The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-01-23
a Defense Of the Park.

w. W. Barrett, the state forester, has
written another letter in defense of the
| turtle Mountain national park. He dc
clares that the park 10 needed as = par,
of tho forestry Of the state, and for toe
p, rejection Of the many lakes and springs
OF the mountains, which ii preserved will
con tinue to feed the streams and rivers ef
the country and aid in keeping up the
under flow which gives prolific crops to
the su, rounding lands. He says further
it is now settled that the park will no,
embrace the farming lands of Bottinesu
county, but only small portion Of the
noI thesst corner Of the county. Tbs move
is but for part Of the wood lands of the
mou atains. probably about l5O,OUO acres.
N" settler will lose his rights aud the In
dians will not be wronged, for not foot
Of their reservation is included in the park.
The woods to be embraced contain an i'm
mense amour, of fallen timber. The dead
timber will furnish fuel to the settlers on
the plains, aud the thrifty trees will bs
p. eserved. The park will become the tree
nursery of the state, . famous summer re-
sort, the lhide Of tho people and . lasting
benefit to the people.
This is ,urely IN entrsncing picture.
No senseless greed for land ought to DO
allowed to interfere with its materialisa-
tion. There As land enough without de:
stroying the native forests Of the boundary
Those. who seek such destruction would
dry up the sources Of fertility Of the arabic
lands. The park scheme is oil right
Fargo Argus. -,
Of the necessity for tho preservation Of
our forests there should be no question:
Every farmer on the Dakota rsirie 10 in
tsrestsd in it. We observe by recent
reports from Washington that the Interior
Lepartmsn. has taken hold Of the subject
in earnest. with good result, We hope.
Washington. Jan. I5.-Secretary Noble
has written ieti ers tn the senate and house
9. mm,ttess on public land urging that
prompt and efficient steps DO taken BY con-,
gress to protect aud pr:ss ssrve from depss-
datiOns the forest reservations wllsh
recently have teen created by proclanls-
tion Of the president. The secretary has
taken deep interest in the matter Of forest
reserves bslieving only by preserving
forests At headwaters of mountain streams
Of middle and far western states eau those
Streams be kept from drying up aud the
country tributary to them lapse again into
IN arid waste The secretary believes
danger from this source il imminent and
for reason he thinks whatever is done in
this direction must be speedily done.
Fires every rear d.vastats large tracts Of
forest lands and dspreiations from one
source or another render prompt preser-
vaiive measures absolutely essential. With
in the next twenty years tho secretary
predicts the wisdom OF preserving forests
Of the west will have become universally
recognized.
Should there be one in doubt - to the
object sought in setting aside portions Of
the Turtle Mountain district for : Forest
Reserve, let him read carefully the matter
printed below taken from the memorial
presented to President Harrison by the
American Forestry Association 1t . recent
meeting in Washington.
i FORREST KEsEavE srsTEN.
The object Of the proposed forest rserve
system yet forth in . memorial recently
presented to President Harrison By the
American Forestry Association, is -
follows:
3 Il il not the object IA withdraw these
lands absolutely fror occupation or use,
but rather TO increase their usefulness and
the sum total n the productiveness Of tho
tsrritory. making each acre do ito utmost
for the benefit 81 our people. ss s
IL the tasa Of thess Fsssrvations i j. the
purposs .s s5