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Show Forester Reviews Conference on Timber Problems Wh.it to do about American timber lands, the jrmjur part of w hli-are in the ban is of four million small owners? This was the complex problem faced by the national forest congress In Washington. D C.. according to J. Whitprofessor of forestFloyd, ney ry at Utah State Agrtcultuial college and Utah's only tpre-entath- e at the meetings. Ho from the meet-,n- g rtlurnel Tue.-dnwhich he attended as chief foiest-fir- e warden for the state. Great diversity of opinion os to forest policies was expressed at the congress. However, it Is will which policies expected jiuicic tire entire forest' conservation movement will grow out of this histor.c meeting, first in 41 years. Conflicting views centered around the following possible policies: federal Increased ownership and federal regulation; increased state ownership and state regulation; reversion of commerfrom cial tvmberl.mds public ownership to private ownership with Increasing public aids such as fire, disease, and insect protection and education in conservation; maintenance of preset lands in private owershlp with increasing education of the public in conservation. "If anything does come of this conference we may expect Increasing public aids such as aid for fire protection, and conservation education, the clr.ef forester fire warden hazarded as a personal opinion"We need an enlargement of present programs in fire protection and education. signifiHistory of nation-wid- e cance was made at the two Professor congresses. previous Floyd said. The first one, in is credited with having 1882, crjstalizcd the movement which bi ought on the reservation of lands for national forests. The second in 1905 brought about the organization of the forest serv.ee which provided for the administration of the national forest reserves. m-tutl- - 10 YEAR FIRE LOSS HITS NEW HIGH In the past ten years fire has been re-- msible for the loss of more than 100,000 lives ana the destruction of property ued at over $3,000,000,000. val- THE LOW DOWN - vs particularly important, Laurence out, pointed "that home fire extinguishers be Everyone regularly. inspected should know the location of hu nearest and box, know how to turn In an alarm, in order to get the Fire department on the job with a minimum of delay. "In communities without numbered street.--- , or any location where addresses are not given be sure thit you know how to give an ,larm by telephone and how to denne the location o 1 the fire. Chief fire-alar- m Friday, LI Oct. kinds of chaos. And furthermore, I says, trying to be halfway humorous and cheer Henry up, do you think, I says, that could have Mr. Washington thrown a dollar across the Potomac if it had been paper. Well, says Henry, throwing one silver collar across the river dont hold a candle to what they can uo now, with paper. They throw a coupla billion across or Into the river before breakfast. That, I says, shows why they hold tack on making gold legal lt Is too heavy to shovel it out so easy. Yours with the low down, JO SERRA- 1 Salt Lake dub president will cuss motor court advertising, Thomas Axel son. Joe Marsh A favorite recreation In onr town Is getting together in one or another's home and making music. There's somebody at the piano; a guitar; a fiddle player; and Molly Dirties even has a harp! What conics out Lnt the best music in the whole world. In fact, lot of it is downright bad. But nobody even thinks to question or to criticize. Because the spirit of harmony is there harmony between folks who like each other's company, w ho en- with nothing more exciting than old songs, and a glass of moderate beer or cider. From whore I sit, it's a heap more important to be a poor fiddle player, than not to play at all. More important to be a part of the American scone with its community music, home entertainment, than to friendly glass of beer hold out for professional perfection. (Besides, I lika to play the fiddle even badly!) joy the simple, homey atmosphere t Fill Your Bins Too! Make your home YOUNG again by modernizing and making repairs promptly where and when needed. An FHA TIMEWAY LOAN can furnish you with the money . . . enabling you to start work immediately without cash outlay and give you long, convenient terms that fit comfortably into your budget. Ask your materials dealer or contractor to arrange TIMEWAY FINANCING at the time you discuss your home improvement plans, or apply directly to the TIMEWAY DEPARTMENT HEATING EQUIPMENT of this bank. Improve your home through TIMEWAY FINANCING. Its local . . . its Helps build bank credit. loans to $2500. Improvement low-cos- t! otf and tennial plan. - NEW ROOF dis- Thomas T. Taylor Jr, chairman of the Utah chapter of the National Home and Property Owners foundation will the work of the foundation. David L. Trevithic of the Centennial committee will report on Cen- TRUE BLUE It was at the buffet in a smoky London railway station that the sergeant first looked into the bluest eves. They turned out to be the truest, too. This inspiring love story appeals in the American Weekly, the Magazine distributed with next Sunday's Los Angeles ExAdvt. aminer. and Lumber Co. 1H8 On Playing the Fiddle Badly Y and mayle silver didn't hurt helped. Also, it didn't breed 100 The ROTC quartermaster corps at Utah State Agricultural col- Follow the example nature. Prepare NOW for winter. 23, I where I sit QUARTERMASTER CORPS REGINS AT COLLEGE lege has begun its active training program this fall under the direction of Lt. Col. James C. Bradford. "Training in the quartermaster unit provides development not only in office administration, but in executive and business administration In many different types of local buanesses, Col. Bradford explained. As such it offers definite op- portunity to students of commerce at the college. Purchasing, contracting, and business management are all a part of the course, he said. Col. Bradford has been detailed to quartermaster activities since 1941, when he joined the army as a second l.eutenant In the infantry at Camp Lt, Va. 0 HICKORY GROVE ce "It rage VWtora How to furnish housing for Utah's 1947 CrntrWiL.I visitors is the problem to be major aired at the jFirst Annual convention of the Uuh Motor Court You know, try as hard as I ' assodation. to convene vn S.!t Lake City, November PI can, I can't get over the idea Members of the association that what our USA. needs is all sections of the state from We gotta start gold wampum. anbe in attendance, will some place if we ore to get away nounces Rachel the Lunt, Petty from the chan that the Big association's secretary. In Govt keep saying Squawks Scheduled to speak at the is around the corner, and will consume us if we don't keep convention U Dr, Royal L. Garff, these fellows in Just a little University of Lih professor of speech, who will discuss "public longer. Wvlham C. Winder relations." Why not change the Squawks, and David H Mann of the Utah maybe that is department of publicity and Insays Henry what ails us versus having no dustrial development will address gold dincro. Court the Motor oj orators. I will not get into politics too ' deep. I says, but maybe you got From something there. But if Uncle George Washington laid a solid kind of foundation for a USA. and used hard money for same, you gotta admit that gold and figures have Just been 1 chased by the National Fire Protective association. Fire losses for 1948 are expected to reach $390 million In property destroyed and more than 11.000 lives lost. Ninety per cent of all lives, according to the NFPA, are caused by failure to exercise reasonable precautions. Chief Lau-enasks that every citizen in Cache county enlist in the war on fire, for Ins own protection as well as that of his family and community. The- To House Centennial INSULATION MEMBER fEOERAl RESERVE SYSTEM |