Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-11
FOR UTAH FORESTS.
Three Immense Proposed RsssrTa.
lions Outlined For Them,
THE PRELIMINARY WORK DONE.
President Cleveland to b. Asked 10
Withdraw Great Water Shed
Tracts from Settlement.

That the new State will start out
with a very wide-AwAke Forestry asso-
citation 10 evidenced from Information
that has juat come 10 light concerning
i,s movements. These have been very
quiet-sl quiet In fact that compass
lively few persoss have Known any.
thing concerning them. But now that
they are under way -to n point Of
preliminary completion, where details
will DO Of grea, Interest 10 the public,
they sre given out.
Bh,fly 1t may DO stated that ProsI.
dent Cleveland IA to bo asked 10 with
draw three vast mountain stretches Of
unsurvoyed lands OF a watershed chnr.
aoief from settlement In the new State
and by proclamation 40, them apart
o. reservations on which tue wAnlon
destruction Of timber shall be prevent
ed anu the purity OF great water sup
plies maintained while at the same
time permitting all suitable timber for
domestic purposes 70 be cut with tho
provision that tho proceeds arising
from the same Rre 10 bs used for re-
newal and mAintAinance purposes.
The association believes that within n
very few years many mountain sides
and canyons that have been denuied
OF their ioTestal beauty and coverings
| may Again be clad with timber habili.
ments that will rotatd the meltiag OF
| snow under the soitening rays OF
| spring tun, prevent flO1ds and ffesheu
anu at the same time Increase tho rain
fail, and in divers other ways DO Of
incslculAhle benefit 10 the people.
The project now In hand hegru
about ysar ago and In May last tsoh
denuils form. six months ago Survey.
OF General George w. Snow, mem
her OF tns association, was appointed
TO draw map based on tho contour
maps Of the United states Geodetio
survey showing the area and giving Q
description IL the country sought tu
have converted Into forest reservations
by presidential proclamation, That
task has been finished and Hon. q. Il.
Allen, Utah's representative In Con.
gtess has been furnished with q copy
and full description which he has filsd
| III hnt W tht sNNANNhAL W Wv th-
teTioT. Mr.. Allen, lIksi Mr.. Bnow, 10
also n meniber Uf the committee and
90 IL Hon. ]. l.. Rawlins, George w.
Rjylancr, Judge Lo Grand Young,
Richard klstting and l.. w. Bhufiliff.
This committee IL expected To make a
iull report 10 the association In thu
very near future. Blue prints and
trIoings Of the map are now on file In
tho office OF Mt. kleiting aud the city
engineer. This matter has also been
or will be very shortly referred 10 oil
the city councils and chambers OF
commerce in the State whose people
are likely TO DO affected, while we'll.
Informed citizens are requested 10 offer
suggestions As TO tho Dett mstho OF
carrying tho project 10 . successful
Issue No agriculture, mining, stock
RAISING anu probably other Interests
will be Involved.
Ths Teservatious are numbered l,
and 3, No. embraces all that part Of
the UlntAh aud WHaAtch ranges east
OF the meridian Ill degrees, is min-
utes west from Greenwich exceeding
an altitude Of 5000 feet; and all west
of said meridian between the Weber
river aud tho Union Pacific railroad
In Echo canyon 5000 feet above sea
luNclS huu MI Weht VI hhiu inoiiuleh
between Spanish Fork creek and Prove
river which exceeds 1000 feet.
Reservation No. 2 covers all that
part Of mountain country between
East Canyon creek and the Weber
river which 10 1000 feet above sss
level.
No. s embraces all that part OF the
WasaIch mountains between the
Wasatch and Weber rivers anu East
Canyon creek, On the eastern slope
the altitude along the contour line II
nKei at 1000 feet which Ia approx.
mately wsst Of q limo connecting with
Midway, Wasatch county, and tbs
junction OF East CAnyon creek and
the Wsbsr river. Tho western portion
! OF tho slope draining Into Salt Lake
valley 10 made TO embrace all sbov,
5000 feet.
Readers OF the NEWS may form al
estimate Of - 1000 feet altitude whet
10 10 stated that east Of this oity II II
about /, $50 feet above Fort DJuglas
As described these reservations cOyel
all OF tue heAdwAtsrs OF the streAml
draining into Salt Lake, Davis and
Utah counties as well rs the Weber
river, East Canyon, ths Provo, North
branch OF Spanish Fork creek, Straw
, berry creek anu Its tributaries, and d.
Chesns, Green aud Bear rivera Ane
their tributaries.