Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-02-27
FORESTS ARE TIED UP
PROCLAMATIONS ISSUED FOR IL
NEW RESERN ATOMS.
seven I'm Montana, Idaho and WASH
ingtOn, others in Wyoming
and California.

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land celebrated the 165th anniversary of the
birth of George washington by issuing 13
executive orders far reaching in their eff
feet. On the recommendation of Secretary
Francis and a forestry commission of the
National Academy Of Science, the presi-
dent signed and promulgated 10 proclama-
tons establishing as many additional tor
est reservations, containing an aggregate
area of 2l,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 secce-
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 beneficiaries in any of these rail-
road land grants included within the i'm
its 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 13 proclamations are similar in
terms except those portions giving a de-
scription of the hands affected by Zach.
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 SO, $40
acres.
No. 2-The Big Horn reserve is situated
in northern and central Wyoming and
embraces both slopes of the Big Horn
mountains It's area is $50 acres.
No. 3-The Teton reservation lies ad-
jacent to the Yellowstone National Park
timber land reserve, being south thereof,
and contains S29, 400 acres.
No 4-The Flathead reserve embraces
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 area
of 24S6 $50 acres.
Priest River Reserve.
No. 1.-THE Priest river forest reserve
occupies the basin of Priest lake and
Priest river, In the extreme northern part
of Idaho and Ia northeastern Washington,
and extends from a point a few miles
north of the line of the Great Northern
TO the international boundary, Its area
is estimated at 552, $50 acres in Idaho and
90, 100 acres In Washington, total OF
645, l20 acres. In this reservation the west
ern white pine grows 70 a large size. 1t
Is within the limits of the Northern Pa
cific railroad grant and consequently the
government owns only the alternate sec
tions within the limits of said grant
No. THE Bitter Root forest reserve
lies on both sides of the boundary be-
tween Montana and Idaho. The total
estimated area is 4,147200 acres, of which
6s1 200 are in Montana and S,456,0OO in
Idaho.
No. S-The Washington forest reserve
is located in the state of Washington and
extends from about the 10th deg. of west
longitude 10 barely the l22d degree and
from the international boundary south
ward TO the 4Sth degree of latitude. 1t
contains an estimated area Of S,540,4'
acres. The region embraced extends over
both slopes OF the Cascade mountains
and is exceedingly broken and entirely