The border vidette., 1906-12-15
Great Forest Reserve.

| We have just received from the U. s. Land office at Phoenix copy of proclamation by President Roosevelt, including a plat, setting apart a great forest reserve, extending from the east side of the Huachuca Mountains in Cochise county. to the Maria San tisima del Carmen land grant in Santa Cruz county. which includes the en- tire Patagonia range of mountains, and about eighteen miles beyond, says the Benson Press. It includes all of the Huachuca range of mountains ex- cept the Fort Huachuca military re- servation, and extends from the Bala- comaria land grant, in Cochise and Santa Cruz counties to the Mexican border; also taking in all the land west of the Balacomaria land grant to the northern foot hills of the Pata- gonis mountains. The western boun- diary comes within about thirty fl ve miles of being on the same longitude as Nogales, though on the southern border it is about AS miles distant, az 1t joins the east side oft the Maria San. tisima del Carmen land grant. The San Rafael land grant, 30 miles wide, and 54 miles long, is excluded This great forest reserve is l26 miles north and south by 249 miles east and west. Following is the proclamation: HHACnUCA FOREST RESERVE ARIZONA
 By the President of the United States of America-A Proclamation
 Whereas. the public lands in the Territory of Arizona, which are here matter indicated, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by 1 setting apart said lands as 6 public reservation.
 And, whereas, it is provided by sec- tion twenty four of the Act of Con gress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. entitled, "An act to repeal timber culture Ia WIS, and for other purposes" "That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and re- serve, in any state or territory having public lands bearing forests. in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or under growth, whether of commercial value or not. as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclama- tion, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof" Now, thereof, I, Theodore Roose- welt, President of the United States of America, by virture of the power invested in me by section twenty-four of the1aforesaid act of Congress, do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as public reservation, for the use and benefit of the people all the tracts of land, Tn the Territory of Arizona, shown as the Huachuca forest reserve on the diagram forming part hereof.
 This proclamation will not take eff feet upon any lands withdrawn or re- served, at this date, from settlement entry. or other appropriation. for any purpose other than forest uses, or. which may be covered by any prior valid claim. so long as the withdrawal reservation, or claim exists.
 Warning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlements upon the lands reserved by this proclama- ton.
 In witness whereof, I have set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
 Done in the City of Washington this 9th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun dred ana six, and of the independence of the United States the enc hundred and thirty first.
 (SeaD THEODORE ROOSEVELT, By the President ROBT BACON. 4 ct;oo Secretarv of State