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Show On Manti National Forest. On January 2 7 Mr. Storm visited the Alpine and the Great Basin Experiment Ex-periment Stations for the purpose of taking snow measurements and changing the thermograph sheets. He advises us that the snow at the the Alpine was 45 inches deep, and at the Experiment Station 35 inches in depth. The water content of the snow at the Experiment Station was found to be 7.70 inches. The coldest cold-est weather recorded during the present winter at the Alpine is 21 degrees below, at the Experiment Station 15 degrees below, at the Oaks 16 degrees below, and at the Power House 17 degrees below zero. Forest Ranger Hans A. Wickman of Castle Dale has resigned as Forest For-est Ranger after ll'years service on the Fishlake and Manti Forests. Mr. Wickman has purchased a herd of sheep and has the best wishes ot the entire force In his new work. Mr. Byron A. Howard or Huntington has been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Wickman's resignation. resigna-tion. Grazing applications from 205 new applicants have been received at the Supervisor's office for the 1920 grazing graz-ing season. All the Ranges employed employ-ed on the Manti Forest will be In Ephraim during, the early part of February to assist in making Tip the 1920 grazing allotments for tho Forest. For-est. S. E. Pyper of the Biological Survey Sur-vey was in Ephraim January 24 to 28 giving instructions to local trappers n their work. Mr. Pyper expr-s.s?d himself as well pleader.' with the work bcir.g accomplished 'L this section. The annual Tiee'ingt of the livestock live-stock associations using the Manti Forest have some of them been held and others are scheduled to be held at early dato. Owing to the recurrence recur-rence of the inf iutr.a it. is quite likely like-ly that some of these meetings may have to be past poned again this year. The aa'iuril meetings of ninny of the associations were never held for 1919 because of the influenza situations last winter. It may be necessary for some of the association to hold their present officers over for i third term unless con'dition3 Improve. Im-prove. Forest Ranger Edward P. Cox, reports re-ports that load of bridge plank furnished furn-ished by the people of Mayfield and Gunnison for use on the Narrows Road has been stolen. The matter has been investigated and it is quite probable that the guilty parties will be brought to justice. If any one can furnish us additional information to strengthen our case we will bq glad to hear from them since we are particularly par-ticularly anxious to stop such per-nicious per-nicious practices. Immediately following the close of the last grazing season, 3 herds of sfheep and 2 herds of goats belonging to G.reeks were found trespassing on the Forest between Moorland and Clear Creek. Evidence to convince these traspassers was immediately found, however, before action was taken the trespassers,, possibly fearing fear-ing Impending trouble, sold their interests and left the country. |