The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-03
headwaters Of the Mississippi river and
grow timber tributary thereto.
Lands Withdrawn.

A portion Of the reservation (delin-
Gated on present maps by a black line)
was withdrawn April %, 1908, from sale
or settlement. This, was done on the
recomme ndation of the forester, who
agreed to confne his selection for the
reserve within the black line, the secre-
tary Of the interior agreeing that none
of the withdrawn area should be opened
to sale or settlement until the territory
to constitute the reserve had been final
ly selected. This step was taken to
allow numbering to begin pending the
completion of the Indian allotments and
the delineation of the war department
fowage line, that department. having
purchased from the Indians the right to
flow certain lands inside these reserva-
lions, prior to the passage of the Morris
bill.
The allotting Of Indians inside the
black line has not yet been completed.
Locations have been completed in the
field, but these have not yet been finally
acted upon by the Indian department
at Washington, nor have maps yet been
received from the war department show
ING the final delineation and location
Of the fowage line. But from list
which has been furnished by the war
| department showing lands which will be
affected by the government dams To-
Gated at Leech lake and .Winnibi goshlsh.
| IL appears IHdI ~ p9Ae oci,V " 1no I1
which were included within the black.
line, classified as agricultural,2' are
affected by the fowage and likely to. be
submerged.
The Territory withdrawn includes ap-
proximately 2O7 900 acres classified as
''pine lands,' and the smallest amount
of lands classified as agricultural,
which it was possible to include, ana,
at the same time, include the requisite
~ ooroo ~ land ola SS1fio0 as
s'pine lands.'
The 1000 acres Of "pine lands - with
in the black line in excess OF the wv
900 acres. stipulated in the Morris bill,
was included because careful exam .
nation made it apparent that part OF
the classified "pine lands would ne
by the 5h OwIgs o ana was and St
would be needed to replace the acreage
which would be flooded. The lists, re-
ceived from the war department snow
that the estimate was conservative.
Selection Defended.
It has been frequently asserted that
these "pine lands'' are not really pine
lands.'' Again, [ call attention to the
actual conditions existing on the ground
Anyone who is acquainted with this re-
gion or any similar region, knows
Whether land upon which Norway, white
and lack pine grow naturally can justly
be considered as highly valuable Tor
agricultural purposes. 1t is OF e1actly
such lands that the area selected 1ol
this reserve is chiefly composed, -,
The selection was not entirely the
work of one man. The area included
was looked over by the forester the
commissioner of the general land offlce
the Indian agent and the writer, all OF
whom expressed themselves in favor OF
it's location Some Of those who are now
the foremost opponents of the forest
reserve saw map Of the proposed loca
ton before it was submitted to the
secretary of the interior FOR his ap
proval, and expressed themselves az
highly pleased with It, 4,o
There is no reason why the locatloi
is not as desirable today as 1T was al
the time it was made
It was freely stated before LUMBER
ing operations commenced on this >; re-
serve that the brush could not be P1lec
and burned for less than 81 a th9u
d sand. It has been demonstrated py
actual operations that it can be prop
erlv done for from Is to 70 cents
4 thousand, depending. on the, class {, o.
i timber. density. Of the stand and the
Z executive ability of those in charge OF
= the work.
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