Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-25

AS already stated in the TRIBUNE w.
w. Barrett, state commissioner of irri-
CATION and forestry, has circulated a Pc
tition among some of the northern u
ties, which has been numerously signed,
praying President Harrison to set aside
a portion of the Turtle Mountains as a
national park. The scheme is entirely
in the interest of forestry, and the OBJ
ject is to preserve most of the grow
ing timber on the mountains while vet
there is time. Similar movements are on
foot in six other states. These noun
tains contain the largest strip of timber
IN the state, and the preservation of a
portion of it would be a commendable
idea. The commissioner has written the
governor, who expresses himself as
heartily in accord with the project. We
give below the correspondence on the
subject:
LAKoTA, N. D., Sept. 4, 1891.
Hon. Andrew II. Burke, Governor of North Da
kotd, Bismarck, n. d.
DEAR SIR: Steps are being taken to induce
President Harrison to create seven national
parks, to be located as follows: Flathead and
Missouri River reservation, Northwestern Mon
tana; Crater Lake reservation, Southern Oregon;
Talare reservation, California; Peere and Cana
dian River reservation. Colorado; Minnesota ma
tional park, Minnesota, and the Turtle mountain
park, North Dakota.
To establish a national park at the Turtle
mountains is a matter of vital importance, To-
Gated as 1t will be in the gateway of the north,
where it will tsubserve the most economic pur-
pose in protection from the cold fierce winds
from the northern latitudes, and in shielding
and sustaining the springs and lakes that feed
the streams and rivers of the state. It will also
materially aid In the production of moisture and
needed rain falls. This great body of timber in
the picturesque uplands Of the park, amount
ing to near $50, 600 acres of government land, be-
ing located just where most needed, would be-
come an important and indispensable part of the
forestration of state. The favorable climatic
conditions of our commonwealth and the entire
west would be best promoted by the establish
ment of this picture Park the movement for
which thus far has met with the h~eartiest encour-
agement and endorsement of the people Of the
state. Hence l respectfully ask you to investi-
gate this important subject, and l trustingly
hope that it may meet with your earnest appro-
val.
In the interest of forestry, I am
Yours Respectfully,
W. W. BARRETT,
State Superintendent of Irrigation and Forestry.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
BISMARCK, Sept. 9Th, 1891.
Hon. W. W. Barrett, State Superintendent of
Irrigation end Forestry, Lakota, North d.
kota.
SIR: In reply to your favor of the 4th inst,
I have the honor to inform you that I most hear
tily approve your efforts to create within this
state a sentiment in favor of inducing the presi-
dent to designate a portion of the Turtle noun
tain country as q national park.
No one can appreciate more highly than myself
the benefits to be derived from having a national
park located within the borders of North Da-
kota, and any aid 1 can give the proposed move
ment will be cheerfully rendered, as should be
the case with every loyal North Dakotan.
I have the honor to be,
Very Respectfully,
ANDREW II. BURKE,
Governor.