Show m v Lions Give To Oxygen Tent Moab Moat Lions Club at a a The Monday evening voted meeting appropriate to complete to of an oxygen oxy oxy- oXY 1 purchase the P tent for the Grand county gen hospital The Women's P public ary Club at a show given Literary raised the sum of recently the nty purchase of a tent which for will cost The Lions by vote decided to pay S unanimoUS remainder of the cost and the the tent will Wit be ordered imme- imme dla tely president Winford Bunce was charge of the Lions Lions' meeting In which 25 members and three at guests were present The guests were J. J E. E Moss Rusty Musselman Mussel Mussel- Sa and Val Leavitt man The president and Secretary Worthington were each Earl Far awarded a prize for new members members mem mem- bers hers obtained during the month of January The subject of removing some of the Siberian elm trees along the the main highway through Moab city was discussed and the matter matter matter mat mat- ter was turned over to the civic betterment committee It is probable probable probable pro pro- bable that a cooperative program will be staged with the object of removing every other tree and planting new ones of a better better better bet bet- ter variety It was pointed out that the Lions club now has growing on the school grounds at Moab some young shade trees which must be removed this spring The trees are flowering locusts and hackberry It is planned to plant one of these trees wherever er an elm is taken out The young trees have been cared for forby forby forby by the club for three years jears andare and andare andare are now flow in vigorous condition for replanting They are a very desirable type of shade tree and if purchased from a nursery would cost 3 or 4 per tree A tree program will be outlined outlined outlined out out- i lined by the civic improvement committee cl during the week and the cooperation of the entire community will vill be solicited Inthis in inthis inthis this worthy cause Protest Forest Name The club by unanimous vote passed a resolution protesting the recent consolidation of the La LaSal LaSal LaSal Sal National forest with the Manti Mauti National forest and the designation of the entire reserve by the forest service as Manti National forest The resolution will be drawn up this coming week and copies will be sent to forest service officials and Utah's representatives in congress It was pointed out at the Lions club meeting that the change hange in name of the local forest wa waS w done without without without with with- out any consultation whatever with local people It was further declared that the the new name Manti forest as applied to the theLa theLa thel La Sal mountain area will result in geographical and geological confusion will serve no purpose whatever and is just another example of bureaucratic bung bung- ling The publicity committee rePorted rePorted reported re- re Ported that steps are being taken t to La have some 30 road signs made which wi will l direct tourists w to scenic features in the county Progress was also reported in Plans plane to issue a scenic pamphlet The subject of tf the nark Dark was brought up up anci and w Mayor George Burck reported that the 5 city council is considering plans for cleaning up and beautifying the we area |