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Show Forest Notes j - i i On the evening of August 25 ; lightning hit the flag pole over the i Supervisor's office, however, no ; ) amagei was done. Perhaps the lightning like many of the Forest' users, was looking for the Supervisor. ; F. S. Barker expects to spend ! several days looking over planting areas and other experiments initiated initiat-ed by the office of Silviculture dur-nig dur-nig the years 1909 1904 j ing the years of 1909 to 1914 in-! elusive. S. S. Stewart from the office of Silviculture Sil-viculture made a timber inspection of the Manti Forest from September 3 to 12 inclusive. During his visit he went through the office records besides visitirj ; timber operations on Districts3, 4, 5, and 6. The Ranger's meeting held at the Great Basin Experiment Station on September 1, 2, and 3 passed off.; just as planned. Dr. Sampson and Messrs. Storm and Kienholz of the Experiment Station force, District Forest Inspector John Raphael of Richfield and Messrs. Lachmund and Wagener from the branch of Forest Pathology, all gave very interesting number of visitors at the meetings ,vas such a disappointment since we had hoped to have with us quite a lumber of stockmen and others in-erested in-erested in the experiments being conducted there. Mr. S. S. Stewart ailed to reach Ephraim in time to xttend the meeting. Notwithstand-ng Notwithstand-ng our disappointsments the meet- irs were considered the "best ever." Chas. L. Thorpe, formerly a Rang-r Rang-r of the Manti Forest with headquarters head-quarters at Fairview; 'but now a irosperous farmer of axtell, called t the Supervisor's office on Sept. Uh. Mr. Thorpe reports eerytlilng oi: the farm as ";"!oing fine" and in-ciJentally in-ciJentally t- j'trk-i I Hi it !! v-.ili Lot enter the k' -i Servic-' fliiiin were they to offer him a position paying double his former salary. On August 31, Ranger Ollerton i.nd Olson, while on their way i to the Ranger's meeting, had occasion to ride along the top of the Mountain 'romCanyon View Ranger Station to ha head of Ephraim Canyon. At noon they sloped in the head of '31ack Canyon where there was little "or their horses to eat except lark ;pur which grew in great abundance, t was noticed that the horses were either exceptionally hungry or the arkspurs or some other plant the 'orses showed sins of poisoning be- ore reaching the Experiment Station. Sta-tion. Ranger Olsen's. horse became 10 badly affected that he had to be ;eft by the road side within two niles of the Station. The horses ould not be brought to camp until he next evening. Many of the woolgrowe'rs are not ;ontraeting their lambs for October lelivery at 10c per pound. Those growers who sold eariler received lie. . The Sanpete County Fair, it has een announced, will stage a Ram ale sometime during the Fair a vhirh time it is believed there wil le a large number of rams disposed of. If this feature is properly ad-1 Vertised there will no doubt be an 1 offering of pure bred Rambouillet sheep that will be hard to duplicate anywhere in United States. Sanpete County has long been known for its 'many breeders of pure bred sheep. Why not make this an annual affair and give local breeders a chance to dispose of any surplus stock they have left after the Salt Lake Ram Sale? t Light frosts have touched the more ;, tender vegetation at the higher elevations. ele-vations. The mercury, however, has not been lower than 33 in the instrument shelter at the Great Basin Experiment Station. The coldest nights occurred September 7and S. On September 9 the top of the mountain moun-tain was covered with a-k'ijrht skiff of snow. Owing to the lateness of the season it is doubtful that the formal, open-j ing of the Ephraim-Orangeville Road . 'will be held before 1921. The road; work is almost completed; the road workers are now puting in drains,! surfacing, and adding finishing 'touches to the road. A three day celebration on the top of the liioun-J 'tain is being planned for just as soon as the road is open to car travel in 1921. |