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Show J j cil $-7 per head for their yearling, (..the font rue L requiring thai '.Ti per cent of the stock 1 1:1 1 1 to lie white J I faced. The Cuslli' Dale and Onuige- , v i 1 1 e received $"7.50 for their year. . ilnj-M, nv i 1 1 1 the stipulation that iiotli-l iiotli-l ing that would not be twelve months ' of ago by July If' would bo taken . 113 yearlings; in others words, noth. "Jing under nine months old would be neeepted as meeting' the requiro- ments of the contract. ', Up until three years ago, the open-) open-) ing of the grazing season on n num- ber of our 0 & H units was April . 15. Because of the exceptionally j heavy snowfall (luring the past two seasons at least, it has boon abso. . lutely impossible for stock to got on the forst on the opening date und 1 we are wondering how the stockmen Over aranged to enter the forest on April 15 in the past. MANTI NATIONAL x FOREST NOTES. Work on boundary survey, commencing com-mencing in the vicinity of Fairview, was started on April 16. Deputy Supervisor Van Boskirk will be in charge of the work, while Rangers Ollerton, Thursby, Nielson, and Supervisor Sup-ervisor Humphrey expect to spend part time on the job. Through the Disrict Forester we learn that on April 27 and 28, one of the finest motion pictures dealing with conservation and forest fires that has ever been shown in this locality, lo-cality, will be exhibited at the Cas-ino Cas-ino theatre at Gunnison. The title of the picture, which is based on Harold Titus's novel "Timber," is "Hearts Aflame." Since April 22 to 28 is Forest Protection Week, we are glad to learn that at least one picture pic-ture house in this section is showing this picture. Had we known earlier it might have been possible for us to have induced other picture house managers in this vicinity to show this picture during Forest Protection Protec-tion Week. Ranger Cox reports that the Manti woolgrowers have sold this year's wool clip at 50c per pound. According Accord-ing to the Salt Lake Tribune, the Mt. Pleasant and Spring City sheepmen sheep-men also received 50c for their wool. Ephraim sheepmen pooled their wool and sold for $0.5035; later the buyer went back on the price offered, so they still have their wool on hand. The Fountain Green pool received 51c for the Jericho clip. It is understood under-stood that 51 per fleece has been ad-, vanced in all cases, the balance to be paid on delivery of the wool. With 50c wool and lambs contracted for 10c per pound, the sheep business in this locality takes on a rosy hue. Emery County stockmen report that their stock, both cattle and sheep, have wintered well on the East Desert, notwithstanding the fact that last fall the feed was reported re-ported as unusually poor. Favorable weather conditions during the past winter have been responsible for the stock pulling through in such good shape. On the West Desert many of the sheep owners report heavy losses because of the unusually hard winter. Some flocks, however, have come through in fine shape. The Icaviest losses have occurred in those herds that were overtaken by bliz-zards bliz-zards while on flat, open country. Sheep in the hills and rough country have done very well during the bad weather. During the past week, Alan Richards Rich-ards has been assisting with the clerical work in the Supervisor's office. of-fice. Mr. Richards will be the clerk at the Great Basin Experiment Station Sta-tion during the coming season. While ! he is temporarily assigned to the I Manti to gain experience in Forest I Service work, his wide experience in a clerical way is such that he has j been a big help to the office force j during his stay. Deputy Supervisor Van Boskirk and Ranger Nielson went down to Gunnison on April 15, and while there each purchased a fine, well-bred well-bred horse. In these days of cheap horses the District officials will perhaps per-haps marvel at the valuation placed on the horses owned by the Manti rangers. The horses in question are reported to be the last word when it comes to class in mounts: During the past week, Ranger Cox planted a pair of beaver in Twelve Mile and another pair in Manti Canyon. Can-yon. These animals were trapped by W. E. Bay, of Kingston, Utah, and the xepense connected with their capture cap-ture and transportation was met by the local fish and game clubs. Mt. Pleasant is making arrangements also al-so for a pair of beaver to be turned loose in the head of Pleasant Creek, just as soon as their capture can be made. During the past week steer buyers buy-ers have been receiving cattle throughout Emery County. The Perron Per-ron and Emery stockgrowers receiv- |