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Show I ( ) i Page Four ........ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1958 THE SALT LAKE TIMES suffer when proper management is lacking. Federal agencies' records prove that use is paramount to proper management. S. 4028 would prevent the proper management of this resource. Such lack of management is a potential threat to any proposed wilderness area. The Big Wilderness Battle The current controversy over the proposed Wilderness bill has stirred up considerable feeling in Utah and in other Western states. Attention was focused on the bill by recent hearings con-ducted in Salt Lake City. Attention was focused on the bill by recent hearings con-ducted in Salt Lake City. Both sides brng forth convincing arguments. However, it seems that the great bulk of persons appearing before the recent hearings were there in opposition. There seems to be one all-importa- nt question to be answered. Would the primitive areas that will be set aside under the bill be for the use and enjoyment by the people? The answer is yet, but only in a restricted way and only to those limited few in a financial bracket who could afford guides and pack trips, or to those few with the physical stamina to endure long outdoor trips on foot. The U. S. Forest Service, in its last record year report, states that nine-tenth- s of one per cent of the total national forest visitors entered the 14 million acres of national forest land, at present classified as wilderness, wild, or primitive areas. This would certainly seem to demonstrate that the benefits of the propose program are actually of value to a very special and re-stricted minority of our population. Tourists from our Eastern states, who anually come to Utah with limited funds and limited time, have the right to expect adequate accommodations within our federal lands and adequate roads by which to view our many scenic wonders. Present facilities and roads are, at present, inadequate. S.4028 will cur-tail the existing facilities and roads and prevent future develop-ment of such facilities, thus locking this area to many thousands of Eastern tourists. In our opinion, S.4028 would destroy to a great degree the present multiple use system of- - the management and develop-ment of our federal lands. A system which has proved so bene-ficial in preserving and maintaining the wilderness effect of our federal lands. A system which has made available Utah's fed-erally owned areas to the sportsmen, recreationists and various segments of our economy. Increasing population, combined with the trend toward a shorter work week, stresses a greater need for the expansion of the multiple use of these areas. Under present management these uses are entirely compatible. This is simply wise use, pro-viding themost good for the most people over a long period of time. For example, let's take our forest areas. From the stand-point of forest management, wilderness areas are far from desirable. Wilderness areas lead to unmanaged stands of timber, which increases the chances for outbreaks of insects and diseases. Unmanaged stands of timber become stagnated, and in recent years, an expenditure of some 500 million dollars was made in neighboring Colorado to control an insect outbreak which built up in stagnated trees. In unmanaged stands the forest fire hazard is increased due to an increasing accumulation of fuel on the ground. Should a fire start, the control stiution is further complicated by lack of access roads. Well managed forests create a desirable wildlife habitat; : stagnated, unmanaged forests do not. Wildlife, and the forest, i " t THE SALT LAKE TIMES Combined with The Salt Lake Mining & Legal News Fc3rl6SS Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah , Entered at the postoffice at Salt Lake City as second Independent class matter August 23, 1923 under the act of March 8, Newspaper yll South West TempIe Telephone EM i I ' 1 GLENN BJORNN, Publisher , Subscription Price $3.00 per year in advance "This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation." Volume 38 Number 27 We've Much to be Thankful For (Continued from Page One) would become. The varied contents of this cornucopia illustrate one small aspect of the manifold blessings we have to be thankful for. Forest Pests Take Huge Timber Toll In Beehive State While forests and range1 fires captured recent headlines in the state, a silent enemy which takes a far greater toll of the Beehive State's forests continued its re-lentless attack on the state's timber resource. Insects and diseases continue to be the major enemies of Utah forests, according to Thomas B. Welch, Midvale, a spokesman for the state's forest industries. Welch pointed to a government survey which disclosed that in-sects alone in an average year kill 27 million board feet of Utah's saw timber, more than two thirds as much as is har-vested for man's use in the state. Diseases kill 16 million board feet, and other causes, such as windstorms, etc., take another 8 million board feet. Fire, by contrast, kills some 1 million board feet annually. Together these enemies are killing considerably more timber than is harvested for use here in the state, and the mortality loss adds up to 58 per cent of the state's annual forest growth. The Western Pine lumberman explained that losses to insects and diseases in Utah are fairly heavy because of the large area of old growth forests. In such forests the over-rip- e trees are declining in vigor and stand ex-posed to attacks by a host of pests. The days of such trees are numbered. He said that "as long as we have extensive areas of over-ripe, decadent virgin stands, we can expect continuing heavy losses." Only where stands have been put under good manage-ment, through harvesting ripe trees, can a reasonably good job of preventing insects and dis-ease losses be done. some people say is down and out. We're looking forward to a happy holiday season but instead certainly there are 19 people who will face a rather bleak and lonely Christmas because tuber-culosis was not down and out. Let us hope that Christmas Seal research will put an end to the TB tragedy." The total number of cases of tuberculosis this year in Utah now stands at 117. Christmas Seals To Go In Mails Tuberculosis fighting Christ-mas Seals make their annual debut November 14 in Utah and across the nation. Mailing of the 1958 Christmas Seals weighing more than two tons, to homes throughout Utah has begun, according to Rolfe Peterson, KSL radio personality who is the Utah Christmas Seal chairman. It marks the 52nd annual sale of the seals. The first were sold in 1907 to raise $3000 for an ex-perimental project in Delaware. At that time, tuberculosis was the nation's number one killer. "We have dramatically re-duced the death rate since then," as Peterson said, "but unfortu-nately as many people are getting TB today as they did 20 years ago." Peterson urged each family to continue the tuberculosis fight by answering their Christmas Seal letter with a contribution and by using the esals on their yuletide mail. The Utah Tuberculosis and Health Association, with its 15 county affiliates, depends for its funds entirely on this traditional once a year distribution of holi-day distribution of holiday seals. Of every Christmas Seal dollar contributed, 94 cents is spent to finance the association's local programs in Utah. The remain-ing 6 cents goes to the National Tuberculosis Association to sup-port 40 current medical research projects and other work on a national scale. "Money raised by the seal sale helps to promote good health for all by fighting and preventing the scourge of tuberculosis both by finding and helping per-sons afflicted with the contagious disease and by financing medical research on its prevenaion and cure," said Peterson. Today's Kids Taller Than Those of A Generation Ago Today's children are taller and heavier than those of a genera-tion ago, according to statisti-cians of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Comparison of measurements for Michigan children made re-cently with those in 1937-193- 9 shows consistently higher figures for today's children. Among the boys under 9, average heights were greater by a fraction of an inch, and at ages 9 and over by an inch or more. Among girls the difference was an inch as early as age 8. The increase in average weight ranged from more than 2 pounds at age 7 to as much as 13 pounds at age 14. Similar trends for the average heights and weights of elemen-tary school children are evident elsewhere in this country and in Great Britain and the Common-wealth countries. With the accelerated rate of child growth, full adult height is approached at somewhat earlier age than in the past. Moreover, the ultimate height has increased gradually. Evidence for this is available from data on adults in successive age groups, from the father-so- n and mother-daught-er comparisons of college entrants, from Selective Service data for the two World Wars, and from comparative figures on the con-scripts in various European na-tions. "Acceleration in the rate of growth of school age children re-flects a number of facts. Of major importance are increased knowledge of the principles of good nutrition, the availability of a wide variety of foods, and the rise in living standards. An-other contributing factor has been the decreased frequency of debilitating diseases in children. A number of childhood diseases have been brought almost to the vanishing point through immu-nization, and in many others the course of the disease has been made milder and shorter through modern drug therapy." "Better knowledge of the fac-tors that affect good health and the application of this knowledge in daily living also have had a salutary influence on the devel-- r opment of school age children." HelpsUAnd Clear E2chy!rin2ashi Zemo, a doctor's antiseptic, promptly relieves itching, stops scratching and so helps heal and clear surface rashes. Buy Extra Strength Zemo tor frQfYlf stubborn cases! I lf . ! KENTUCKY BOURBON jai3?I SINCE 1 81 0 '.PHI C-5- S WATESFIU AND FEAZIER OISTULW COMPANY, BARDMWNTmTUOY Utah Reports 19 New TB Cases Nineteen new cases of tuber-culosis in Utah during the past month has spurred the Utah Christmas Seal Drive to greater importance, it was reported by Rolfe. Peterson, Utah campaign chairman. "We urge you to send in your contributions for the Christmas seals and then use them on your holiday cards and packages. The money for research and educa-tion and case-findi- ng is the best way to keep our name from be-ing added to the tuberculosis toll." The last four weekly disease reports of the Utah State De-partment of Health show that be-tween October 17 and November 14 there were 19 people who learned for the first time that they had TB. "And this is for a disease that News Preview i Vice President Nixon is be- - j ing urged to pay a surprise j visit to West Berlin during the j present crisis . . . The U. S. j is planning to supply SEATOj nations with atomic missiles j i . . . The West expects Mos-- ! cow to revive talks on U N control of Outer Space early i next year. j |