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Show Forest Notes Federation Forest Established On the Caribou The First District Federation of Women's Clubs of Southeastern Idaho in cooperation with the Forest Service and the Pocatello Branch of the University of Idaho have set aside an area on Mink Creek, which is called a "Federation "Federa-tion Forest". The planting will be done by NY A labor under the supervision of Professor Ralph R. Wilson of the University or Idaho. The area to be planted lies along the bottom of Mink Creek. The Federated Women's Clubs will provide funds for the general overhead Supervision of the area. A plaque will be erected, show-ng show-ng that this "Federation Forest" was sponsored by the First Federation Fed-eration of Women's Clubs of Southeastern Idaho in 1939. Fair Weather It has been many years since the weather in this locality in the early part of Decemoer was as pleasant as it is this year. There has not been to date sufficient suf-ficient ice-frozen for skating on the streams in the low lands outside out-side the torest. All forest roads are open except that during the warm part of the day melting snow causes the roads to become a little slippery. Trucks are naming nam-ing timber and coal across the mountains over the Ephraim-Orangeville Ephraim-Orangeville Road and the Hunt-mgton-Fairview Road, with no snow to interfere. The thermograph record shows very little variation in temperatures tempera-tures during the past two weeks. The coldest part of the day has always been between 6 and 8 in one morning and the warmest period has been between 2 and 4 each day. Temperatures vary irom a minimum of 20 degrees at night to a maximum of 60 degrees de-grees in the daytime. With no storm and tjnis comparatively warm weather we have been able to complete a number of our fence projects at elevations usually usual-ly closed to work of this kind by snow at this time of year. Fish Planting On November 22 Snow Lake lying along the top of the mountain moun-tain was stocked with number 3 native trout. The local service stations furnished men to help in planting the fish and"Mr. Van Boskirk delivered the fish to the lake. The fish were from the Federal Fed-eral Hatchery at Springville. The cans were carried Irom the nearest near-est point a car could reach and a hole was chopped in the ice, through which the deposit was made. According to the men planting the fish Snow Lake was as smooth as glass, and the ice was approximately four inches in thickness. It is very unusual that Snow Lake can be reached with an automobile at this time of the year. Undoubtedly the lake will oe closed to fishing next year in order to give the fish a chance to grow to legel size. This lake j has surprised everyone, since it has no outlet and is ted ex- j clusively from small springs and melting snows from the heavy banks that lie immediately aoove, j to the west and south of the lake, j Personal Mention Ranger A. P. Christiansen returned re-turned on December 4 irom a trip to Logan, where he recently moved his family. After a few days with Ranger Thursby on District 6 Ranger Christiansen will say goodbye to the Manti Forest and leave for his new assignment as-signment on the Cache Forest. The Manti Forest is sorry to lose Ranger Christiansen. However, since the job at Logan is considered consider-ed a promotion we are glad to see this recognition of Ranger Christiansen's Chris-tiansen's services extended him, and we wish him every success in his new assignment. What is the Manti's loss is the Cache Forest's For-est's gain, and deserving promotions promo-tions are always welcome events in the lives of all forest ofucers. Ranger Vaughan Tippets i.-now i.-now comfortably located in Eph-ra'm Eph-ra'm where he assumes the posi-(Continued posi-(Continued on last page) Forest Notes (Continued from first page) tion of District Ranger. Mr. Tippets' Tip-pets' services in Huntington Can- i yon during he past year have ccon entirely Satisfactory to both u.c lorept users and the Forest id-. ice. oivi we are glad to welcome wel-come him to the Forest Head-Ciuartprs Head-Ciuartprs at Ephraim. Ranger Thursby is being transferred trans-ferred to District 6, with headquarters head-quarters at Mt. Pleasant, effective December 1. Ranger Thursby has been Ranger on District 3, with headquarters at Ephraim, for the past nineteen years and is well and favorably known by all forest for-est users in the Sanpete Valley. He succeeds Ranger Christiansen on District 6 and the users on hat range will find in Ranger Thursby a Forest Officer with a .v d : experience in grazing, timber tim-ber sale work and other forest activities. The best wishes of the Manti personnel go with Ranger Thursby to his new assgnment. Supervisor Humphrey returned from San Francisco on November 30. At San Francisco he attended the three day meetings of the Society of American Foresters. He returned by way of Los Angeles and the Boulder Dam. Mrs. Humphrey and their daug-ter, daug-ter, Alice were also on the trip. Wedding Bells Reed Thomson, newly appointed appoint-ed Junior Range Examiner on the Manti Forest, and Miss Faun Douglas were married at Ephraim on Monday, November 27. The Manti personnel extends con-gradulatians. con-gradulatians. This leaves only one unmarried man on the Manti Forest. Everyone can guess who that is. |