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Show FOREST NOTES. Angora goats have been used with profit to keep fire Hnee clear of inflammable in-flammable vegetation an national forests, In California. Last year tho fire loss on the Gjw dian timber reserves wau the smallest ever known, only one-fiftieth of one per cent of the area being burned over. Zentaro Kawase, professor of forestry forest-ry at the Imporial university of ToMo, Japan, has been making a tour of tho national foreats of this country to learn tho government's methods of selling timber and of reforestation. More than 858,000 young trees are being set out this spring on national forests in Utah and southern Idaho, nnd tho season is reported as particularly partic-ularly favorable to thetr successful growth. , Armstrong Lake, within the Bear-tooth Bear-tooth national forest, Montana, is Bald 'to rival the famed Lake Louise of the Canadian RockleB. It lies at an elevation of 7,000 feet surrounded by towering mountains. A good road which can bo traveled In half a day by automobile connects it with the railroad at Billings. A rustic hotel has recently been completed, and many trails make tho surrounding region accessible. |