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Show Makes An Appropriation Activities on Cache Forest A more compact little volume or one more full of valuable detail about our National Forest than the Use Book, Just Issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, would be hard to find. The primary object is to give instructions instruc-tions to the officers of tho forests but it contains Information of value for all who ever hunt, fish, ride or have anything any-thing to do in the forests. For grazers and lumbermen it is of special interest inter-est as they are the too classes of men moat closely Influenced by the work of the forestry department As Logan Mtuated on the edge of one of the largest forests and all spend more or Jeaa time in the mountains all should own a copy of the book and read it carefully. It may be obtained from W. W. Clark at, the office of thefor-eatryon thefor-eatryon Main Street. The following circular letter has Just been received by the local national na-tional forest office: Fencing the range to protect sheep from the attacks of predatory animals has met with excellent results In the Continued on Page 8 Makes an Appropriation Continued From Page 1 Wallowa National Forest, Oregon. The problem was to find a strong fence that would make the sheep secure, even without the care of a herder. The chosen fence, which Is built of woven wire with barbed wire on the top, has kept out all the minor animals ani-mals such as wild cats, lynxes and coyotes, but has not withstood the attacks of the grizzlies, which are apparently able to pass through .it with llttlo trouble. Sheep numbering 2,200 head were placed In the enclosure with their lambs upon June 20th and have been allowed to graze at their free will with no attention whatever Irom any herder. They have done splendidly and as far as the observation of those In cl.arge of the experiment goes, a given area grazed by sheep uqder such conditions will carry more sheep per acre than one grazed under the charge of a herder. Tracks along the feuce show that predatory animals come to the fence constantly and follow It around but, with the exception of the bears, do nit seem able to enter. The hunter employed by the service for hunting predatory animals In the vicinity of -this fenced enclosure has killed no less than six large grlzzllesthls season, besides numerous other animals ani-mals of the predatory class. The results of this experiment are so satisfactory thus far that private Individuals are profiting by It. Mr. J W. Emmons of Tr y, Oregon, has a. large area of private land fenced with a special wire fence In which he has this season lambed a herd of 070 ewes without a herder's care and with very little attention and great success. Mr. Emmons is extending his fence, for he finds that It pays. Careful records will be kept of the weights of lambs raised inside this fence with a view of comparing them with the same grade of lambs raised outside the fence on the same class of range, so that any gains or losses Id weight or growth may be determined Squires and Itothery of the Cache national forest left Thursday morning for the purpose of measuring all the streams on the forest. The data procured pro-cured Is to be used by the National Conservation commission, appointed by President Roosevelt last' spring, In order that it might get a line on all the undeveloped water power In the forest reserve. George P. Bard, forest assistant, who has been here for a month getting data for making working plans of the Cache forest will have completed his field work by the end of the week. In collecting this data an estimate of all i the timber on the forest will be made. Rangers Leatham and Theurer have been assisting with this work. The Forester has authorized the expenditure ex-penditure of $1,584 for permanent Improvements Im-provements on the Cache forest. These Improvements wl.l be In the nature of making watering places for stock and constructing several fences for rangers' pastures. A bridge' will be built over Logan river at Maughan's folk and a road will be constructed up Temple fork. The telephone lines en the reserve which have been out of repair for two weeks have again been put in talking condition. The trouble was caused by the late lightning storm. Stops Itching Instantly. Cures plies, eczema, salt rheum, tetter, Itch, hives, herpes, scabies Doan's Ointment. At any drug store |