Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-10-30
NAVY JEROME TOURISTS
VISIT SAWTOOTH FOREST

VISIT SAW lOOin FULLEST
rorest officials estimate 1900
..t,,,ors to the SawtoOth national for
49,, during the 1919 season
The past summer has seen all rec
.,ds broken ia the number OF camp
ors tourists and hunters using the
cowtooth forest es vacation ground
while Snake river communities have
,rrnished the largest proportion
o,er twenty states are represented In
,hs lists Of visitors rs shown by the
forest service register A very con
ssryatiye estimate places the mum
her OF visitors at 1900.
During the summer substantial
nrogress lu rccreatiOnal Improvement
,ork was made under the direction
of DEPUTY supervisor Magnun Twelve
camps on Warm Springs Greek. eight
At North Fork. nine at Easlcy Hot
springs. eight al Baker Creek. one
al RUSSIAN Jviilf INV Va lall IT,
creek. twelve al Alturas lake. and
six at Red Fish were improved A
total OF Afty-nine tables sixteen
swings and twelve toilets were placed
at these camps
The new road over Galena summit
has been partially completed. and
will be finished early neat spring
This viii make the Like region easily
accessible and it is expected that
several Thousand cars Will make the
Trip next summer
During the season Il number of ut-
tractise summer houses We're con-
structed the sites being leased from
the government for periods OF fifteen
years az low annual rental Forrest
officers expect e big demand for sites
around Afuras. Petit and Red Fish
lakes and hope also that civic sum
mer camps will be established where
ever possible For this purpose com
aratlyely large areas can be- set aside
for such development as any partic-
ular community desires TO make. such
as the construction OF club-h house
or community lodge with facilities
nearby for general camping and iu-
d.yldual summer home sites
Jerom, residents were largely rep.
resented 10 the list OF visitors taken
from th i've tourist registers MAIN
tanned at the principal entrances TO
the forest the following names ho.
ing recorded.
Mrs W ID Baker. Howard Talking.
ton Mr. and Mrs \ u Stewart. Mr.
Rose Martini Mrs Clarence Humph-
rci Elizabeth Anne Humphrey John
Humphrey David Humphrey Mr
and Mrs Charles kleinau liestor
Kienau SIR and Mrs = y samuel
Frank Field Nora Longshorc. Harr,
I.ong-hore Frances Annett. blanche
Carr = Patz. Mr. and Mrs n @
Hill. q T. nm. Guy y Humphrey
Ethel Humphrey. Eva Davenport VI
l. House g. g. Phams. John " Phil
lips. = ID MacGowan. Jr and fam
ily. Mr. and Mrs a y Barclay. Ken
meth y Barclay K NJ Barclay. Dew
ey Snyder W l. snyder. Mr. and
Mrs x W williamson. Mr. and Mrs
Barnett Stillwcl. Lamar Warmer.
Mr.. Alex Stewcrt and son. Mrs J.
a Miller Mr. and Mrs Il Lloyd
Robert. Charles McCoulcy. Milton
D snodgrass. Ernest witt. G. G. No
Corkle f C. purdy. F 4 rurdy NJ
b Harris Peri liariis. Cecil $ Her
rls.
The forest supervisor at HALEY.
Idaho. Will be very glad to give data
ana iiromaiion regarding GUNNER
nome sites, municipal Fairgrounds.
ana other recreational uses Of the
Sa"tooth forest The c9re taken hy
campers this summer to prevent fires
is very greatly appreciated by forest
Officers In spite OF an cXtraordin
arlly dry season. the nre damagc was
very small, and indicates that the
greatest ossible number OF tourists
can he welcomed without cndangering
'he forest from a fire standpoint, pro
'laed everyone is equally as careful
win fire as the campers were this
year
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