The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-10-25
GREEDY TIMBER wolves.
THREATEN THE mining INDUSTRY BY SECURING
LANDS In MOUNTAIN REGIONS

French for text to write vigorous editorial on the methods
Of the greedy wolves that monopozng and depong
the State of Idaho mebr wealth and carrying down the
ing industry in wholesale devastation The Worlds article is
given in full as follows:
Congressman Burton L. French short time ago visited the
annual fair of Twin Falls country and Of talked
as Congressman always expected do such occasions and
IN fact on about all Mr. French has modified his views
ON forest reserves He does be opposed to reserves at
all now as the following quotation from his speech will show
Because forest reserves essential to the conservation
of the supply and the preservation OF great body OF
timber for ue it does not follow that large areas
of agricultural land lands whose highest for
agricultural purposes should be held within forest reserves
when the land so withdrawn have possible vaue IN
maintaining water for reclamation of arid land Yet such
is the and thousands of acres are set apart IN Norn
Idaho We fighting to have such lands as these eS
cuded from the Government forests and going to
succeed"
"b+ i view Of the question that the believes will be
endorsed bv 90 out of every residents of the State Forest
reserves should land that is purely agricultural Du
what about the tbered portion of the Slater Ihs Poro uue
all the mountains of Idaho except those in the extreme southern
oon of the State These mberad mountains are the era
n of Tdahohe richest and extensive in the West YET
the least developed because of their isolation having
neither by railroad wagon road lhs IS now uie ony
ndeveloped mineral region the West but enough work mas "
done v the prospectos to prove that it will IN time De the 9ed
producer of gold silver lead and copper the west mas e
if NOT turned over to the greed of timber monopo winch are no"
pushing into this rich domain Is it better that THIS vast ~
mineral wealth be covered permanently by forest reserves
owned bv timber companies? These companies Will not only u
sh the forests but being the OF the land ana a W
contains of what value will the mineral be! II VIII " =,
veIoned The timber companies do not prospect nor NINE
will strip the mineral regions of the timber needed Io s P
poses which would of itself be enough to drive ProsPe
miners away But that is not all lhey own ue i"hu
the mining industry completely These timber companies nave
vadd Rose Basin the richest producer of gold ever Ko" @
every part of it mineral land all the creek beds ana
being placer deposits and the mountains scanned Will O
edges carving not only gold but other YaluaOle e'
e Rarber Lumber Company, but the state has hVaueu ~
90, ; Co. timber The former has taken and continues u
take NOT only mineral land but valid locations uEd' l" -,
represented for years and valid claims "ie :t
have covered tunnels taken miners bitches and CABINS anu 81
whatever have been respected Protest after protest mas U
1 IT. local land office has ruled against the mining
d d - favor of the timber monopoly and has oeer SuS
by the Interior Department. Even II these Po'eS'S -;
and lust rulings rendered the timber monopoly "ou
- r one must protest against each individual location
Of 100 acres which the Barber Lumber Company @o4 -
. 49,, Cor+ or;ce is paid This costs money time anu u
b and the reverendng round of protest is wearing out w
of the people and they would not have the neat = 49, means
1s6,;+av even they knew that their protests Wouu " ~
f 4 or mineral land against the raids OF these coi
Tbe;r protests for wears have been money ana tre
- h te decided in favor of the cornoTantS Dut W Pr
ba,, kent m the fight 1t would be discouragins d
the people could get their rights IN each hiS o,t;on
- - ~ - - endno one This brazen, law-detyng asge
f d bicb ooes into the Federal court pleadS uIe 9
- -1,oa re hooks correspondence ana othe uo
Co. +L reason that to do would tend TO lncrn r +h
Of course also its hired henctmen who carry OUT W
an+i faud and is sustained by Federal court a1
pushing northward 1t will never stop l b familiar old
-. ,+obes and when that time comes that lali ~
, the hardy sturdy patient and ever-hopelO t;1I
tbe brave pioneer who goes out into the "s - accident 10
s,t and endures all the hardships and pnVa,ionS
such life and sustained by side OF OaS West what it is
d;ad bone-he who has made the eedt w. - ,,,t,
:: -, - t,; of the past He will vanish, and tne lin 49,
t; +b stroke of his pick will sumber on m uie ~ 20,
a timber monopoly that discovers nothing develops
duces nothing but locks up what it does not o's''0'