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Show I I Activities And Accomplishments Of The Ashley National Forest In 1954 Ccme, all ye faithful, Joyful and .triumphant, Joseph Proved His UINTAII BASIN RECORD Mother Of Jesus was a righteous and men and while he couldnt even think of making her a public exampe j,e had just about made ,J his mind to put her away privily That is, he thought he had made Love For Mary, -- Joseph, the bible relates, had to prove his faith in and love for Mary before they were married. It is one of the great love stories of all time. When Joseph thought of Mary, he forgot the difference in their ages; she was the girl he had waited for, his beloved. They were espoused or, as we would say, engaged which was almost as official as being married. His heart soared on wings of the approaching wedding day, and then. . . What Mary insisted had to come to pass, simply could not be! Joseph wanted desperately to believe Mary, but such things just didnt happen, and if they did, they happened to somebody else. Thursday, Dec. 23, 1934. Much as he loved Mary, Joseph God-fearin- g - will add substantially to the ec- - j Deer Lodge summer home unit By YVm. D. Hurst, Forest Supervisor onomy of the local counties and was expanded to meet the demand up his mind. In his heart, he knew to the state. f0r summer home lots in this area. he couldnt; what would become Come come ye to Bethlehem The one and a quarter million Sportsmen from all parts of Utah The estimated 200,000 visits made of her of her child acres comprising the Ashley and from many outside states par-- 1 to the forest during 1954 attest to Then one night, after he had" exNational Forest were productive in the 1954 deer hunt on the need for more intensive e hausted himself with tortured acres during 1954. Many people ticipated The number of deer velopment of recreation facilities Ashley. thinking, he fell asleep and ihe derived their livelihood from them, harvested is not yet known but in if the forest is to be used with-195- 3 angel of the Lord appeared to him many more enoyed their scenic, the Utah Fish and Game out contamination of water t. in a dream, saying: recreational and sporting qualilisted a kill of 11,000 deer plies and the consequent danger Joseph, thou son of David ties, and thousands, both locally and 73 elk for the Ashley National j of creating conditions detrimental fear not. . . and many miles away, benefited Forest and immediate of and the to health the adjacent safety from the water produced on the areas. The And when Joseph awoke, he of success- - public. which is the ful hunters percentage giant watershed, did as the angel had bidden him", was high too. Not on Roads the and trails Ashley Uinta Mountains. and took Mary as his lawful and many went home without their National Forest received considerThe United States Forest Ser- deer. cherished wife. able the attention year. during vice in the Department of AgriFear not, the angel spoke unIn addition to hunters, thousands of new road was comculture operates and manages its of fishermen worked the numerous Five miles to Joseph. pleted on Farm Creek Mountain, land on a multiple use basis. In lakes and streams of the Fear not, the angel had demaking it possible to drive from other words, a certain section of during the summer months. Ashley FishCooperative improvement clared unto Mary. range Farm River to the Uinta the land can be, and usually is, de- ing is, without doubt, the Fear not, the angel spoke un- greatest Creek settlement by way of Pole work between the Forest Service voted to two or more uses simulattraction the forest has Creek Lake. This road was built and permittees using the range to the shepherds of Bethlehem sporting taneously. It is not uncommon to to offer, and the hundreds of lakes primarily to harvest the lage tim- was accomplished on a number find on National Forest land a and streams of the make ber crop at the head of Pole of other livestock allotments. Ashley timber operation on a livestock it Utahs most In cooperation with the Utah productive fishing Creek. It will also be used by grazing allotment and, blending in area. and heavily by State Fish and Game Department, livestock people with both activities, is the wildgame enclosure was Maintaning a constant vigilance hunters, fishermen and forest lov- a two-acr- e life population of the forest. Other over the forest Vernal-Manil- a in Dutch John Canconstructed the On ers. forest the dry during areas may contain mining opera- - summer season, alert Forest Ran- highway, the Bureau of Public yon. This was established as a tions, summer home areas, picnic gers, Guards, and Fire Cooperators Roads is currently working on the means of obtaining the degree of and campgrounds, fishing waters, suppressed seven forest fires dur-an- d second section t &.:' of new highway conflict between game and livei irrigation developements, all ing the year. All fires but one on this route. Reed and Jensen stock in this important winter arwithm a short distance of one Were discovered and attecked have the contract and are making ea for game animals. another, yet in a large measure during their early burning stage remarkable Ashley National Forest receipts progress on the new complimentary. Through proper and suppressed immediately. One road. The forests un- during the year ending June 30, road crew, planning and management, each fire burned 50 acres of a water- der the supervision of Ward Ev- 1954, amounted to $56,376.00. Of acre can be made to produce its shed before it was or $14,094.15 under maintained 315 miles of for- this amount 25 fullest over a long period of time control. The use of brought sup- ans, road in addi- was returned to the county govaircraft, est the year during for the benefit of man. plied by the Basin Flying Service tion to replacing five bridges with ernment wherein the forest is loTimber operators harvested 11 V2 of Vernal, Utah, added materially new structures. The Uinta River cated for use on schools and million board feet of sawtimber, in the fast discovery and recon- bridge in Uinta Canyon was re- roads. Daggett County received poles and mine props from the naissance of going fires. Three of placed during the year, adding a $3,145.36; Duchesne County, forest during the year ending Jun the fires were caused by lightn- very essential but expensive Uintah County $3,587.38; struc30, 1954. Much of the sawtimber ing. Man was responsible for only ture to the forest road system. and Summit County, $2,296.06. was used in local communities four. The small number of d In the management of the Ash' Forest trail crews did maintenfires is a tribute to the ance work on 1250 miles of the ley National Forest, the water adjacent to the Ashley National Forest. The mining props and re- people who use and visit the producing capabilities of this vast forests trail system. maining lumber were marketed in forest. Without their active suphumid island in a desert must Sixteen hundred acres of NationSalt Lake City, Carbon County, port and caution, the fire control not be overlooked. From the High al Forest grazing land was re- Uintas comes the life and in Rock Springs, Wyoming. job would be gigantic. sustaining Sawmills such as the Ernest CaldThe recreation facilities on the seeded during the year and plans water that makes civilization posThomas and well in mills near and ARE almost as many nativity by singing in their hives ai Ashley National Forest were taxed made for an ambitious reseeding sible, not only in the Uintah BasrpHERE Christmas legends and super-- ; midnight. The bee hives are al- Vernal, the Defa and Wagstaff to the limit on almost every week- program in 1955. Six hundred ac- in and other areas adjacent to stitions as there have been Christ- - ways adorned with holly sprigs foi mills at Hanna, the Biorn mill at end and holiday during the past res were reseeded in Lake Can- the forest, but in localities far reManila, the Warburton mill north summer. On many occasions the yon south of Duchesne, Utah; 400 moved from the mountain itself. mases. Countless customs from the the Yuletide season. acres in Lake Fork Canyon north . Old The production of pure, clear In Europe it was custom for a of Lapoint, along with the many present camp and picnic developWorld have been absorbed and whole- ments were totally inadequate. To of Altonah were planted to grass; water from a watershed comes as young girl to creep to the family others furnish steady through the centuries into the that we participate in to- -' woodpile on Christmas Eve and pull some work for many families and alleviate this condition the forest and on Diamond Mountain north a result of using other forest is in great is developing new recreational fa- of Vernal, the Diamond Mountain A properly. Overgrazed few, however, have been out the first stick that her hand produce a product that day. Nation. a demand growing By cilities as rapidly as possible. Dui-in- g cattle permittees drilled grass seed range does not produce good watby passed down from one generation touched. If the stick was a straight! 1954 twelve camp units were into 700 acres of the land their er; neither does a mountain deto another, remaining always the one, with no knots, tradition said adhering to proper cutting pracCASTING BEAUTY . . . Movie timber are these develoned at Oaks Park, six units cattle use during the summer nuded by too many deer or indisoperators tices, a would she that have lame. good husband. starlet to the Myrna Hansen, who holds Paradise desat the usand All of criminate months. Park, the contributing substantially too, Fire, logging. present permittees t The Indians of Canada, for exFarmers in Europe also gave U. S. of 1954, Miss title tries utrue timber a in facilities of estabnumber this water the By to contributed supply. countrys producing capabiling range unit troys ample, believe that the deer kneel torches to their children and sent! the mature timber from lished camp and picnic areas were the job and three of their number, ities of a watershed. For these out new type spinning reel at In prayer each Christmas Eve. An them singing into the apple orchards removing the forest, the new growth has an replaced and augmented with new Leo Wild, Don Sadlier and Rollin reasons, all forest activities must Chicagos Sports and Outdoors early missionary probably is re- -' and the fields. The mice, caterpil-- opportunity to grow faster and equipment. garbage cans McNeill, did the work. These be geared to the needs of the show. lars it to for moths were and the still flee said but idea, sponsible into better quality lumber. new toilets were placed on same permittees, along with sheep watershed. The production of clear and and wily Indians have al- before the approaching songsters, : lingers Three hundred livestock permit- many units and water systems permittee Senator B. H. String-ha- pure water in a dependable flow In early Germany it was a beliel ways attempted to catch the deer in Persons who serve four years tees grazed 85,000 sheep and and existing tables and stoves reteamed with the Forest Ser- is the primary goal in administrawater turned that act. the into wind during 10,500 cattle on the forest on others. Summer home vice in constructing one mile of tion of the Ashley National For- - in the armed forces voluntarily are during paired In England, it is believed that the the hour before midnight on Christ- the summer grazing season. The areas were established on Uinta fense as a means of preventing est. All other forest activities must now entitled to reemployment bees express veneration for the mas Eve. beef, mutton, and wool produced River and at Oaks Park, and the over - use to certain range areas, be compatible with this objective, rights under Federal laws. 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