Show POWELL POWWOW WEATHER for sometime we have been enjoy ing plea pleasant sani weather tor for this time ot of the year days have been warm sometimes almost like spring the nights however are rather cold while everyone naturally envoys pleasant pio asani weather it fi Is not lust just what we need streets Street sare are dry and dusty and practically no snow in the mountains roads are open and we understand in excellent condition con ditmon going going either direction out a 0 i panguitch VISITS RICHFIELD ranger heywood spent december 16 10 on on busness matters in richfield GAME REPORT our annual fish and game report just submitted to the regional forester ogden utah shows that fish were distributed to the water of 0 the powell forest during the past season beason except for a heavy loss in one shipment of they all reached the water in excellent shape and with ath but little loss I 1 the report farthur shows that buck were killed on the powell during the open deer season by hunters buu this indicates that a large majority of 0 the hunters returned home much disa disappointed deer are not plentiful on oa the powell however the poor showing shoving Is attributed mainly to the unfavorable weather conditions that prevailed throughout the hunting period recreational REPORT the annual recreational report just juit compiled shows that people visited the powell during the past season the average time spent on the forest la isi less than one day each or a total for all visitors of dayal A classification of the visitors shows as follows special use per er and their guests 50 campers 4 picnickers 1320 transient tourists total FIRE REPORT our annual tire fire report shows again this I 1 year that we have received very cooperation coupe ratio rr from tho users of the forest in keeping costs and damages from this source to the minimum costs tor for suppression including forest officers time were only with a ai total damage to forest resources of only 23 2300 00 the six small tires fires reported burned over an area ot at 17 acres of 0 the six teresi two were c caused au seaby by lightning three by smokers and one and by lumbering tha total area ot of the forest needing protection Is acres ot of this amount acres are in state or private ownership OGDEN VISITOR the supervisor spent december 3 1 4 and 6 5 in the regional foresters office ogden utah on his return trip he spent one day in salt lake city and another day in mantl re ie tu turning to panguitch on december S ROAD WORK wort wor was legun begun on the dump road november 20 withe approximately 20 teams and was cou continued until december the tha work ork was abandoned for or tha winter tho the force was made up wholly of loc men andl and has no doubt helped the ibe unemployment situation in that section I 1 considerable I 1 excitement for the past month the powell has entertaining a new class of visitors gold has bas lleen been found found on what has baa been known as sand creek township 33 south range 3 east about three miles east ot of box ranger station and some 20 miles north and east ol of escalante rumor has had it that some of the rock assayed as high as aa per ton tan and men from tar far and near have haie been prospecting in that locality we hope some bome ot of what we hear bear as to values it haa not been exaggerated |