Show DIXIE FOREST RECEIPTS SHOW I 1 DIVERSITY A report released saturday by albert albertson dorest supervisor show receipts from rom sales of timber in 1946 on oil the dixie national forest amounted to 00 tile the sales represent board feet of stumpage slum page moving mostly into channels tor for sorely solely needed housing besides the sales include 0 in III varying quantities mines props poles tence fence posts and aspen cordwood coid wood for excels excelsior bior all supplying the needs of agriculture and industry the dixie forest foiest ranks lanks third high among the national forests of the Inter moun tala tain region in III timber production the supervisor said in this dramatic centennial ye year ar with tradition portrayed in song pageants plays plas festivals rituals memorials and special celebrations the dixie awe forest shows a growing tradition in sound timber production and management as well as in grazing recreation and other forest values this tradition ha has s been preserved and improved in measures ol of progressive conservation that originated in the wisdom of 0 early southern utah plo pioneers it magnifies the importance of the forest to the welfare of the people albertson observed the prosperity of utah now as in pioneer days Is centered in a forest tradition which it Is our job to protect and make grow he said receipts from grazing in 1946 totaled grass and browse on forest ranges are among the physical facts which contribute to revenue and prosperity livestock grazing forest ranges provides a natural and cheap way of gathering concentrating and transporting a very bulky crop which is converted into meat wool and other vital products albertson remarked ile he said bald that grazing tees fees each year vary according to prices received by livestock men tor for beef and lambs in III commenting the supervisor said tile number of visitors to tho the dixie in C seeking re recreation creati 1 equalled equal led or exceeded the number r 0 of f any prewar pre war year and that the reccea recreational dional volume bolum e in 1947 could be so large as to be al almost most un unpredictable predictable with many forest resource and the scenic grandeur for which southern utah and the dixie ar renowned ned tile the array combine this year into a forest festina befitting the best among the tra editions tor for which our utah cen tennial will be celebrated thi supervisor said |