Show - f- I search station of its type in America and the only predated station in the by a similar European Alps later Dr AW Sampson to become the "father of range From the bemanagement" bed so that it was no longer posginning the station’s objectives sible to travel the road that have been to develop a better followed the creek bed" and better prounderstanding The flood problem dominated cedures for the management of the politics in Manti until acranges ail forest for maximum cording to JW Humphrey 'the water and wildforage timber people had through a law In life effect at that time secured conthe most renown stutrol of their watershed and placed diesLikely deal with watershed investiit under the management of the gations started In 1912 These Manti City Council" This meant have yielded important informathe elimination of sheep grazing tion on the influence of herbacwithin a distance of seven miles eous vegetation on mountain from the intake of the city's slopes to water yield and erosion water supply Otto Ottosen marover a period of fifty years shal of Manti City was given the Plots photographed almost a half job as guardian in Manti Canyon century ago show a transition The Manti Forest was organfrom bare soil to recently photoized In 1903 two years after which are almost plots graphed Otto Ottosen the Manti City marcovered with vegecompletely shal began regulating Manti Cantation Wasyon The regulation of the at this The work accomplished atch Plateau by the Federal Govstation is not only used in the ernment was largely due to the of National Forest management efforts of LRAnderson who was throughout the west but the studthen the Mayor of Manti ies are famous throughout the Now that there was an agency world to manage the depleted waterThus the present loud cry of sheds there was very little in"Ecology - Now seems to be formation on how they should be echo from a similar cry from to prevent further Manti managed fifty years ago In answer to watershed floods the west throughout problems and especially to those along the Wasatch Plateau the Great Basin A pretty and unusual plant Station was estabExperiment for a shady spot is mimulus lished by Dr AW Sampson In more commonly known as monThis was the first re- - key flower 1912 anti Helps Create The Forest Service Mp tis he marshall of the tall °t ° Ott°sen grass He also recalled Manti City was the first Forest that as a boy of 12 the grass on Bluebell and Philadelphia Flats Ranger on the Wasatch Plateau Due to torrential floods that in Ephraim Canyon would mud rock and water pletely hide the sheep and the turf across Manti beginning in 188S was so dense that dragging logs the Federal would the city petitioned barely "scuff" the soil for and acquired Government Then as the competition for control of Manti Canyon But now feed for the increasing sheep I am getting ahead of myself — bands skyrocketed the vegetation ' the at start let's beginning by fall was virtually grazed into Like all mountainous land of the soil The greatest damage the west our Wasatch Plateau is was done by sheepmen using the to the adjacent top of the mountain for a vitally important trail It furnishes drinking in valleys driving sheep northward towater on which nearly all agriculward the railroad In this trailture and industry depends suming period the whole mountain mer forage timber habitat for top became a dust bed wildlife and opportunities for out- The better plants were comdoor recreation pletely killed and the cattle began As surely as a canyon from to eat considerable oak So many the plateau opens upon the valley cattle were killed by the tanic floor so surely will one find a acid in the oak that the area besmall town Each of these small tween White Ledge Fork and Ephislands of civilization is nourraim Creek became known as the ished from the snows that ac"Graveyard" The ground was in the nearby mouncumulate bare and many of the herders tains had to haul hay to feed their Permanent settlement was the horses The nadir on the Wasatch beginning of profound and lasting Plateau had been reached changes in the vegetation and soil Prior to 1889 the silver of the Wasatch Plateau The first streams running down from the settlement in the vicinity of the snow banks on the Wasatch Platwas Manti Fifty families eau would rise gradually in the plateau settled here November 20 1849 spring and then after reaching Until 1885 grazing was very a peak in the early summer they light due to recurrent Indian would slowly subside These pertrouble Any of the stock that iods of high water were normal Strayed very far irto the moun- - and had occurred since the birth tains were stolen by the Indians of the Wasatch Plateau OccasThe last of the Indian trouble ional summer storms brought v eoourred in 1872 Up until this small floods to the new settle' time there was sufficient forage ment of Manti Abstracts from in the valley and foothills to meet the Salt Lake City Deseret News settler's needs With the end mention a flood in Manti July the livestock JSUn problems 30 1852 “The rain was very rteis began to boom and the heavy Water ran through the Wasatch Plateau was on its way streets 4 to 0 inches deep Yards to becoming a dust bed and cellars flooded" The author made no mention of mud or rock jfBy about 1870 with the cessa- tfon of Indian troubles in the Sanflows which were to characterintensive pete Valley grazing ize the floods 30 years later on the Wasatch Plateau began H W in a detailed Lever The range cattle business chronology concerning the period reached its height in 1880 as the from November 20 1849 when was taking its the first Mormon families settled sheep business first steps From the first sheep Manti until October 1898 records were more profitable than cattle no floods until August 16 1889 for those who were able to secure Then until 1903 Manti waged an A long range all out war on the mud and rock enough summer struggle was the re suit with every laden water that rolled more than one trying to reach the better it flowed through Manti For £ feed first fourteen years the citizens dug According to RVR Reynolds ditches built reservoirs cleaned 1905 the channels and cussed the almost between 1888 and Wasatch range from Thistle to annual occurrence of mud and was a vast dust bed Salina rock floods Similar floods were occuring grazed trampled and burned to the utmost The basins at the all along the Wasatch Plateau suffered Lauritz Nielson then watermas-te- r head of the canyons most that in Ephraim remarked they contained the best and were more "floods that had come In years feed for sheep easily accessible" Early resi- - previously made the situation a dents tell of being able to count lot worse because they loosened the herds of sheep on the mouna lot of rock and gravel which tain by the dust clouds they could later washed on down in high water see from the valley I was up to the ‘Gravecommented Nielson Lauritz yard area' once and I actually that in the early days of logging saw what looked like almost a the loggers would wake early in city block drop into the creek" "As I recall the morning to catch their oxen Lauritz continued before they had fed and laid down in 1889 there was a big summer For then they would be hidden by flood which gutted the stream a E aiiiM Thursday May Page 5 1971 6 Dales' Prospect Late snow and rain storms during April maintained the high potential for a good Irrigation water year in most stations from Fairview on the north to Salina on the south However one station Beaver Dams in 12 Mile Canyon Is only 43 percent of the 58 inches water average Water on the course as of May 1st was 25 inches The MtBaldy Ranger Station on the same course was 113 percent with 259 Inches of water as compared to the 229 Snow depth on this average course was 75 inches and the Beaver Dams had only nine inches Raingage catch in inches during April was 217 at the Beaver Dams and 200 at Mt was Pickle Keg 343 inches 34 inches of Springs measured snow with 122 of water There Is e no on this average course but by comparison there was 203 inches of water on May 1970 and 22 inches on May 1 1968 Ephraim Canyon stations ran from 85 percent to 105 percent of average Great Basin Research Center Meadows was at 105 percent with 70 Inches of snow containing 277 inches of water The here is 263 and the average April raingage catch was 395 inches Headquarters station was 97 percent having 133 inches of water In 36 inches of snow The average on this course is 135 Seely Creek Ranger Station was low at 85 percent with 133 inches of water compared to the average of 156 Snow measurement was 35 inches Fairview Canyon stations were Mamoth Ranboth belowaverage ger Station was 97 percent having 156 inches of water in 38 inches of snow compared to an average water content of 161 Gooseberry Reservoir was 88 percent They Baldy Gooseberry Ranger Station in Salina Canyon had a snow depth of 24 Inches with 94 Inches of Water The average here as of May 1st is 69 inches making it 136 percent There was 210 inches of water during April Lake was 236 inches Farnsworth of water in 64 inches of snow which is 125 percent of the 188 in April average Precipitation had 141 Inches of water In 36 inches of snow The average on this course is also 161 inches of water “I wonder if you shouldn't stop payment on the check for this cruise” Births recorded during the past week at the Gunnison Valley Hos- LOSE UGLY FAT pital: April 30 - 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which will add mauve apricot and fawn blooms some To use with these flowers some double with a grow Job's tears on ornamental petal texture like straw even grass with heads of shiny gray when flowers are fresh Colors seeds at the tips of the stems are flesh rose chamois and You might ulso add to your list white blossom size is 2 inches In diumctcr honesty ulso called moon flowXeranthemums have silky er money plant and Pope's rose flowers of purple pink penny the seed pods of which have on inner membrane that fand white thut bloom atop tall is and feet and sometimes flat like the penny for width it tn height While leaves is called should be stripped front stems If you grow these you'll have 4 flowers to be dried it’s Mori preserve and dry real riches when it is time to harvest and bring Indoors ull the support lit lovely things from your garden pi the flowers so i' - fcrt L ments lamps end tables skis furniture auto parts tires tubes and rims typewriters Patio and other television clothing sets washers ice skates roller ironers dishes air conditioners knick knacks sign materials electrical supplies canned hot plates and coffee pots skates shoes overshoes guns fishing tackle boat equipment pigeon and rabbit pens bird cages lawn mowers Globe amaranths more properly called Gomphrcnas are Uiowy garden flowers that grow well In hot dry places and may be used fresh for Indoor adornment or dried for use In winter and childrens bottled goods bottles windows wall ornaments playground adding machine flat irons cream and milk seperator doors oil and coal stoves beds equipment pictures and springs cutlery books sinks bicycles musical records heaters refrigerators "YOU NAME IT — WE'VE GOT IT — BUT IT WONT LAST LONG" n instru- a a ii n a aa a Sponsored For The Betterment Of Our Communities Richfield Lodge Ho 2420 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks With 200 members in Sevier Wayne Piute nr South Sanpete and East Millard Counties) iw lix an aa aa a nu t |