Show refi r piT re fi O p ONLY t I COMMUNITY PIT Gerald Quinn Range Manager puts finishing touch to sign at the Vernal Community Pit Fill dirt and gravel are available to anyone who a from the local Range Manager Quinn pointed out that although only a nominal fee will be charged for the dirt fines for its unauthorised removal might be severe World Famous E Explorer Schedules Summer Visit to Ashley Forest Sir Edmund tile the New Zealand explorer who led the first ascent of Mt Everest visited Washington recently to confer with Secre tary Lary of Agriculture Orville L Freeman and Chief of the Forest Service Edward P Cliff regarding a camping trip through Americas America's Na Forests including Ash ley which Sir Edmund and his family will wUl make this sum mer WITH HIS WIn WIFE Lady Louise Hillary and their three children Peter 7 Sar- Sar Sarah Sarah ah 8 5 and Belinda Delinda 3 Sid Ed mund Is planning an exten- exten extensive extensive sive camping with trip no mountain climbing lie He will spend much of his hla time at National Forest campgrounds which he believes are particularly suitable for the type of family camping he is seeking A feature of the journey will willbe willbe be wilderness trips in the Ashley National Forest in Utah and Deschutes National Forest in Oregon At the request of Secretary Freeman Sir Edmund will wUl examine the campgrounds and other recreational areas ad ad- ad administered ministered by the USDA's Forest Service and offer sug as to the suitability of facilities for out country out country ot-country visitors SECRETARY Freeman who has expressed keen in terest in President Kennedys Kennedy's program to encourage foreign travel to the United States said The National Forests of this country offer outstanding recreation opportunities to our foreign visitors and PrO PrO- PrOvide provide vide an way to see America The Department of Agriculture wants to offer its complete cooperation in inthis inthis this project I believe Sir Edmund can help us considerably in our efforts to encourage more for for- foreign eign travel in the United States the Secretary added We arc most anxious to make these areas attractive to our foreign visitors Sir Edmund and his family plan to start their camping trip at Denver In July just as soon as his lecture tour Is over They will wiil make their way to San Francisco then will wUl camp their way up the tho West Coast THEIR ROUTE will take them through the following National Forests the Arapaho and Routt in Colorado the Ashley and Wasatch in Utah the Humboldt and In Nevada the Tahoe and Six Rivers In California and the Rogue River Siskiyou Dech Dech- utes and Mt Hood National Forests in Ore Ore- Oregon gun gon At Vancouver B C they will take oU off for Alaska for two weeks of campIng and fishing They will drive back to Chicago via the Alean Alcan Highway camping Sir Edmund told Secretary Freeman This trip Is some some- something something thing I have been looking forward to for some time and It will be great fun to really get Into your mountain and forest areas I will also be bevery bevery very happy to accept your In- In Invitation in to serve as asa a consult consult- consultant consultant ant In respect to making the National Forests camping and recreational areas more suit suit- suitable able to the needs and interests of foreign visitors ON COMPLETION of his tour of the National Forests Sir Edmund will prepare a report giving his views and recommendations on National Forest camping facilities and how their design and location can best be utilized by foreign visitors to this country |