The Lamar register., 1904-01-27
DISCUSSION OF LAND LAWS
WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

or sheep should be charged as little a9
possible; but ranges should be desiS-
mated for cattle or sheep as at present
divided. and said divisions should be
rigidly mai. lined in the future
g. All rules and regulations that
may be made for government oil the use
of the range should be subject to any
amendment that may be made neces
sary by local conditions in any district
In other words, that all such rules ana
regulations should be based upon eN-
listing local conditions in any district
Conrad Shaefer of Deuel.. Colorado.
was elected chairman of the meeting.
and when Messrs. Pinchot and Newell
had taken their seats, w. II. Clark oi
Meeker addressed the visitors. Mr
Clark came to protest against the with
drawal from entry of consldefaDi'
tracts of land in the eastern part OF
Routt county. He stated that teIe-
gram of 100 words had been received
in the land office at Gienwood Springs
calling for the withdrawal. Included III
this land was n great deal on which
there was no timber
Mr.. pinchot explained that the land
in question was not forest reserve
but was Withdrawn pending an inVesti-
CATION as to whether 1t should form a
reserve. He knew nothing conccrnlnE
the telegram.
Fred L. Johnson, secretary OF me
Cattle Growers Association. spoke
upon the bill now before Congress tu
transfer the Forest Reserve Division
from the Interior to the Agricultural
Department. He advanced many good
reasons why the change should l."
made, showing where great benehs 10
| the West would result.
Senator Taylor. of Garfield county,
stated that he hoped the authoriti"s
would leave out agricultural lands III
making forest reserves, He advised
I that the commission make special III
quiries into this feature of their WORK.
and to exclude such farm land as al
! ready had been included in the re
serves. The desert land act, he said.
was Il godsend to the people or west
ern Colorado and though from time 10
time it had been intimated that fraud
| had been practiced. he believed there
had been no fraud. Itanchmen or tn"
western part OF the state had taken up
apparently worthless land under The
desert land act and this land had be
come taxable and brought revenue to
the state.
lie added that The laws as they now
stood were very good; The timber ana
stone land acts had not been abused In
!
stated he had lived in Glenwood
Springs for eighteen years and had oh
served no crooked work in connection
with land dealings.
! Samuel g. Adams Of Routt comfy
raised his voice again3i the withdra"at
of land in the eastern portion of Rouit
county and he aroused the interest ut
the audience to "A considerable degree
when he announced That such win
drawal was a great detriment % ,he
Moffat railway There was very litti"
timber on the land in question. he re
marked, and what was there was need-
ed by settlers to build their homes ana
by laborers in constructing the rail-
wav The action of the department N
Withdrawing this land had done much
to hinder the development OF The
county.
Former Judge A. W. Rucker, who
has spent much time in the study or
the forest reserve proposition ne
clared the state Of Colorado would De
threatened with a timber famine II IN"
reserves were not carefully watched
He took several sharp raps at the For
estry Department for its failure to
properly protect the forests In this
connection he said there were sawmillH
on Turkey and Bear creeks only short
distance from Denver, the timber usco
being from the reserves. lie had called
the attention of an inspector TO this
matter and the inspector had displayed
his Ignorance by declaring he did no'
know where Turkey or Bear creeks wer"
located, There were several other SPEAK
ers all of whom talked in an inter
esting manner As the time OF the
members of the commission was limit
ed. an early adjournment was taken
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