Show Lions Hear Forest Supervisor Tell Of Range Matters In the Forest Service we look ook on plant life as a soil builder soil holder and a forage forage forge for for- age ge crop said Supervisor Geo L. L Burnett of the Manti-LaSal Manti National Forest in ie an address given before the Lions Club Monday evening In order to fill ill this thre three fold fold purpose not I more than 50 per cent of t the h e plant cover can be removed in any season or there will not be benough enough nough left to hold the soil son so n necessary to maintain forage growth he pointed out Better soil means better forage forage forge for for- age ge and Will also supply the greatest amount of usable water he ie said pointing out that some 85 per cent of the water in Ut Utah Utah Ut- Ut ah nh comes from National Forest areas reas Plants and animals in proper proportion tend V to to build up the soil oil while wind and rain also aso man tear it down Mr Burnett stated Shows Charts He then showed a number of charts charts charts' on livestock numbers in inthe inthe the he state the number which are grazed on the Forests etc The number of beef cattle in Uta Utah h has as a whole increased but the number grazed on the Forests decreased from 1940 to 1946 In Inthe Inthe the he same peri period d sheep grazed on the forests decreased from Continued on last page pagel Lions Hear Forest Supervisor Tell Of Range Matters Continued from page one to or 35 25 the charts showed He said there are cattle and sheep per per- on the LaSal ManU Forest Forest For For- est with an average of 41 cattle and sheep per He listed payments to the various taxing units In Utah from all National Forests within the state as approximately from timber sales from grazing permits and from other sources in a year Anything which will increase forage production is considered lange range improvement he said stating that about is be being being being be- be ing sp spent nt on Forest land in Ut Ut- I I I ah during 1958 for foJ Iah range lands half 1 lf this his amount being for seed He said that through fencing waler water water wa- wa ter ler development and other measures measures measures mea mea- carrying capacities of some Utah ranges are increasing while they Ley are decreasing on others Mr Burnett read excerpts from an address on Livestock k Grazing as Part of Multiple Use Management on the he National I Forests crests of Utah given by R Re Regional Regional Re- Re e- e gional Forester Floyd Iverson atthe at atthe atthe the Utah Cattlemen's Association Association Association tion convention in Salt Lake City on Dec 14 1957 This stated stated stated stat stat- ed that each grazing allotment is considered as a separate unit and that the question is asked Is Improvement possible The policy is either to improve or cut usage in numbers or time He lie said there is no intent to eliminate grazing front the Na National National National Na- Na Forests and that grazing will always be one ne of the uses with all uses being to obtain maximum returns Polio Funds Drive The Lions club is sponsoring g the local drive for for funds t to s fight polio and more members member were appointed to help with this work Tail Twister Bud Sanders Sanders Sanders San San- ders was busy collecting fines for various reasons and for no reason at all and a motion was made that all fines tines collected should go to the polio fund Also a card was placed by each plate in which a Lion could put as much as in dimes Several of these were were filled or partly filled An appeal was made fo for r liberal support of this funds drive to help those already stricken by polio and to keep others from being stricken b bythe by bythe Y the crippling disease The club also voted to sponsor sponsor sponsor spon spon- sor awards to the extent o of f about 30 per year for outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing members of the Snow College band Miss Mary Lou Bailey daughter daugh daugh- ter of Mr and Mrs Glenn Bailey Bailey Bailey Bai Bai- ley was present and played two accordion numbers Motion to Table TableA A motion was made to remove from the laws by-laws the stipulation stipulation stipulation tion that the local club membership membership membership mem mem- be limited to 40 mem mem- bers Several members s spoke p o 0 k e against this and little was said in its favor so the motion was withdrawn and the matter postponed postponed postponed post post- until a later meeting Halbert K Jensen was introduced introduced introduced intro intro- as as' as asa a new member of of the club President Lee R R. Thompson Thomp Thomp- Thompson Thomps s son son n read a letter from Lions In International International International In- In congratulating the club on obtaining 16 new members members mem mem- bers during November whereas its quota was only 2 new mem mem- bers The Ephraim club leads all clubs in this district in the matter of new membership with Richfield coming second and Mt Pleasant sant third New lew Minstrel 1 Show Head Bead Clifford Sondrup was teas announced ced cedas as chairman of the Minstrel J Show committee replacing Odell who continues as a committee member Mr Sondrup s said the show will be all minstrel minstrel minstrel min min- with some specialty numbers numbers numbers num num- bers and will wu be presented thelast thelast the thelast last of March in in inthe the Snow College College College Col Col- lege Auditorium A ten ten-pi ten place ce cep p pep p band from Snow College will play before belore the show and also some numbers in the show There will be a matinee for school children Individual parts will be announced next time Mr Sondrup s said id |