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Show Tourist Registers .. On National Forests I Becoming Popular Early this season tourist registers were Installed at the main road en trances to the Intcrmountaln National Nation-al Forests. The registers are conveniently con-veniently placed in mounted, weatherproof weath-erproof boxes, over which a notice, is found ottering tho assistance and cooperation co-operation of tho local Forest Servico organization to those who, upon en-tcring en-tcring tho forest, register their name, 'i Address and destination. I Tho traveling public has made very extensivo uso of tho registers during tho summer, extra books having become be-come necessary on soveral of the more heavily traveled national forest for-est roads. An incident occurring on tho Cache forest, in northern Utah, illustrate tho beneficial uso to which theso registers reg-isters nro put. On August 13 an emergency em-ergency telophono call for people of Tromonton, known to bo spending an outing in tlio mountains, was received receiv-ed at tho Tony Grove Hanger Station. Sta-tion. Theso peoplo had made uso of tho tourist register, and it was thus possible for tho ranger to quickly dotormlne tho location of their camp. Itanger Henderson was at tho tlmo unablo to travel, but fortunatoly Mrs. Henderson's father, Mr. Chandler was visiting at tho station, and rodo up tho canyon seven miles to deliver tho urgent message', Tho extensive system of Service telophono tel-ophono linos and Its wldo spread but closo knit organization make it possible pos-sible to render many services of this 9 kind, which not only aro of consider- 1 ablo benefit to the traveler and camp- j er, but also bring homo moro forcibly 1 tho ndvantuges of tho national for- w ests as recreation and vacation n grounds. |
