The Anaconda standard., 1898-02-14

to be fully committed to the Cleveland
Mckinley forest reserve policy. How
TINS policy has operated TO the INJURY
of the people of the mountain states Is
wen stated by one of the opposition
senators in an interview with your cor
respondent THE commissioner OF the
general land Office" he says. is now
charged with conserving the water
supply of the mountain states. The
people of those states, who are not
vitality interested In 1t, have been doing
that and doing 1t well for 80 years.
Now the government is doing It
through the forest reserve system. the
present administration first imposes a
81 duty on lumber to protect American
timber, and then refuses the people OF
the mountain states permission 10 cut
standing timber. This means that they
cannot build houses without importing
the lumber from some other state.
The visible lumber supply for the
mountain states is in Washington and
Oregon. These states are protected
against Canadian competition by the
81 duty and against domestic consump-
tion in the mountain states by the for
est reserve orders. Then to make ii
sure thing, they have an Oregon man
in charge of the enforcement of the
forest reserve and timber-cutting regu-
lafons."
Representative Lacey Of Iowa, chair
has introduced in the house bill to
extend the limits of the Yellowstone
National park. It is the bill drafted
by the secretary of the interior and
heretofore referred to in this corre-
spondence. The provisions of this
measure are as follows:
THE reservation known as the yell
lowstone National park is hereby ex-
tended to include all lands within the
following limits: Commencing at the
northeast corner of the present limits
of the park. namely, at the intersection
of parallel of latitude drawn through
the mouth of Gardiner river with a
meridian drawn 10 miles east OF the
eastern portion of Yellowstone lake;
thence south along this meridian to the
parallel of latitude of Al degrees 30
minutes: thence east along this paral-
lei 24R miles, thence due south to the
parallel of Al degrees north latitude;
thence due west to the east line OF range
40 west; south along this range line
to the southeast corner of township
As north, range 10 west. thence west
TO the crest of the Teton range: thence
northward along the crest of Teton
range to its intersection with the pafal-
lei of latitude of A degrees; west along
this parallel to the point due south Of
the southwest corner of the Yellow
stone National park as a present con-
stituted; thence north to the above
mentioned southwest corner. and along
the west line of the park to its inter
section with the Continental Divide,
which is the boundary between Idaho
and Montana; thence northWestward,
following this state boundary. to
point where it is intersected by the line
separating Gallatin from Madison
county, Montana; thence north along
this county boundary line to a point
due west of the northwest corner of
the Yellowstone National park as at
present established: thence east to the
place of beginning
There is an interesting question
pending before the interior department
relative to the conveying privilege in
the Yellowstone National park s. $.
Huntley and l.. IL. Wiley have both
been here exerting all influence possible
on the commissioners Of the land office
and the secretary. Tho latter will have
d hard fight to retain his privilege of
slow-route transportation through the
park.
Ella Knowles Haskell of Montana is
to deliver an address before the Ma
tional Woman's Suffrage association
next Wednesday morning on Women
in the Legal Profession" 1t is ex-
pected to be valuable contribution.
The present convention of the associ-
alton is the 18th annual. The president
is Miss Susan b. Anthony. now in her
18th year. HoSfoRD.