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Show MANTI NATIONAL FOREST NOTES. 3& The Sanpete-Emery Reunion will be held on Horseshoe Flats on July 24, 25 and 26. Bills announcing the date and some of the attractions to be given have been sent out to all towns adjacent to the Forest. Because of the unusually hot, dry-weather dry-weather during June, the forest range has suffered considerably for lack of moisture. Local showers on July 8 over most of the forest range will undoubtedly .help, however, unless un-less we get more storm in the immediately im-mediately future, the forage crop for this season will be much below the average. A report reaching the Supervisor's f office is to the effect that quite a number of Canal Canyon cattle have left the forest and drifted back down into the valley. Stockmen are wondering won-dering whether or not the drouth is responsible tor this condition. The interboundary fence at the head of Quitchupah, between the Fishlake and Manti forests, was completed com-pleted on June 28. The fence is. 1,001 rods in length and part is constructed con-structed of heavy logs and blocks and the balance is a three-stake and rider rid-er fence. The cost of building was $1 per rod. Work on this project was begun about May 10, 1923. The cost of constructing this fence will official letter sent out by him. He was somewhat surprised and amused when the permittee in question called call-ed on him and demanded an explanation explan-ation as to why "he should hand it to him so rough." Said the permittee: per-mittee: "You know dammned well that I have worked on the forest in one way or another for a good many years, and I have always tried to do what was right. Then you send me a picture classing me with coyotes and outlaws just because one or two of my horses got on the forest." The ranger reports that it was somewhat difficult for him to hold a sober face while he explained to the irate permittee that this advertising material ma-terial had been sent out in all official letters during the past thirty days, and not to trespassers only, as he seemed to think. Ranger Williams reports that the Dry Wash trail was trimmed out and j put in complete repair during the latter part of June. be met by the permittees using the adjoining ranges, 50 per cent to be (paid by the permittees from each of the forests. Deputy Supervisor Van Boskirk was in the office July 5 to 8. During Dur-ing the past month he has been looking look-ing after the timber work on the Utah Fuel company sale at Clear Creek. Miss Luella Christensen, Forest Clerk, left on July 7 for Twin Falls and Shelley, Idaho, where she will spend her annual leave visiting with relatives and friends.- One of the rangers reports an amusing incident arising ' from the mailing of the bookmarker, entitled "Fire the Outlaw." It seems that one of his permittees had turned more stock on the forest than his permit covered. The ranger in checking check-ing up found the man had stock in v tresspass and wrote him requesting him remove them at once. The ranger rang-er had been in the habit of enclosing enclos-ing one of the bookmarkers in all |