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Show MANTI NATIONAL FOREST NEWS 1 Rainfall. On September 9th, .91 inches Of rain fell at the Great Basin Experiment Experi-ment Station. The total for the' stor.ni period, wlnich lasteld about I three days, was 1.33 inches. At the . Mt. Baldy Ranger Station in Twelve j Mile Canyon, 1.59 inches of rain fell during the same period. At the I Mammoth Ranger Station and on the north end of the Forest the rain was : considerably lighter. However, the "Weather Man" is promising show- ers for the near future so that the range should be well soaked up be-; be-; fore freezing weather sets in. I . Tirouhlcsome Horses. Apparently a great many Forest:, in District 4 are experiencing more or less difficulty in preventing tlu '.grazing of unpermitted horses. On the Manti Forest we have had con silerable trotible also, but our trouble is not from the grazing of so called "wild horses." , Our horses are wild enough, however. They are all owned and generally speaking, are turned on the Forest in small numbers by a great many owners with the inten-I inten-I tion of getting out of paying the 'grazing fees. Four of the seven Manti ranges have this season im-, im-, pounded all such horses they have been able to ca.pture.; in fact soms j of the rangers have impounded unpermitted un-permitted horses a number of times ' By persistently following such violators viola-tors it is hoped that we will iu time' be able to rid the Forest of ail this unpermitted stuff. Horses belonging 'to Utah county owners were driven to Indianola, the nearest settlement, ibut owing to the f:ict that precinct, ' it was necessary to drive the horses l-'arther south to Fairview. It re-' re-' q uired an owner a three days ride I to get his unpermitted horses. This ' man ha 3 niade the statement, "I would like to see the Ranger that dared to drive my horses off the range." Once they were Impounded, '.however, he apparently decided that ,the expense was too great and that j it might perhaps be cheaper to keep i th em in a pasture; at least they have iiiot been back on the Forest. I Ranger (iocs To Training School, i Forest Ranger Edward P. Cox left Manti on Sept. 10th for the Fort Valley Experiment Station near Flagstaff, Flag-staff, Arizona, to spend a month at the ranger training school. He made the trip via Grand Canyon and will j likely have much to say about white tailed squirrels of the Kai'bab and other interesting incidents occuring on the trip. During his absence Hanger Williams and the Supervisor will likely take turns iu looking af-iter af-iter the business on District No. 1. Ram Herd Separated. The Cove Mountain ram herd separated sep-arated at Manti on Sept. 14th. 3ome of the owners favor leaving the .rains , on the mountain much later, how-.ever, how-.ever, a majority of the permittees believe that rams should not be allowed al-lowed on the Forest range at any time after Sept. 15th. Notwithstanding Notwith-standing the past dry season the rams are reported to have left the Forest in better condition than usual. Sale of Stock, i It is reported that John H. Seely & Sons Company have sold three car loads of cattle loaded at Scofleld. iBuyers are paying from 4 to 4.2 5 for cows and heifers and 6c for steers at loading points adjacent to the Forest. For-est. Weight of Lambs. The Fairview sheep owners, Sept. 16th weighed up their lambs for shipment. It is reported that they received 10c per lb. f. o. b. Fairview for Rambouillets. Black faced Iambs brought 10Vc. . It is reported that local feeders are planning on feeding lambs this year on a 2c spread. Lambs will be weighed into the feeders at 10c per lb. and weighed out from their yards at 12c per lb. |