Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-12
DIXIE FOR ST RESERVE.
Full Text Of Official Proclamation Re.
ciyed his Morniag

The proclamation of President Roose.
welt creating the Dixie forest reserve,
copy Of which was received at the
y, s. land office in this city this morn
ing. is az follows.
Dixie Forest Reserve, Utah BY the
President of the United states OF
America a Proclamation,
Whereas, 10 Is prONlIpu by section a
Of the act OF Congress, approved March
3, 1851 entitled, An acc 10 repeal TIM
ber-cuiture laws, ana for otner pur-
poses THAT the president Of tns
United States may. from time to timo,
vet apart ana reserve, IN any state or
territory having pubic land bcaring
forests In any part of the public lands
wholly or In part covered with timber
or underground, whether Of cOmmorcial
value or not, as public reserVatlOns ana
the president shall by public proclama-
ton, declare the establishment OF such
reservation and the limits thereof
And whereas, the pubic lands of tho
Stare Of Utah within the limits here.
matter Described. are IN part covered
with timber and II appears that the
public good would boz promoted By set"
ting apart and rcsery,ng said lands as
a puDlic reservations
Now, therefore, ], Theodore Roose-
welt. president OK the United states, BY
virtue of the power IN me vested by Sec
ton - of the Aforesaid act OF Congress,
DO hereby mako known and proclaim
that there are hgreby reserved from
entry or settlement and set apart az a
public reservation ull those certain
tracts, pieces or parcels OF land lying
ana being situate In the State of Titan,
and within the boundaries particularly
described as follows
Beginning at the northeast corner OF
section IL, township 33 south range 10
west, Salt Lake meridian, Utah, thence
southcrly to the southeast corner 81
section 80, said township thence east
erly TO the northeast former Of township
80 south, range l2 west, thence south
erly to the southeast corner of said
township thence westerly to the nurth-
east corner OF section four township 10
south, range Il west, thence southcrly
TO the southeast corner OF section nine,
said township, thence southerly to the
southeast corner OF section nine, said
township thence westerly to the south
west corner OF section seven, said town
ship, thence southerly to the southeast
corner of township 40 south, range Il
west, thence westerly along the eighth
standard parallel south, allowing for
the proper Offset, 10 the southwest
corner 20 township 40 south, range Id
west, thence nOrtherly TO the northwest
corner of said township, thence westtr-
~ 20 the boundary line between the
states of Nevada ana Utah; thence
northerly along sald state boundary line
TO the township line between townships
&c and 81 south thence easterly TO the
northeast corner VI township 81 south
range 10 west, thence southerly TO the
northwest corner OF section 10. town
ship - south, range rs west; thence
easterly to the northeast corner Of Sec
ton 2l township 81 south, range lC
west; thence southerly 10 the south
west corner OF township % south, range
10 vest thence eusterly to the north
east corner Of township IS south, range
IA west, thence southcrly To the north.
west corner of section rs, township 81
south, range 10 west, thence easterly to
the northeast corner OF section IT, said
township, the place of beginning; such
[ of the above named corners as have not
| been established by the official surveys
| being intended TO be located at the
| points whore such corners would fall In
projecting the surveys In the directions
Indicated without allowing for any r.
~ extending the surveys;
Excepting from the force and effect
| Of this proclamation all lands which
| may have been, prior to the date here
| off, embraced In any legal entry or COW
cred by any lawful tilng duly Of rec
ord In the proper United states land
/ office, or upon which any valid settle
| ment has been made pursuant 10 law
| and The statutory period within which
| 20 make entry or Hing of record hai
not expired Provided, that this eX
| Ception shall not continue 10 apply {,
amy particular tract of land unless TN
| cntrymau settler or claimant contin
| ues 10 comply with the law under whict
! the entry iiling or settlement wa
/ made.
Warning Is hereby expressly given t
/ an persons not 20 make settlement up
/ on the lands reserved by this proclama
| ton
The reservation hereby established
! shall boz known as the Dixie forest re-
| serve,
I'm witness whereof. | have horeuntD
I set my hand and caused the seal of tn
/ United states To- De affixed,
Done az the CITY OF Washington thi
. 2ltu day OF September In the year o
our Lord one thousand nine hundre,
and five, and Of the independence Of tn
United States the one hundred and
/ thirtieth,
DseaD r. ROOSEVELT.
by the president. Francis +, LOOMS
acting secretary Of state
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