Show lph powell well powwow I 1 fires during the past three months tiro fire has baa destroyed three of the powells sawmills two oe oc these mills were located on oil the forest and the last one to burn july 6 resulted in a forest tire fire that covered one acre of land in a badly mistletoe infested western yellow pine area arra of reproduction aside from the infested sted reproduction burned there was 3 damage to other timber the loss to tile the was estimated at all three mills were cutting forest timber exclusively improvements ranger heywood la Is now giving some time to improvement work on the alie east fork district fifteen log troughs have been installed at the Bull borry spring on the riggs allotment and construction work Is in progress on a one room dwelling at the podunk ranger station ranger haycock has just completed the installation of three log troughs on the upper valley c ittle division range and stock the supervisor reports that range conditions are tho the best in many years lie he has just completed a range inspection on the east fork district and states that he has never seen that country looking better for the past two weeks it has been raining on some part of the forest practically every day and a general rain began yesterday that continued tor for about 20 hours we have had some very heavy rains that did some damage to roads and trails but considering the situation from every angle it has baa been worth a alot lot as the range was getting very dry forage in starting was about two weeks late and generally stock entered the forest in poor flesh As a result gains in flesh yero were slow until about juno june 16 since that time stock have done very well and as a rule both sheep and cattle aro are now looking good good and quick work althis at this issue 0 of the news letter we desire to thank and commend mrs wilford bentley tor for the tha part she took in preventing a spread to the forest of the jackson mill firel fire ranger bentley was making an inspection on the west side when the tire fire started during the noon hour tile the fillmen imme rt lately notified mrs bentleys and she in turn called the supervisors office to know if help could be serit sent to the mill she was advised to send the necessary help within a very short time she gho had nine men on en route to 11 the tire fire new arrival ranger jorgenson retorted reported the arrival of a baby boy at their homo home on july 15 last reports were to tho the effect that mrs jorgenson and the now new babe were doing tine fine exchanges the L A S L railway company in their effort to eliminate every chance tor for contamination of the water used at their bryce canyon lodge have been doing A lot of 0 work on the springs the past month the springs have been encased with eb cement and all debris within a reasonable distance surrounding the springs has been disposed of to offer further protection they are now making application for an exchange embracing approximately BO 50 acres of land adjacent to the springs from which they secure their water |