Show SMALL USERS IMPROVE FOREST tho the removal of a wagon load 0 or dry poles from the ilia national forest looks like a small thing but when the ilia total number used in ili ilia entire state Is 18 added up tip tho ilia sum reaches notable proportions states district forester R 11 II rutledge last year nearly people took dead timber under treo free uso use from the tha forests of utah removing a total of board feet of material in fit tills this way this moana means not only a largo amount of free fuel and wood for other purposes to ranchers and others living near the national forests but it also means a real improvement ot of the forests themselves through tho ilia removal of dead and decaying trees which form a dangerous tiro fire menace in ili the forest besides tills this material given away free broo board feet of green material was sold to users most ly in small sales the removal of tills this timber also means it a reul real improvement pro to tile tho forests for according to the national forest policy only such trees as are ripe for cutting and aro are no longer growing rapidly and producing wood aro are the trees which aro are marked for cutting tit in these salou tho the removal of these 14 million feet of timber from tho ilia forests through free uso use and timber sales means a real improvement to the ih e forests mr rutledge go points out dut that while those these figures show liow low much improvement pro can bo be brough about by many small carefully made cutt lugs it la Is a vivid reminder 0 of tho the vast damage that can call bo be dono done in the aggregate by many small tires fires ilia and ho he urges greater caro care with fire in ili ilia mountains |