Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-18
FOREST RESERVATIONS.
An 0ppoiluns Time 10 Consider 50
OppOrlune a Que stlOn.
A rsrrsspeDd.nrs Advios 90 shoep.
meu-sheuid ne satisn q with
Reasonable n, gutatIons.

To the EditOrt
,.,.,
III 10 fortunate that the work OF the
special committee OF tho Forestry as
ISOLATION has besp comule,ed and In.
witbd,awai. nj so,a,nnan, t.nd A,
49,. n' So :"
'"o 'u'eo h'H hq le'teI JUST now,
whlle the puzzle anu ATE land 4 les.
tons are being considered by the
L.eisl.,u,.
Nv 'onpoi'Ance oi TUE iahu gran" 70
ihe state are not appreciated by the
heavy taxpayers OF Utah and the gtea,
ADVANTAGE. IN n. ..,,,.d ,,om a..
-~,..,.s -, ''o- W.
'A'enS'No 'Ofoe' teAetVA'lons PROPOSED
arc ignored or Will DO Violently OF.
posed by the very people who will be
most oenento1.
IL must be admitted that the areas
whlch tue committee proposes to In.
olude are greater than most people
would expect, anu the theory upon
which tbs proposed reservations are
based 10 n radical one. lfeven q great
portion OF the land proposed to be tt
served 10 Withdrawn from settlement
and placed under intelllgent control ~
sne future, the benefits Will 10 gem
eralIy acknowledged within few
yesis'
Inc dlstricis proposed take In all
JANUS above certain elevations shown
on ths maps,snd extend from Og0tn 10
spanish FORK and " Ashley. The
reservations Include tho railroad dis.
ulcls on The mountains east Of the
set'lemenls between Salt Lake and
Ogueni the ranges back OF Morgan,
hennefer, Echo and Coaiville b.
tween East Canyon and Weber;
the ranges In Summit cgu1ty
between Chalk Creek and Echo
canyon. between Chalk Crock and
weber river, and the lands Nj head
OF Bear river, bmilh's Fork and Hen.
ty's Fork, lying between tho southern
line OF Wyoming anu the divide be.
tween bear river and Henty's Fork
streams running noithwari and the
Duchesne, Strawberry, Ashley, anu
other rivers and creeks draining south.
eastefly Into ihe Green river basin.
Inc Interests Affected by the pro-
posed retorvations OF these vast tracts
arr; Tbs settlers who have used the
ranges or who have patents for or
contracts or filings on government Or
railroad lands now the sheep men who
have used tho country tor summer
ranges the miners who have now
mines or prospects In the mountains,
the State owning four sections o.
school land la eAon township
aud with the right TO select
special grants amounting TO over
million acre., which will be made
available by water storage In The
mountains, and the Union Pacific rail-
road company when alill owns about
lbO,OOO acres, being the alternate sec
lions within twenty miles OF the main
line OF the road from Ogden east. Bet.
1lors OF Davis, Morgan and summit
counties bavs bought some railroad
sections In tho proposed limits to be
reserved aud the 2O,OOO kofe, water
sheI lands bought by Bait Lake CITY
rom .ne Iniioau oJmpany WIN par
uAhy isl ihsiue 'he Pfoppseu tosetNA-
lions
Inc tal'oAu company mas always
appreciated tue Importance OF pro-
.eohng we whtefsnous anu the ihsuh'
,aih ihnus nave oeen sou elmer 10
oiuos VI seN's's "nose in'stosh arc
pstmahent'
Tue STATE can esslly arrange 70 Sc
cure we rsilroad LANDS In these forest
uisLieu' hshIshu JANUS OF the unioh
rsoino nave NO, III Tue pasl, anu wiz
not IN no future, DO hAnuIeu I'D
way 70 interiors Win ,he D'sI use OF
'ns ranges OF ,hs ln'sligsn' anu reas'
vnaoIe pioWouoh OF FOREST ulstrlcS'
IneIe ought 70 Dc some general pro-
VISIONS adopted When tue general
lsnu Impairment approves 'he WIN.
uiaWAI " tne Isnus IA question, Whlen
WIN ehaoie tno S'at' lAnI ppatu 70 "a
JUST shu ullllk' tue stA'o ANUS 10
.neso OBSERVATIONS 70 advantage AM
tue nsht 10 ptospsot iot minerals Az
70 operate mines must Ou rseiNou'
lhe flghh OF stllsb W. have
sequireu moun'ain Janus IN
! ieso ult cts must be lit 10 ted.
The selection 10y lhe Slate OF yalus.