The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-07-04
PETITION SENT
TO P|N(HOT !!
Petition Signed BY Majority Of
Bvsincssmcn-Represents the
Sentiment.

"aF 1Abt " .1kiC d6ys
ago, asking him TO make Salmon
visit and Investigate the conditions.
This letter or petition was signed by
every person In the city who was APP
preached. but one.
Hon. Clifford Pinehot, Helena, Mont.
Dear Strive respectfully invite
you 10 visit Lemhi County, Idaho.
the district that Is especially effected
by the new Lemhi ard Salmon River
Forest reserves. during your present
tour OF the West, so that you can
personally Investigate and fully ap-
preciate the serious results Of the APP
plication OF the Forest Reserve sys-
TEN OF the government to this com.
munity.
The commercial interests OF Lemhi
county are greatly retarded and re.
strained by the absence OF transpof-
tation facilities aud many other CON
mon advantages, Our future pros
peuty and progress depend upon the
development OF certain latent re.
sources and with which work our
people have been bardened To the
limit Of energy In the past. II any
one OF our more important resources
had been limited decade age this
large inter.mountain region would
have been abandoned 10 savage
tribes, and, perhaps, few namodic
hefdefs.
We have maintained warfare
against disadvantages that promised
commercial importance In the near
future when the Forest Reserve sys'
TEN was imposed upon u.s. The gov
ernmcnt he'd out 10 the pioneers III,
promise of free timber and free rangs
IL they would battle the hardships o
frontier life and redeem the wilder
ness. We were offered free use OF th'
timber In the development Of on
mines, controlling resource, " vi
would redeem this wilderness ans
make II an important factor In th'
commercial world. The mines hay,
waited on the various restrictions I.
profitable reduction OF ores. Th'
people have waited with hope that ~
retarding Influence ~oulo he imposed
upon any of our resources.
The Forest Reserve policy ot th,
government. 10 say the least. impose
u direct tax upon the people Of Lem
hi county of over s20,ooo. This al
most equals the profits on all the es
port trade OF this county. AZ leas
this cost TO the local citizens Is pro
hibitixe of even the smallest degre
OF commercial progress.
The charges upon the timber re
sources OF the country for domcstl
purposes viii greatly Tetard farm i'm
provements and the upbuilding O
the towns aud Villages. The prize
OF real estate has fallen of % pe
cent throughout the county, and tn
permanent value Is logically reduces
by the influence which retaTds Jh
development OF all the natural re
sources Of the country.
:The price OF f1el has advanced.he
as II has at all points In the wes
where the supply must conc frot
the Forest Reserves. The Forest Re
serve policy. In practice has pro
noted monopoly where ever IL IVA
been enforced. The result has Tee
the advance OF wood nearly tifty pe
cent, and Of lumber fully that much
This community. with Its limlte
commerce, is seriously retarded b
this imposition with no compensa'
ing advantages. This community
perhaps more seriously injured b
the imposition OF the Forest resers
system than any other community |
the West. We simply cannot mes
the tax that IL imposes without sui
fsring great business distress.
There Is no demand for the cor
seryation Of the water supply Of tl
Salmon river timber belt, for iirig'
tiop or other purposes. Large 70
nmes ot water run Ia waste In th
large streams oi this region at q
seasons Of the year. There Is Il
danger of exirayseant waste Of tin
Der in this belt FROM fires OF con
ulesciai uses. our forests reprvduc
: themselves very rapidly.
our ranges require no protection .
} tie hands 81 the rangers and the
are not readily Injured by over-stocl
ing, for The reason that the soil {
. the mountains Is moist, aud th
} range season Is short as eoDditio
! OF the climate In the mountainou
REGIONS.
The mining industry OF the eout
, try Is especially effected by the ~itl
drawal Of the tifnset OF the countr
from free use In the various process
/, Of ore reduction. We have waite
long 10. the advent of capital 60 q.
SeloVe this important resource. Th
government policy imposes n heas
tar upon this Industry which had h
gun to attract aide attention In =,
spouse 10 the earnest efforts Of u
! waiting people. The mining bus
y ness Is sat hack for many years
this community By this imposition
tn. eattt~ h.aStnexx of this enn