Show I 1 powell powwow W 4 lightning and storms during the electric storm ol of the afternoon of august 28 lightning struck three buildings la the little town of escalanti Esc alanto and eight telephone tho the buildings suffered sul but little damage since the middle ot of july it has rained practically every day on some borne part par t of the powel As a result the entire country Is thoroughly soaked Bo alced in fact we hp have va 4 had during that period more procip precipitation than tor for the same por period lodin in many many years in view of this range rang a conditions are good generally gon orally and both sheep and cattle are in good aleah new building during the fore vait part of august ranger heywoo constructed a one room dwelling at the podunk ranger station since it w was a a feces necessary sary tor for the ranger to io camp ina in a tent from 15 to 20 nights during the season atthe at the station tho the room was badly needed there are some finishing touches yet to be done Howe however it la is now in shape so that the tent can be dispensed with parks visited th the supervisor was privileged io id visit ZIb nand bryce canyon national parks and the ord great a t basin experiment station in coin company pany with congressmen congi ess dickenson af pf of iowa summers of washington and don B colton of utah mr finch of oc tile the bureau of public roads major R Y stuart and ana other forest officers it was waa a very coli congenial party and affife they visited some territory entirely no new to 6 the supervisor the trip wils was antic much enjoyed by him range improvements ranger haycock reportage report ate tho completion aloo of four water projects la in the escalanti Esc alanto ranger dietr district act and ranger heywood coywood Is just finishing onu large water on the adamas adar s head district j the comp completion lidon ot of the projects will did aid very materially in ranee management better acock n and a moro more even ulon of the forage crop excessive railing to and etora water by all classes ot stock i ck W will aado be eliminated to a marlice mar licu do degree kernp temperatures agures tha frost tor for theseas ahe ou occurred on the 0 the more tender planta throughout i t t the he valley suffered some damage the following day indications wore weri to th alie effect that the prolonged rainy riia spoil was over and c lear clear weather r could be expected y open season on sage chickens reports indicate that during the three days op open reason august 31 and septemo er I 1 anda on sa Bage ii ge hen hena s man many y dunfor northern part pait of the state visited ci country ftp in and around Pan gultch chickens Chic kona were quite plentiful and most al all hunters bunmei were able jo 0 o bag their limit |