The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-07-04
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tie west are SO bitterly opposed to,
but It's abuses. When the policy was
established under Cleyeland's admin
istratlon IL was not intended that
the entire west was TO be thrown In
to forest reserve, nor was 1t intend.
ed that the support OF the maintain.
ance OF the forest reserves was To fall
upon the people exclusively adjacent
to the reserves,
Until President Roosevelt's pres
ent term the forest reserve policy
was largely theory, but for the last
three years II has been condition.
AS "A theoretical proposition--to con-
serve the timber at the source OF the
streams, there are localities where
| the reserve Ia a necessity, but this
section OF Idaho Is not one Of them,
In fact there are hut few reserves
In Idaho where they are needed for
this purpose.
Senator Hepburn entered the Unit
ed States senate from a locality
where the forest reserve policy was
an actually and not theory. He
well knew that to uphold the presi-
dents hobby would nean his political
humiliation. Yet his opposition to
the policy OF tho president has bad
Just about ms much influence as a
feather would have In making head
way against Kansas cyclone, Sen
lator dubois came from portion OF
tile state whore the forest reserve
was a theory and not an actuality,
aud for this reason he has supported
the presidents policy.
II should mako every democrat lee
kindly to Senator Dubois for one rea'
sou. According 10 the theory OF tn,
edltoraof the other paper, aud ever,
: other republican IN Lemhi count,
who wish To throw the odium OF the
forest reserve policy onto the demo
cratic party, Senator Dubois welded
d greater influence with the rcpuhli
can administration than Senate
Hepburn. who was elected as the rep
resentatise Of that party. II thei
!, Iaserments are To be believed, Senate
: Dubois secured legislation whicl
has thrown eighty dive per cent 0
Idaho into forest reserve, with
Senator Hepburn, a republican aud
leader of lis party bad about a
' ,uueh influence with the administra
tlon AS typhoid fever microhe woul
. have In moving a mountain. In tn
i, tace III giving Dubois credit for a
- the benefits (Yl Idaho has reccise'
from the national government, ad
hitting that Hepburn is nonentity
ret Nj. Abbott can praise God tn
people are through with Dubois. =
When Major Fem was here last IA
he told number OF democrats an
- republicans that senator Dubols Ia
- nothing 10 do with thu establish
ment OF the forest reserves as thel
D establishment was purely a Reos'
" yeltian policy. When the petitio
- was sent ia to the department fro'
this county, which was signed b
NINETY percent OF the people, askin
for the disestablishment Of the Sa
q, mon river and Lemhi reserves, Set
at0r Dubois tried To get Pinchot
-- heed those petitions, pinchot wrol
Major Fem In regard to tho matte
90 but the major wrote pinchot In rep
20 that the opposition was meltir
~ away against the reserve. In tn
- letter he mentioned tho names I
several prominent republicans In q
county who were In favor Of the r
nj serves remaining as they were.
he that letter he stated that the edit
-. OF the republican paper who hs
In BEEN opposed TO the reserve was the
sts an ardent and enthusiastic supports
est of the policy. These statements a
OF facts because this correspondent,