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Show I. - V . ; Desert Range C.C.C. Camp Notes By Marv Smith, Camp Correspondent ' ' Now that the main camp has arrived ar-rived from Beaver and occupied its new camp near the Experiment station sta-tion west of Milford, it is beginning to take a new interest in its surroundings. sur-roundings. Milford, being the nearest city of any consequence, will therefore become the "Home Town" to the 251 members of the camp, and will be looked upon by them as such for the next six months. It is hoped that by the end of that time both the camp and the city of Milford will be able to look upon each other with pride. The camp, consisting of ten major buildings, is occupied by representatives representa-tives of seven, counties, all of Utah. The men are officered by Captain James M. Walker, well liked commanding com-manding officer, and Lieutenant C. O. Frake, energetic and capable adjutant. ad-jutant. Dr. G. C. Arvin is camp surgeon. Incidentally, the wide open spaces seem to have an attraction for the fairer sex too, for Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Arvin are occupying one of the cottages at the Experiment station. sta-tion. Mrs. Frake has made her home in Milford and is enjoying the friendship friend-ship of the townspeople there. The forestry personnel that came j with the' camp from -the Beaver mountains consist mostly of Reaver county men and are as follows: . W. C. Oakden, camp : superintendent; i James H. Haycock;' Leonard L. Mech-I Mech-I am, Earl L. Yersin, Don F. Hick-: Hick-: man, Robert White,- Clyde Ward, William Wil-liam A. Whiting and H. M. Wille-sen Wille-sen all foremen: The work projects will include a great deal of fence and road building. . - - Although the majority -of the men would enjoy being nearer the city for diversion, yet some great fun has been stirred up on the "Hard Pan" I flats near camp by baseball and football foot-ball games between camp members. iHiking is also . proving -a favorite pastime. It is reported that three boys left camp several days ago in 1 search of shade. As -no word has been received from them to date, it is assumed as-sumed that by now they have decided that this is where the original "wide open space" comes from, and that someone should plant some trees and flowers to mark the spot. Plans are in the making' to have a "House ' Warming" party and dance at the new camp at which the people of Milford and surrounding district will be the guests' of the boys. |