The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-02

a meeting OF the Utan Forestry AS |
sociation was held last evening in the
tofFice of the county superintendent
of schools. a brief synopsis of the
business transacted is as follows:
The melting was called to order by
President j. r. Park. and informal
remarks were made by him on dam
gerous weeds And also by Mr.. Wis
Sing and c. A. Whiting.
Official Organ.
A motion was made by MI Swanner
that the University Quarterly be
made the Official organ of this society.
THE motion was supported by DIT.
Talmage, who explained the nature
sand object of the Quarterly. The
motion was carried.
DR.. Faust reported progress by the
committee ON tree planting along the
state road.
Trees For the Drives.
mfr, Chrikstopherson advised that
the attention of the society be given
TO planting trees along the East or
! West Drives, rather than along State
street The committee was continued
until the following meeting in order
to give more time for further fnYesti-
cations.
! MIR. Christopherson reported that the
committee ON the preservation OF
young eVergreens was continued until
the next meeting.
Prof Allen reported that the COM
mittee ON Arbor day had also been I'M
able to meet and ESle committee was
also continued over.
VIII Be No Union.
Secretary Whiting reported the
recommendations of the committee on
the union of the horticultural So
iciety and the Forestry association.
! Their recommendation for union was
rejected by vote and the committee
discharged This would seem to set
tie the question of the union.
! Mr.. Chri5topherson read an inter
esting paper on Trees AS Wind
| Breaks"
| DR.. Faust's Address.
| Dr. H. ]. Faust made an interesting
address on the subject OF a state park,
speaking as follows:
Mr. President and Members OF the
Society:
ate and set aside all of that country at
| the headwaters of the four rivers
known as the Provo, the Bear, the
| Weber and the Duchesne, as a park.
! This park should be fifty miles in
length by at least thirty in width, and
the center should be a the northwest
corner monument Of the Indian reser-
walton, which is situated on PAID
mountain.
This we ask Congress to do SO that
the timber could be professionalism
timber is fast being destroyed by TIM
Der men being employed from time to
time in cutting ties and other timber
This timber must be preserved SO as TO
protect the SHOWS that fall so deep in
the winter time and which afford us
water fer irrigation, without which we
will go short for our farm products
/ Unless something is speedily done to
arrest the Wanton destruction of that
! timber country, we will suffer from
drouth such as we have never seen be-
fore. The tie-men destroy more than
any other class OF lumber men. 1 have
seen trees sixty feet high cut down,
and perhaps but one tie cut off; the
/ rest is left to rot, or even worse, TO
| be burned. If that tree were the only
one cut it might not matter so much,
but in making room to get at the one
wanted they frequently have to cut
five or six smaller ones, all Of which
will dry and help to swell the oppor-
tunity for fires.
The tie-nlan will ask what ne shall do
for his ties. Him / would ask what
will you do when the timber ait the
headWaterS of the rivers are gone? You
would go to the Sierra Neyadas or some
other place; why not go there now?
1T is with this as with everything in
life; the most good to the greatest NUM-
Der of people should be observed. Ask
any of the old Inhabitants and they will
tell you that before the timber was re-
moved in the canyons near this city it
was much cooler in the city than 1T is
a.
the canyon you did not have to go far
up to camp to get frost: now you would
have to go nearly to the top.
AS there have been few of you up on
Bald mountain or any of the other
peaks that tower away above timber
line, I would say COINS with me and let
us Climb Bald which is about twelve
thousand feet above the level of the
sea. From here you can look to the
west and see Deep Creek mountains,
south and you can see the White noun
tains, southwest is Mount Nebo with
many other mountains. In looking east
you gaze on Reeds peak, Ia, 800 feet
above the level of the sea, and supposed
to be the tallest mountain in Utah.
Looking all around you can see noun
tains until the eye Will, tire. From here
You cam see the smoke from the smell
ters OF Park City and with a field glass
, You can also see Evanston. You loolz
green that in the distance they took
Black. The great question with US is.
Shall these grand old forests be Dies
troyed or shall they be Incorporated i'm
THE static park? Shcll they remain in
their native purity and protect the ever
, lasting SHOWS that furnish US With the
pure waters which are essential to man
, and al things elise created, or shall we
: silt down and silently look ON and see
+ the destruction that is annually occur
5 ring.
I can see in each and every mans
E face, Mol we Will, with our hubble efforts
5 protest and lend our aid to increase
5 these forests rather than see them
> diminished. With us it lis, ''Wood1nan
, spare that foreEstn' Again. let us look
I from this mountains, the mother of foul
: rivers whose heads are within five miles
5 of each other You can stand here anG
: count sixty lakes whose waters are as
clear as crystal-a chemist has nc
filtered water clearer than this These
lakes viii, In time. be damned and INK
! water held until it is wanted in mid.
summer.
I have not been to all of them. but
: on the Provo and Weber side [ have
been to sixty-tw'o. These lakes arr
from a quarter of a mile to two anC
three-quarters of al mile around.
When Salt Lake city gets short o.
f water, there is the place to get it.
look upon them as the grandest water
resources in the land, and the cheapas
to bring in to this city.
! This has been and viii be again one
of the greatest game countries in tIht
west, when the park shall be protected
from the slaughter of game. Bear rivel
at the head runs northeast ,nto lvvo-