Show Is I 1 at NOTI sup arvi v binl i find if i uty MI nl hi litter I 1 hit r part of the fk with th to rankin itt it I 1 and oi oto the 10 1021 11 jalo J I 1 all t anti 1 other for tot kt work ork rn iw w rt it badt th last of uy Ie deputy luty quiley anil anti llanga feador show the h lion tion to be atlow normal at the he wilson mesa elevation there nrc are 14 inh i at bald apost kan tion IS inches at fit pole cun can you it 11 indea at north montezuma Mont elava tion JO P 0 inch lachs on the name rame bites lant year thi comparative readings were wilton 17 inches bald mesa 27 inches iole canyon 26 inches and north montezuma 17 37 inches thin this years enow snow is loode and nil has it very low water content tho the mock wintering out are re reported to be doing verv well the light snowfall fall and the pleasant mike ideal winter condi lion such favorable rane range conditions 4 aro are really greatly appreciated in view of the local hay prices which are quoted at IS 15 to 20 per ton three of the four young men trien who took the rangers examination at moab inet last fall havo have received their ratings none were fortunate enough to pass it 1 rt ported that several stock men have received offers of 31 per head for yearling steers to be delav ered in the spring all toc kmen were ent grazing application blanks to bu be filled out and returned not later than february 16 no doubt many believe in not doing today what can be put aw until tomorrow as we have received but ten application applications to date anyone de siang a gezing itra ii per bernitt during the coming sea season seaton ton should have his application on file prior to february 11 the di district strict office advised us that the stockmen will be allowed to pay their 1924 grazing fees in two installments stall ments one half before the stock enter the forest and the balance by december 1 the same some policy as was watt in n effect during 1923 we were in hopel that the last of the long drawn out cold spell had passed but if the ground hoe hog myth hae has any significance ve e arc are yet to have six weeks more of cold weather this date february 2 is ground hor day and the sun is shining brightly january remained consistently cold throughout the very regularly registered zero et at moab and twelve below at monticello last lait winters coldest weather was but fourteen above at moab Supe supervisor rAsor olsen of the la sal na dional forest states that during tho past year the state of utah received as Us its proportion of the receipt receipts of national forests located within Us its boun danes twenty five per cent of f all anoney received for I 1 brazing fees timber sales salos or any other use of the forests iti i annually turned oi our er to the state for distribution among the count countie coun tle lea for lot school and road purposes the moto mor a 4 forst oat earns through use of its resource the tho greater Is the return to the counties in which the forests are located in the past the forest vee baa has been quite liberal in allowing ranch era ers living at a dist distance arice froni from the forest to turn tum free of or charge on the forest ten head of work or milk animals the regulation permitting such free use has been changed hereafter it it will be necessary for foe all ranchers except those living directly within the forest to lake take out per mua at the regular rate for animal animals anch they were previously allowed to braze without charge upon the forest I 1 deputy supervisor quigley left the fint of the week for paradox to attend lW iha annual meeting of the paradox association ind and to 9 take up with the paradox user tange problem problems of tho coming season a |