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Show ASSISTANT FORESTER IN OGDEN ' I CAPTAIN J. B. ADAMS INSPECTING j WESTERN HEADQUARTERS. I I He Does Not See Much Local Advantage Advan-tage in the Forest Service Ask-ing Ask-ing For Bids on Supplies. Captain J. H. Adams, assistant forester for-ester of the United States, arrived In the city today and will remain until after the arrival of Forestor Glfford Plnchot, conferring with the district officials and giving the local headquarters headquar-ters their regular inspection. Captain Adams Is. on a regular tour of Inspection to the western districts and has already visited the Denver and Albuquerque o!lice3. He reports tho affairs of tho department to be running smoothly and everything apparently In the best of condition. When asked regarding the rumor that the Forest Service would receive bids for furnishing the forest supply depot with Its supplies, Captain Adams Ad-ams stated that everyone, as In all departments of the government, woull be given an equal chance to secure the business of the service and that In all probability local concerns would secure their share. "I cannot say." said he, "that the western house will he given any preference pref-erence as a discrimination against tt;e eastern bidder or one from any other section would not be fair nor would it be good business policy. I can sav this, however, that In tho case of two equal bids being received the local firm or the ono nearest the point of purchase would be given the preference. prefer-ence. A large part of the supplies, such as rangers' equipment. Implements, Imple-ments, office furniture, etc.. Is manufactured manu-factured In thejenst. These concerns, however, are usually represented in tho western districts by local Dims who hold contracts to the effect thai the home manufacturer will not bid In competition with his agent In the field. This condition, then, won 11 probably assure for the west a considerable con-siderable portion of the business. "I was In Colorado for a few days, but. was not present at the meetings between Forester Plnchct and the stockmen of the sta'o and their legislature legis-lature friends. I understand, however, that Mr. Plnchot, in his various addresses, ad-dresses, cleared up a number of question ques-tion that were not previously understood under-stood by the majority of the people, of that state, and that there Is now a stronger feeling of co-operation with the Forest Service. "There Is nothing. I believe, that is so absolutely vltai to the development develop-ment of the west as the conservation of our national forests. Our agricultural agricul-tural growth and the maintenance of what the west ha already acquired depends almost entirely upon Irrigation, Irriga-tion, and Irrigation would mean no'h- ; lnc without forest preservation. The j intermouataln country Is not f.ara?s- . ed as yet by spring floods but In other oth-er sections of the country they are a menace to life and property and annually an-nually threaten the destruction ot millions' mil-lions' of dollars worth of public and private enterprises." |