Amador ledger., 1907-03-08
Some time ago Hon. Francis Cutie


thin to conserve to best advantage the
rainfall, and In preventing the
further destruction of trees and brush
within the reserve. The matter was
called to the attention of the agri.
cultural department, which through
the bureau of forestry, took great
interest in the subject, and yesterday
fules Pinchot wrote to senator
Perkins as follows:
| 81 entirely agree with Mr. Cutie
that this work is extremely important
and l shall be verY glad to set aside
the sum of s., 600 for it, provided the
California legislature approprIates an
equal amount. line So, 600 which the
forest service would allot for the
work will not be available, regret
to say, until July lst, since all of the
funds at present at our disposal will
be needed for regular administrative
work and the money will have to be
taken from the appropriation for the
next fiscal year. l do not think,
however, that this fact should prevent
the state legislature, if they should
decide upon the appropriation of s5,
600 for the work, to make it available
at once.
"Such an arrangement would per-
NIT the work to go right on if the
money already subscribed by the
forest service and the counties of
Riverside and San Bernardino is ex-
pended before July 1st. sincerely
hope the legislature will be able to
make the appropriation and | shall
be glad to take up, with the proper
authorities, at any time the details of
an agreement, which must necessarily
be entered into with the forest SER
vice."
Senator Perkins at once teIegraphed
to Mr. Cuttle the suggestion of for.
ester Pinchot that the legislature may
be informed of the situation and the
appropi iation secured.
on public lands last week reported
favorably senator Perkins bill pre-
vlding way by which the govern
ment could secure the Calaveras Big
Tree groves, but when the measure
had thus been got before the senate
it met with an objection and the |
result Is that the bill Will not in all |
probability be passed at this session
of congress.
The naval bill was passed by the
senate late Wednesday evening. 1t
carries appropriations aggregating
S248. 500 for the Mare Island Navy
Yard, of which 500, 900 was secured
by senator Perkins and congressman
Knowiand for central power station.
Last Wednesday senator Perkins
and congressman Kahn each intro
duced bill providing for the ap-
pointment of an additional district
judge for the northern district of
for the reason the former
bill which passed the house of repre-
sentatives for an additional district
judge was loaded down with an
in the senate providing
for two additional judges for the
ninth circuit. This the house refused
to concur. in and referred the bill to
the judiciary committee who decline
to consider it.
The river and harbor bill has passed
the senate with the appropriations for
the San joaquin and Sacramento
rivers and for other objects as pre-
viously set forth in these letters.
The Grand Parlor of the Native
Sons Of the Golden West desires to
hold its annual session in 1908 in the
Yosemite valley, and applied to the
department of the interior for per-
NIT to do so. The department while
offering no objection to the plan,
thought 1t was too far in advance of
the date Of meeting to issue permit
now, as work might in the meanwhile
be undertaken that might be interfer-
ed with by the proposed scamp. 1t
therefore suggested that the applica-
tion be made again in about year.
But the Grand Parlor must state the
place of meeting next spring, and it
is therefore necessary to know very
soon whether permission can be
granted, and it was written to the
California delegation ON the subject.
They will endeavoI to secure from
the department of the interior the
necessary permit before the Grand
Parlor meets in April.
The chamber of commerce of Venice
a few days ago wrote to the secretary
of the navy requesting that suitable
craft be detailed for the training of
the young men of southern
who are interested in naval
militia work. The secretary of the
navy has informed the chamber that
lnasmuch as there is not an organized
division of the navel militia IN that
section of the state, the department
will be unable to detail vessel for
the purpose. He suggests that
division be organized, and when this
Is done it will be able to share in the
states share of the allotment for
naval militia and will be able to Sc
,ure arms, equipment, etc., and a
7essel when available.
Congress has refused to sanction