Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-07
r,sy Are Lying Wholly or in
Part in the State Of
Idaho.
70 CONSERVE STREAM FLOW.
recently Created by Proclama-
don Are Lemhi, Occur dAiene'
Raft and salmon River.
do, Correspondence.

Special correspondence
washington, D. c., Dec. -Four new
80, reserves lying wholly or In part
1A,ho have recently been created by
",aslaenual proclamation, and addi-
lana have been made to three others.
.,. ,ow ones are the Lemhi. the Occur
rmene. the RAFT river. and the Salmon
',,er forest reserves; the additions are
~.Ne 10 the Kootenai, the sawtooth'
1 ,no Priest river, All of the procia-
sur we're made Nov. 3 and T.
,be main these reserves were Gre
- - corssrve Inc stream now, chlel-
a'eu ~ ~ ,n,Se river ana It's LllDutar-
y. INA MlnldoKa and Boise-Pay-
~, trrieauon projects, and Ior new
eve ~ kuoWn as me DUBOIS pro-
o.. rbe l.emhi, the Sawtootn addi-
"" ,he Raft river, and the salmon
uVlb r, NH for the preservation Oh
Nu' ,,o,0 10 insure a steady supply
SUE Tor the great storage reserV-
" "c,ntemplated or now IN course OF
VDs ,'r,cton under the Reclamation
49, 1s Not only are they 10 pre-
steady noW IN the streams AT
80 beadquarters they are located
e','I gr nrr,eating TOO rapid run-on IN
seoinitious regions, they VIII also pre-
~, the filling of the completed re-
' wy with Silt brought down from
~ n,ountains in rapid flow and re-
,sss5 as soon as it strikes the quiet
Mater Of tho reservoirs.
INsUREs PROTECTION.
Tho Iemhl Forest reserve. which in
mres protection 10 three ihouIlain
,r.as. lies Ia the east-central part OF
esno. one OF these areas taxes tue
I'm OF narrow strip Of country III
| lsmbl county, sklrtinB along the Moh-
/ Ana boundary line, extending from
oont three miles east OF the town OF
sbo1p 10 the north boundary OF the
Ismn Indian reservation, Inc Sec
mi area embraces a strip about 30
ma long containing the Lemhi range
IA ahectng the drainage OF Bls ana
If'le Lost rivers, The arid area, ly-
/ re directly west Of the Little Lost and
| Psbsimeroi rivers, covers narrower
rset about 90 miles in length and con-
aiming the Lost River mountains. In
,Aase reserves the value OF the forest
otyer lies primarily in its protection TO
me many streams heading in three
maintain ranges. The waters Of these
streams are depended upon by various
farming communities in adjacent val
kys The total area Of the reserve Is
i34i 500 acres.
The Occur dAlene reserve. IN the
rorihcru part Of idaho, extends equally
10 the north and south Of the town OF
Wallace. The southern portion con-
Mns the area which was originally
atemplated in a reserve 70 be known
the Shoshone The reserve lies IN
Hes Perces Sh0shone and kootenai
Counties between Lake Pend D'Oreille
% the north and the Bitter Root forest
reserve on the south. The value of the
region les wholly IN It's timber. water,
and mineral resources. Fires are max
ng serious lnroads In the forest area,
AID have recently destroyed millions OF
Zee, Of timber Unless effective meas
| glss are at once taken TO prevent such
igs. a great portion of Nee Perces and
SAoshone counties will In time become
barren waste. In this reserve the
future mineral development, which viii
lad0ubtodly be great, depends upon
sufficient supply Of timber to meet the
demands OF prospecting and mining.
Already FIRE has destroyed practically
al Of the timber contiguous to the
clsif d'Aene mining district, which
al3Ee consumes annually more than 80
" let Of timber. Further, the mining
iEalsty, In the very heart OF the forest
ara Is beginning to suffer from the
10 In a A
si'sfi caused by forest destruction at
10 aeadwaters. Also regular and
sus stream flow from the mountains In
le reserve benefits the reclamation
snlects IN the state of Washington,
sst the ST. Joseph and Occur d'Alene
important branches OF the Spokane
M to be utilized in the Big Bend
Nect IN central Washington. In
wv the governments efforts are TO
sNe IN every possible way the fullest
Weopment and use of the enormous
.,a.A OF this region, represented In It's
80 water mineral, and other re-
sSlIees' Tho total area OF tho Occur
sAehe forest reserve Is 2,2l9,600 acres.
IDAHO AND UTAH.
TIE Raft River forest reserve lies In
@Ilu CNlni ana consists OF
Twp Or four areas, the largest one
Malhlng 1880 acres In Boxelder
UNIV Utah and including the great
y g'ltlon Of The RAFT River mountains
as lRfee smaller areas, aggregatlng
~" acres lie IN Cassla county, Ida.
I've salmon River forest reserve,
..m.esifacng q. tract OF mountain land,
Iil1 Tor cultivation, continuing about
ssms'SM acres, which extends from
1ty basin, at the head OF salmon
AZ, " Custer county, northward to
~ s'eat bend made westward by the
N.Y., N Lemhi county, and IL bounded
an, We east by salmon River valley,
Ts nv on the west by the middle fork.
sms whole area. which Is exceedingly
~ ii-1alnous and contains the broad,
ny, ~ mass OF peaks known as the SAL
~. ~ mountains. and ALSO the Yellow
f~.Ael range constitutes plateau, vary
elevation from 5000 TO more than
." ,eet with a number OF peaks ris-
s aooVe 10000 feet. While a portion
me water flowing from this tract is
,,.g,oyed IN irrigatlng near by valley
aus much Of 1t goes to maintain