Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-03
THE AQUAR|US
FOREST RESERVE.
Territory in Wayne and Piute
Counties Set Apart as a Pub.
lie Reservation.
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
Register and Receiver of United States
Land Office Receives Copy from Wash.
ington this Morning.

The register and receiver OF the I'm
tied States Land Office this morn
Ing received a copy Of proclamation
Issued by President Roosevelt setting
apart portions OF Garfield and Wayne
county for a reserve to be known as tho
Aquarius forest reserve.
The new reserve takes In portion
OF the two counties named including
the headwaters OF the Escalante and
Fremont rivers extending south Of Loa,
the county seat Of Wayne and south
west Of Junction, the county seat OF
Pluto.
The proclamation IN full follows;
Whereas, II Is provided by section
"a OF the act OF Congress- approved
March 3, 1891 entitled, IAN act 20
repeal timber culture laws, and for
other purposes" THAT the president
Of the United states may. from time
to time, set apart and reserve, In any
state or territory having public land
bearing forests. In any part of the pub
lie lands wholly or in part covered with
timber or underground, whether OF
commercial value or not, as public res
ervations, and the president shall. by
public proclamation, declare the estab,
lishment of such reservations and the
limits thereof"
And whereas, the public lands In the
State of Utah, within the limits here
matter described are IN part covered
with timber, and II appears that the
public good would be promoted by set
ting apart and reserving said lands as
public reservation;
Now. therefore, !, Theodore Roose-
welt. president OF the United states, by
virtue of the power In me vested Nv
section "a of the aforesaid act Of Con-
gress, do hereby make known ard pro-
claim that there are hereby reserved
from entry or settlement and set apart
as a public reservation all those cer-
tain tracts pieces or parcels OF land
lying and being situate In the State Of
Utah and within the boundaries partic-
nlarly described as follows. to-wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner
OF section fifteen U5) township twenty
nine (29) south. range three (3) east,
Salt Lake meridian, Utah: thence east
erly along the section lines to the north
east corner OF section twenty C20).
township twenty-nine (29) south, range
four az east, thence Goutherly TO the
southeast corner of said section; thence
easterly TO the northeast corner OF sec
tion twenty-elght (2s), said township;
thence southerly TO the southeast cor
ner OF said section; thence easterly TO
the northeast corner OF section thirty
FIVE (35). said township: thence south
erly TO the southeast corner OF said Sec
ton: thence easterly 10 the northwest
corner OF township thirty (3O) south.
range five (5) east. thence southerly 20
the southwest corner OF the northwest
quarter OF section six co. said town.
ship thence easterly 10 the southeast
corner Of lthe northwest quarter OF said
section. thence southerly 10 the south.
west corner Of the southeast quarter Of
said section; thence easterly TO the
southeast corner OF section four 90,
said townships thence southerlv to the
southeast corner Of section nine 90,
said township; thence easterly to the
southwest corner OF section eleven GD,
said township thence southerly to the
point for the northwest corner OF SEQ.
ton twenty-three (23), said township.
thence easterly along the unsurveved
section lines TO the point for the north
east corner ~ section twenty-one (2D,
township thirty (3O) south range ak (6)
east thence southerly 70 the point for
the southeast corner OF section thirty
three 1887, said township; thence east
erly along the unsurveyed sixth (6th)
standard parallel south to the point for
the northeast corner of township thir-
tv-one $50 south range six (s) east;
thence southerly to the point for the
southeast corner Of section thirteen 03l,
townGhlp thlrtv-two 1927 south, range
six (6) east. thence westerly TO tee
point for the southwest corner OF Sec
tlon fifteen (lb) said townships thence
southery to the point Tor the southeast
corner Of section thirty-three 1884, said
township, thence westerly TO the point
for the southwest corner Of said town
ship thence southerly to the point for
the southwest corner of section efgh-
teen Os), township thirty-three (33)
south. range six go east; thence west
erly to the southeast corner Of section
seventeen az, township thirty-three
(33) south. range FIVE 60 east; thence
southerly to the southeast corner OF
section thirty-two (32), said township;
thence westerly along the unsurveyed
township line TO the point for the south
east corner Of section tbirty-three 1897,
township thirty-three 1897 south, range
three (9 east thence southerly to the
point for the northeast corner Of Sec
tion twenty-one cen, township thirty
four (3D south range three (3) east;
thence westerly along the unsurveyed
section lines TO the point for the SOUTH
west corner OF section eighteen QS),