Show AREAS Of UTAH NATIONAL FORESTS Some Land Eliminated Will Be Restored to Entry WASHINGTON D D. C. C AMR Aug 18 The areas and boundaries boundaries' b of the Nebo Neb and the the Wasatch national forests ot of o Utah have been considerably modified by two proclamations which President Taft signed July 1 lv The chan changes es are the result of a careful field examina examine tion ion mado made last summer Bummer i by 3 direction o otho of tho the secretary of a agriculture The Nebo which comprises Bevera several separate tracts loses by elimination approximately acres and by transfer to the tho Wasatch the tract trac known as the Vernon division The lands eliminated lie mainly alon along th the tho north and west sides of the Payson division division di die vision vision and along alone tho the border of tho the Vernon Vernon Vernon Ver Ver- non division Praet Practically cally all the lands land excluded from the Payson division ar are arc already alienated while I from the Vernon Vornon division contain a considerable number of sections adapt adapted ed to grazing and find dry dr farm farming n Th The portion of the latter d division aU ill tamed as national forest territory deemed valuable for watershed pur pur purposes purposes poses and it is demanded in the interest in in- interest terest of a a. number of small the neighborhood The transfer of th e Vernon division to tho the Wasatch fores forest t is a 3 measure of convenience and economy economy econ econ- omy in administration The actual management has been for a year inthe in inthe the tho hands bands of the forest sun isol supervisor o t othe the W Wasatch satch at Salt Lake City Changes In Wasatch Tho The Wasatch forest loses by a. ia- ia tion Lion approximately 1440 1410 acres and gains gain approximately acres and by transfer transfer trans trans- fer from tho tiro Nebo mitt ly lr acres The I ho eliminations con consist silt of a narrow strip on the tho east cast side of the Grantsville d division ision which com com- comprises lands adapted to dry farming arm uA and a number of small segregated sections section sections sec sec- tion cast of Salt Lake City on the north end of the old Salt Lake Laite forest L This region is so largely largel alienated ato af a of to be useless for forest purposes pur oses Nt Nc timber of any value exists on any c t these lands The Tho additions consist of a n few fow isola n q l ir T r 1 roo ed erl areas lying n n ti y n watershed several sections just south of the division covered with ith a n heavy stand of juniper and ant pinon and an area of about acres east of the city of Pleasant Grove Grovo These 1200 acres contain some merchantable timber but were recommended mended for addition chiefly on account account ac ac- ac count of their v value lue in the tho protection of tho the water supply of Pleasant Grove On this addition no grazing fee willbe wilbe will wil willbe be charged durin during the present year and the tho razing grazing privileges of those who have havo been re regularly uS using ng the tho area will be carefully guarded The appropriated portions of the areas eliminated b by these proclamations proclamations proclamations will be restored restore to settlement and entry after having been advertised in inthe inthe I the tho local papers by fay the tho secretary o othe oj of f the interior in |