Show r MANTI NATIONAL FOREST NEWS I t- t I X By 3 J J. J w W. W Humphrey y Supervisor ri S Our letters of transmittal t to tori e ri V I. I all all I cattle a le and horse p r es s r t were were mailed from the Supervisors Supervisor's 1 or ors or's s office on March J. J 4 t i f i I The The h annual meeting o of th the he e I yr Fairview C. C H. H Association n 1 was held at Fairview ew March 5 rf The members of the association n i r. r expressed regret et that the Service i ice had decided not to tag perv per per- f v i cattle on that district thi thia this s it a a season and were heartily in favor favo r of tagging their own cattle even r tho the were required to stand the m expense pense of purchasing purchasing I 1 ing tags themselves f Olsen Olse and Storm rei returned re re- re- re i Mr turned from a trip to the Seely HI rY Creek Greek Ranger Station on March 11 They report an additional j J f r f. f sn snowfall of 20 inches since their visit isit on February 21 all snow show V L. L i j b being ing well packed and fairly wellis well is drifted Th The drifts on the eastside east eastside i s side d are somewhat below normal f t for this time of year However f t th ere r is 36 inches of snow on the K open open pasture at the Seely Creek j Station tati n while in the protected t timber areas where here there are no I t drifts the sno snow v measures measures 50 in in I S fi tr I I I 1 ches the At-the Experiment Station Sta Sta- Station Station tion in Ephraim Can Canyon on the snow is 45 inches J ches in delith th with witha a water equivalent of inches In making remittance for graz grazing ing g fees to the depository at Ogden Ogden Ogden Og- Og den are cautioned against against against a- a sending in their personal It makes no difference whether you are are a millionaire or orI ora I a pauper your your personal nal checks will be returned to you Save time for yours yourself If and extra work for others your payments payments pay pay- ments meats in the f form rm of money monny oror order order or or- der or national bank draft The roads working plan for I 1920 according to a District Office Office Of Qt- fice lice news note is now complete Under major projects scheduled for completion during the present year is the Ephraim Orangeville Ephraim-Orangeville Road Mr A. A C. C f of the Office of Accounts spent a few days th the first of the week I in iri the Supervisors Supervisor's sors sor's Office making an office in in- in On the occasion of Ranger Olsen's Ol OI- sens sen's last vi visit it to t the e baiting stations stations sta sta- sta-I sta I on the top of the mountain he saw two live coyotes and found one dead one at t the e carcass of one of the horses killed last fall Owing to the weIl well packed condition condition condition condi condi- tion of the snow it is possible forthe for forthe forthe the coyotes to travel with ease over overall all parts of the mount mountain in This possibly accounts for the presence of so many of t these ese animals animals ani ani- ni- ni mals on top of the mountain this winter The Ephraim Castle Dale Telephone Telephone Telephone Tel Tel- ephone line line has been out of J commission i sion for sev several ral days Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor Sup Sup- Humphrey and Ranger I Olsen expect to follow the line I from Ephraim to Castle Dale if necessary the first of the coming week to make repairs Ranger Olsen m will return with the horses by way of Salina Canyon while Supervisor Humph Humphrey ey expects to attend to official business in Emery Emery Emery Em Em- ery County and along the northend north northend northend end of the Forest t The three fore foreigners who wh drove a herd of sheep on the I Manti anti Forest last ast seas season n and grazed them there in trespass for approximately ten days ays have recently re- re r re recently paid to the depository at atI Ogden as actual and punitive puni puni- tive damages in settlement t of the trespass case filed flIed filed against them by local Forest officers |