Show 1 POWELL POWWOW I 1 rangers F M meeting ie e program outlining the various acts to be taken up atthe forest argement meeting to be held on kaibab forest by th tha 3 pc ronnel he a ICat kalhar bab dixie and ana powell for september 20 to 24 has been aped by the district office copies have boon furnished the rangers of the powell with a request that as m much uch time as possible bo be given to tile the study of the problems to bo be discussed c at the meeting maintenance of imar improvements 0 vernen ts ranger bentley has just completed tho the job of the teasdale R 8 dwelling with tee lock shingles these shingles were laid on top of the old shingles and give the building the appearance of something now new and substantial the E sc alanto rangers office has just received a now new coat of paint by ranger haycock tile the weather it has been said and wo we feel with some justification that tho the people of this neck of the woods have become accustomed to tho the saying that every conference Is the best beat and that every spring Is the worst whether from force of habit or what not we are making an assertion to the effect that the month of april just past has been tile the worst in the last years during the month but little prec precipitation iDita was recorded however cold wintry winds prevailed practically every day throughout the entire month range inspection during the last days in april the supervisor covered considerable ot of the low range with a drainage into the east fork of the it was found that plant growth groth Is probably ten to fifteen days late lata as compared with normal years yeara dus DUB to lack of feed it was necessary to allow a few stock to go out before the opening grazing date there will bo be but little it if any loss among these stock although there Is not a thing to eat except brush and a small amount of dry grass to eliminate loss loaa in the teed feed yard some hay was transported from sigurd utah to antimony a distance of approximately sixty miles guard positions mr grant twitchell of escalante has again been selected to fill the guard position on oil district no 2 for district no 6 5 mr air duwayne hearle of panguitch Pan gultch began work on may 2 mr hearle has been taking a short C ourse course in forestry at logan the past winter with the idea adea of eventually entering the service permanently fish planting the distribution ot of fish from the mammoth creek state hatchery last week resulted in the planting of about in waters of the powell national forest the fish went to pine lake re sevoir antimony and east fork creekm |