White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1900-08-23
TIMBER RESERVE
OF LINCOLN co.

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al land office, with headquarters
in Tuscon, returned to Ell Paso
from months Investigating
tour of the Sacramentos, Captain
and White mountains of south
eastern New Mexico. He was
ordered to look into the advisa-
bility of creating a forest reserve
on the mountains named, and in
a few days will report favorably
upon White and Captain. The
reserve, as he recommends it, will
embrace quarter of million
acres of forest. His report should
be heard from by October.
In addition to the reserve report,
Mr.. Holsinger recommends the
establishment of a national park
of four townships, or s., 900 acres,
enclosing part of White mountain
and the adjacent valley. Mr.,
Holsinger states that the valley
is natural park site, which
could be greatly improved upon
by the expenditure of little mon
ey. This feature of the report
will have to be taken up in the
shape of an act before congress.
Albuquerque Citizen.
Mr.. Holsinger, when here few
days ago was asked If any
agricultural lands would be in
cluded in the reservation now un-
der consideration by the govern
ment, and his reply was that only
the mountains proper would be
included in the timber reserve,
and that mineral lands may be en-
tered and located and timber cut
for domestic uses, development of
mining claims, ETC., just as
though no reservation existed.
The section of country near White
Oaks, which has been withheld
from entry and mining locations,
is not a timber reserve for the
reason that it has never been set
aside by the government. The
conditions as have been explained
to the EAGLE are as follows:
A petition was sent in to the
government asking that the dis
trict referred to be segregated
from the public domain and con-
stituted national park-not a
timber reserve. Later the peti.
= TONERS, or a majority of them at
least, thinking they had petition.
ed for timber reserve only, sent
in counter petition asking that
former one be revoked. Pending
investigation by the government
, the territory was withdrawn from
entry. during which time both
the homesteader and miner have
been precluded from entering the
district. However, under the
proposition now before the gov
ernment. Mr.. Holsinger says that
the White Oaks reserve, except
timbered portions of the noun
. tains. will be thrown open and
!, not included in the new reserve.
AS to the national park reser-
. walton, to which the foregoing
i, article from the Citizen refers,
and the amount of territory il
:, embraces. the EAGLE has heard
6 nothing, but the proposed timber
q reservation is only to take in the
4 forests of the mountains proper
4 and will not interfere with the
q homesteader unless agriculture
can be conducted on a perpiu
dicular basis, where cultivation
q may be carried on by hoist ma
I chinery. There never has beer
!. any objection to timber reserv,
;. in Lincoln county, but there hav,
7 been affections to embracing SC
y much territory as was included il
;. the original proposition, which
4 included territory not necessary
4 to the preservation of the timber
=, But that condition has been re
- moved and only the forest district
are included in the petition nov
before the government, and the te
- ritory included in same will be sc