Show Sheep Frozen on Top of Mountain Giant Glunt Fir Ih in British Columbia From Front the tho Log of oC tho the Lab the following Information was secured secured cd ed Th The question as to the size of or the largest trees over cut has heretofore been a awarded warded to tho the sequoias of California Now comes Major Maior II Steer Clark safety di director director director di- di rector of the British Columbia Loggers Logger's Association of Van Couver Couver Cou- Cou ver yer and a R Mr Carles Cares IllIngworth also of or that city with the Information Information tion that there once gr grew w in SeymOUr Seymour Seymour Sey Sey- mour Valley near r Vancouver cr er a tree believed to have hayo been 2000 tears ears old This tree had a n butt diameter of 25 26 feet and a 3 a. a height of ot feet A search Is now beIng being being be be- ing made for or the stump of or this tree which w was s cut in 1895 1595 If It the stump Is found definite figures can be secured as to the age of I the tho tree If the above dimensions are correct as vouched for tor this will place a Douglas Fir as the King Tree Treo of all an species I Work ork Start on o I Orangeville c Iton Road RoadWork RoadWork 1 Work Vork a section of or I Continued on page 4 4 a j See Sheep Frozen on Top 0 of Mountair- Mountair Continued led from page 1 he she Orangeville Ephraim-Orangeville road con con- on June 2 Louis Christensen Christen sen en has charge of the tho spreading f c-f If the gravel and II L L. L Anderson will have charge of or the loading of ot tIlE thE ravel Them haul will willbe willbe be 3 miles the miles the minimum haul I will bo be about 15 16 miles What Wo We c Xe Need NeetI d on tho the Forest During Tho The Dr Dry Season Matches that use uSO their heads wh when n their owners dont Cigarettes without a forest fire firo in in train A.-train a train load lond Empty cans that can automatIcally automatically automat automat- I roll themselves Into tho the gar garbage garbage I bage cans J t Newspapers that decompose I I I hen left lying around Campers who never fail faU to ex- ex their camp C fires with water Motorists l who carry ash I rs TS in their cars and use them I Hunters who shoot only after they hey see the horns I Fishermen who never er clean their I catch vatch in a stream or lake I Tourists without a mania for tor writing their names Hames on Nature lovers who dont don't destroy the flowers shrubs and trees Good citizens citizen's who realize tho the responsibility to prevent forest Nature ires ires Nature Magazine Storm Stone Last weeks week's storm deposited r 58 53 8 precipitation at tho the ForeSt Foiest Boundary on Majors Majors' FInt Flat GS Inches at nt the thc Wire Vire Grass Flat and Inches at nt the Experiment Sta Sta- tion I I I IThe More 1010 SUr Surveys 8 The Regional Office has advised advised I as JS that a survey party under the direction of Mr J J. J C. C Clark will work about Juno June 1 In com- com a n survey of 12 and 13 S. S R R. 2 E E. E Man Inn on oil Fence Construction Ranger Ollerton reports that Jennings Meason Menson of of Spanish Fork while hUe cutting posts for Cor Corthe the Sky Ugh Sigh Boundary fence fenc had the mis- mis to cut his foot with an ax 11 Ir Meason was was rushed to the tho at Spanish Fork where en stitches were required to close he wound Last reports arc are tha tha- satisfactory improvement is being heing made lose Call nIl For Stockmen During the past llast few year ear some f lour our Sanpete whose ranges are arc on the east Ide of the tho mountain have been beon aking their sheep to the west esert Desert for winter This makes it It to reach their lambing rounds without a n long hard har rive rhe by way of Salina Canyon or orly ory y ly shipping by by train to Price Prien and ami railing railing the tho remainder of the tho dis dis- ance ante For r one oue or two season hey were allowed to trail over ever thEop the thE- top op of the mountain This is pOOl poor however and a year yeal igo go we refused to issue crossing r over oyer the high high range prioro prior to o July 1 Because of big he head mong their their sheep and othe othe roubles we consented this sprin and o 0 o 0 o allow Niels Dahl others others' Spring City to cross the mountain of the Horseshoe Driveway Drive J iy y a way vay way on on Ma May 19 and 20 On th J Jamo amo ame dat dates 8 we gave ilso to Charles Lund to 00 cross t this t. t his lambing ranges on l Flat by wa way of the Manti ManU Canyo Driveway Sheep were driven up to tc the he snow on the night of the Early Earh thA tho morning mornin of the I severe evere rf blizzard arose and both bott I herds experienced considerable dif cli difficulty in crossing the mountain Quite a a. largo large number of theft sheep beep were frozen to death while while- the he herders had to leave their flock lock and find shelter to avoid a a. similar fate Another Another- year it to is hoped that stockmen will arrange to saye save themselves this this this' trouble and save save this this' of office rice the necessity of ot refusing crossing permits over tile the high ranges at that time of the year I I I I |