The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-10-07
HEPBURN IS ON BLACK LIST.
OVER FOREST RESERVE row
President Has Bsen Saaking Iaysstiga-
tioss-Ssms ctaims Of the Gay-
shesheas Reserve viii
cause Lsss 90 Settlers.

any other man deliberately misEepIe-
sents facts 10 President Roosevelt,
and the president finds IL out, that
man need never expect President
Roosevelt 10 again place reliance 10
what be may say, says the Washing
ton correspondent Of the Portland
oEegonian. This statement has
direct bearing on the case 20 bs cited.
''On the night % March 80, q eoa.
ference wAs held a. the White House,
attended BY President Roosevelt, Ssn.
atoF Hepburn Of Idaho. Assistant For
ester o. w. Prizes Of tbs forest service
aud Assistant Land Commissioner J.
n. FinpIs. The conference vas
called 20 talk over forest reserve con.
diiions 10 idaho, MF. Hsybar hav.
ing repeatedly taken issue with the
steps made BY the administration.
'Oa lhls particular Night Mr. Hey
burn directed bic attention 10 the
proposed ShOakone reserve which is
20 b created 10 embrace about one
bait the AREA q shoshoue county,
IDAHO. The senator was the hrst
maa called. Senator Hepburn. said
the president, let as hear shat you
hare 10 cay.
The senator said II vas unneces.
saFy, that the people did not wanl
u; that IL uonld Fstard development.
and added that much ot lie land had
already h~on settled upon BY indus
tEioas settlers who had gone into that
couutFy 70 make homes. lie made
an earnest plea on hshalf Of these ssl.
tiers. saying that they uould be- bard.
ahlppsd " their lands should be EN-.
bodied In = forrest reserve. aud would
b. obliged, 10 the eBd. 70 Felibqnish
the lands upon Which they wsFo
struggling 10 build homes.
why, SIR. President exclaim.
I'd tho senator IN conclusion. sitter
be had asserted Iha, there vas = vast
amount % purely agricultural land
In tbs sboshous utthdraWai, Mir.
Pfvaldput. ue have ia thu, reEiuu an
Adifondaeks, uhsre some Of our seal
thy men have buiit themselves sum
mer bofues n tba, country IL not
reserved, u uiIl Ia time become q
famous sumner resort.
Whru Mr.. Hepburn concluded.
Mr.. Prise. al The prns idont's request,
told shy the forest service desiEed "a
create = bis reserve ia shnshans
county. Tie explained: that come
valuable timber remained; that much
Of The area bad once beru timbered.
bat had been dsuudsd BY Ore. aud
said that without government prosec
tlrn the remaining timber land
would be soon denudei by lumbsr
men. Under government care the
existing forest would be preserved,
and the burned areas would In time
become refurested. he then laid be
fore the president = arUa, collection
Of photographs sehwiug the type Of
country aud the character Of settle.
mebts. Instead Of agricultural
country, the land vas unht in every
way for cultivation. instead OF homes
Of bona ode settlers. the photographs
showed rough huis built on a hun.
dred or more claims by men Who bad
located in the very beet timber for
the obvious purpose OF getting the
timber and debeftine the land. Not
a single house was found which vas
Inhabited not a single entry appear.
ed to have been made Ia good faith.
THE president was astounded by
what he saw. 1lia interest Increased
as he sent further through the pile
Of photographs When he had seen
enough be took out bunch Of pho.
toRraphs OF the butts, aud, waving
them befure the astonishod senator.
fairly Missed
MIR. Hepburn, rich men d on I
build shacks.
That ended the conference, but it
evidently did not Eubdue the junior
senator from Idaho. On April 6, Nh.
heyoufu addressed lengthy letter
TO the president, renewing bis protest
against the creation Of the shoehone
reserve. In the letter Mr.. Hepburn
again referred 10 the settlements
which he insisted had been made In
good faith within tho reserve. He
told how settlements abounded just
outside tho limita OF the proposed
reserve and said they were gradually
extending up the various streams, In.
to the heart Of the Shoshone county.
Every year sees the settlements pnsh
farther up these streams, aud there
are now prosperous mining camps and
growing settlements right IN the very
heart Of the proposed reserve. He
said shoshone county had made pro.