Show TURKISH GROUP ENJOYS VISITS TO OUR NATIONAL FORESTS A group of 18 men from Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- Tur-I Tur I key spent Monday and Tuesday rev nights at the Intermountain Forest Forest Forest For For- est and Range Experiment Station Station Sta Sta- 3 tion in Ephraim Canyon as part of their tour of National Forests in the United States Each of 4 the 18 is a graduate of the 1 University of Istanbul and one from the has a master degree i- i University of Michigan Only two of the group had been outside outside out- out l tJ side Turkey before the present trip and only three speak EngI English Eng- Eng I lish Seventeen of the men a handsome courteous lot Jot are arm army reserve officers and the theother f other is a reserve officer in the Turkish Navy They are very proud of or their ho homeland ela d and say the reason Turkey is not noti i f afraid to live neighbor to Soviet Soviet So Soviet So- So viet Russia is because Turkey has a well-trained well well-equip- well ped two-million two man army ready r to fight in defense of the homeland home- home land Californian Heads Group Nr t H. H C. C Hilton of Santa Cruz f Calif a retired regional forester forest forest- er of the Ur S. S Forest Service 5 was called back into a act active c t i v ve e service to take the visitors about about about a- a bout the c co country o u n t try r y for three months They landed in America AmerI Amer Amer- I j ica about two ago an and soon after he met them in Washington D. D C C. and took them to Madison Wis Vis from where they visited timbered sec see seer sections sections r sawmills etc in that area men j They next came to Denver and md from there they there they visited Na National National National Na- Na Forests in Colorado Wyoming Wy WY- r. r h oming South Dakota and Ne Ne- Ne-I Ne braska fo r- r Come To Sanpete t They came to Ogden about 5 two weeks ago and from there ther made trips by bus into Idaho f visited the seeded areas in the Farmington mountains etc They spent last week end in S Salt a nIt 1 t tr r Lake City and md then came to Ephraim Monday and went directly di- di directly to the Headquarters station station sta- sta tion in the canyon They visited visited visited visit- visit ed seeded re-seeded areas terracing projects timbered areas etc 1 Tuesday and part of jt Wednesday Wednes- Wednes w day and then headed for southern south- south k ern Utah They were to visit i K It Grand Canyon and p possibly o 0 s s sib i b I 1 y Bryce Canyon then go on to Flagstaff Phoenix and Tuscon in Arizona then head back to to Washington and sail for home homei on Oct 24 Three of the group r. r will remain In America for six i i. i months to study aero photo- photo Continued on last page 7 f TURKISH GROUP VISITS AMERICAN NATIONAL FORESTS Continued from Page One graphy Amazed at Wealth of Country Mr 1 Hilton said the group i seemed emed especially amazed at the wealth wenIth of America how nearly everyone has a car a real luxury which only the wealthy in iii I Turkey can cnn afford It is hard for them to understand how Americans have so much of everything ev- ev everything everything ev ev- Mr Hilton said and yet do not use up the timber like they do in Turkeys Turkey They use each tree top to 4 inches in diameter for lumber and then use the limbs bark etc for products bi-products while here we cut off the top at nt 8 inches and leave the limbs etc to rot In spite of the large number of cars and Id the speedy and congested congested congested con con- traffic the visitors dont don't seme worried about it Mr 1 Hilton Hilton Hilton Hil Hil- ton said No Pork Thanks All the visitors are Moslems or orthodox and so they shun pork as if it were a poison They are even shy of gravies for fear they will vill contain some pork grease grense and when asked what they wanted for breakfast said boiled eggs not wanting to take chances on fried eggs for fear they would be fried in pork grease Poor Sightseers Mr Hilton said the group are poor sightseers in the light of what most Americans would do doon doon doon on a similar trip Only a few of them visited Temple Square and heard the organ recital Others attended the U. U of U. U football game Saturday They shun night clubs but do love lov loveto loveto to visit American stores just window shopping They are surprised at the genuine friendliness friendliness friendliness friend friend- liness of the people wherever they go Mr 1 Hilton said The visitors spoke very highly and affectionately of today's Turkey saying it is a genuine genuine democracy and the people love their freedom The fez and the veil are gone and the people are modern in every way ex except except except ex- ex that they are more hardworking hardworking hardworking hard hard- hardI I working than in many lands Mr Hilton said they speak affectionately of their wives and that Some dome s me of them had shown him pictures o of their wives very beautiful women |