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Show 2 % 2Good GooS-Bye GooS Bye GoofBye Good ' < - Bye . , La Sa Sal Jal I National . ForestI Forest ForestIn TheodoreI I I fu In 1905 during durmg the administration administpation of President Theodore TheodoreRoosevelt TheodoreRoosevelt TheodorBoosevelt Roosevelt , the La Sal National NatlOnal Forest was created * . ' embracing embracmg the theLa tl thLa > e eLa La SS S 1 a1 . plotfutam piotihtain mountain area In 1906 , the Monticello National ) , Forest Folest Forescovering , cov covering rlng the th Blue BRie and Elk mountains mountams was created A year ye r late later laterll1 laterin : in ll1 Jp07 1J07 , 1907 , . theFentire the Fentire ! entire , piountainous mountamous jnountamous area of 9/ 9 Qf 9.southeastern / . .southeastern southeastern . Utah we was s " ' ' " 1 set it ; a fce q \ As 1\s 1 s Asone 1sone s-one s one - - -one one - "Il Il " national tIonal , forest the La SalP Sal - , . ' PFor P . " For - ' 'k-1 'k k 1 ' 0 - 'ears ears ' .ars ars ears . the La ha Sal National Forest has bas has been in m eXistence eXistenceIt.i existenceItt existenciH ' It.i Iti Ittt Itt ' a.t at i . : .ezt"the .eztthe eztthe t . " : " the he training trammg groundifol groundfor ground ; for " mahy.men mahymen many , . , , men now in high pos pOSI pOSIno positioLi ; ti no tioLi tb . UJ UJS ; S forest service But poor old La Sal sar Sat , bem being beingnot being'not beingnot ' not verlarge very verylarg verylarg y larg in an l1 l1ageage acreage ageage and not representing representmg a very great proportion iothea.thirigs iotheathirigs In Ino inoth o oth oththni 1 & . thni s that seem to be so important m In teese 'these these ' < ' streamlmed streamlined streamlmedqaYSf streamlinedciof streamlinedaysfjias qaYSf ciof ias as expired Yesterday official announcement was made by byRegional byRegional bRegional Regional Forester Rice that the ' La 'La Sal had been consolidated consohdated with withthe"U withtheUinta witthejimta the"U theU theUinta . " , , ta forest , with headquarters at Provo'Users ProvoUsers Provo -'Users 'Users Users 'Usersand " - ' Users -Users - -and and - nd permittees of forest resources in southeastern Utah Utahw Utahwill Utawill w will l now have to go to Provo to transact essential business busmess witthe with withthe withthe the forest.servlce forestservlce forest-service forest service forest . , - service The consolidation LonsohdatIon is supposed to be an economy economymove economymove econommove move ' 'but but ' we can t see the economy in ll1 a dictatorial order tha that thatcompels thacompels compels ; , people to travel two or three hundred hundred- hundredmiles - ' miles to transact transactbusm transactbusiesss transacbusiness ; t busm t at that heretofore has been transacted at homeIt homeIts'funny home homeIrfifunny busiesss Irfifunny Its'funny Itsfunny It s 'funny funny ' ' how things thmgs change The writer ( believe beheve it or notcan not ) can remember r member back about five years He can remember temember when mehigh men menhigh menhigh high in m the forest service councils of the mtermountam intermountam area made madeknown madeknown madtaiown known that they desired a choice location in m Moab for headquarlers headquarters headquart ; ers buildings bwldmgs for the La Sal National Forest which it If obtamed obtained obtamedwould obtainedwould obtainedwould would assure the location of such forest headquarters at Moab vperpetuity m in mperpetwty inperpetuity perpetwty perpetuity , and would be a permanent asset to this communttsWe community < ' . We can remember how the site was finally fmally obtained obtamed after considerable consld consid consldeJ"able consideFable [ eJ"able eJable eFable financial fbIanclal maneuvering maneuvermg the county and city furnishing furnlshmg thfundsJo the thefunds thefunds funds " fo to t o buy the site for the forest service We can remember rememberhow rememberhow remembehow how &e e & the e bu buildings dmgs about one half of what were promised and ex- ex expected expected expected - pected , ' "were were 'Were " were finally fmally bu builtAnd built builtAnd t tAnd And now , . actually before the paint pamt has dried on the La Sal Salforest Salforest Saforest . forest buildings bu dIngs the La Sal National Forest is abandoned Is isurprising It Itsurpnsmg itsurprising surpnsmg surprising that the common run rum of people lose faith in govern governmental governmental governmental mental agencies agencies7 agencies " |