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Show Forest Notes Hour On Warpath Hoar are reported to be lc il 1 i n.aj e.ittle in Ciinal Canyon and slicpp In J Fpliraini Caiijon. Where slock are being killed, bear can be destroyed destroy-ed at any time, while, after Sept. 1, there is -an open season on these animals until May 1 of the following year. Open Season On (Jump Fowl The State Fish and Game Commissioner Com-missioner has declared an open season on sage hens, bine grouse, raffed grouse, and prairie chickens from September 1 to September 10. Attpnt'on is called to the fact thai hunting of chickens is permitted in Sanpete and Utah counties, but is p-ohibited in Carbon, Emery and Sevier counties. G. B. K. S. Kield Day The f'eld day at the Ore-H Bas;n Fvperiment station on August 14 and 15 was decided a success. Approximately Ap-proximately forty cars carrying e'ockmen made the trip to the station for at least one of the two days. Many more stockmen were present this year than last, although the total number of visitors was practically prac-tically the same, about All lenortcd enioving them sfi'ves immensely im-mensely as well as profitably. The wpather was fine and the r-.nge was in good cond'tinn. At the meeting a year ago, the season "'ii so drv that the visitors left with a very ror opinion of the Manti as a grazing graz-ing forest. HmitiiiItO!i Convon R""(l Invproveiment of that se'ion of the Huntington Canyon ro-d lying between the ranger station and the forks of the canyon was started on August 17. The work to be done a' this time wiill consist of sfrni.ght-ening sfrni.ght-ening out the a'irnment. and im-P'oving im-P'oving the grade. Mr. William Hitchcock of price will have charge of the work. The rangets are all busv at this time checking up on unpermitted s'ock found on the range. All t'espisirg ani'iiak will be driven to the nearest pound, where they w;ll be held for damages. T; kes . Kest AF'ss Tuiera Chris' ensen is takin" a -month's leave. She has gone t ' California and " 'l' visit with friend in Oregon and Washington hefor lefnrnin.g to T'tnb. Miss '"'br'Vei-fen '"'br'Vei-fen is expected back sometime near the first of September. Office Visitors Mr. R. E. Gery of the office of Lands. District office, was an office . iitor on August 12. He wiH '.00k er -some of the elairai on this irest, accompanied by Supervisor Humphrey. Mr. Dana B. Parkinson of the of-ffiee of-ffiee of Grazing called at the Super-..i Super-..i s olii.e o , August .14. Mr Park'ngson was on his way to the Great Basin Experiment Station to attend the field exercises there on August 14 and 15. Good Timber An interesting item was recently 'rouRht to our attention. Jn 1862, Mr. John Swenson of Salt Lake City constructed a two story adobe building build-ing at 24 West on 4th. South street Salt Lake City. The building was-'aid was-'aid on 14" round Douglas fir silly :nstead of on the usual rock foundation. found-ation. Two years afio, his son. J Svenson, had occasion to underpin under-pin the wall where the drip from thieves thi-eves of the house had washed out n J'art of the adebe wall. In mikinr hese repairs it was necessary to cut into the log foundation. and ""-en 'on reports finding the founation logs as solid as the da-they da-they were placed there. The oz-used oz-used svere secured from one of tin near by canyons. Sixty-three year-underground, year-underground, without deterioration is something of a record for our native na-tive timber. |