The Greeley tribune., 1905-03-23
SNOW NA
lrE INSPECTOR ENos A.
frI1s VISITS GREELEY.
l. upon a Subject in Which
e is Greatly In terested-
Forest Preserves.

! h,t more charming in life than
We among the wonders OF nature
|. Rocky mountains of Colorado
measure, at least, understand
kOice to man and appreciate her
kinss: These are a few things
have fallen to the lot OF Enos
Kills of Estes Park, who made a
TO Greeley last week.
r Mills has an official title, by
H. he is. perhaps, better known
20 srate even than by his name
te snow Inspector That Is. he
Ouloyed by the state engineer to
! the hills and make measure
Is of the snow fall and the
mt of moisture it contains, in
rent parts of the state. While
kas held this official position for
about three years, for the
ker part of twenty years he has
led the hills, summer and win
communing with nature In her
beautiful aspect, as we'll as in
widest. In winter, gliding
the SNOW covered ranges on
shoes, weathering the hercest
puntain gales in the open, and
bling up a rugged nature thereby
will Withstand natures tiercest
Sughts. IN more leisure mo-
IS writing about his experiences,
tharming thousands of readers
tie life in the open. In the
her time rowing about in the
Ereen forests, studying animal
plant life in the hills and guild
thers to the most delightful
there.
be above, i'll short. describes the
bf The state snow inspector, but
all, there are endless hardshlps
eet and few men would be will
or money and pleasure to take
flsks that he takes alone for
|ule.
Mills has hobby a practical
y, that people of mountains and
would do we'll to heed. For
Is this hobby. Unless this
lon is considered seriously by
tate or national government, in
Fourse of the next ten years there
probably not be a vestige of
lett in what at one time COM
% $1,000 square miles of the
TIMBER land in the West. Mr..
estimates that not over 5000
e miles of good timber land can
De found in Colorado. Fire and
most equally devastating saw
nave done their work well.
ne of the leading points Mr..
makes against this wanton de-
ION are, the inevitable rise in
price OF lumber, the driving
Vi tourist business from Colo
ahu The even more important
u OF destroying the natural
Preserves.
'V1efIand, which Is in many
W similar to Colorado, draws
y from $50, 600, 200 to 500, :
itolh the tourist business.
colorado might never equal
''e business is worth looking
| tourists who seek the noun
'or their beauty will not go
ol'en for the sake Of seeing a
N,afrea stumps of trees against
IN background, where fire has
''eu every vesuige of vegeta-
~, .'ie phase of forest preserva-
'''cii VIII appeal more directly
n'a'i on the plains. Let the
,a'''s once be denuded COM
VI forest growth, and the
,u' supply of water for irriya-
'a' now comes down streams,
T. reduced by at least one-half.
H. Investigation by the U. s.
u'ellt has shown that one quar-
y" hn men OF moisture a day can
y, e'aporated by the sun and
''eIe There is no forest pro-
No., hundreds Of places in the
a','s Show that where the tim
'een burned Off there is not
I :, ', SNOW, and among the ever
|. lew yards away the snow
u '"o or three feet deep. In
|, p'ace the snow will melt.
e ., a,nh =, into the ground, and
,, Nv ,he foot of the hill in the
fo. ' 'oim large and STEADY
h f., weeks. On the barrer,
lie water will oy,no...