Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-02-27
PROCLAMATIONS ISSUED FOR L"
NEW RESERVATIONS.
seven in Montana, Idaho and WASH
ingtOn. Others in Wyoming
and California.

land celebrated the 165th anniversary of the
birth of George washington by issuing j
executive orders far reaching in their ell
feet. On the recommendation of Secretary
Francis and forestry commission of the
National Academy of Science, the pre5i-
dent signed and promulgated Is proclana-
lions establishing as many additional for
est reservations, containing an aggregate
area of q, 379 400 acres. Secretary Francis
report to the president on the subject
shows that the commission visited most
all of the forest reservations and other
public forests of the United States, deVot-
ing three months of hard travelling and
careful study without compensation, to
the work assigned them. The amount OF
lands in each reservation already entered
under the general land laws is, the sec"e-
tary points out, insignificant and portions
of the area described are exempted from
the proclamations.
Some of the sections are within the linn
its of railway grants, and in such cases
an executive proclamation only reserves
the alternate sections. This is notably the
case in the Priest river forest reservation,
which the report of the commission char
acterizes as the most valuable body of
timber in the interior of the continent.
The secretary of the interior is to indem-
Nifty the benefciaries in any of these rail-
road land grants included within the linn
it's of the forest reservations established
by proclamation of the president, by pat
enting to them an equal quantity of other
portions of the public domain within spec
flied limits
The 10 proclamations are similar in
terms except those portions giving a, de-
scription of the lands affected by each.
Warning is expressly given to all per-
sons not to enter or make settlements
upon the tracts of land reserved by this
proclamation. The location and places
are as follows
No BLACK Hills reserve, embraces
the central portion of the Black Hills OF
South Dakota, and has an area Of 967, 64C
acres.
No 2-The Big Horn reserve is situated
in north ern and central Wyoming and
embraces both slopes of the Big Horn
mountains. Its area is 1,19S,0S0 acres.
No 3-The Teton reservation lies ad-
jacent to the Yellowstone National Park
timber land reserve, being south thereof
and contains 829, 400 acres.
both slopes of the main Rocky mountain
range or continental divide in northern
Montana and extends from near the line
of the Great Northern railroad to the in
ternational boundary. 1t contains an es-
timated area of 1882, 400 acres.
No. 5-The Lewis and Clark forest re-
serve embraces both slopes of the con
tinental divide in Montana and extends
from near the line of the Great Northern
southwark nearly to the 47th degree OF
north latitude, and has an estimated ares
Of 2,436, $50 acres
Priest River Reserve.
No. 6-The Priest river forest reserve
occupies the basin of Priest lake anc
Priest river, in the extreme northern par
of Idaho and in northeastern Washington
and extends from a point a few miles
north of the line of the Great Northern
to the international boundary. It's area
is estimated at 552960 acres in Idaho anC
90 160 acres in Washington, a total O
64512O acres. In this reservation the west
ern white pine grows TO q large size. L
Is within the limits of the Northern Pa
cific railroad grant and consequently the
government owns only the alternate see
tions within the limits of said grant.
No 1.-THE Bitter Root forest reserv,
lies on both sides of the boundary be
tween Montana and Idaho. The tOta
estimated area is 4,147, 200 acres, of which
G91, 200 are in Montana and 3456,000 il
Idaho.
No S-The Washington forest reserve
is located in the state of Washington anC
extends from about the 10th deg. of ives
longitude TO barely the 122d degree anC
from the international boundary south
ward to the 4Sth degree of latitude. /
contains an estimated area of $40 "a
acres. The region embraced extends owe
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