Show e r t I r d Forest s E on CUi lays More Than oa L Receives of i In I n Utah l lan on an recording to information sent J. J y the tho District Forester Forestor at Offo Og- Og tate b i the tho o stal state of Utah received tho the and a tit fit of ah ab more nom riom r Lter der R n National Forests i in ln n 1926 n thany tha than y for tor t lithe the federal government 1 In n to r eS fi lairds words tho the total receipts from dant Forests in the staten slaten state slate oW n tS stall tah amounted to 49 iii ss asiO i I is 8 amount 25 2510 or Enlo returned returns d l to the counties in inon ld d Contin a on onto page eight r 11 J r deI d odd National P Forest Pays More Than In Utah Co Continued l' l lI I from page one which the National Forests occur The next to the government from the forests of Utah wore WOrl 11 The amount expended expend expend- ed by tho the federal government for fire tire fighting reconnaissance work and salaries of forest officers amounted amounted to Improvements Improvements Im Im- provement made cost For road roads and trails with the 10 per cent fund the government ex expended x- x fended 1 55 making th the j total amount spent on the National Forests of Utah It Is I extremely doubtful that tho the state would receive as much as is now I expended on the National Forests if the forest ranges were all In private ownership and subject to f taxation FOREST FORES' NOTES RANGER THOMAS DETAILED TO EPHRAIM Forest Ranger A. A B. B Thomas arrived arrived arrived ar ar- rived In January to fill flU a detail to the Supervisors Supervisor's of flee fice during the present month While here he will be engaged In InI I preparing grazing map maple fo for far the south end of the forest I EXCHANGES TO SHEEP Exchanges from cattle to sheep at Ephraim Spring City Mt Mt Pleasant Pleasant Pleas Pleas- ant Six Mlle Mile 1 lie Lal Lake e Shore i Huntington Hunting Hunting- Pleas Pleas-I ton and Orangeville fIl likely be I made for the coming corning season Practically I I r all these ex exchanges changes are ati ata at j i a ratio that should Improve grazing i conditions on those ranges SNOW MEASUREMENTS FOR GOOSEBERRY Ranger reports making a snow measurements on the Cotton Cottoni wood and Gooseberry watersheds On January he found round the tho s sno o 27 Inches deep at tho the forks of Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot- Cot with a water cont content nt oi of 8 S' S inches On the u va- va athe a- a the tho streams were wOre all heavily stocked stock stock- ed with young oung fingerlings and the ter hed he found the snow 30 Inches deep with a water content 1 of 8 inches To his surprise he found the snow extremely loose and the soil muddy underneath The timber Umber men report that the bc snow has settled at nt least 50 60 per percent ten cent t in the last 12 da I days s so that possibly some Borne of or the moisture has gone gono into the ground in that time Ranger Thursby I made snow measurements at it the experiment I station and the top of the mountain I at nt Alpine lIe He found 25 inches of snow at trio the tho experiment station will It o n u r R aWater awater content o or of inches At Alpine he be found 29 inches niches of Snow with a miter uter content of ot SOG 80 G inches The measurements ts for January 1 1926 ed showed 29 inches at the experiment station with a awater awater awater water content of 5 inches and at Alpine 34 31 Inches of ot show snow with witha a awater awater water content of 7 Inches The rho depth of is snow therefore approximately approximately 4 inches less this year than for 1926 at both hoth the experiment station and Alpine However the water ter content is fully as good gOol at atthe atthe the experiment station and somewhat some gone what better at Alpine Owing to the fact tact that the snow snow was wee WO travel on skis was extremely laborious labor labor- ious lous CLUBS RECOMMENDS CLOSED SEASON ON FISH IN VEL l TWELVE TWELVEMILE VE 1 MILE ILE The Gunnison Valle Valley Fish and Game Association is recommending that hat all streams and lakes on the tho e Twelve Mile watershed be closed to fishing until 1928 1925 Last season I object of the closing of the streams Is s to give the fish a chance to become become be- be come ome large enough to catch before fishing is allowed where the plantIngs plantings plant- plant Ings have been made LAMBS SHIPPED Mt l Pleasant j shipped out 29 car carloads loads o of fat lambs on January Thirteen carloads were shipped in December which practically cl clean an ed up all feeder lambs at that place DONT DON'T FORGET THE NATIONAL I LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION TION MEETING Y Tho The annual meeting Of of i j V Livestock c an National held in salt Sal tion lion will be January 25 to to 27 to tile the J ogle y Ut meetings tings it IS i UP IS S entertain men to en f the trio livestock IndustrY S states tates United k parts o of i the all the l hoping that the i lIves v o J Q a state w will help make tW tilt tills vf i of ot t the he state should bo be trio the success It |