Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-26
OUR FORESTS.

George Atbogast, Eiq, who has
charge Of an extensive vineyard anu
farm at Bountiful, addresses the follow.
INK communication 10 the NLwG
WIN you kindly inform mo II thoro 4.
any way TO save our young forests Of
maple and other trotsg Wagon loads OF
lovely young treos afu being hauled past
my door eyOry day by tho farmers who
live ia tho bottoms. rhoy are being cut
from tho wafer sheds that supply our
canyons aud springs with water in tho
summon. All tho large trens were cut
years ago aud Il seems great pity to soc
large tracts dcnudod OF these young trcos
that must have takonatloa,t ten 10 twelve
years to grow.
DO those iarmora rcalizo what thoy are
doing3 1 know how long II takes 10 GOT
maple aud other trces To- attain any size
M ] have planted $4,000 ON my timbor
culture Untry up huro, aud when our arid
region requires 30 much water what Will
tho future be- if this destruction con.
tlnuos2
-ympathizo with tho farmers those
hard times whom they nood winter
wood, but will they not bo paying very
dearly Tor % la the near fuufug
We do not want 90 20 through tho dan
gor OF irOshct- Ia tho spring when the
sun las a full sweep ON tho winters
! snow, instead % the wa.er coming down
gradually because OF the snow being
shaded by tho trocs, it goes OH nj once
ana docs not have chance 10 grnlalluy
sink into tho ground aud keep alive our
creeks and springs / fool suro II would
pay tho county OR Territory % tnko caro-
OF those tftUs aud 10 uoc0--ary supply tho
needy FARMERS with fuel froe rather than
10 have our water supply which IL our
laud's Ito endangered.
wish 1 had tho umo and motna TO go
on "a mission among those farmers aud
have thom realize the value Of Unch trro
destroyed. I think with tho large areas
of oak brush that can bu had for tho DIG
glug out, plenty OF cheap fuel could he
obtained for years, only 10 tukos little
harder work. hope that 1 will not
make enemies OF my uBlghhor, by NY
ideas on this matter aud trust you
may think 10 worthy Of mention aud that
you may suggest a romody,
MI ArO1gasps letter relates 10
great evil, but Ia our olinlou there Ii
no legal remedy Tor It, under a terri.
torial form oi government, though the
powers u our Legislature Ia gnu pTsn.
lees have been a subject Of debate. The
lille TO the land on which our mJln.
tain forests grow IN vested la the
United States, and the laws Of Con.
grtss permit timber to be- removed from
such IauIs flr fuel, etc. on the ground
that the preservation Of the limner iu
certain places ~ necessary fIr the pro.
lection OF property, Il lie possible that
tho police powers Of tho Territorial
e lyerumenl mi ht hsvo useu invokrd
with beneficial uneuL Bat this Is
legal question concerning which there
is much doubt ltO ami con, and We
know VI No authority tn,t could bu rg.
ferryd 20, whicu wouli da,rrmilo No..
a similar condition viii exist under
tho govrrlmelt ut our utw slate, OK.
uspt ~ % tue lands granted tnurotI.
L,uus granted TO the new state, under
le prlvihlus OF congressional lave,
will Of course be- under i,s control, ,l.
Guiding the timber rowing thereon, bI.
such lands viii nave TO be- drsi snatyd
ueiure such coutro. can be az. u mel. Ia
a word, the lauus owned by tho United
States, anu the timber growing there.
on, nru subluc to thB vEr0u8lyt control
OF co.. rvss, barring sucn police pow.
vrs ne the present territorial, or our
state governments may ughuully OK
orc su over them, Just what those
police powers arr, or % they ,xt.tatuu,
IL matter that has not, " our know.