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Show ON THE NATIONAL FOREST. A statement of the net receipts of the 29 Forests in District 4 shows that the Manti Forest is second in Timber Sale recei; ts, fifth in Total receipts, sixth in grazing receipts for Sheep, tenth in gracing receipts for Cattle and Horses. t3nth in Water Power receipts, sixteenth in receipts on account of Trespass, and twenty-third twenty-third in receipts on account of Special Use. Considering ihe comparatively com-paratively small not area of Forest lands included in the Manti Forest this is considered a creditable showing. show-ing. The total recoipu from all sources for the . Forests approximate $43,919.00. Of this amount 35 per cent or $15,371.00 is returned to the counties in which this Forest is located lo-cated for School and Road purposes. County game warden, Oleoir Anderson, And-erson, assisted by Rangers Thorpe and Ollerton, planted 2 5 cans of Rainbow fingerlings in Gooseberry and Huntington Creeks. The shipment ship-ment being evenly divided between the two streams. Mr. Anderson expects ex-pects to secure another shipment or two of fish for planting in the streams in the southern part of the county. Road Engineer, C. H. temper of Washington, D. C. arrived in Ephraim Eph-raim July 18 to take charge of the constructing work of that section of the Ephraim-Orangeville Road lying between the Experiment Station Sta-tion and the top of the mountains. Mr. Semper expects to pay $7.00 per day for men and teams, and $3.50 per day for single hands. The dipping of permitted sheep grazing on the Manti Forest commenced com-menced in Gunnisoni Valley on July 11. It seems quite likely that all the sheep grazing within the Forest will have to be dipped by August 15. The first shipment of fat lambs from the Manti Forest for the season sea-son of 1919 will leave District 6 on or about August 4. The lambs are March lambs and are reported to be in excellent condition. They belong to the Bartholomew and Mickelson herd. The Manti Forest has had one fire to date this season.. This fire which was caused by lightning, occurred oc-curred on one of the steep slopes of the Huntington Canyon. No appreciable appre-ciable damage resulted. The Manager Mana-ger of the United States Fuel Company Com-pany of Hiawatha reported the five immediately after its inception. Assistant District Forester, Chas. D. Simpson, left Ephraim July 2 1 for the Fillmore Forest after spending approximately ten day-i inspecting the National Forest range. On July 11 an arrest wis made by-Forest by-Forest Officers for the violation of the State Fish and Game Law. The guilty party being fined $ 15.0m for the killing of one bine grouse. Both sheep and cattle are in fair condition for this season of the year. However, rain is badly needed at many points throughout the Forest, especially on the low ranges. Jt seems that the recent showers have only hit the high spots. With an ordinary amount of rainfall, our Forest range should carry all permitted per-mitted stock until near the close of the present grazing season. On some of the northern Forests the grazing situation is much more serious ser-ious because of the drought than on the Manti. A preat many excursionists from Emery county towns have hen spending the past week in the mountains. The fishing in ninst of the streams has been exceptionally good while the weather has been ideal for camping out. Upon the completion of some of our Forcf-t roads a groat many more people will Fpend their summer vacations on the Manti Forest. The steam shovel working in Stritht. Canyon is reported as making mak-ing excellent progress on that, part of the road. |