Show I Conservation On The Local Scene Special from Sanpete Soil Conservation Office I Manti I Supervisors made several contacts contacts contacts con con- last week throughout the County to ask some of t the their h e i r l' neighbors to accept nominations for positions on the board of District Supervisors All those contacted agreed to accept the nomination despite their workload work workload load at home and activities with other organizations It is de desirable desirable desirable de- de to have supervisors who represent all areas in the County Coun Coun- ty and the following candidates are well qualified and located to do so Lament Lamont Sorensen and andE E Eugene u g e n e Gunnison George Barton and Claude Maylett Maylett May- May lett lell Manti Leslie Madsen ladsen Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph- Eph raim Worth Bench Fairview and Eldon Moroni Three of these men are arc to be elected February Mt l Pleasant Clyde Anderson Salt Lake City and Gordon Hansen Richfield Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field Engineers were in Mt l Pleasant last week planning a schedule for operations on Pleasant Creek Schedule of operations and designing are arc tobe to tobe toI I be be completed by June 1st for 1954 was held throughout the county county county coun coun- ty this week Many farmers feel the program is an improvement over the 1953 1053 program as cos cost sharing this year is 50 per cent centon centon centon on practically all practices b by bythe bythe the Dept of Agriculture Turnout Turnout Turnout Turn Turn- out for signup by farmers was good and they arc making plans plan to carry out a lot of good work in 1954 1054 Contractors Equipment Farmers and ranchers should plan early for work they plan to do involving heavy equipment and notify the nearest of of- of fice flee Equipment will be available available available avail avail- able through district agreements agreement with contractors if office is informed of the need of each farmer This information is also al also also al- al so necessary to efficiently route rout and schedule equipment Snow Survey Measuring of snow fall begins begin I in earnest this month and t the h e esnow I snow that came this week is a welcome sight Delmar Beck operates the snow sled and we hope he finds it plenty deep i when he makes his next trip to the mountains next week end SOS The most valuable resource of this nation is th the soil Goldis Gold Goldis is more spectacular iron has in two generations made men richer copper has opened up greater possibilities of advancIng advancing advancing ing techniques But it is the soil which produces the lasting and essential wealth of the na na- na- na tion from Our Use of the theLand theLand theLand Land by Brinser and Shepard 0 |