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Show Forest Notes During the past two weeks! one or more of the Forest Ser-; vice slides, "Forestry in Agri- I culture, " " Forestry and Geo -1 graphy," "Fish and Game,"! "Forest Management," audi ' ' The Work of the Forest Ser-1 I vice," have been shown at i I Castle Dale, Orangeville, IIunt lington, Ephraim, Manti, Gun-i inison,. and Fairview. Tliej i Forest Service reels, "Thc; Fiery Lance" and "Gardeni Gold," have been shown at the, i picture houses in Mount Pleas-i ant, Fairview, Ephraim, audi Manti. All the officers of the l Manti Forest have taken a jhold of this work, and with I the natural advantages we i have in the way of towns and ! settlements situated close to I the Forest, we expect to at (least beat the minimum n--Iquirements for that line of PI? work. 1 Orangeville permittees sold i 500 yearling cattle on April 11. iTheprice received fr the stock which consisted of both stecr land heifers, was $25 per head. I The Ferron stockmen disposed i of their yearling steers at the i same figure,, delivery to lie i mad" on April 17. J (Continuf-.d on last p:ige. ) FOREST NOTES Arbor Day, which is combined combin-ed with Bird Day, comes on April 15 in Utah. It is now fifty years since the celebration celebra-tion of Arbor Day was first inaugurated. in-augurated. It had its beginning begin-ning in Nebraska, where the timber supply of any and all species was extremely limited. The people there, realizing the need of timber for fuel, building, build-ing, and other purposes, encouraged en-couraged tree planting thru out that section. This year it is planned to hold special exercises commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of this holi day. In the treeless regions it was necessary to plant trees fifty years ago. Other sections, sec-tions, more favorably situated, did not at that time feel any such need. However, owing to destructive fires and destructive des-tructive use of our forests, thclre is at the present time a pressing need for tree planting plant-ing campaigns, over all sections of the United States where trees can be grown, since we are rapidly approaching the time when the annual timber consumption in this country must be greatly restricted or our timber supply must be generously gen-erously augmented from outside out-side sources. The officers of the Bureau of Animal Industry in charge of the cattle scab infestation in Emery County, spoke very highly of the assistance given them by Ranger Howard in controlling the disease in that section. His thorough knowledge know-ledge of the local situation has made him a very valuable assistant as-sistant in that work. April 16 to 22 has been designated desig-nated by Presidential proclamation procla-mation as Forest Protection Week. During this period Forest officers throughout the greater part of the United States will call to the attention of the public the necessity of pare with fires. In this particular par-ticular section we have been very fortunate during the past seventeen years in having but very few fires. There are other sections in the United States where the fire danger is also very slight. However, since some of the people from practically every part of the United States may have occa sion to visit the National Forests, For-ests, where the fire hazard is great, the Forest Service is attempting at-tempting to educate the general gen-eral public over the entire country as to the necessity of care with fire, especially within with-in the National Forests. In Idaho, where the damage from fire is very great, the State Uni versify is taking a very active part along this line by furnisll- a - . .- ing printed matter to scl and other public organizai: Last year in the Intermom; region, which is not gem: subject to fires, it cost the': ernment more than $12,1) .extinguish the fires cause! human carelessness and : lightning, while more ; 5,000 acres of Forest land' burned over. Mr. E. E. Gery, from Office of Lands, spent a ; of two days in the Supervi-office Supervi-office on April 14 and 15, cussing land exchanges, v ational uses, and other rt subjects. |