Show salt lake tribune CLYDE LEAVITT IS MAN OF THE HOUR question to be settled within short TI time m e commercial bodies lend their aid the decision as to whether the field headquarters of district no f united states national forests shall be established in salt lake city or in ogden is now practically in the hands of clyde leavitt Lo avitt chief of the office of organization kaniza tion of the forest service at washington D C who Is in this city mr leavitt arrived over the denver rio grande saturday morning and spent the better part of the day in conference with franklin W reed chief inspector of district no 4 national forests at the headquarters of the latter in tho the bell telephone building both of the rival cities are making a very hard fight tor for the field headquarters through their commercial organizations and otherwise the commercial club and INfer merchants chants manufacturers rs association of salt lake have both communicated with washington officials and mr lur leavitt says that these will be taken into consideration before the decision Is made while here mr air leavitt Is also conferring with a number of prominent men including city officials who it Is understood sto odare are doing eNTry everything thing within their power to bring the headquarters here ogden on the other hand will do tho the same thing local officials however declare that salt lake city is tho the only place for or thorn them and offer many reasons one of tho the most important being that it Is in necessary for the united states land I 1 offices which are located in tho the federal building to be in close touch with the district foresters headquarters it if the offices goto go to ogden said C F cooley deputy supervisor of tho the wasatch national forest when speak I 1 I 1 4 1 ina of the situation saturday it will be absolutely necessary for the officials to come to this city often to transact certain business which must be done through united states offices now located in the federal building |