The state herald., 1897-02-26
BIG FOREST RESERVES
THIRTEEN TRACTS SET ASIDE.
Over Twonty.One Million Acres Affected
President Cisveland's Method Of Cels
brsting Wsshington's birthday.

ton by issuing thirteen executive or
ders far-reaching In their effect. On
the recommendation of Secretary Fran.
els and forestry commission Of the
National Academy of Science appoint.
ed by Professor Wolcott Gibbs, the
president of the academy the president
signed and promulgated thirteen pro
carnations establishing as many add.
tional forest reservations, containing
an aggregate area of 21,379, 400 acres.
Secretary Francis report to the pres
ident on the subject shows that the
commission visited most or all of the
forest reservations and other public
forests of the United States, devotine
three months Of hard travel and care.
full study, without compensation, to the
work assigned them.
The amount of lands in each reserva
tion already entered under the general
land laws is, the secretary points out,
insignificant and the portions of area
described are exempted from the pro.
clamation. Some of the sections are
within the limits of railroad grants,
and in such cases an executive procla.
nation only reserves the alternate sec,
tions. This is notably the case in the
the report of the commission charac,
terizes as "thc most valuable body OF
timber in the interior of the continent
The secretary will submit to Congress
a bill authorizing the secretary of the
interior to indemnify the beneiiciaries
in any of these railroad land grants in.
cluded within the limits of forest res.
ervations established by proclamation
nf thn nrnSiJ.,nt 1,,r In 10 hnn
an equal quantity of other portions of
the public domain within specified lin.
its.
The sccrtary further shows that un.
der the law authorizing the president
TO establish these reservations sixteen
such reservations have heretofore been
set aside. aggrcgating an area Of H..
100000 acres.
Each of the thirteen prOclamtions are
similar in terms, except those portions
giving description Of the lands at.
fected by each. After description Of
the lands set aside the proclamations
except from their force and effect all
lands which may have been, prior to
the date hereof, embraced In any legal
entry and covered by any lawful filing
duly Of record in the proper United
States land office. or oupon which any
valid settlement has been made purs,i.
ant TO law. and the statutory period
within which to make entry or filing
of record has not expired; and all min.
Ing claims duly located and held ac.
cordlng to the laws of the United States
and rules and regulations not In con-
hlct Herewith.
Provided, That this exception shall
not continue to apply to any particular
tract o. land unless the entry man,
settler or claimant continues to COM
ply with the law under which the en-.
try filing. settlement or location was
made.
warning is hereby expressly given
to all persons not TO enter or make set
Element upon the tract of land reserved
by this proclamation
The location and area OF the reserva-
tions are as follows:
No. THE Black Hills reserve, en-
braces the central portion of the Black
Hills OF South Dakota and has an esti-
mated area Of 967.G30 acres.
No. 1.-The Big Horn reserve, Is sit
uated In Northern Central Wyoming
and embraces both slopes of the Big
Horn mountains. Its area Is I los, ,0SO
acres.
No. 3-The Teton reserve lies ada.
cent 10 the Yellowstone National park
timber land reserve, being south there.
Of. and contains $40. 40 acres.
No. THE Flathead reserve. EN-.
braces both slopes Of the main Rocky
Mountain range or conilnetal divide In
Northern Montana and extends from
near the line Of the Great Northern
railway northward 10 the International
boundary. Ii contains an estimated
area of l.:,s2. 100 acres.
No. 5-'rhe Lewis and Clarke forest
reservation, embraces both slopes of
the continental divide In Montana and
extends from near the line of the Great
Northern railroad souihward nearly To
the forty.seventh degree of north latl-
tudc, and has an estimated area of
2,l2boSo acres.
No, 6-rhc Priest river forest reserve
occupies the basin of Priest lake and
Priest river In the extreme northern
part of Idaho and In northeastern
Washington and extends from point
n few miles north of the line OF the
Great Northern railroad. 10 the terri
torinl boundary. Its nrcn Is estimated
f-tlt
acres In Washington. toal Of Gi5. 100
acres.
No. THE Bitter Root forest reserve
lies on both sides Of the boundary be-
tween Montana ana Idaho. The total
estimated area Is i,li7.2O0 acres. of
which Gol.2n are In Montana and
3.i56.OD0 In Idaho.
No. s-Thr Washington forest rcscr.
walton Is located In the state of Wash.
lngton and extends from about the
i2Oth degree Of west longitude TO near.
ly the l22d degree, ana from the inter.
national boundary southwark To a III.
tie below the forty.rlghth degree OF
latitude. II contains an estimated area
of 3,aio2iI acres,
No, o-rhc Olympic forest reserve oc.
cupics the high nnd broken Olympic
mountain In northwestern Washington
and contains nm estimated area OF
2.lss.Soo acrcs. This proposed reserve
no doubt contains for lis area the lnrg.
est AMI most valuable body Of timber
belonging To the nation.
No. l0-l'hc Mount Rainier forest re-
serve was originally established by OK.
ccutive order NJ February ~, lS.l3, ms
the "rarlhc forest reserve" The pro
clamaiion extends the reserve south
ward along two slopes Of the Cascade
mountains nearly Ia the Columbia rIy.
or, md changes the name frum Pacific
to the Mount Rainier forest reserve,
Nh" proposed extension makes the 10
tai area Of the Mount Rainier reserve
2.2Bi $50 acres.
No. 1.-THE Stnni-lnus forest r.srry,
extends north along the slopes of Tho