Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-04-21
THE FOREST RESERVE,


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Forest superintendent .Jam..
Glendenning with several denmt;e es
started for Buffalo HUM 1 ne
morning. He takes with him o"ls
number Of notices couched in -,
following terms: Wig
"You are hereby notified th.4
the land now occupied by Won =
within the Bitter Root Forest 81 D.
serve in the State Of Idaho .nd
that under the provisions Of ~
act Of Congress creating said Ra
serve and under the rules ;ssrcs
by the Secretary Of the Inter;o.
governing the same and the CON- ~.
struction placed on these rules ~
the Hon. Commissioner Of ~
general land Office lyou ar s
an intruder within the said reserve
and in violation Of the law nos
occupying the land therein. You are
hereby notified and required to in.
mediately quit said reserve topeth.
er with your stock Of liquors and
merchandise. If you fail to ou;t
said reserve within twenty DAYS Il
the service Of this notice you viii
be proceeded against in the U. s
courts"
JAMES GLENDENN1NG.
Forest S,lperintnndon4
In an interview this mornino
Mr.. Glendenning stated that in he
eyes of the law stock OF merchan.
disc came under the same law as 4
stock Of liquors, but that the
former was absolutely essential to
the welfare Of the camp and
would not therefore be molested.
Speaking Of the whole Forest
Reserve question Mr.. Glendennine
said that it was within the province
of the President Of the United
States to set apart portion Of the
Reserve for TOWNSHIP purposes.
Until this took place the law
would have to be obeyed. The
granting Of twenty days time in
which the saloon men must quit.
was in the nature of a concession.
Every deputy serving under the
superintendent is empowered with
the authority of a U. S. Marshal to
see that the law is enforced. So
far as possible it will be interpreted
in such a manner as to work no
hardship upon the bona fide claim
holders and miners within the re-
serve.
While q miner is permitted to
use such timber as may be neces-
sary for his buildings and the
operation of his mine to the extent
of stumpage not to exceed 500 in
value, q sawmill cannot be es-
tablished in the Reserve for the
purpose of cutting and selling lum-
Der.
The Forest Reserves were Great
ed at the instance of committee
appointed by the National Acad-
envy of Sciences, and the report
filed by that committee with the
Secretary of the Interior, in May,
1897. The nature OF that report,
and the knowledge shown Of the
districts supposed to be covered by
/ the same can be gagged by the fol-
lowing extract from section I, Ap-
pendix A, PIP. 80, Of the document
! in question dealing with the Bitter
!. Root Forest Reserve. 8
Gin Idaho, especially toward the
, southern part of the territory,
! which it is proposed to reserve,
8 and at high attitudes, the forests
are often separated by large burn,
y areas, many of them of ancient
! date, but no numbering has been
= done and the whole region is re
!. markedly rough and broken; it ha'
Q no value for grazing except over !
!. few small scattered areas, and tn
! few deposits of valuable mineral
p known to exist within its borden
q are already exhausted"
. Comment upon the injustice Q
o this statement is superfiuous, am
3 is only equalled by the coloesa
: ignorance displayed Of the sectlol
i of which the report presumes Y