Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-06
NO SALES ALLOW

Settlers upon the public lands and all
a.. who cut timber ON the public
domain. will b. Interested In this arti-
oh. They should preserve Il FOR pres
emf and future use. All trouble and
srprehcnnlon may be- avoided BY bear
iar IN mind the statements Ia the iirHt
two paragraphs which follow.
No timber can be- cut Tor sale upon
any Of the public timber lands Of tho
United States.
timber for domestic cac mot Tor
tai,i can be- cut b. any one. on mlnci al
lands without permit, ana on forest
reserves and non-mincrnl lands only
90 obtaining a permit from the commits
honcr, Blngcr Herman. at Washington.
PUBLIC timber LANDS.
The public timber lands of the Unit
81 states arr divided into three clnsacai
1. Forest rcsorvcu.
Mineral lands.
q Non-mincrni lands.
There H. only one forest reserve In
Utah That ~ o. tract of country -.
inF between the north boundary ~ the
Ilnnh reservation ana the south huun-
ffY of Wyoming without. however,
lfgudinF all of this arcn.
90 addition 10 this one forest reserve.
ths only other forest lands IN Utah are
omhmrud undsr the heading u Mineral
lands.
Tho non.mlncrai public forest lands
DO not occur la this State la any cS-
tent. N az all.
because of the recent prosecutions Of
rHrHuun who have been charged with
Illegal cutting of government tim
Der. the impression has gone forth that
the settlers are tn be- deprived Of thu
trco usg ~ the timber ON the public
lands. This n an error.
al man needs 10 do. In order n
cut and use all the timber he may need
for building. fencing. fuel. or Tor min.
inr IL 10 write 10 Commissioner iiiu'
ser Herman, Wellington. -. g., stat.
Ink what be- wishes 20 do. ana he Will
set permit authorizing him TO cut tho
timber. And on mineral forest lands
timber for private use can be cut with.
out a permit
What ia the object Of forest rcncrva-
tibnf "publio forest reservations ar,
established 20 protect and Improve thi
forests Tor the purpose Of securing
permanent supply Of timber Tor IN,
people and inauring conditions favor
mnIH 70 continuous MAANtNNMH
These are tho words 81 tho commits
fioner u the general land ONCE. iilnEol
Herman. In a circular giving the rule
ard regulations governing forest ru
serve. II h the intention 10 exclude
from thoae reservations, aa far ~ pos
Hble. lands that are morn valuable fol
thr mineral thrfrin, or Tor agriculture
than for forest purposes. and whcr'
such lands are embraced within tn
boundaries ~ "a reservation, they MAJ
D. restored TO settlement, location, All
entry
THIS ~ THE LAW
Every person who uniawfully cat
az aids OF o. employed Ia unlhwfulll
cutting. ~ wantonly destroys or pro
cures 90 be destroyed any timber stand
lnr upon the land of the United state
Nt'fh. M pursuance of law, may b.
fHHsrycd OF purchased Tor military o
0fhef purposes. or upon any Indian -
aenntlon, or lands bclonging 10 o.
occupied BY any tribe OF Indians undc
authority Of the United states shan pa
me of not more than fyc hundrc'
dollars or BE- Imprisoned not moro thai
twelve months, or both, IN the dlscrc
ton Of the court"
This IL the law; sec 5ass OF the Re
vIred Statutes Of tho United States
No prevent forest fires Is Il also pro
Ndcd.
"rhat any person who shall wilfull,
or maliclouHly set on iirc, or cause 90 b
frt on IRE. any timber. undofbruah, O