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Show l''orost. News Note Itecauso of the uiiusiually hot, dry weather during June, the fores' range has suffered considerably for lack of moist ure. .Local showers on July S over most of the forest ran,;c will undoubtedly help; however, 1111 Inss we i;nt iimr,t Htnriu ill the immediate future, the forage crop for this season will bo much below the average. A report reaching Hie Supervisor's officii Is to the effect Unit unit .1 11 number of Canal Canyon cattle have left tile forest and drilled back down Into the valley. .Stockmen are won di'ling whether or not tile 'drouth Is responsible, for th Is cund it ion. The liuerlnmndary fence at tin head of Qultchupuh, between the Flshlake aud Mautl forests, was com. plided on Juno 2S. The feme It-Led It-Led rods In length ami part l.s con slriu'tod of heavy logs and blocks anil the balance Is a three-stake aud ride-fence. ride-fence. The cost of building was $1 per rod. Work on this project was begun about May 10, 192:1. The cost of constructing this fence will be met by the permittees using the adjoining ad-joining ranges. 50 per cent to be paid by the permittees from each of the forests. The Dairy Creek was completed on June 2 2. Hetweeu June 12 and 2 2 the peo ple of Ferrou had 14 men and boys working out their cooperation on the Forron Canyon road. Deputy Supervisor Van lloskirk was in the office July 5 to S. During Dur-ing the past mouth he has been looking look-ing after the timber work on the I'tah Fuel Company sale at Clear Creek. Miss Luella Christciisen, Forest Clerk, left on Jaly 7 for Twin Falls and Shelley, Idaho, where she will spend her annual leave visltiug relatives rela-tives and friends. Oue of the rangers reports an amusing Incident arising from the mailing of the bookmarker, entitled 'Fire the Outlaw." U seems that oue of his permittees had turned more stock on the forest than his permit per-mit covered. The ranger in checking check-ing up found the man had stock in trespass and wrote him reiiucsiin-; him to remove them at once. The ranger had been in the habit of enclosing en-closing one of the bookmarkers In all official letters sent out by him. "e was somewhat surprised and amused when the permittee in iiuesilon called en hiiu ami demanded an explanation: as to w hy "he should hand it to him j so rough." Said the permittee: j -You know damned well that 1 have, worked on the forest in one way or another for a good many years, and: I have always tried to do what was right. Then you send me a picture classing me with coyotes aud outlaws ,-usl because one or two of my horses 'got 011 the forest." The ranger reports re-ports that it was somewhat difficult for him to hold a sober face while he explained to the irate permittee that Uiis advertising material had been sent out In all official letters during the past thirty days, and not to trespassers tres-passers only as he seemed to think. Ranger Williams reports that the Dry Wash trail was trimmed out and put in complete repair during the latter part of June. |