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Show Manti Forest News The matter of holding a celebra- j tion on the top of the mountain. , along the Ephraim-Orangeville road. srjinetiine during July, is already re-' reiving some little attention. Due to the death of C. K. Larsen, perman-j ent Chairman of the Committee, the Vice-Chairman, C. Willardsen, of Ephraim, will have charge of the preliminary arrangements. According to the National Wool-growers Wool-growers for April, the Manti Forest ranks first in the number of grazing permittees, eleventh in the number of sheep grazed, and thirty-sixth in the number of cattle and horses grazed. There are 143 national forests for-ests in the United States, according to the National Woolgrower. In repairing the telephone line in Twelve Mile Canyon on April 18, Ranger Cox and the man helping him saw and counted 4 3 deer, all within four miles of the town of Mayfield. From the size of some of the tracks they are suite sure that at least a few bucks escaped last October's bombardment. Ranger Ollerton has betn bushing the tails of the excess cattle belonging belong-ing to permittees grazing stock on District 5. In this way it will be possible to indentify them should they drift onto the . Forest. The Lake Shore C. & H. permittees have arranged to tag all permitted stock grazing on the Lake Fork unit. They are using a special tag design- i ed toy one! olC thillr permUi eea. Archer Huff. It is a plain band tag, with a square piece of aluminum on which the forest, year and serial number occur. This will permit using us-ing the same band year after year, and will necessitate securing only the new aluminum number plate each year. These plates can be made up in a different shape for each season sea-son if necessary. The tags cost $4 4 per 1,000, including the bands. For other seasons the numbered plates should not cost more than $10 or $15 ptr 1,000. 1 The way striking coal miners "beat up" a couple of game wardens, suspected of being strike breakers, at Schofield recently leads 'us to advise ad-vise Forest Officers visiting that section sec-tion to carry their union card with thorn as well as their Forest Service badge, a marking axe, and a "Gat." The State Fish and Game Commissioner Com-missioner has advised that a permit to trap beaver for shipment to the Toyabe Forest will be granted as soon as we decide who is to be the trapper. |