Show IOn On the Manti anti Forest Forest Ranger D. D H. H Williams of ot Emery arrived in Ephr Ephraim im February for or a short detail in the Superintendents Superintendent's office Ranger anger Williams Williams' time will betaken be betaken e taken up principally with grazing razing matters while in Ephraim Ranger Olsen returned fr from tl the Seely Seek Creek Ranger Station February He reports 16 inches in inches inches in- in ches of snow at the Seely Creek Ce k St Station ti n where usually at this time of year there are several fe feet t. t The south slopes immediately below below be be- low Jow the Seely Creek Station ar are practically rac bare all the way down into Castle Valley It s em seem that snow falls on the just jus t and unjust st alike since there is much more snow on the west side of the mount mountain in than is found further east The Manti Commercial Club has requested the Forest Service to cooperate with then them in the construction of an automobile road through Manti Canyon to the top of the mountain Forest Officers report an unusually unusual unusual- ly large number of coyotes of-coyotes Coyotes along the top of the mountain east of f Eph Ephraim aim Quite recently several hundred baits were deposited around baiting stations on Becks and and nd Toms Tom's Ridges J.- J. 4 l-a. l J di The workers at the irrigation I. I tunnel near the top of the mount mountain moun mountain moun- moun t tain taip report a fall faIl of 12 inci inches s of I snow snow February ry 22 and 23 So far the workers have able be been ti to keep the road open between Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- I raim and the top of the mountain mountain moun moun- tain where the wo work k is is' being carried on I The demand f for r iu lumber be props I and other material was never greater than at th the present time I i The Manti National Forest I rs' rs Association are protesting against the contemplated plated plated reduction in in- inthe the I number umber of sheep to be grazed during the seas season n of 1920 Compton il iland and Bower of th the Bureau of Public of-Public Roads were in Ephraim February February and shipp shipping and road equipment from Ephraim to Orangeville Orangeville Orangeville Or- Or angeville where work on that section of oJ the road load lying between Lower J Joes oes Valley VaIley and the summit summit summit sum sum- I mit of the mountain under f force account will commence immediately immediately immediately immedi immedi- or at least as soon soun as we tp- tp er conditions will permit ermit Ranger Thorpe advises advises' that owing to the extremely light snowfall t this is s season ason it is now pos pos- Continued t on Page 81 8 1 t i lr 19 Manti Forest t L 11 News Notes L Continued from Page lage 1 sible sibl for horses to togo go aver ver into Gooseberry from Fair Fairview view and that hat timber operations will likely begin egin in that vicinity at an early date The first bond to be submitted by y the Treasurer of any Livestock Livestock Livestock Live Live- stock Association using the Manti Man ti forest was furnished by Mr lr Isaac Allred Secretary of the Emery Association and reached the Supervisors Supervisor's Sup office office office of of- fice on February District Forester L L. F. F Kneipp and District forester Charles D. D Simpson of the Ogden Ogden Ogden Og- Og den Office stopped off in Ephraim Saturday February to check over our allotment estimates estimates estimates esti esti- mates for the Fiscal Year 1921 The bridge plank which were taken from the road camp amp in hl Twelve Mile Mih Canyon have lave been returned to the RangEr and ana the theman theman theman man who took them paid a a 25 fine for borrowing them without pe permission m Inquiries recently have been received from Idaho parties concerning concerning concerning con con- possible chances for tim tim- her ber sales on 01 the Manti Man ti Forest The interested parties are aux- aux I ious iou to install ll a mill for supplying supplying supplying supply supply- ing Emery county with lumber since they have found that a considerable part of the lumber used in Emery county is imported import import- ed from outside of the state |