Show 1 II FOREST CHIEF TALKS IN BASIN Rutledge Thinks Lumber Famine May Never N Strike Nation DUCHESNE Aug 6 The United CUtes rut Is now using about three times as much timber Umber as It Is growing but we may never ne never r experience nce a lumber famine said R R. H H. Rutledge district forester with offices In Ogden who spoke at the recent Basin i Industrial convention here Hope of Increased productivity Is seen In the Interest being shown by bythe bythe bythe the federal state sute and ad municipal gov gov- governments governments and by lumber companies In forest preservation measures he said Rutledge emphasized the necessity of stopping forest fires Within the Intermountain district there are about fires per year jear ear and more than of these are man o man mm In Utah we have about fires per year ear and About 62 of or these are man Hunters Hunten caused one out of every 24 14 fires In 1924 while In 1925 they caused one of every six fires BRUSH FIRE LOSS LOSSIn LOSSIn LOSSIn In Utah we have become some some- somewhat somewhat what accustomed to seeing brush h fires burn without much concern These brush fires destroy watershed protection protection protection tion ruin feed for game and birds destroy game and threaten Umber timber and property properly A A bigger road building program In Jn the forest areas Is constantly be being be- be beIng being ing demanded It is necessary for forgetting forgetting forgetting getting at the products of the forest for recreational use and for the pro pro- protection protection of fish and game IntermountaIn taIn forests have miles of roads and miles of trails built at a acost acost acost cost of more than of federal money The present pro pro- program program gram calls for the construction of more miles of roads at a cost of and miles more of trails traUs at a cost of De De Developments Deel el may and probably will extend ex extend ex- ex extend tend over o the system The speaker sp ker appealed to to take more interest in forestry lems Utah has more grazing per per- on the national forests than any state In fn the union Ninety-five Ninety per cent of the state Is destined al always al al- always ways ays V tobe devoted to something other than agriculture he held More than sheep and about cattle annually harvest the forage from these lands Eighty per cent of their feed each year jear ear Is gathered In this way Livestock Is the third largest Industry in the state BASIN RESOURCES In an appeal to the people of i basin to preserve their for for- fort r t ests Mr Rutledge e g showed that their t Umber needs can be supplied each year ear and board feet of Um tim timber Umber ber may be exported each year If their forests are cut properly and re re- re forested In that case the total amount spent annually for labor would be and the total value of the product would amount to annually The total number of ot persons pers ns employed would be ap ap- approximately approximately ap- ap approximately proximately ISO Built of ot American structural steel and lumber and on designs supplied by y an American engineering firm the leading office and exchange building In China has Just been opened |