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Show MORE TAKE TO MOTOR TOURS Associate- Forester Kneipp Says Forests Attract Recreation Re-creation Seekers L P. Kneipp, former district forester for-ester here, now assistant forester in h.ir.- of land-;. wIMi headquarters at Washington, arrived In Ogden yoater-da yoater-da from Montana and the northwest, where he has been conducting a sur- ' vey In the interest of the: development of forest area for timber land as well as for recreational use Since leaving Washington Mr. Cnolpp has traveled through the foi -est areas of New Mexico. Arizona, California, Oregon. Washington, Mon tana and Idaho. Krom Ogdon, Mr Kneipp will go to Colorado. During the last two or three years, much ha's been accomplished by the fores rj service to provide facilities I for tourists and campers who ere forsaking hotels and resorts f'i th-- u.11 of tho wild." he said. "With the Inceased facilities for crimping, such as water, camp slfec and Improved roads through the forests, cor.es nn Increase of the unmix r of people who spend their vacations In t ho national forests. Last year thero were approximately ap-proximately 7,000.000 campers Lnn tourists In tho forests, and the number num-ber is rapidly Increasing. "If the number of people using the national h:-liways and forests can be I country, business certainly must be j thriving It Is astonishing to rote how many hlgh-rlni automobiles aro seen in the camp sites In the forests." Comparing the seem a beauty of the , various parts of the United States I through which he has traveled, Mr. Kneipp s-iid that Bowherj could thert I be found natural resources and I scenic wonders to equal those of i southern Utah and northern Arizona, I for their grandeur and variation of colors. The general condition of forests land farms In Montana are -iv much I Improved since 1920. he said. There j has been considerable rainfall in that ! locality, but the farmers have been somewhat menaced by grasshoppers. In parts of Idaho coti t Cons .ire ery favorable for forest flresj but ns vt none of any great z have broken out. OO 4. |