Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-29
TOPRESERVE
RESOURCES
ALL NATURAL WEALTH SHOULD
BE PROTECTED
CLIFFORD PINCHoT EXPLAINS
FORESTRY NEEDS
Head of Service, in Address to Archi-
tects and Engineers, Talks of
Great Owens River
Enterprise

for a grand vast future for this great
country of ours, and the name OF the
problem now changes from the protection
of the forests to the conservation OF all
natural resources, said Gfnord Pincnot,
chief of the forestry service, in speech
given at a banquet rendered in his honor
| by the Engineers and Architects assocfa-
tion at the Holfenbeck las night.
Mr. Pinchot was introduced by Presi-
dent ]. b. Lippincott of the association,
who in few words extolled the head or
the forestry department for the great
help he had rendered Los Angeles in the
matter of the Owens river water supply.
''The Owens valley had already come
under the observation of the national au-
thorities as part of great irrigation
scheme when the idea of obtaining
pure water supply was conceived by this
city.
Through the untiring efforts of our
guest of honor this great project was
saved to the city. He had to talk long
and hard before the committees at wash
ington, but that he never shirked his
duty is proved BY the great victory we
have won.
ITO him more than to any other one
man does Los Angeles owe her pure
water supply, drawn from the Sierras
through the Owens river valley
In acknowledging this introduction by
Mr.. Lippincott Mr.. Pinchot said in part:
''It Is very seldom, after one has had
the good fortune to be Of some help to
great project as the Owens river water
supply is to Los Angeles, that the appre-
citation of ones efforts comes so soon. In
thanking you for the cordial reception
here tonight I wish only to remark that
your president rather overdrew the i'm
portance of my efforts.
t"If my help was of any value l can
only say how glad / am that this is so.
for there is nothing so important to
city's prosperity, indeed, to its very ex-
istence, as supply of pure water.
Beyond Political Control
''I am also glad to be able to agree
with Mr.. Lippincott when he said l be-
long to an organization that is absolutely
beyond political control. The forestry
service Is not controlled by any party
or faction, and it's members do their
duty without fear of political or social
ostracisms. 1 speak not for myself, but
for the men in charge of the great work
intrusted to the service.
"Also 1 wish to impress upon you the
important fact that the men in charge
of the work here in Southern California
are as good as any to be found in the
service anywhere. They are men of ster-
ling worth and the utmost reliability, and
l. can pay no greater triDule " lhSh SA-
ficiency and integrity than to repeat that
they do their duty.
mo public service, with apologies to
Captain Fries of the engineering corps,
Is so vitally important to the growth
and prosperity of the country as the
forestry service, and more especially is
this true in the arid sections of the west.
Through Mr.. Lippincott you have
learned that the line of the canal will
extend through government reservations
with but two exceptions, where there
have been Withdrawals of the boundaries.
1t has not been definitely settled that
these withdrawals are to be permanent,
and the question is to be submitted to
congress at it's coming session.
IT think the people of Los Angeles
realize the Importance of having the pro-
lection of the forestry service over the
watersheds of the stream from which
they will obtain their water supply, and it
is in a measure UP to them to see that
the committee in charge of this work is
brought to see the matter in the right
light and re-establish the boundaries so
that the whole valley is brought under
this protection.
~ will take pleasure in recommending
that the whole line of the aqueduct be
brought within the boundaries of the for
estry preserves.
Applause Interrupts Speaker
Here the speaker was interrupted by an
outburst of hearty applause.
'"There are two things" resumed Mr..
Pinchot when he could again be heard,
which l wish to bring to your attention
at this time. First, let me say that when
come to Southern California from some
of the northern or middle western states
where the opposition to the forestry