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Show GIFFORD P1NCB0T QUEST OF PEOPLE OF OGDEN He Will Be Entertained at Weber Club This Afternoon and Will Make a Speech in the Tabernacle at 8:30 This Evening l Head of the Forest Service of United States. - T "." ' TV. -1 1 Glfford PInchot, forpstf?r of the United Unit-ed Stftt', arrlvod tbw mornlD? rrom Giand Junction, Colorado, and ts t pen dins e day with the local lorst officials end the utatp lAnrt board, a nunl)fr of importxint conferences te-Inp te-Inp field. Mr. Pinchol xra. accom-runled accom-runled to Ogden hy As'-lKtant hX)roster Potter: L. ' P. Knlep, assistant tores-ter tores-ter In the department of grazing; Clar-nce Clar-nce B. Dodge, member of the CoJo-rado CoJo-rado State Conservation committee and owner of tbo Colorado Springs Ga- j jcttte: and District h;orcster CJyae j Loavitt. who went east Saturday even- . lng to meet the party at Grand June- j Hon. j When interviewed by a reprcsenta- i tlvo of The Standard, Mr. Plnohol i fald, in reference to the recent lis-cufslons lis-cufslons lietween hlmnelf and Scrr otor Ammon xnl other members of the Coiorndo state legislature : "I can aay this much for Colorado l and the discussions which took place j there laot week: 1 do not think that j Senator Ammon nor any of those who i took rart In the criticism of the Kor- j est Service and its melhods of con- , troJlhiK tlie prazlnR lands wltlilu the j forests of the atate, are voiclns the t.-lll of the people at lame. In fact. ) Ihe faction which theyv represent is greatly in tho minority and Includes 1 cnly those who have enjoyed a mo- rGpoly of the Btate range and wibq to continuo to do 80. Tho people as a whole are in hearty sympathy wltft tho service, stockmen as well as those of other Industries, and the fact was well evidenced by . subsequent statc-racots statc-racots upon the part of influential citizens cit-izens from various parts of tho stat." ; here and his entertainment while wltti-In wltti-In the gates of ,Ogden, have been un- der consideration for a number of das past, but because of his delay in reach-lug reach-lug the city nothing particularly definite de-finite could be decided upon. How ever, when the word reached Ojtden yesterday that he would arrive here on the midnight train for last night, the matter of his reception was soon decided upon and those having the matter in charge became busy In the work of arranichnj a program Governor Spry has been invited to attend the function and deliver an address ad-dress of welcome to the distinguished Tisltor. Mayor Alex Lrower will do tho honors in tho matter mat-ter of according Mr. Pinchot a hearty welcome In behalf of the city. In re-sponte re-sponte to the words of welcomo to tho state and the city. Mr. PInchot will make an address In which he Is expected ex-pected to elaborate upon the forestry question. The program arranged Is as follow: Banquet at Weber club frrm C to 8; 30 p. ra. Public meeting at the Ogden Tabernacle Taber-nacle at 8:30 p. rn. Singing by the Ogden Tabernacle choir. Address of welcome to the state by Governor William Spry. Music by the chedr. , Address of welcome to tho city by Mavor Alex Brower. Rendition by the choir. Address by Chief Forester Glfford Pinchot. Music by tho choir. On July 1, 1898, Mr. Glfford Ptnchoc v.as appointed forester of the department, depart-ment, of agriculture, and under his oirection the division of forestry became be-came a bureau. It has grown from a membership of 11 to oyer 2,300, ana It 6 work Is more and more assuming a form of Intense practicality, while its strong Influence for the perpetuation perpetua-tion of our forest Interests now permeates per-meates undor Its present administration administra-tion has been toward blending the theory of proper forost management Rlth the varied needs and conditions of different regions, and only such |