrruch grass as a herd of sheep. Prof. Spieker states that this is the highest elevation at which any such rerimins a~~vebeen found. --Manti News Notes 6-29-37. DEKWITS FROM PXO*

Striking. evidence of the'value of itr'ilnle'range forage for niwcim. range cattle grocluction in New Ehexico and an interesting analysis of the nutritional rcquireilents that ruke satisfactory livestock' gains possible is reported by ? E. Neale, Associate Animal Husbandryman in Press Bulletin 825 I1Jenefits, Based on Nutritional Requireii~eats, fro:^ Proper Stocking of ~anges",New Iieexico College of Agriculture, State College, New Mexico.

In thi~report, Nenle pdints to feedlot records which show ...."that cows in good herding condition mhich have -enough feed to.reach'i1orr:ial size, will, ,~ifi&.fi&tare (3 years old) a+erage a3out 1,000 pounds in weight. They will pfMh&&,arour,d a 90 percent calf cro2, with each calf weighing about 1 I 400 poun(ts;. or possi3ly a 'little nore, at 7 or & months of age .It He states further? th6t . . . .. "Except for two recent drought years, the ~edlexico. . Experiment ~t6,tionrange of qqroximately 100 sections has" . .. also . . . "been producing 1,000mp~uudcows with around a 90 percent calf crop aild 400-

~ound ', . In contrast . . . Itfeedlot data show that a cow getting 30 percent less feed than one which gets enough feed for r-wximuin growth, reaches a mature weight of only 750 punds. This mature weight corresponds very closely with a large nw~5erof range cattle weights. Surveys of ranches and ranch cattle have revealed the fact that or. ranges where cattle -have n mature weight of only 750 pounds, the calf crop is usually around 50 percent alld the 7- to g-month-old calf has a weight of around 320 pounds."

In disclissin; these contrasting production figures, Neale points o

The extent to which livestock weights and giclds cc?n be used for determining range carrying capacity is problematical, but tne a~32roachto , ,; this problem throu& a-naljrses of 'nutritional requirements an6 production records api~enrsto have possibili tics, particularly on ran;;e units where G.W.C. . '. reliable records have been maintained. ...

EUSINESS DUGNETl3RS T?holes&le co.;u,lodity prices fell 0,.5 gercent durinf;.the week ended June 12, bringing the index to 86.7 percent of the 1926 average and 1.8 percent below the 1.937 hi&. Work relief rolls on June 5' stgod at 1,980,236, or the lowest si$ce November, 1935. Autorobile production in the week ended Jut? 13,totaled 118,798 agaiilst 104,136 the 3revious week, and 100,415 a .year ago. Loadings of revonue frei;;ht in the week-ended June 12 totaled 754,360 cars or an increase of 9.9 2erce~itover the scme vie& last yea. iistail sales in ~aytotaled $3,600,000,000, an increase of 8 percellt 6' over..'^, 1936. , * --Daily Contact, 6-25-37. DAILY NEWS - INI1'ERMOmTAIN REGION Ogdon, UtcLi, July 15, 1337

Final arrangements for the Bridger Primitive Area Trail Riders have been received, The party consisting of 21 members from eleven states and Washington, D. C., plus a medical officer and one or two other inc?ividuals, wrSves in Kemmerer on July 17, proceeding from there to the Gmnet Peak ranch 150 miles north of Kemmercr where thz ride vrill begin, Ovid Butler, executive socretary of the American Forestry Association, rrill accompany the emedition, Supervisor Arentaon will act as host to thc group for at least a part of thc journey. The 1937 ride is the third one in succession into this primitive area, nnd attests to its attrnctivcness and popularity.

SCOUTS DEDICATE CAMP

C~QKiesel on Ogden River, 25 miles east of Ogden, will be formally dedic:xted Frid,~,7:30 p.m., July 16, by an nwroprinte progr~m cere- monies. Associate Rcgio:d. Forester, C. N, Foods, rcprcscnting the Forest Service nil1 ,-?ppccar as one of the speakers, All Forcst Scrvice employees ,are invitcd to attend,

IDAHO GAT03 CONSERVATION

The rnpidljr dnindling scGe hen population of Idaho is to reccivo full protection as n result of a proc1,unntion issued by the State Gcme Wmden closing a1 open counties to hunting of these birds, Most other nestern states have had no open season on thcsc birds, Tncnty-nine counties arc af- fected by thc ncm ordcr, f iftecn others haxing bcevl closed previously,

BEAVER TRA-NSPLUTING

Nen housckccping qucarters ,are soon to be provided for sovcral fam- ilies of beaver in a resettlenont projcct now under way in the Boisc Notion- al Forest. Hative mimcds from the Sclhy region are to bc trapped 2nd moved there by the Biological Survey. This year mrks the begirming of five-;year plnn of restocking the Boise Forest with baaver from the overpop- ulated ,areas in north Idrho, According to T. 13. Murr,~of the Biologic,?J, Survey, the Boisc Rivor rogion tms oncc t7e11. populated vith thcse interest- ing tldnm buildcrsft 'and tlon.gineersuand the prcscnt restocking efforts me calculatd to ni2 in water conscrvatiola as -;re11 as augmenting the dwi~dling loccd fur industry,

SCOWS MOVE MEN AND SWPLIES

On tht? "River of Uo Roturnll tho Sal5on Forest is plc?umi12g one-nay trips from thc rod end for ddivery of fire fighters and supplios to points in the canyon not othmnise ncccssible, Flat-bottomcd scows, for years typicd of Salmon ~ivertrips, xi11 be use&, each boat carrying 16 CCC nsn equipped nith rations, too1.s md life preservers, Eqerienced boatnen vill be omployed as navigators, At tho cnd of oach journcg the scorn nil1 be nbcmdonsd and the crews forc2d to return by ordinary mans of loconotion. Salmon officers cstimate that the swift nntsrs of this f,mous river will c:?rry the boats in three hours a Cistame eqx,d to 12 hours of travel by tiThis one-rr3y nethod of tmnsporting supplies down the Salmon Rivcr Canyon has bocn or-iployed for narc t:mn 60 yoms by niners in carrying sup- plies xd. heavy equipnent into the interior, CGvgocs as large as 5000 pounds have b~cnsuccessfully ha.nd.led,

_VISITORS FROM TiASHINGWN

T, W, Norcross, Assistant Chief in charge of the Division of Engin- eering, arrived Tuesday for a two weeks' inspection of the en<$.neerir; ac- tivities of the Region, lhr, Xoscross and F.e,:;ionnl 3ngimer 1.l~-bin v:j. 1-1 leave Osden tomorrow to vicw pro j ects througiu~utUt;r4-~ n.xJ Ke~sd-~~,lira Nor- cross expects to go to Region ? from here,

Dr, H, La Shantz, in ch,zr:p of the Division of tJili: Lif~Mrzlcgem.ent for the Forest Service, arrived in Ogdcn on Tuesday to confer with the Re- gional Forester ,md nanbers of tke Division of Range Mmagene~t. Tod.:~ Dr, Shmtz ,and Or,ange 01-s~m,we lcm-ing for the Tyoninc ~y1dTeton Forosts, Dr, Sh,ultz is particukrly i:iterc:ster?. in tho manrgerent of elk on the Teton,

Mrs. Elizabeth S, Pitt in ch~rgeof vomcn's ed~xwtionalactivities, stopped for one day on n trip throug;h nestern rcgions to acquaint hcrself vith field conditions, Shc was tnken on a trip to the '1;':i::atch Forest by J, T?. Stokes of Lands and shonn r;onc field activities t.rlAlchincluded the erosion control vork on the Davis Couirty ,arm, and timber sales on Provo River, Shc left for Sm Fr,xlcisco last night,

W. La Dutton, Chief of Rmge Mmagoment, Tashington, is here for a week or ten d,ws on

Dr, H. J. Lutz of the Forestry Depcartment of Yale, spent Tuesd~yand Vednesdgy morning in Ogcien visiting edxperimentnl pro j cct s of the Intermoun- tain Forest and RLmge Experinmt Station, Professor Lctz is instructor of Soils and Silvics at Yale ,and is interested in l~~bor8tory fielG work in soils arid their relation to rcvc~etmtionin this region. On Tuesday, Dr. Stenart shove6 hin! the reseeding nark md its dcpe~idenceon soil quality and took him through parts of Ogdcn CLanyon to becom acquainted with the soil and plant relations as they exist there, On T~csd,~3venin.g he was Dr, Stennrtg s &,ruest at a public lecture on lfRehabilitations 2f the plant cover" ~hichDr. -- Stenart gave to L;, forum group in Odden, On Wcdncsday xorning Dr, Lutz visited ' thz work on the Davis County natershed which ms a-xplnincd by George Craddock, 14r, Crnddock pointed out the flood ckmnge at thc b~ttom~2nd th13 contour trencL- ing at the hendxatcrs. From there they went to thc Line Canyon area \-?here a portablc rain mxcr h:;s becn put up to test differerit, kinds of contour trenches, Dr, Lv-t z ms fmorably impressed with thc mter resocxrcl.1 studies being undertaken mC nns intorestea not only in the fundtv,iental work being undert

PLEASE COABR2iCCT YOUR DImCTORY

The Region 4 Service Directory (mimeographed) of July 1, 1937, lists the Medicine Lodge Ranger District as being administered by the Challis For- est, This is a part of the Lemhi Forest 2nd is bdng administered by the Sdmon ~orcst, Matters pertaining to the Msiiicine Lodge Ranger District should, there- fore, be taken up with the Salmon instead of the Challis Forest,

_INS AND OUTS

Wm. I?, Mwrqy, Deputy Fiscal Agent, left last Sunday for an audit of the C,aribou Forest, He will be gone approximately two ,an& one half neeks,

George R, Crcddock is lecving for Boise today to go over influonce re- search projects on the Boise River watershed with Kenneth Pearse. These projects* me the Station's erosion ~tre~mflowstu&ies, He will probnbLy be gom ~tbout meek going over various phcses of thc vork on the cround and contacting the " personnel.

Ynn

Dr, IT. P, Cottam and Ira Clark retwncd this morning from n trip in the vicinity of Soldier Summit, where thcy surveyed private lands in the southvest corner of Wasatch County out sidc the Fore st bomd,vy, An interesting note about the tri? is that they discovered all cukrent mzps of that section ~vein crror in giving the boundary bctneen Vasntch and Utah Counties, This particxhr part of thz range is in poor condition because of too early and too intense use.

IT PAYS TO UVERTISE

Fiscal Control has found that it pyys to advertise oven in the Daily Nerrs, On June 22, July 3 cmd 8, items ncre posted in the Nons asking dl Forest Offi- cers to submit F.Y. 1937 vouchers fop payment promptly. From the stacks of vouchers recoiv-d cach day in Fiscal Control, everyonc in that Division ,agrees that it pays to advertise,

We wish to thank all Forest Officers in getting vouchers in promptly. Mk DAILY NXWS - INTXRMOUNTAIN REGION

1f ~r"( + 11-1 "'k# Ogden, Utah, July 17, 1937 if 1 I DAXO FI2E CONDI TI9NS

Assistarit Regional Forester John N. Kinney reports the following; fire conditions :

Challis N. F, - First period conditions at Stanley. Second period conc!,itiolzs at Cimllis. Third pricxi cmditions o,t Middlef ork. Two clcss A r~in-cause4 fires on Challis. . Two class A fires on Lerihi.

Salmon IL F. - Most of Eortxt in period two; soae ;)oints in period me. 34 regortable fires to date, largest baing five acres. One of xost favorable sensons for eicht years. To date scattered storms daily with sorrle li,ghtning.

Payette N. F. - (&?ported-by T. H. Van $deter) Cascacle and Tripod in period three. Garden Valley in gerid two. ~;sto ~uly14, 24 fires on Payette.

WASHINGTON VISITOR

Fred W. Furst, who heads up the Vestern Rrnge Survey, is in tile office today. On a two-months trip of the 17 western states, Nr. Burst has just cone from the Shelterbelt Project and Fort C~llins. 9e will go to Missoula froi~here.

INS AND OUTS

J, W. Farrell of Tinber iLZana

A partial illspection was also made of the fire coiltrol and personnel of the Southern Idaho Tii,i13er Protective Association.

Mr. Farrell also made an inspection of several lo,@ng operations 50th on private and national forest land while in Idaho and reports a keen de~mdfor ponderosa pine tim5er. Thos H. Van Meter and D. E. iiomo of this office and L. H, Hornby, fire planning specialist of the Washington Office, have returned. to the Regional Office fron an inter-regional field conference on fire control planuinr; (fuel type nai32ing pri~m,rily) held at West Yelloastone fron July 6 to t3. iiepresentativeo from ~e~ions1, 2, 4 and 5 and Yellowstone National Park cen discusseSc fuel classification typin;;.

Following the conference at Vest Yellowstone a fuel type ripping training ciwq was held at Cascade, Idaho, for re2resentatiaoa from the national forests in the stnteo of Ihho and Vyorning, under the general direction of Ib. liornby. lbiessrs. Clarence Sutliff and. Bal:_.rhEand of Region 1 anSI Larry Mays of Region 6 acted as instructors at tkis casp.

This region benefited greatly by havinz representatives of other regions assi st in our fuel type classificatior: and r;qq>ing training canp and thus obtained desirable int er-regional cmrelation.

Messrs. Hornby ad Van Meter will r.~%kT:a trip over the Utah

Supervisor J. E. Gurr of the Vasatch Forest, who is visiting in this off ice this raorning, reports that the aimua.1 program and Ti~apanogos hike took place last evening and c?urin& the ili2;ht. A total of 7,920 people were checked into the Aspen Grove area. This is the largest crowd of any so far recorded for this occasion. Thc progrm very unusual and the best that has ever been ?resented, Si.qxxvisor Gur raports. The amphitheatre with a capacity of 2,500 people was crowded to overflotriilg and several thousand people were una5le to get near enough to the stage to hear the progrm. Professor Hart of the 3righw Young University was , in charge and handled all details in a very creditable manner. The Forest Service and the Wasztch Forest received a great deal of credit for milg the AX?S[J.AL TIEr'3ANOGOS HIKE one of the outstanding outdoor activities in Utah. . . VEAT PXCE COOPEIiATION - . ' .' Sunday uorning , Jul* 11, two Forest 'officers ai,?roached a c+~~~rou~d in the course of a pck trip across a ranger district. As they came into. tlie grounds they discovered a smoldering caq fire which seemed to Be un- atteilded. They 1ilct.de a search of the imn~ediatovicinity, but found no one srowicl to be responsible for the fire. As the state of the camp indicated that the persons using it would return, tile $orbst Officers waited for them.

Ial1leil the cam2ers returned tht? officers immediately "pounced" upon them. 3ut iaagine their surprise! They founL7, two prominent laen to Isc res- ponsible. Goth nen are leaders in tiie cormunity and both have been wry good cooprators with the Forest Service. They are well acquainted with the

, danger attendant to carelessness .with fire ia tke forest and know the responsibility that attaches to anyone causing or leaving a forest fire. It would appear there was no excus5 whatever for the fire being left. They admitted it was a "dam f901tt stunt.

Iiow i;iuch knowledge is required before conversion sets in? Vho really is converted to protection of the forests thru being careful with.fire, except, of course, those who are responsible for actual suppression of forest fires?

They say "a little howledge is a dangerous thing." A lot of known ledge is of little value unless it is backed by conviction. A little lmow- ledge reinforced by strong conviction is probably many tines more va,lu&le than ri~chknowledge without conviction.

hlpvay, there v~asa convictiorL.

SUI)mVISGR N(jIID XTSCUES CH1LD;IEN FROM SIO3a3ING

It was a lucky break fop Verna, 6, and Kay, 10, children of Mr. and Mrs* Fenton Allred of Paris, Idaho, that Mr. Xord was bathing at the Fish Haven resort on Sear Lake on July 5. The two children were but a short distance from the shore and were thought safe, but close to where they were playiilg was a deep uposted boat chancel.

Verlm got too close to tile edge of the channel and sank beneath the surf~~ceof the water. Her brother ECc;-y atteripted to resc-u.c her but becme exhausted and was just going under the vhen Mr. Xord, -*;:i.lo .mas bathing in the l,dce, saw hiin. Mr. Nord rescued Kay easily, but had to dive several tiriles before finding the little girl on the bottom of the channel, about ten feet under. She was unconscious when Mr. Nord brought her to the sur- face, but through artificial respiration he restored her to consciousness.

Mr. Nord has mde a request of tlie County Cormissi~nersthat this and other dangarous channels along this beautiful lake be posted in order that the recreation resources of Bear Lake inay be enjoyed without the danger of catastrophes of this nature. --The News Caceli, 7-15-37. CIVIL SERVICE EXBLEhIZ~ATIONS The U. S. Civil Service Comission, Washington, D. C., announces the following exaninations for which applications must be on file with the United States Civil Service Commission at Washington, D. Cd, not later than August 12, 1937. Copies of this announcenent and application forms may be obtained fron the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, at any first-class post office, or fron the U. S. Civil Service Corsnission, Washington, D. C.: , Senior Motion Picture Director - $3,800 a year Motion Picture Specialist - $3,200 a year Junior Motion Picture Specialist - $2,600 a year WASATCH FIZ TRUCK

Supertrisor J. E. Gurr, while visiting in this office Saturday, gave us a few coments on the fire truck which the Wasatch recently completed. The %ton International truck was adapted'for this purpose and provided with booster pumps, large and small holes, auxiliary gasoline tank, and a 300-gallon vater tank. It is equipped with special head lights and red traffic lights, as well as n powerful siren. During recent demonstration of this unit on an actual fire on the 4th of July, the truck nan with a snall crew of five men traveled nine miles after receiving the report. The crew extinguished a j-acre, ragidly spreading grass fire in 22 minutes. This unit, Supervisor PJurr said, is especially-adaptable to condi tions surrounding $alt Lake City because of the highly inflammable nature of the grass and ;rush cover and the flashy type of fires that occur.

COOPERATION You have an idea, I have an idea, We swap. Now, you have two ideas, And I have two ideas. Both are richer. btyou gave, you have, What I got , you did not lose. This is Cooperation!

--Associated Spor tsimn Magazine. DAILY NEWS INTEXMOUNTAIN REGIGW

Ogden, Utah, July 20, 1937

X. D. sonnet, Landscape Architect in the Division of Recreation and Lands, Washington office, completed his inspection in Region 4 last Friday and left for Washington. At the close of his trip he co.mented on the following projects as being representative of the most desirable type of recreational construction for this Zegion:

1. The unjpinted, burned and carved recreation signs on the Yellowstone Highway on the Targhee mid bn tkm Wasatch.

2. The heavy log foot bridges and ro& bridges in Mill Creek Cmyon on the Wasatch. .

3. The siinldicity and q3propriateness of the small amphitheatre at the Blacksmi.th Fork picnic ground on the Cache.

4. Tne current policy of placing all poposed smner homes and resorts back in the fringe of the forest where they do not obtrude into the scenic views either from the road or frorii the lakes.

5. The location and construction of retaining walls and barriers on * outstanding scenic observation points, as at Grandview Pgint and barn River Observation Point on the Targhee.

H. L. Curtiss, wh~accompanied Mr. Bonnet while in Region 4, returned to Ogden Saturday from an irispection of current recreational planning and construction on the Fishlake, Wasatch, Cache, Sawto3th, Challis, Lemhi, Targhee and Teton National Forests.

NUn/Tam YQUR C9PY CF CIRCULARS

All Forests and Forest Officers receiving tfO-Fire, Fire Control Plann.ingtl axid nG-Fire, Fuel Tme Ma+iqingttshould plense assign them nunbers as follows: 0-No. 16 mid 0-No. 17, respectively.

FQIIESTS PRWIDE FEED, WAGXS, AX! RXCBUTICN

"That is the value of forest lands which comprise almost one-third the total laad ares of the United States?

"In dollars md cents, says the United States Forest Service, they provide full-time mrk in norm1 tirnes for l,j00,000 persms assure supplemental cash iilcomes for 2,500,000 farmers. .

tlMore than jj0,000,000 acres of fcrest lands are grazed by domestic livestock. From 144,000,000 acres of western forest lands, 2+ nillion cattle and 12 million sheep get 3 to g months' feed each year. he more than 170,000,000 acres of federally awned national forests shelter almost 75 prcent of the remaining big game rnge. In these forests, mo?e than 30 million 2ersons cnnually seek rest and recreation. The forests are in 37 States and in Alaska and Puerto Rico. A visitor my travel through thein and find all the conveniences needed, or he may visit the 70 primitive areas have neither roads ilor civilization.

n~liisnew forest economy, says the Forest Service, is one of glenty rather than s carci ty; of psriwence rather than in~~erimnence.'I -4J.S.D.A. Clip Sheet.

The naming of an Arizona hill "Barnes Buttevn honor of Will C. Barnes, known with warn affection and respect by every sld-tiner and nany of the more recent comers to the Forest Service, is mst fitting. The Butte is to be with a bronze plaque furnished by mnexbers 3f the Forest Service who kner: Fill Barnes. The privilege of contributing is not being extended to others, since this is to be a token of renelnbrance.

Highly iqroved ca.i$.ng md recreztional facilities at Posey Lake Cmpground have lured vacati3nists ir, great rxtjori ty to partake of swmer pivileges and enjilpiients . idore t-k%na thousand peol~levisited this place on the 4th cad 5th of July, and it is anticipted this nanber will be ex- ceeded in the future. Parties who have in tile pst atte-i2ed other i?opul~~r resorts are directing their nttendion toward Posey Lake for picnicking md vacationing.

A traffic survey conducted at Red Canyon July 5, rlisclosed that more than 1,500 people, representing 30 different States, England, the District of Colw~ibia, Canada, and H~waii,visited thzt section. It is most grntify- ing to note the widespread attrsction the scenic wonders of the Powell National Forest ancl southern Utah are commnding.

SEEDS OF IQKN&EDGE

Salt iimy never have caught a single bird, but it has destroyed r,~mya11 Aaericcxn deer. Most of the hundreds of deer killed by trains every year are lure6 to the tracks by salt used cluring the winter to keep switches from freezing.

Api~ro~inately2l5,O@O,OOO trees were 2lanted on the national forests during tha past year, toping the previous all-tir~ehigh mark set in 1935 by i.lorz than 60 percent. Newly 90 percent of the total planting was done in the national forests of the Ldce States and in the South.

Sports~lenin the United States and Alaska :?aid nenrly $10,000,000 for hunting licexses and Federal iligratory bird liuiitii~~i;stiwqs in 1935, the last year for which fi~uresare av~~ikzble. --Clippd.

Put it on ;,a;,er -- Papr remembers so that you can forget! DAILY NEWS - INTERMOUNTAIN LREGION Ogden, Utah, Jqly 21, 1937

ATTENTION FOjRESTS !

The Zegiontll Office has received an additional sup;~lyof the list of inotion i#.cture films avnilllble Prom the Bashington Office. Ariy Forest desiring copies of this list should send a request to the office of Inforim- tion ,and Education.

Request for additional copies of the order which accoriqmnied I'D-Super- vision, Safety, Goverment Carst' circulcr of July 19, has been received in this office. In order tPtt we my have enough copies nirLieographed to sui212ly the need, will you please advise if ycu need more copies, and how ~mny,and they nil1 be sent you.

S~~ DROUGHT BEGUN IN THZ N02.TmN PLAINS

Vhen he visitec? the Northern Plains Ex;)erirnental Stations at Miles City and Havre, Montana, and at Mnnyberries, Alberta, Dr. Gsorge Stewart fountl that a period of three years of excessive and acute drought had just ended. The yield of tne short-grass plants, xhich is the corxmn vegetation in the higher Great Plains, was in rxmy cases recluced to only abut 20 to 40 percent of seened to be a norm1 yield. In ad.Ytion to this, somewhere around 70 percent of the plants ha2 either Seen killer' or else had been driven into SO coi:~~lctestate of lorrxncy that they ha& been proclucing little if any to? growth.

Beginning on the 31st of May 3rd continuing throughout the nonth of June, storms have cone rapi?.ly and in such volune as to wet up the soil thoroughly. The live plants began growth im~ef-iatelyan?. hait greened up considerably by the 20th of June when Dr. Stewart saw them. A large number of the plants that were thought to be dead seemed to be showing some evi- dences bf life but it could not be determined at that date accurately whether they would send up green shoots or whether they would in the end prove to be dead.

The Great Plains is always a region of contrasts: Drought or an abundance of water - heavy crop yields or almost entire failures - extreme heat or very pleasant living conditions. Apparently the cycle of contrasts has, at least for the tine being, swung over to a period of a favorable moisture supply as during the nonth of June more than three inches of pre- cipitation has fallen. This period of sudden fluctuation from one extreme to the other was shown also in the attitude of the people themselves. In a barber shop at Miles City, for example, Dr. Stewart heard the men specu- lating about the return of rainy conditions. It appeared that somebody nearby had posted a bet, open to any takers, that it would rain 16 days in June. Up to June 20 it had already rained on 12 days aild news reports thereafter indicated that rainfall had occurred on more than 16 days of the month. This wager led to interesting reports and some of the old timers speculated on particularly rainy seasons' they had seen before. Back between l9lO and 1918 there had been several very favorable seasons when some of the l,md now coqletely abadoned for crop growing had produced 35 to 50 ~ushelsof wheat; and soine old timers reported that it had rained practically everr day in June. It was interesting to hear of one old settler who reraer~beredback in the very earliest days that one year it 5drained for 40 days in the month of June. iie did not say whether it also rained 40 ;lights.

At Billings, Montana, where a rather unusual heavy down-pour had brought a flood into town and pushed in the basenent windows and filled the baserneats with water, there was a grent deal of activity removing water 2nd water-soziKed materials. A lady in c'harge of the drug store at Billings said that she had 50,000 cones for ice cream destrqyed by the flood an6 Bnough other similar naterial to mke nore than $8,000 north of drug store equiplent. Then she was asked if she didn't synpnthize with Noah, her only commnt mas that Noah had an ark and she didn't.

OFFICE VISITOXS

Mrs. Florz Panrson, Clerk in the office of the Regional Forester, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is visiting in the ilegional Office today. Mrs. Pearson viss eqloyed in this office for a nuher of years and transferrecl to the hshington Office in 193 later to Region 9.

Valt Dutton, Chief of ilange Management for the Forest Service is spending tday in this office. In corqany with C. E. Favre he had spent the pst week on the Cache, Caribou, Ashley and l?yor.zing National Forests attending stochienls aeetings and contacting stocknen.

Announcement has been received in this office of the birth of EL son on July 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Lnrson of the Weiser Forest. BIG TXEES

"It seens tl-nt :mch concern is being given to individual trees - Qig Ones' of late, and as far as Nevada tiaber is concerned the Baker Division claims all lhonorsl in all classes, i.e., Illjhogany, Utah Juniper, Western Yellow Pine, an3 Fox-tail Pine. Now, anybody that doubts this just get busy with your proof for in the very near future 'Scientific measurenents and.photographic coaparisonsl will be on hand to back all claims. So just bring 'em on - we tcake all coners from Nevacla." --The Nevada Telegrac 7-8-37

Be not afraid of enthusiasm; you need it. You can do nothing effectually without it. - INTEXMOUNTAIN IiEGI ON Utah, July 22, 1937

Xwier Le Chatelier, honor graduate of the National School of Forestry, Nancy, France, is the guest 3f ~ee'dW. Bailey, Director of the Intebxountain Forest mcl ilange Ex12eriixent Stat'icfn, while he is studying forest and range conditions in Utah.

A tour of the United states from the first of May to the last of Augmt with all expenses paid by tlie French govermlent was the stipulation in the coveted scholastic prize won by Mr. Le Chatelier in his school at Nancy.

"V'hen I return to France I ax~jectto receive M ai3pointrilent in Morocco" Mr. Le Chatelier said in comilenting on his ;,lans. "3ecmse the climate of Utah is semiarid like tliat of southern France and northern Africa, I am vitally interested in the program of the regional office here in regards to forest and range imia~enent,the conditims existing on the pivate anti federal owneC lands, md the plans for further developxnt of iqortnnt forest resources."

In France, a11 forest land-s whether ;xivately or nationally owaed are subject to administration by the Goverment, Mr. Le Chatelier snid. No prop of education is necessary anong the Fronch farmers to +t then to preserve and !mii~taintheir forests. Many of them have rows cf el:^, beech, walnut, chestnut, apple or prune trees on their farns to furnish fuel for the fxzily and repair-mood for their hoaes. In fact, about 40 percent of the forests of France are privatsly ovmed. If my farriers fail to provide for the regenera- tion of their forests then the forest service will step in and do the work at the exgense of the farmer.

"No farmer with a forest of uore than eight acres will be allomd to cut the tii,?bered area over an6 cultivate it. Neither trrill he be allowed to cut as 1;wiy trees as he wishes, He ~ustconforn to re,gAstims of the forest service", lie added. "And another thin,;, no grazing is allowed on the national forssts and on the pivate forests. There is no overgrazins, because less than the carrying cqacity of each area is allowed on any land. Of course, years ago me had problem of erosion due to overgrnzins, but our agricultural engineers built ~;iechanical devices t~ c~ntrolthe s tremm and lessen tlie force of the floods, until the vegetation was able to do the contml vrork naturally-. Many of these dax~sand diPnrsion checks are disappearing ;low after 50 or 60 years, because they are not needod."

In explaining the plan on which the schcrols of forestry are operated in France, Mr. Le Chatelier said that two institutions are mintained, one for the traii~iugof officers and one for guards. As in all braaches of higher ecucttti~~vl in France the lilinistry ,;JLetsri-iiinesthe nu~berof students to be aclrdtted each year. Hif:h schcol graduates are chosen throuzh elimination tests, to enter tLe agronony ins titutes for a &year training in languages, chenis try, philosoi~hg., physics, engineering, and other of the general sciences. At the end of tno years a student can gs into one of the three general schools of agriculture. In choosiiig the candidates for the school of forestry ~nly100 are designate6 by the minister of agriculture frcri.1 about 600 applicants. The exact iiuf~eri~ deterixined by the nniber of jobs available mid no political influence is allse3 to enter into the selection. At the forestry school a 2-year intensive curri- culw is followed. Each student is registered with the govermiient and is re- quired to take military training. Because he is in the service he is paid a s~mllsalary, given his schooling and uniform. In return he is expected to sign up for a 6nyear period in the forest service after ~or~~pletinghis school- ing. If one wishes to quit before the end of six years he nust pay a fixed sum. In addition he, like all other able Frenchnen, is required to attend military cmip for two years. This training period usually cones when the yaung is 20 years old, but if he is studying or otherwise lawfully engaged in other pursuits he is granted permission to postpone his training until he is 27.

!!The ~najorproblems of French forestry are pertaining to econor.ly," Mr. Le Chatelier explained. !'We are trying to find uses for smaller wood pro- ducts. For instance, our engineers have developed an apparatus which generates monoxide gas to drive tnick imtors. The device burns charcoal or wood and is especially useful in tine of war. You how our gasoline and oil supi3ly is largely dependent upon the great American corfipanies and if that supply were cut off our motorized war equipment would be useless; therefore, we have to use soi-~ethingelse. As you know, the French government adds from 10 to 25 percent alcohol to the iil0tor fuel for tourist cars and about 50 percent alcohol to truck rnotor fuel. This alcohol is rqde by the fernentation of sugar beet roots. And it works very nicely. I've tried it in ny motor bike."

The French forester added that farmers are requested to have a SUP~I~~ of sugar beets on hand to sup-jly sugar and alcohol to be used as the condi- tions denand.

After visitin,; the experiment station at the Utah State Agricultural College, and the Desert Branch Zxperinent Station west of Milford, Mr. Le Chatelier will visit Colorado; Wisconsin where he will spend some time at the federal Boresf Products llaboratory at Maclison, and thence to New York.

On July 10 and 11, Supervisor Alexander Mceeen of the Huboldt Forest conducted a show-me-trip over the Hu3boldt Division of that Forest. In the :)arty were the County Agricultural &ants of Nevada and meixbers of the Extension Service, University of Nevada. The pqose of the trip was to acquaint these men Kith range conditions and the work of the Forest Service in its administration of the range. The trip proved to be very successful and effective and nade a very favorable ir.~pressiooon the 18 nen in the party.

Forests are made for weary iilen Tinat they iilay find their souls again, And little leaves are hung on trees To whisper of old memories; And trails with cedar shaflows black Are pl~cedthere just to lead ixen back Beyond the pitfalls of success To boyhood peace and lmi~iness. --Clipped. DAILY - INTERldOUi?;STAINREG1 ON

Ogden, Utah, July 23, 1937

ATTENTIOX FORESTS!

Reference is made to the item in the Daily News of July 21 regsrbrlg I'D-Supervi sion, Safe tx, Government Cars" circular and order of July 19. This order is not intended to be placed in trucks - just passenger cars and pickups that are used for travel purposes, such 2s those used by Super- visors, Xangers, etc. CCC trucks have been issued orders which are all'eady in their trucks.

Forests who have requested additional copies of the order should follow wp with amther letter stating their actual needs for passenger cars. The order is being printed ar,d will be available for distribution to all Forests in a very short time. It viill be in condensed form. We will send your supyly when wc learn yam needs.

Herbert Jorgenson of Sigurd, Utah, was highly comnded by local forest 0,fficers here today for his promst action in preventing two serious forest fires in heavy timber in an isolated section of the Glenwood Mountain division of the Fishlde National Forest on July 6.

TMle Jorgenson was herding sheep in a heavy timber belt northeast of the Koosharem Ranger Station an unusually heavy lightning storm struck large trees on two different areas and started them burning. Jorgenson left his son in charge of the shee;s, rod6 to the fires, and promptly put both of them out.

Forest ilanger Milo T. Dyches of Mmroe, Utah, stated: "At the time I was on the south end of tho rmgur district, 30 miles from the place where the fires occurred, and if Mr. Jorgenson had not taken action at once we ;xobably would have had a serious fire. Teamwork and cooperation by all users and forest officers may save many a day, as was shown in this case. --Fishlake N. F. 7-20-37.

Referonce to meridim in statements of tine arc abbreviated as fo1lov:s:

10 a. in. 2:30 p. n. (equal space each side of colon) 12 m. (noon) 12 p. m. (midnight)

The vord "o'clocktt is not needed with the above abbreviations.

(par. 78, 1335 Govt. Style ~alual) DAILY NEWS - INTEEMOUNTAIN REGION Ogden, Utah, July

iWEISEH BOASTS OF NO LOST TIME ACCIDENTS

At the expiration of July 4, 1937, Camp F-169, Company 1996, of Cdridge, Idaho, has operated a total of 307 calendar days without a lost time accident. The boys are proud of the large sign posted at the entrance of the camp upon which is posted each day the total, number of days that have elapsed since the last accident. At the weekly safety meetings the boys are frequently asked how long since the last 'lost time accident, and so far the person asked has never failed to answer correctly.

Incidentally, during the more than two years this camp has operated there has never been a lost time accident in connection with the driving of Government vehicles.

WFIC SURVEYS ON SALMON

The Forest Service recently completed a traffic survey which reve21s that cars from 17 states and 1 territory, exclusive of Iddo, were users of roads within the Salmon National Forest on the three days during which the survey was mde. A grand total of 922 cars were counted, of which 757 were of Idaho Pegis'try ctnd 165 -from other states and from Hawaii.

In view of effort to provide recreational facitities, it is signifi- cant that over half the cars counted were in the forest for recreational puqoses, according to Supervisor Floyd W. Godden. The recreational travelers varied from fishernen, campers and picnickers to those who were using the network of forest roads for scenic trips. Checkers were stationed at the Shoup Bridge, five miles south of Salmon, at North Fork, 24 miles north of Salmon .,

INS AM) OUTS

V. Fo Murray of Fiscal Control returned to Ogden Saturday night after an office inspection of two weeks of the Supervisorls office at Montpelier, Idahc.

Thomas E. Van Meter and L. G. Hornby, fire planniilg specialist of the Tashington office, spent the past week doing fuel classification work on the Wasatch, Uinta, Fishlake, Dixie, Nevada and Humboldt Forests. Ni. Van Meter has returned to the Regional Office and Mr. Eornby contiilued on to Sm Francisco.

Ben V. Schubort, General CCC Inspector, is spending n few dcys in this office. Be will be on the Cacha and Caribou Forests during the balance of this week. OFFICE VISITORS

Mrs. Mildred B. Williams, Forest Service Librarian, Washington office, an$- former Librarian in this office, ,and Miss Esther Stivender, clerk in the Divisicn of Fire Control, also in the Vashington Office, who are vacationing in thc Wcst, visited in this office last Friday. They left that evening for Yellowstone Nationd Park. We were all glad to see Milfired again and enjoyed their short stay.

More than thirty years ago we, as a Nation, began a great battle t3 save our forest resmrces.

This battle we aro renewing, I WLI proud to say, over n wide front. Twelve nillion acres of land unsuited to agriculture have been acquired by the Gmerlment since 1933, and will b3 given a chance to becow again a rich domain of useful tress, clear stream, a~dcbundant wildlife. More tbn a billion seedlings have been set out in areas so coqdetely ruined by cutting and burning that nature's mthods of reforestiag had little chance against r~ni~i~ethod of destruction.

Foresters wd the rien of the CCC are doing theircpart in the battle to protect and irlcrease qur forest wealth, but they are waging a stubborn war against fire. Behind this si!:li2le state~nentthere is a tragic story. Nina tines out af ten the thing that starts a forest fire is ~nan'scnreless- ness or his indifference. It is to believe, but twenty-five percent of all our forest fires are incendiary in origin. Another twerLty-five percent are caused by smokers. Wc are destmying our forest wealth through fire alone at the rate of $51,000,000 a year.

This frightful waste of a vital natural resx~rcecan be greatly red-uced through the whole-hewtecl c3operation of our citizens in being careful wit21 fire in the wo2ds ar,d in reporting srnall fires proqtly. I urge you to do ymr put in heli~iilgus keep fire away fron our forests. FWCLIN D. BOOSEVELT.

mil laore powerful than the combined arnies of the world. have destr~yedmre than all the wws of the world an nore deadly than bullets and I have wrecked :,lore hones than the mightiest of siege guns. steal in the United. Stctes alone over 300 ~dlli~ndollars each year. spars none and I find ~lyvictins mong the rich adpoor alike, the yo-cmg and the old, the strong and the weak; and orphans lmow ne . looin up t3 such i2roportio;is that I cast qy shadow on every field of labor frm the turning of the grindstone to the moving of every train. X-1 relentless, I everpvhere - in the hone, on the street, in the fnctcry, at railroad crossings, and on the sea. bring sickxess aild degrndatim and death, and few seek to avoid ue. destroy, crush or rimin. give nothing but take all. ax your iVorst enemy. aJn CARELESSNESS. Dixie Ranger, July 1937. DAILY KERS - INTE3h:OU?!JTAIN REGION Ogden, Utnl;, July 27, 1937.

INS 433 OUTS-

C. J. Truscott left yesterday for an inspection of maps and surveys work.

A. R. Standing left yesterday for an inspection of the Cache and Teton Forests. Before returning to the Regional Office, Mr. Starding will spend three days in Pocatello where the District liead- quarters of the CCC is holding a conference of educational advisers. Mr. Standing will give a talk on the part which the Forest Service plays in the CCC educational 2rogran.

i supervisor Guy .Mains . of the ~oiseNational Forest is in the Begional Office .today,

Supervisor Xord of the Cache Forest is an office visitor to- dw* Miss Luella christensen and Mrs. Helen Pzym lnf t this morning for a short trip to ~olmon,Idaho.

' BOUN3AiiIES OF THB UINTA EXTEXDEi)

Approximately 42,365 acres of land on the western slope of the Wasatch Mountains were added to the Uinta National Forest, Utah, by Executive Order dated July 17, 1937. - Federal Register, July 21. MRS. VAN METER ILL

Friends of Mrs. T. H. Van Meter will be sorry to learn that she is very ill, having undergone an operation yesterday. The hospital re- ports her condition as Ifgoodtt this morning.

The forester is an cznateur woodsma,n with a college education.

There are two classes of foresters. One class believes in keep ing abreast of those broad dynamic rmveinents of the pr-sent day that challenge the best efforts of the nation's thinkers. The other class fights fire, builds truck trails, plants trees, and wears old clothes. Sone foresters have offices, some live in Washington, and sme mork in the woods. Lots of foresters spsnd practically their entire lives in God's great out-of-doors. They love to hunt and fish. They would, too, if they only had the.

It used to bc said that a forester's best friends were his horse and his rur. Today n forester has no need for a horse,and he night cut hinsalf with an ox. Years ago most every forester wore a big Stetson hat and carried a gun on his hip and a flask in his pocket. Nowadays bi.; Stetson hats are only worn in the mvies, and you hardly ever scc a forester carrying a gun.

An interesting thing cioout a forester's life is that he neets all kinds of people f 3 hobos to milti-nillionaires. It is not uncor&monfor a forester to $rivilege of personally doing favors for a nillionaire . tourist. However, there is no record of 3 milI.ionair~tourist ever doing a favor for a forester. But even if they c?onit :mke rnch roney, its nice, stonily mork and they have lots of fun.

Another aatisf actory thing about a forester's career is that he is his ovm master, absolutely independent and answere&le to no one for his professional conduct. That is, except to h.is wife, ladies' garden clubs, sportslaen's associations, nature lovers, news:7zper editors, and local poli ticims.

Forestry is a very pleasant profession bec~~~eit is so easy to get ahead. Ivlany foresters graduate fron college rith only a few debts mid imediately get a job and a wife. In atox'. ;en years1 time in addition to the sxie job and tile ssisne wife, they have nore debts and five kids. That's why foresters are so happy. -- Park Service klletin, U.S.D.I. # ## DAILY ITEVS - INTERMOUNTAIN REGION #,w #iW#i##.f Ogden, Utah, July 28, 1937 # A

FRENCH FOIIESTm VISITS UTAH FOZESTS

Xavier Le Chatelier, Freilch forester on tour 9f the United States re- turned to Ogden last night froin a four-day trip over tho forests and exper- iment stations in Utah, greatly irqressed with the many uses being made of the national forest resources in the Intermountain Region, and the efficiency with which these valuable assets are being handled.

Le Chatelier visited the Desert Range Branch Experiment Station near Milford, the Great Basin Branch Exijeriment Station near Ephraim and traveled over a considerable portion of the Fishlake md Manti Forests en route. He was accompanied by Selar Hutchings of the Intermountain Forest and Range Ex- periment Station who introduced him to nimsrous forest officers, 2nd vrho out- lined to him the objectives and methods of Forest Service research and admin- istration.

The luxuriant growth of grasses and flowers and the large numbers of deer and upland birds observed on the national forests a-.xi the manner in which the conservation of these resources is being correlatccf v:i.th grazing, logging, recreation and watershed protection was of special intcroot to the French for- ester. "It is most interesting and instructivett, he s:rici, "to observe how through research and an efficient adainistrative organization, you foresters are able to mike reasonable use of a11 the resources on the national foreststt.

Le Chatelier was =also greatly impressed with the possibility of improv- ing depletcd range lands by artificial reseeding and by improved range manage- ment practices. He was shown successfully reseeded areas at the Great Basin Branch Experiment Station by Director R. W. Bailey, Geo. Stewart and Rapond Price of the Experiment Station. On these areas he was especially interested in learning that introduced as well as some native species have been used suc- cessfully in rehabilitating formerly depleted range and in controlling runoff and erosion.

Chntolier was equally impressed, while at the Desert Range Branch, with the recovery of depleted winter ranges folloning four years of conserva- tive grazibg. This was especially significant to thc visiting forester be- C~US~of the arid conditions under which improvement has been made. "The Desert Range Experimeat Stntion isa remarkable and convincing demonstratio11 area showing the value of p;ciod managementtf, he said. "Stockmen who use the desert range should be readily convinced of the importance of proper grazing practices after visiting this research osga an& viewing the resultstt.

Le Chatelier left Ogden last night for a four-d3y trip in Idaho where he plal?s to inspect tho Vestern ~heep''~reedingStation at Dubois, aild several of the national f mests. FIELD !EtIP On July 31, 1937 the Davis County Planning Board, the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station and the ?Vasatch National Forest are spon- soring a field trip,

The purpose of the trip is to show the progress and accomplishments of the erosion and flood control work on the Davis County watershed which has at- tracted national attention, and to discuss further work; to show the results of experimental studies conducted by the Intermountain Forast and Range 3x- perirnent Station, and to discuss the development of a recreation area in Farm- ington Basin.

The group will meet'at the CCC Camp, F-48, one and one-half miles east of Bountiful, at 8:00 a.m., July 31. Trucks will be available to carry those who do not wish to drive their own cars.

A free lunch will be served at the Farmington Basin CCC Camp at 1:15 p.m. and the trip will be concluded with the return to the Bountiful CCC Camp at 6:00 p.m.

It has been requested that those who wish to participate in this trip, please notify the Wasatch National Forest, 467 Federal Building, Salt Lake City.

SEED COLLECTION

Gerard J. Klomp of the Intermountain Forest and Rnr~geE-xperiment Sta- tion has been collecting soed of several native grass s-pdcies in the vicinity of Ogden recently. This seed will be used for planting iii the grass nurseries and experimental plots of the artificial reseeding investigations.

Mr. Kloq and three assistants have left for Carbon County where they will make an extensive collection of saed of Agropyron ineme. This grass has grown abundantly along the steep slopes of the Price River canyon and has prospects of being one of the better grasses for reseading certain types of depleted range. Ths grass is very sirnilar to krop~ronspicatum, bluebunch wheatgrass, but it does not have the prominent awns which are so characteris- tic of the latter.

LILL RAZN ON TKE SALMON

A rain storm accompanied by some lightning fell on thc Middle Fork of the Salmon River country night before last, Precipitation ranged from four one-hundreths to one and fifteen hundreths inches.

City Commissioner, E. T. Sau~ders,County Commissioner, W. E. McEntire, Supervisor, A. G. Nord and Ranger H. He Price left this mcjrning to investigate conditions on the Wheeler Basin watershed with reference to existing use by livestock and its effect on tha pollution of the municipal water supply and upon the dmaged area in need of rehabilitation, with the view to working out a program which will provide proger protection and security for the future im provement of the municipal watershed. # Q W DAILY NEWS - INTERMOUNTAIN RXGION ### H.ficm#t w ##IHfrIhPA Ogden, Utah, July 29, 1937 dYbhw?!! iF # L A'

INS AND OUTS I

Cb N. Woods and C. E. Favre left this morning for Ephraim, Utah for an inspection of the Manti National Forest. They will return Saturday night. Dr. R. H. Walker, A. C. Hull and Henry E. Peterson of the Experiment Station have gone to Wells and Paradise Valley, Nevada, to arrange for fall planting on artificial reseeding studies.

Orange 01sen has gone to the Challis to make an investigation of a CCC accident.

Dr. W. P. Cottam and Ira Clarke have gone to Soldier's Summit for s week on the western range survey. FOREST SERVICE FLOAT TAKES SECOXD PLACE The Forest Service float which depicted the various uses of the N&- tional Forests, was awarded second place in the Civic, PYnternal and Govern- mental Division of the Pioneer Day parade in Ogden. The float appeared in the parades each day of the celebration, July 20-24. The trophy is an ash tray surmounted by a bucking horse. The float was designechmd built by Nichols, Johnson and Edwards with ERA help. NEW S,AmFe MEMBERS

Three more Intermountain Foresters have applied for mcp?bership in the Society of American Foresters, according to an announcement received from the Executive Secretary today. These men are Virgil A. Gould, Buhl, Idaho; Sylv~lD. Warner, Bnker, Nevada; and John M. Wick, Boise, Idaho. Form1 elec- tion to the society doubtless will be completed within a month at which time the candidates will become full-fledged members of the professional organiza- tion.

A telegram has just been received from tho C'aribou that'on the night of July 27, between 7'md 8 p.m. an accident occurred vhich injured five CCC boys. The boys had ttborrowedffa truck without permission and gone AWOL. J. W. Farrell of this Office is investigating the c~ccident. .

"A mtch may be down but not outu. Summary of Ten-Day Fire Reports, July 20, 1937 I I Forest i Current :Total for I -- .-..- :lo day i Season 8 . . : xo Cases Cal. Year cost .i NO. an-Caused Fires : period . - . - . - . - . . . - . .- - -..- - . . c i 5. yr. :Extra f - raiticted : 7-.5- *P*i. 1937. j1936.- . i :A : B :C! ~otaliA: B :C: Total I aver. (periodj 1937..1936 -h937-1936 aver.: 10 seas. :lo da. seas. I &. *. 8 . I i Fire Forests: : .. I. I . .. . . 15 i31i 30 1 :2 77 ; Boise i16i i : 4 i i 35 i !._I_ : - :$ f$ 307 ! 6 i' 12 i . ; Challis i 211 : 928 : 686 : 21 .* . : Idaho +I* 1 -

: Payette 2 g :1 17 1 r ~aon 10 : Sawtooth 1: 2: j Veiser - - *- 3: 4 i

: Other Foreststi I j ashley : 1: : 1 I Cache 16 , I I Cari3ou . .I , : Dixie 1: 1: 5 : l?iskrlake . : 1: 12 , 3 j ~hmboldt :9 1: 6 t La Sd . I . I : Lemhi . . . Minidoh .: 1; Nevada I i Powall : 1 :l ; 2 4 :2 , I Teton I 1 . i Uinta * : Wasat ch . 11 3 .i15 i Wyoming . 4 i. . 6. : Totals . 22 i 77 8 i 77