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Show III CHIEF FORESTER . GRAVES IN OGDEN H He Tells of the Lookout Stations Where Fire Fighters With Tele- H phones Summon Aid Waste Lands of Western Nebraska V ,, . Being- Made to Sustain Tree Life Head of Forest H Service Will Be in Ogden a Number of Days. Hr " Henry S. Graves, chief forester of htc United States, arrived In Ogden H this morning, and he will romain here H a number of days, the expectation be- H lng that he will meet Captain James H B. Adams of the forest service before H leaving. Captain Adams is now in H Colorado but has been summoned heie H to meet Mr. Graves. H Mr. Graves, during the past few 1, weeks, has visited the Dakota for- H) ebts and has attended the convention H of park superintendents of- the Ycl- H lowstono National park. H From Ogden the forester will go H to New Mexico and from there to tbo HL conservation assembly which will bo H held in SL Louis. From SI. Louis H ho will return to Washington H Whilo in Ogden Mr. Graves will B make a general inspection of forest H . affairs with a view to understanding 1 all tho problems respecting the forest H ' service in this district. H& ' In his trip of the past few weeks, K Mr. Graves says ho has been much H gratified at the progress made in tho r. caro of the forests and In the betterment better-ment of conditions Ho says that the service is fully 100 per cent In advance ad-vance of last year respecting the manner of controlling the fire zone antf that before another year has passed there w ill be further Improvements 'and greater efficiency instituted. , The 'forester prides himself and tho department in the fact that western Nebraska is to have a forest For the past nine years, Mr Graves says, tho forestors have struggled hard to got a forest started in that locality and his recent visit there gives him assurances that the trees will grow. Trees on the tract of land that Is being be-ing cultivated for forest purposes have grown to such proportions that they are now furnishing shade, and have bogun to mature into real forest timber. tim-ber. Tho ground upon which the Nebraska Ne-braska forest Is bolng grown Is mado up of sand hills and ridges, Mr. Graves 6y8, and Is of no agricultural value. The Black Hills in Dakota, tho for- ester says, has furnished the greatest trouble with fires this year, but so , complete has been the arrangements ( for handling fires that of the 200 flies started not one did any serious dam- age. Tho forester says that in that, ( section of country the summer has been exceptionally dry and altogether favorable lor fore6t conflagrations, ( but a number of lookout stations were established on tho high peaks of the forests whero men thoroughly ac- quainted with all the country wero placed at the transmlttors of a tele- , phone system Powerful glasses wore used bj the ' lookout man" and as soon as a fire was discovered tho intelligence was dispatched to the su- j pervisors and a forco of flro fighters were sent hastily to the fire, tho result re-sult being that none of tho flies got sufficient headway to get beyond con- trol Tho convention of park superintend- cnts at Yollowstono the other dav wa3 of great importance in the opinion of Mr. Graves, who says that at tho convention there wore not only the superintendent but parties holding concessions In tho park and, also, J thoso who hao occasion to travel over the par and thoy all were full of suggestions "as to tho necessity of J improving the facilities for seeing tho park "Theso parks means much." said ( Mr. Graves. "I am enthusiastic when it comes to taking care of our natural ( attractions and making them more , beautiful Thcro should be no necessity neces-sity for our peoplo to go to the old world beaten beyond explanation In thoso things I am a thorough advocate ad-vocate of 'See Amorlca first,' but we , must furnish the proper facilities for i traveling through our forests and mountain beauty spots before we can i hope to keep our slght-seers at home. There is no place on tho face of the earth to compare with the natural i attractions of tho wostern mountain ' country and tho government bhould spend moro money in the improve- ' ment of western parks. Congress ' should make a greater apropriatlon for tho maintenenco and care of the national camping and sight-seeing places In the mountains. Tho desire to see nature in its grandest beauty can foe satisfied at home and all the money spent in visiting mountains abroad can be kept here. It will pay well to keep the people at home" Mr. Graves says that he finds forest for-est conditions satisfactory In eory locality he has thus far visited and he feels that splendid progress is being be-ing made He is desirous of visiting tho Wasatch nursery before leaving tho state but is not certain that he will be able to do sp |