Arizona silver belt., 1905-04-13
FINAL MOUNTAINS RESERVE
Proclamation by the President of
 riuch Local Interest

The proclamation of the president setting aside the Pinal Mountain for est reserve is herewith published for the information of our local readers
 Whereas, 1t is provided by section twenty.four of the act of congress, approved March third, eighteen hun dred and nincty'one, entitled, "An act to repeal timber.culture laws, and for other purposes" That the presi- dent Of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve in any state or territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the preSi' dent shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof"
 And whereas, the public lands in the territory of Arizona, within the Jim tS hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it ap- pears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserv. ing said lands as a public reservation;
 Now, therefore, l, Theodore RooSe- welt, president of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty four of the afore- said act of congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or se ttle. ment and set apart as public reser- vatiOn all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying aud being situate in the territory of Arizona, and within the bOundarieS particular. ly described as follows:
 Beginning at the point for the northwest corner of section eleven QD, township one (I south, range fourteen (l4) east, Gila and Salt river Meridian, Arizona; thence easterly along the unSuryeyed section lines to the point for the northeast corner of section eight ,sl, township one CD south, range fifteen (l5) east; thence Southerly to the point for the south. east corner of said section; thence easterly along the unsurveyed section lines to the point for the northeast corner of section fifteen l5), said township; thence southerly to the point for the southeast corner Of said section; thence easterly along the unsuryeyed section lines to the point of intersection with the western boundary of the White Mountain h. dian reservation, thence in a south. westerly direction along said boundary to the point for it's interSec- tion with the CusurYeyed section line between sections sevent teen Q7l and twenty (20), township two (2) south, range sixteen (l6) east; thence westerly along the unSurveyed section lines to the point for the southwest corner of section fourteen ll4), township two l2) south, range fourteen GA east; theucl northerly along the uusurveyed sec tion lines to the point for the north west corner of section eleven 1D, township one (l) south, range fourteen (l4l east, the place of beginning.
 Excepting from the force and effect, of thls proclamation all lands which may have been, prior to the date here of, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States land office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, aud the statutory period with. in which to make entry or filing of record has not expired: Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to ady particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claim. ant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing or SC tile ment was made.
 Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this pro. clamation.
 The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Pinal Noun tains Forest Reserve.
 In Witness Whereof, I have here. unto set my hand and caused the sea of the United States to bs affixed.
 Done at the city of Washington, SEAL the year of our Lord one thou, sand nine hundred and five. and of the Independence ofthe United States the one hundred and twenty ninth.
 THEODORE ROOSEVELT. By the president;
 ALVEY A. ADEE
 Acting Secretary of State