Show PORI pow po W timber resources Aless rs J 11 stack general r traffic traer to manager of theda the D R GRall G railroad road and T H trany tracy consulting I 1 engineer of the salt lake chamber of commerce spent august 5 f to 9 in company with ranger jorgenson and th the a supervisor inan effort to determine the approximate amate amount and quality of engelman spruce on the aquarius ius plateau these gentlemen are much interested in the pulp and hapep aper pos possibilities sibil aties of the spruce cud and alpine fir timber on the Powell of the powell national Fil forest resL mr tracey s stated tit ted that the stutt Stat of is scheduled f for or a par fery mill within a reasonable r 1 of time tile the location of not yet been determined in tile the 80 to cords of Eh Rh gelman spruce per daffer days in the year year can be obtained from the powell foran indefinite period he is of tho opinion either antimony or johneva ley would be the logical place fo for r the mill this would necessitate an extension of the thed D R G railroad to the place of they y were both favorably impressed witha portion of tha timber inspected trail maintenance two men were employed from july 30 to august 6 on maintenance of the bryce canyon foot trails up until this time practically no maintenance cenance work had been d done one this year and the trails were in rather had bad repair the work done hrs bra placed all trails leading into a canyon in in a shape to make travel over comparatively easy powell inspection mr R E gry y assistant district forester in clia charge rge of lands spent august it 11 to tile the powell forest coile here mr gery in company with the su made an examination of considerable of the listed tracts tracts carefully went over the grounds surrounding pine lake to determine m ne tho the value for recreational purposes Purpose sand and also made inspection of the camp site at bryce canyon mr gerry le left ft pan duitch on the morning ot off au august gust 15 for the fishlake fishlike Fish lake forest larkspur eradication during the latter part of july aud the fore part of august a ere crew yv of eight men were employed on an larkspur eradication work by grub bing on the east slope range of the boulder top this range is stocked with about BOO head of cattle owned by permit tees of the powell residing in rabbit valley heavy losses from larkspur poisoning have been sustained annually by those men in the past and we hope by the method ut of grubbing we will within a pet iod of two or thre eyears entirely eliminate the plant condition of stock and range this faction of the state has hag experienced perien ced thera the most ost prolonged dry I 1 spell in many years from may 9 to good soaking lains were 1 recorded from that time august tf a L there althere was yas practically no preci pit ienir att at all about 1 it however aweve r some r were had s to day the weather looks favorable for general rains rain due to the long dry period the range has dried to an extent resenting somewhat of a serious situation stock generally are only in fair condition and ana u unless it begins to storm they will no more ahrin hold their own to the end of the season fire for the reason so far the powell has had four small fires two by ligh lightening jp and two man caused areas burned burneda 7 38 3 8 acres nor es in both I 1 the man baud fires the parties responsible were apprehended with the result that in both cases they pa paid id the damages and costs of putting out the fires administrative improvements ranger rang or Bentley ben hat bat a crew of four men employed employ edom OB the construction of a ten acre horse pasture at lake philo it is ia being built with beetle kil led spruce timber and will serve for camping proposes only tb eRang ers on districts 12 and 3 proposed road mr A L anderson of the district engineering fores spent aucutt 7 to 11 in making a preliminary pi eli survey of the proposed Boulder Esc escalante I 1 ante road after completing the work mr anderson that the rente via vi aPine alne creek and box rati ran is en entirely possible a and nd arf the route gir garfield geld county news |