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Show FOREMEN NAMED FOR CAMP WORK Many and more or less conflicting conflict-ing wires to those in charge of the two Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Beaver county have been quite the order for the past ten days and it looked for a time like these camps, in common with all others, would not be recruited to the' full quota of 200 men each as originally planned, but which; did not make a hit with the eastern states, where the camps were few and far between, virtually all of the men recruited in the east being sent west. Powerful influences are being brought to bear to give botih campjs tbA'ir original quota or very near that number. Captain Holland S. Shamness of Pomona College, California, reported at desert range camp west of Milford Tuesday to assume command ' of the camp, 'which has been designated as Xo. 1340, displacing First Lieutenant Lieuten-ant J. C. Wade. This popular officer will, however, remain at the camp, which will be pleasing news to friends he has made the brief time he has been here. Incidentally, the camp originally established 45 miles west of here, has been moved some tl miles closer to town and is now located at Wan Wah springs, a much better camp site. There are now 25 experienced men in the west camp; plus the original 21 boys from Vir-einia Vir-einia and four regular army officers, most of the experienced men coming here from Tooele, though the project foremen have been selected from other sections. H. J. Blake, a former right of way enginer for the Union Pacific system, sys-tem, has been made camp superintendent; superin-tendent; Jack Travers of Black Rock has been made fence foreman: Earl Yersen of Garrison is post-cut-j ting foreman; D. Davis of Ogden is foreman in charge of "shipments, trucks and accounts; Lincoln Stookey of Clover, Tooele county, is foreman in charge of miscellaneous work;' R. M. Hockjulay of MosqDWIdaho and a former employe of the forest service, is foreman of vegetation survey; a Mr. Stahman of Spanish Fork, who has just received his masters degree fsom the Univesity of Washington, has been assigned to research studies on vegatation; Harry Martin, well known Milford mechanic, will be camp mechanic. A carpenter foreman fore-man has been appointed but he wi'.l not report until he is needed later. The greater part of the work of organizing the special setup for this particular camp, which is expected to be a permanent one and one that |