The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-28
One Million Acres Withdrawn
From Settlement
IN FLATHEAD COUNTY
The New Reserve Extends Into Idaho
and Embraces a Total of $4,000
Acres.

The officials in charge of the United
States land Office in this city received
instructions from the commissioner of
the general land Office at Washington,
D. c., this week, stating that 1.313,OOO
acres of land in Flathead county and the
eastern portion Of Idaho had been with
drawn from settlement and would be
made into new forest reserve to be
known as the Kootenai reserve.
The lands withdrawn are all north
and west of the Kootenai river in Mon
tana and east Of the same river in Idaho,
the far greater portion being in this
county. Of the grand total only 274, ,4SO
acres are in Idaho, the balance of 1873
600 lying within the borders of Flathead
county and covers all that section known
as the Yakt basin. The majority of the
lands withdrawn are all timber land, but
some of it is suitable for agricultural
pursuits The move on the part Of the
land officials is the subject of more or
less adverse comment by the residents
of the county who think that already
too much of the public lands of the
county are under reserve.
The letter Of withdrawal states that
the rights of the settlers who were on
the lands before the action was taken
December 24-will be upheld by the
government.
Following is description of the lands
embraced in the new reserve:
Beginning at the point where the sec
ton line between sections II and II,
township 65 north range l west, Boise
Meridian, Idaho, intersects the interna-
tional boundary line between the state
of Idaho and the British possessions;
thence southerly to the southwest corner
of section "a, said township; thence cas-
terly to the southeast corner of section
10, township 65 north, range l east;
thence southerly to the southeast corner
of section -, said township; thence cas-
terly to the southeast corner of said sec
ton; thence southerly to the northwest
corner of section 28 township "a north,
range l east; thence easterly to the
southeast corner OF said section; thence
southerly to the southwest corner of sec
tion "a, said township; thence easterly
to the southwest corner of said section;
thence southerly to the southwest corner
of section ,, township 63 north, range l
east thence easterly to the southeast
corner of said section; thence southerly
to the southwest corner of section "A,
said township; thence easterly to the
southeast corner of said section; thence
southerly along the township line to the
southwest corner of section 6. township
62 north, range east; thence easterly
along the section line to the point Of in
tersection with the boundary between
the states of Idaho and Montana; thence
southerly along said boundary line to its
intersection with the thirteenth stand
ard parallel north Idaho: thence westerly
along said parallel to the Kootenai river
thence in a general southeasterly and
northerly direction up the Kootenai riv-
er, along its right bank to it's intersection
with the ninth standard parallel north
Montana; thence westerly along said
parallel to the southwest corner of sec
ton b, township - north, Iange IS
west, principal meridian Montana: thence
north along section line to its intersec
ton with the international boundary
line between the state of Montana and
the British possessions; thence westerly
along the boundary line to the place OF
beginning.