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Show PLENTY OF WORK FOR CC. CORPS i Approval of winter camps for the i civilian conservation corps is beitu' speeded, it was; indicated Tuesday at the Ogden office of C. X. Woods, assistant as-sistant regional forester. Mr. W noils .said five winter camps have been practically approved for Xevada, the same number as were maintained during the summer, taking care of practically C. C. C. inert now in Nevada. Among the Xevada projects will lie improvement of the Lehman caves, tietween Hy and Baker. A camp for that work lias already been established estab-lished and the men will extend and widen the passages in the beautiful caves, which have now lieen explored 1500 feet back. Many of tho side passages pas-sages also have been explored, said Mr. Woods, and t lit? entire system of caverns will lie deveoied to permit a free movement of tourists. The movement of men from the summer camps probably will begin; October 10 and should le over by I November 30. In Utah, 2G camps were maintained during the summer, 20 forest service.! five state and one national park1 camp. To date eight state, two forest and one park camp have been approved ap-proved for the winter in Utah, the. two latest being the Cottonwood cajnn. near Leeds, and a camp near Richfield. Suggestions Ifor ;Jans to furmshl employment to the entire Utah quota of civilian conservation corps mcm-bers mcm-bers during the next six months in initiation and rehabital ion of the public domain ranges in Utah were presented to Governor Henry H. Blood last week by a committee head-! !ed by S. M. Jorgensen, president of the Utah Woolgrowers' association., The estimates presented show that in 14 locations in all parts of the I state, but largely on the western des-: !ert, so-called, 3030 men could be em-j ployed for a six months' perod, vast-; j ly increasing the worth and access:-! ibility of the forage growing there I 'and at the same time improving the! i outlook of an industry which at pre-! I sent is financed by the government to! ! the extent of 75 or 80 per cent. The governor was a-ked to con- j ' sider the plan as submitted, and, if it i meets his approval, to present it to. the proper officials at Washington. ' j Camp locations suggested and the ; number of men that would be requir-. i ed to accomplish indicated work at ; jeach were presented as follows: j Antelope Springs, Iron county, 103 1 .men for six months; Wah Wah, Bea-Iver Bea-Iver county, 189 men; Blackrock, Mil-! lard, 225; Burbank, Millard, 35 i; Antelope. Millard, 411; Trout creek, Juab, 250; Indian Springs, Tooe'.e, j Belle station, Tooele, 149; Ouray, i Uintah, 288; Cisco, Grand, 152; jXotom, San Juan, 178; Dry valley, I Wayne, 141; Biddlecome ranch, j Emery, 116; Emery, Emery county, j 178. The work as outlined contemplates ,the construction of 219 miles of pipe l lines, 394 reservoirs, 107 wells, 35,600 feet of troughs, 690 miles of truck trails, 234 miles of fence, 275 miles 1 of telephone lines, 49 warehouses, 10 ' shelter houses and 72 spring develop- merits. I o |