The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-10-27
Many Tourists Visit
SawtOOth National Forest

According to the local Forest Sup
ervisor, the recreational use of the
| Sawtooth National Forest has been
exceptionally great this season, prob
ably double the number of tourists
visiting this region than in previous
years At least 95 per cent of the
campers travel by auto, most of them
coming from the Snake River pro
| jects.
| The most popular camping places are
Warm Springs Creek, upper Wood
River and in the lake region on Sal
mon River. the latter being reached
by crossing Galena summit at an
elevation of 8795 feet. AS many as
40 cars have climbed over this more
or less difficult grade in a single
day.
The Sawtooth Forest is the Mecca
for the pleasure seekers from a large
part of Southern Idaho and the Forest
Service is endeavoring to encourage
this highly important use as much as
possible From the tourists stand
point one of the most important i'm
provements is the extensive telephone
system that is maintained throughout
the principal points of the Forest.
Instruments are found at Ranger
headquarters and at telephone booths
with an average of less than ten
miles between stations. At each in
strument are found instructions fol
reporting fires to Forest officials and
for securing help in case of accident.
The system serves, also, to keep the
tourists in touch with their home and
business interests.
On the main Wood River above
Ketchum the camper will find a mum
ber of structures and enclosures for
his own use and benefit. The first is
the enclosure of about 40 acres at
the junction of North Fork and the
main Wood River. This area is en-
closed with a woven wire fence and
contains many beautiful camping
sites An attractive telephone booth,
containing several interesting ex
hibits is located there for the con
venience of visitors. Continuing up
Wood River the tourist will find many
excellent sites from Prairie Creek to
Galena which have been made avail
able by the construction of four miles
of drift fence to exclude stock from
the road and the river meadows AT
Galena another telephone booth is To-
Gated and an iron telephone instru
ment will be found on the summit
new feature which has proven
especially valuable to the tourist is
the installation of registers at the
principal points of entrance to the
Forest. On Warm Springs Greek the
register will be found in the tele-
phone booth. while at other points
the book and writing material are
kept in a box which serves also as a
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sembles hotel register, in place of
the room numbers, the tourist enters
his destination Forest officers keep
a record of these entries and are able
to deliver important messages and as
sist by other means, the otherwise
more or less isolated camper. During
the present season the Rangers have
several times gotten word to registered
tourists of occurrences which demand
ed immediate attention. In two in
stances, night riders were necessary
and Forest officials are glad to do
this if the message is urgent
So far only a comparatively small
number of tourists registered, but no
doubt all of them would if the pos
sible benefit was understood. Many
surrounding States are represented
showing that the scenic beauties of
the Sawtooth region are widely
known.
Registrations from HALEY residents
are as follows:
At Russian John Ranger Station
E. L. Vancil, ]. f. Fowler. John Bur
rows. Percy Watson, B. p. Thamm.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A Lambert, W. p.
Fowler. Mrs H. e. White, Mrs. R. H.
Wright, Miss Emaline Gilman. Miss
Gladys See, Miss Caroline Gilman.