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Show f VAST IMPROVEMENTS , ON LA SAl FOREST - SET FOR 1933 s 200-MAN 200 MAN - GA1P CAMP ! ; TO BE OE ESTABLISHED.HERE ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHEDHERE . ; HERE .HERE m FOR mmmw IMPROVEMENT mmmwAbout PROGRAr PROGRAM PROGRAMAbout About $18,000 18000 $ , to be Spent Each \ Month 1\1onth 1 1onth for Perio Period of Five \ Months 1\lonths 1 lonths ' ; f fLocal Local 'V V W ' Workers 0 o r k e r s ' Will 'ViU ViU be Employed as ' Well 'Vell Vell as asTrucks asTrucks asTrucks Trucks and Teams . Flans Plans as outlined outlmed for eforestatnon ieforestattion leforesta i on work in Utah , underPresident undeiPresident President Roosevelt's Roosevelts ' ' reforestation program to relieve re1ieve unemploy unemploy- unemploy1nent unemploylnent unemployment - ment 1nent lnent , call caIl for the establishment of a 200-man 200 man - camp on the La SaNational Sa Sal SalNational i ' National forest for a periodof period of from five to six sic months , , at a cost cos cosof cosiof t of ( ) f about $18,000 18000 $ , per month , , according to Supervisor A . . C . FoIster Folste Folsteof Folstelof r of ( ) f the La Sal forest , who returned Saturday from Ogden , , where wherehe wherehe wherehe he attended a meeting meetmg of foresters called calIed to map plans plns pl ns for the"huge thehuge the the"huge thehuge "huge huge " " program of improvement to be undertaken this season . A AClew Aciew Aciew Clew ciew of 200 men , recruited and trained by the U . S . , army , will wIII be bebrought be"brought bebrought rought brought " to southeastern Utah early in May JYIay to commence the pro- pro pro.gram program pro-.gram pro.gram pro .gram gram - - .gram gram . . scheduled for the La Sal forest , which includes road andtrail and andtrail andtrail trail construction , building of fences , reforestation , eradication of ofpoisonous o opoisonous oipoisonous f poisonous vegetation , , establishment of recreational camps , andother and 1 , other 1other lther { projects for the betterment of the forestVhile forest . \ While \Vhile Vhile the crew crewof crewof crewof of 200 men will be brought from the outside , an auxiliary auxihary force oi of oft t ( ( 2Q :20 20 : men , together with trucks and teams , will be employed locally , , . .according according . to Supervisor FoIster Folster , to aid in the improvement work . The plans call for three work camps campson campson campson ; on the La Sal forest One will be at atWarner atWarner at"Wamer atWamer ; Warner " ranger station on the La Sal Salmountalns Salmountains Salmountains 1 mountalns mountains , , one will be at Klgalia Kigaiia KlgaliaTanger Kigaiiaranger Kigallaranger , Tanger ranger station on the South Elks , , and andone andone [ one will w1l1 be on North creek above Montlceno Mon- Mon Monticello Monticello - -ticello ticello tlceno - on the Blue mountains Thecrew The Thecrew Thecrew crew of 200 men , , who will Wlll be recruited recruitedoy recruitedby recruitedly . oy by the army and will be under army armydlsclpHne armydiscipline armydiscipline dlsclpHne discipline , . will v.111 v111 beorked be \ - worked \\-orked orked under the di- di dl- dl dlrection direction di direction - rection of La Sal forest officials At Atnight Atnight Atnight , night they will be returned to the thecharge thecharge thecharge ; charge of army officersThe officersThe officers officersThe The men will MIl be emplo employed ed here for forabout forabout forabout about fh the file e or six months The Klgnlia Kigalla Klgnliacamp Kigallacamp Kigaliacamp camp will be maintained mamtained for six sixweeks sixweeks sixweeks ' ; weeks the North creek camp for the thesame thesame thesame , same length of time , and the remainder remain remain- remainder remainder - der of the time will be spent at the : Warnerranger ' "Warner Warner 'Warner " - Tanger -ranger ranger station camp on the La LaEals LaSals LaSals Eals Sals The men will undergo tralnmg training tralnmgfor trainingfor trainingfor for tv t\so t so two . \ 0 v . weeks eeks before being brought to tothe tothe the forest , , and it lt may be a month be before be- be before - fore theork the \ work \\ork ork stork \ gets ts underay underway under \ - way \\-ay ay , . The 200 men will be housed , clothedand clothedand clothed and -and - fed by the U S army , , and will be bepaid bepaid paid $30 30 S30 $ per month each Allork All \\-ork ork work workprojects \ - workprojects orkprojects projects v . will 111 be under the direction of offorest forest qfflcers qfflcersIn $ officers fficers officersIn fficersIn In connection with the 200 men , , the theforest theforest theforest forest will employ 10 foremen and 10"specialists 10 10'specialists 10specialists 'specialists specialists "specialists " " ' ' " these latter includingskilled includIng includIngsk1lled includingskilled sk1lled skilled laborers such as tractor and andtruck andtruck andtruck truck drivers and teamsters includIngI These Thesemen Thesemen Thesemen I men can be employed locallyFor locallyFor locally locallyFor For transportation facilities faclllUes , local localtrucks localtrucks , l trucks trucks111 will \\111 111 \ be hired at a cost of 'Of ' $2000a 2000a $2000 2000 $ a month Local team hire will cost costabout costabout costabout about $600 600 $ a month Powder Po\\der Po der Ponder \ , caps and andfuse andfuse andfuse fuse will be purchased at an estimated estimatedcost estimatedcost I Icost cost of $800 800 $ per month , , while small smallI smallmat smallmaterials smallmaterials mat materials rials , such a shovels , picks andaxes and andllxes andaxes llxes axes , will cost about $300 300 $ a month andI , , it itIs itis itis I Is estimatedProjects estimated Projects on the North division dIV1sIon of the theI theforest the'forest the"forest theforest /forest forest 'forest / ' " to be undertaken by the workerst v . workers workerswill orkers orkersI I + I t will Include completion of the Pack PackCreekCastleton Packi i Creek-Oastlefon Creek Oastlefon Creek-Oastleton Oastleton Creek-Castleton Castleton - road from upper Moabvalley Moab Moabvalley Moabvalley valley to Castleton ; completion of aroad a aroad aroad road from Castleton to Bar A as a unitof unit unitof unitof of the Castleton-La Castleton La - Sal highway ; ; ridgefrom building bUlldlng btilldtng of a road up Brumley rIdge from the Hurley ranch to Geyser pass , , buHding building pass"building passbuilding " of a trail to the top of Mt Mt.Pealc MtPealc . . . I Peale M at w a recreational project ; build build- building building - ing of a road up Pack cr creek k to the the"Boyd theBoyd the"Boyd theBoyd "Boyd Boyd " " bulldIing Hammond ranch as a recreation recreation- recreational bulld-I bulld I - al project , and establishment of a per- per permanent permanent per permanent - manent recreational camp atVarner at \Varner Varner Warner Warnerranger \ Wamerranger Varnerranger ranger station , , equipped equlpped with VarnerI tables tableslire , , I tire lire grates , garbage pits and campIng campingsites campingsites sites ites If "fly fly " ' ' camps are permitted , a aroad aroad aroad road will v.ill vill . be built from irom Pine ridge atOld at atOld atOld Old La . Sal to La Sal pass , and also a aroad aroad aroad road from Paradox to the Buckeye Buckeyeranger Buckeyeranger Buckeyeranger ranger station will be builtProjects buntProjects built bunt builtProjects Projects on the South division of the fromKigalla fromKigalia theforest forest include building of a road from theI I Kigalia Kigalla to Gooseberry ranger station , , 12 miles ; extension of North creel creek creekToad creekroad I | ( creekI road Toad to the head of Indian creek , , flve five flve'miles fivemiles fiv < 'miles miles , miles , building buildmg of road up Johnsor Johnson Johnsoncreek Johnsoncreek I ' 1 creek from the forest boundary t.o to t.oCamp toCamp . t < I t.oI ! Camp Jackson , , six miles mlles , and range rangeI rangeimprovements rangeimprovements rang < I improvements , such as water dcelop deselap- deselap dr deselapment dc\ dc \ ' elopment elop- elop elopi - - i ment , bullaing builaing of fences , and some someeroslon someerosion som < I I ) erosion eroslon control incidental to the other otherwork otherwork othe ] I workI | , workAll work All of the projects to be undertakenare undertaker undertaken undertakenare are included on the forest forests s 10-yeai 10 yeai 10-year year 10yearImprovement 10yearimprovement - improvement program , for which esb- esb esti- esti esbI esbmates estimates esti estimates - mates had already been submitted submittedSupenisor , I Super\ Super Supers SuperlSor \ lSor isor Folster Foister states The pro- pro program program pro program - gram means that improvements lmprovements will w1l1 becompleted beI becompleted be completed in m one season that normalli normally normally"ould normallywould I 'would would ' "ould ould would " take 10 years to carry throughSupers through throughSupervisor Supen Supers lsor isor Polster FoIster Folster and other officer offlcers officers offlcersof officersof ; , of the La Sal forest are busily engaged engagedmaking engagedmaking II engagedII IImaking making , jpreparatiors preparatiors for fcr the . coming commg of ofthe OJ of ofthe the Lilc army dliiiy of ui workers wuiM-jL-a wuiM jL a - - The j.iic jiic . ; work v > uir > . planWed plan- plan planned yin.ii yinii . - I planI ned Wed will wlli undoubtedly undoubtealv uiidoubtealy prove a great greatstimulus greastimulus stimulus to business conditionthroughout con conditions conditionsthroughout d i t 1'0 10 ' n s sthroughout I throughout southeastern Utah thIs thIsI thIscoming thiscoming thicoming coming season I |