Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-03

REGULATIONS
FOR RESERVES
Secretary of Agriculture Gives
Out Some Timely Data
Yellow Pine Trees To Be
Planted In Santa Rita.

TUCSON. April 2-The Score
tary of Agriculture preseribes the
number of stock that will be allow
ed 20 Craze each year in the nation
al forests. Judging by the number Of
applications received to date, the full
quota allowed the local forests (San-
ia Rita, including the MILESTONE
mountains, the Santa Catalina and
Dragon national forests viii be APP
piled for and probably exceeded.
The charge of grazing is 35 cents
for cattle and 40 cents for horses,
and the stockman who grazes his
stock in the national forests has sew
eral advantages over the man who
grazes his stock on unsurveyed pub.
lie land. For example: 1t is a mis-
demeanor to fence unsurveyed pub
lie land, and IL cannot be leased.
Pastures for saddle horses and beef
steers are essential to the proper
handling of stock. Therefore, If the
man outside the national forests
wishes to keep within the law ne
acquires title to the land he needs
for pasture. either through the home
stead or desert land laws, or by pur-
chase. Either way 1t requires time
and certain amount OF capital
Any one grazing cattle within the
national forests under permit can
lease pasture at cents per acre, can
build drift fences where needed, and
all living water is kept open. The
grass is better and will keep i'm
proving, as the range is protected
against overgraZing Each year the
- oh
ports on the condition of the range
in their respective districts. These
reports are sent to the foresters. and
the number of stock to be allowed
permits for the next year are esti-
mated from these reports. The for
est service, in cooperation with the
bureau of plant industry, have sew
eral men investigating poisonous
plants within the forest. The for
est service employs professional trap
pers to limit and kill out predatory
animals that prey On livestock in the
forests. The fire patrol of the rang
ers and forest guards during the dry
seasons stop fires each year that
otherwise would spread and destroy
million acres of range. And in
dozens of other ways the national
forests are an advantage to the
stockman.
Two thousand Rocky Mountain
yellow pine trees. to be planted in
the Santa Rita national forest, will
arrive here from the Fort Bayard
planting station at Silver City, New
Mexico, about April / This will be
the second lot to be planted in the
Santa Rita forest.
A civil service examination to Sc
cure eligibles to appointment as as
sistant ranger of the forest service
will be held in Benson, April % and
"a Those wishing to take the ex-
animation should apply to the United
States Civil Service Commission,
Washington, D. c., for blank No.
,093, upon which to make applica-
ton to take the examination.
The annual ranger meeting for the
district will be held in Douglas, April
16, II and IS. About thirty-one
rangers, covering theI southeast sec
ton of Arizona. viii be in attend
ance. At this meeting, which is
nothing more than comparison Of
ideas by the rangers, under the in
spection of officers sent from the For
estry Department at Washington.
there is expected to be number of
cattle growers, who have been in
vited. The annual meeting will be
held at Benson next year.
Supervisor Selkirk has returned to
Benson from a weeks inspection in
the santa Catalina reserve and states
that the new ranger station up in the
mountains, about one and a half
miles above the Keystone camp. is
about finished. He expects to leave
for the Santa Rita reserve April 1,
taking with him the shipment of
trees to be planted there.