Show Forest Notes HORSES FOR FOIt BAIT BAITIn AIT In cooperation with the Biological Survey the Manti i National Forest Wool Growers Association has put putout putout putout out horses on the time Manti Forest since October These horses ha have Ye be boon been n killed and t distributed over Oyer all sheep allotments and thousands thousands thousands ands of small small poison baits have also been dis distributed in addition to the above numbers additional horses borses have haye been heen furnished by sheep owners owners owners own own- ers for distribution on ranges outside out Kilt si side o the time National Forest The officers officers officers of of- of the Biological Survey have furnished the strychnine and put putout putout putout out the baits Time The wool growers have cooperated by employing men mento mento mento to it with this work Poison was placed on upper ranges from tho the middle of October to the 1st let of December December De Do- cember A year ago some of tho the cattle association association as as- s cooperated with the Biological Biological Bio Dlo- lo logical ical fi r urvey in the distribution of poison polson o n a-n n ranges grazed by hy cattle It Is POI that this has again been done this season but hut no reports re ro rep p ports ports- ris to this effect have reached the tho I Supervisors Supervisor's office office ANNU A ANNUAL NU NL ILL MEETING OF WOOL WOOL- GROWERS ERS ASSOCIATION I Time The annual meeting of the Manti Monti i Wool Growers Association will beheld bo be at Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- held an ill n the public library raim a 01 on n Saturday January 14 11 tomorrow to to- to- to morrow v morTo v There will be bo two ses sess signs One at 11 A A. M M. followed by bythe bythe the general ge meeting at p. p m. m It II Jg is quite p probable bl that t Pres HarA liar Har- t A A H l ye ve vey oi oil the uie Utah Ulan i Sta inu a s wm and o Dial Ill er officers will be he present A good i attendance at l of or the tho Manti 1 per per- Is Is s ex expected NEAT EAT WE AT HER nElt REPORT On 1 I or er 31 Supervisor Humphrey Hum measured the thc snow at time the Great Basin Dasin Experiment Station 28 Inches of loose snow was the aver aver- ago age de p i th at the station This snow of 5 j Inches The Ther i had a l v ater content r I n 11 temperature recorded was wast This is the coldest weather I 20 bolo belon t I er cr recorded led at the tho Experiment Station station Sta sta- 1 years ears and amid since the tion in itt 4 many weather weather has been fairly good in tho the thoI I question the tho unusual unusual un un- rather rathor valley valle we wo v o usual let let shown Since Sinco Decem bor ie 31 the lie warm weather ather leas lias considerable and settled i th thO 1 st snow tow crusts id d it Ui In fact tho the warm weather has lIas j just lust a out ruined the sleigh I Canyon where timber timber tim tim- road in M MO M excels excels excels excels' ex ex- arc cutting aspen ber her operators operators operator cels cels' celsor Lor bor or mater material ial al Continued ed led on Page S S' 8 1 Forest Notes N Continued on page 4 MANTI CANYON CA CATTLE ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION ASSO ASSO- ELECT OF OFFICERS The annual meeting o of the tile Manti ManU Canyon Canon Cattle Association was held in the public Library at Manti ManU on the evening of January 3rd 3rd- A good attendance was s present and the following following fol fol- following fol- fol lowing officers were elected for tho the ensuing year Alma Johnson O. O C. C Peterson Stand Standford ford Madsen Julius Jensen and and Ferd Christensen GAME AND PREDATORY ANIMALS REPORTED The rangers of the Manti 1 Forest estimate that there are approximately approximate ly elk deer leer and 60 bear bearon on the Manti j Forest During the thelast thelast thelast last season deer 6 bear and 4 elk were killed by man It was estimated that there were nearly 2500 hunters on the Manti Forest during the open season on deer The rangers ranger's reports show that 7 78 S deer leer and andl 1 I elk have been killed by predatory animals animals' on the forest during the past season A majority of these have been killed it is believed ed by mountain lions It Itis Itis is estimated that that there are between 40 and 50 of or these animals ranging within tho the confines of or the Manti 1 Forest 4 t. t L 1 I J 1 urn LU mo Lilt l l elp 11 n seem that on the North end of oC the he Forest the coyotes cootes have been perhaps perhaps per haps more numerous than usual while for the rest of the Forest their numbers have been considerably fewer than heretofore Losses ot of sheep and lambs due to the activities activities activities ties of mountain lion lion 1 e Been neen unusually heavy and a campaign against these animals will have to tobe tobe tobe be waged 11 mountain lions 97 7 bob ob cats and more than 1000 porcupines porcupines porcu porcu- pines have haYe been killed by officers of the Biological Survey hunters hunter cattle cattle cattle cat cat- tle and sheep herders and Forest officers officers Ranger Cox led in the number number number num num- ber of ot porcupines killed with approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately to his credit RANGER THURSBY RETURNS Forest Ranger Thursby returned from California on Januar January After After Af Af- After ter spending a a. month in California this foggy f-aggy cold Sanpete weather does not appeal to him and he freel freely free free- l ly admits that if he had plenty ol ot money ho be would have stayed 99 years longer While awa away he lie attended the meetIng meeting meet meet- ing of or the Society of American Foresters at San Francisco We Ve will expect him to prepare an account account account ac ac- count of his trip for the Information information information tion of the rest of the Manti force Corce Many a person who is as pure as gold old is also as scarce |