The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-05-27

greatest consideration. The Payette
river il one Of the most important
streams which tiQws through arid
agricultural Idaho, and II the spring
ruucf is FASTENED by the destruction
4 or liquidation Of the watersheds, the
( success Of the Boise Payette irriga
tiou enterprise will not be possible.
Fire Is the great destructive agent in
this region, and the loss on this &C
count can be unlimited through
forest regulations. While the region
is naturally adapted to sheep grazing,
and should be devoted to it, regula
tions for its protection, as we'll as
/ that Of other interests should be
established and enforced. No indus
try will be injuriously affected by
| the establishment OF this forest
reserve, and, on the other hand, ir-
rigation, stock grazing and mining
interests will be benefited. Some
+ sheepmen and those who are hostile
/ to the forest reserve policy in general
oppose this reservation; outside of
this. comparatively few. sentiment
! generally favors it.
HEYBURN'S OBJECTIONS.
Senator Hepburn officially opposes
the creation Of this reserve IN the fol
lowing language. quote him
with reference to the Payette
addition my objections are based up
on the fact that it includes a vast
quantity of land upon which there Is
no timber II also includes the town
of Warren, a settlement since 1862,
round and about which are some Of
the best mines in the state Of idaho.
This reserve has evidently been
selected without any personal knowl-
edge on the part Of the seIsctor Of
the conditions upon the ground In
this section. II covers a considerable
portion OF the state wagon road con
atructed by the state to enable set
tiers to get into this very country.
This reserve cuts off the Thunder
mountain mining country from the
north by barrier which amounts to
a prohibition against those Who de-
sire to operate these mines from that
direction, and they are easier Of
access from the north than from any
where else. The reservation covers
a large amount Of the mining country
nov being taken up aud settled about
and al Jacent to the Thunder mount
ain district. To withdraw 1t is to
paralyzs the rapid growth now going
on in that section Of the country.
The map furnished me does not
indicate the fact with certainty. but
believe the proposed reserve covers
the Thunder mountaina mining dis
trict and the town OF Roosevelt,
which is one OF the most rapidly
growing aud prosperous new places in
Idaho. There are several thousand
people in that section Of the state,
who went there with the intention Of
staying, provided they could have
the rights Of settlers, In other
sections Of the country without being
supervised -"
Aagin my colleague throws facts to
the Wind. Ia reading the official
objections Of my colleague to these
proposed forest reserves, fear that
he has been thinking Of Jack o..
Lanterns 80 much that he constantly
uses them through force of habit.
RESERVE CAREFULLY STUDIED.
Every portion of this reserve has
= been trayersed and carefully studied
; by the most competent examiners Of
the forestry bureau. The timber has
been mapped aud photographed aud
the only complete and reliable map
J Of this entire section In existence has
been prepared and will be published
by the forestry bureau. This detailed
map shows that 30 per cent Of the
! area Is covered with commercial tim.
: Der, 81 per cent In woodland aud Ia
. per cent IN burned aud cut oysr