The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-06-03
DUBOIS ON CASSIA RESERVE
PROTECT MINING INTERESTS
save TiahsF Tor Minlag FarPeaes-ftange
Frassesiea IaeEeassd Regulations are
Not Inibsral Op-alns Reads aRd
Traiia.

and Senator DUBOIS ana approved ~ 4
President Roosevelt, u described 10 4
low BY the senior senator from Idaho
This proposed reservation 10 situat.
"a Ia the southern part ot CsssIa 4
county and includes a23, $40 acres.
The principal sareama rising Ia the 1
area are Goose creek, Rock creek.
TFappeF creek aud shoshons creek. 4
together With smallsr creeks, such ~
Little Cottonwood. Try aud Beaver,
dam creeks. Tho iow from Goose
creek aud R0ck creek water large
tracts Of land. The smaller streams.
although thsy SO dry in the summer.
are used for early summer irrigation.
Seventy lise thousand acres of the
entire reserve ara mors or LEES tim
heFed.. The remaining 2is, 600 acres
aFe covered vlih sagebTush aud ehap.
AFFal.
Rock creek. which Rises Ia this
area, has e dos u water 10 the spFlng
Of 1000 to 5000 mtpers' inches. but
during The summer this falls on To
200 inches. FRY creek, which has =
fairly large watershed, nearly equal
20 that % Rock creek. Il dry during
the summer aad fall These eondi.
tions cleo prevail on Trout aud Tbs
two Cottonwood eEesks, which dow
north from the mountains Goose
creek, tho most Important stream
rising TO tha area. the wA,sFa ~ nhich
are nttliEsd for iFrisatiou to the last
drop. has n greater flucluation u tiow
than Rock creek II IL an establish.
81 feet that protsoiion cover on q
watershed IL necessary 90 prevent
erosion aud regulate the Cos At
streams. uhlch shous how necessary
tho prutsclioa II the RFouth GA these
untcrshcds Il 10 the farming com.
uuut,ies below.
WATER AND FUEL.
There are ranches on every creek
aouius from tbs reserve, aud every
ranch 10 devoted priBcipaiiy 10 rate.
log bag foe uiutsr feed. oakley and
Rock creek aFa the oaly toaus II SIN
portanre near the reserve,
The great T~in Falls Land 4 Water
compauy has constructed canals,
dlvertlnE walar from snaks river
fFem > poiat 90 milsa above sho.
hone Falla, bringing u 20 Immense
tracts % land 90 the east. north and
vest Of the proposed reserve.
The ranchmsB Ia the vicinity Of
ths proposed FUesrvs are dependent
upon u for fuel. fencing aud hous'
Logs, aud thess timher lands on tb'
reserve are che neareat 10 those uhC
ere going on the Twin Fails lands,
and these settlers are removing guam
Titles Of material from this area.
There Is no opposition TO thiI
reserve among people Of that section
unlssa Il b. from few sbeepmen.
do not recall having seeu am
objection 10 this reserve by Senator
Hepburn. am quite sure that b
has not as jet made objection TO I
In hla official capacity.
DEPENDENT INDUSTRIES.
wiil now summarize the fores
reserve situation In idaho.
Whsther or not forest reserves ar
q good thing In idaho or any othe
state. depends mainly upon th
answers 10 those three questions
Arc the important industries Of ID
state. consequently also iss genera
welfare, dependent upon lie timbs
and water supplyY 10 so. are thes
resources where there are no flores
reserves 20 wisely used, 50 eiiectuall
guarded that Il IL safe 10 assume tbs
they will be permanently adequate I
meet every future demandf And
the fret can be answered affirmative
", and the second can not, IL
desirable u assure the oommunil
such protectionf
Agriculture, mining aud lumbe
ing are the most important Of idaho
permanent Industries. Upon the
continued prosperity depends that I
almost every other interest. Ayr
culture In az least two thirds I
Idaho means irrigation farming. ]
relation 10 forest protection is pecu
iarly intimate because the great pr
portion OF cultivabie land lice In 1
arid belt which, even more than
most arid states, has an insutticie
system Of streams aud reservoir cit
10 draw upon. In many states q
reclamation Of desert land depen
upon canal projects, which, althoui
expensive, are perfectly feasible 3
cause there are large streams fT0
which 10 draw. Southern Idaho b