Arizona republican., 1901-09-05
GODS FIRST TEMPLES
Talk by a Chief of the Bureau of For
 estry Last Night.

Mr. Otto J. J. Luokbcrt. of Washing ton. D, C., chi.f Of the record division of the bureau of for stry. accompanied by his wife, arrived in h. city yester- day. MT. Luskbcrt Is also treasure, or the American Forestry association, which h ld a two days me ting io Denver las, week, NIr, and Ms. Luen- keIt were driven Ibnu, the valley yes- ic:say afternoon by Dr. J. NJ. Swi tnam. They left last night for tna north. MT LuebksIt will spend 8 few days in the Prescott and other northern forest legcrvu ,;ous before his return % Wash Ing on.
 SD aking lat night os the work of lis bureau he said that beginning with July 1. unler an act of congress the division of forestry had be repr- Caoi2e5 into the bureau of forestry with Mir. Clifford II. Piuohot, the old chief of ,ha division, a. he head unie. the title cf the forester. There are three assistants. on, of whom Is the chief of division. having charge of the manag meut of forests, one having charge oc the planting cf fir s,s and one in con rol of the records and act ing hief clerk for the bureau
 The earle. years or the division of for s,ry were devoted to jucational work. but two years ago it emerged from tn propaganda into the practi- cal stage. It's growth is Illustrated by the increasing yearly appropriation. The i.s year the appropr tuion was $2S 0OO. the SC, onl year $iS00O the third year $SICo0 a~d this var SlS).ooo. The frs. year eleven men were employed; Now there ar. lS1, n ar,y all of whom are engaged in field work.
 The bureau uf forestry does not hava, as ls plpu'avly supposed. any control over the forc.t Tcgegvss. II carries on operations ia the resery whsn or- deycd ,o do yo, just as t does iu th' forests of 2 at 0. tha lands .of pri- yote owners of wood ands when TO- GU cd to do so.
 If an owner Of Wo ilanl makes ap- ulica lon Co th, bureau a member of thc bureau with his assistants mlk s care ful surves and study of the for est and prepares what is cal'ci a working plan for it's manag men: with view to occurring what may be called a ro.a a,iol oC the zee crop. The plan lil S.t tit' lltN SiHf 't Nli' Nl'F0 W III" II u-9v he He'd, the manner of the felling and the re1 oval of tha timber. so as nc. to int rfprc with the young and growing trees; the manner of the dis position of the brush, that danger from f-rsst h.cs may be avoid d. system of grazing. and wha.evsr else may be sugEeytcd by long and scientific Xper- [ nee iN tta managcm mt Of forests. This same work is carried on in the reserves at tbe direction of the lanI office.
 The division was no, overwH -lmcl at frs; with these application. but now th bureau Is more than hun led in arrears. Among them is an application by the Dpeging M1nufacJuring com pa7y f Chicago. which has 5S.00o acres c' hard wood forests in Miss ,uu. The work is ,arli q on in a,l the for st re- rions of tS. United States.
 Another work is tree planting. Upon application frCr land owners. mostly those who live in the tr,c'ess prairie re-. glen, a m mbsr of he bureau is sant to him. The own may only want a windhrake, or perhaps flores of from ] to 100 res. The member of the bu- 'eau se'ects the grourl best suited for 'rc- plntlnE. if the place has not al- ready been csoSeu by the owner. In the latt,r ease he makes careful study of tEe sui, O ascertain what