Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-09-02

Addition to the Yellowstone Park,
Northern Wyoming.:.... ......... 2,2Ss,OW
Pecos River Reservation, per procla-
nation Of FEB; II, 1885,. ......r... 276,4so
ton Of Feb. II, 1892. .......:..".... $3.50
White River Plateau, Colorado ......... 4N,ooo
Total. $685. $3.50
More. permanent reserves will prob
ably be established ere long. As a rule,
all the timber reserves occupy high or
mountainous lands to protect the
sources of the water supply of the
country. " sT.. ii
This is the present status of the tim
Der reserves, an extensive area of
forests, consisting of many. millions of
land to be protected from the wanton
destruction of the ak, theft, decay, fire
and brousing animals, and to be so pre-
served and cultivated as to yield the
best economic results for which the
same has been set aside, And q bill,
senate bill No. 1926, is now pending
before congress relating to the man
agement, protection and development of
the timber reserves, and it cannot but
be earnestly desired that the same may
soon become a law.
BROADER VIEWS OF FORESTRY.
This movement is without a parallel
in the history Of the country, and its
present state of development is we'll
calculated to give an object lesson
whereby the masses can obtain a clearer,
broader and more comprehensive view
of the greatness, necessity and practical
utility of the proper forestration of each
state and territory of the union.
The new bill, referred to above, was in
troduced in the senate of the United
States congress, by Mr.. Paddock, on
June 1, 1892, and the committee on agri-
culture and forestry have submitted a
favorable report of twelve closely printed
pages, endorsing every feature of the
same. It also has the most hearty sup
port of the American Forestry asso-
citation, and it meets with tie earnest
approval of the most intelligent and zeal
ous foresters and economists, throughout
the country. And it is a general convic-
ton that the bill will become a law, at
the next session of congress. This bill
embraces all the public timber lands, and
all the reserves that may have been Or
ganized under the act of March 3, 1891.
OFFICERS OF H NEW FORESTRY YsTEM
The new system is to constitute a
division of the department Of agricul-
ture. Its officers will consist of a COM
missioner Of forests, to be appointed by
the president, who is to receive a salary
of $4,000 per annum, and his necessary
travelling expenses. One inspector, re-
ceiving a salary of $4,000, and two assist
ant inspectors receiving a salary of
$1,000 per year, and travelling expenses.
One superintendent of forests for each
reservation to be appointed by the Sec
rotary of agriculture, for his fitness; sal
airy, $1,000 per year. And rangers, one
for each 10000 acres, whose salaries shall
not exceed $1,000 each, per year. The
rangers are to act as police, to prevent
trespass and fires, to apprehend trespass-
ers, to wise permits and to supervise the
cutting and removal of timber, etc.
Provisions are made for the employ
ment of troops from the army in the
protection of the forests. All the tim
Der lands are to be carefully surveyed,
and a description of the lands in each
reservation to be made, with special ref
erence to the uses to which the soil is
best adapted, and such parts as may be
found best fitted for farming purposes
are to be restored to the public domain
for entry. Al .
Provisions are made for hunting and
fishing.
Prospecting for minerals and opening
of mines are permissible under licenses.
Pasturage for cattle or stock of various
kinds to be leased for n year (no limit
to yearly renewals)by the superintendent
of the reservation.
The construction of water reservoirs,
bitches and other necessary adjuncts of
irrigation works to be permitted.
H CUTTING OF TIMBER
is to be done only under a system of
licenses. The right to cut timber is
given to the following classes, the tim
Der to be sold to the highest bidder
after proper advertisement in the papers.
The application for domestic licenses
shall first be satisfied before proposals
fooEE bids on lumberman's licenses are ad-
vsrtised. And as the writer understands
the bill, the lumber can always be pro-
cured on the following terms:
PRosPEcToR's LICENSE
five hundred dollars per year, and pay
ment for timber used per his bid.
SETTLERS LICENSE a2a
to bona fde settler having no timber on
his claim, $500 per year. Five,acres of
timber are reserved for his exclusive
use, and he. has the right to cut there