Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-07-10


application of any of the features OF
the policy dealing with the homestead
ing of the agricultural lands withtR
the reserve; the development Of the
mines and the injustice inflicted upoR4
the state of Idaho by the withdrawal
if one-third of the state for reserve
purposes.
1T is the duty we owe pOSterityI
said Chief Forester Pinchot asteu tm~>
Producing his remarks with the aania&s
of the interview In which he was Dux~-
ported to say that he had beste6 Com,
gressman French at Wallace.
mo patriotic American citizen cans
endorse the destruction of our forests
and the timber supply Of the country"
as was the case before the passage OF.
the act creating the forestry bureau
1t has been estimated that the forests
of today would last but for 40 years.
at the present rate of cutting II nO&e-
protected by the policy of the forest
reserve and with the increase in popu~
lation and the growing demand fog
timber the supply would be exhausted =,
in much less time than 40 years unlesEp =
restrictions were imposed.
THE great irrigation projects, whicka
l am told have transformed the arf&s
sections surrounding your city into thsv
richest fruit and farming Of the wests,
depend upon their water supply frOIm
the mountains and the water supply
is only protected by the forests.
"At no place is the preservation or
the water supply more important thaRs
at Lewiston for 1t not only supplies
The irrigation canals, but the Sna1c@
river is largely fed by the Clearwater
r'ver and this water highway to tins
sea when improved will cut youE
freight rates in twain.
The policy of the reserve is to pre-
serve the timber; preserve the wates-
supply and have the timber so cut ase.
to reproduce new forests. All of tlaOr
timber is open to use: all of the range
is open to use: all of the mines ara
open to development and all of tIlGs
agr' r'cutural land contained within the
reserves is open to settlement.
/ whenever settler locates a piec3e
of land within the reserve upon whicAR
he desires to settle an application irs
made to the department and after am
inspection is made If the land is be-
lieved to be more valuable for agricuf-
ture than forestry the applicant is al
lowed to make his filing in due forms,
We can show that two out Of EVERY
three applications received have beezE
granted and every official of the
bureau will encourage the making OF
new homes, but will oppose the with
drawal of every quarter section for fhoe :
purpose of securing timber lands for"
speculation.
1.-The sale of the timber on the re-,
serve has been most successfully car.
ried on and the reports will show thar
three times as many sales have BEEN
made to the small men as to the large
timber owners. The same condition IL
true of the distribution of the range
and 1t Is the policy to assist the smaM
> operator in every possible manner"
Mr.. Pinchot was followed by Con-
gressman French, who first stated thaA
Mr.. Pinchot must not take the hearty
reception that had been accorded to-
I him as an indication that the peop9mss
were in sympathy with his forest re-
serve policy That it was the express
b sion of the regard which the people o.
Idaho entetained toward him personal
ly rather than the bureau he repre-
| sented or the policies for which -
u stood
"The people of Idaho are favorable
to the national reserve, but we do neS
e want all of it," began Mr.. French. SAe
9 the present time third of our state
g is included within forest reserves anEzs
Q in some of our northern counties n
e anything should happen to our ninA1ESs
u there would not remain enough tax
n able property to support the county,
government.
= I'VE recognize the theory of the ma
'e tional reserve policy to be one against
n which no objections could be ofrere<s
10 IL 1t was practical, but we contend fhaS
'r 1t is not practical and the working QUIZ
Is of the policies are far from what We
desire.
ie "of our own knowledge we know cT
r, large number OF townships In Sho-
is shone and Nez Perce counties where
"a applications have been made for ths
. admission Of applications for aauass-'
e stead entries, but these have not besr'
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