The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-12-31
farming or irrigating bitches Q
forest fires?

e farming or irrigating bitches
D forest ffes3
As | understand il, these con
panies bought this timber, pai
for it, and it is theirs. The 90,
/ eminent accepted their money an
gave them full title 10 it, an
they have a right to do what the
please with it. Timber was pu
there to be used and not for iii
purpose to crafty the eye of th
theoIist and the dreamers.
There is no economy in hardin,
down to posteritv bunch Of rot
ten logs and shady places wher,
the daisies will grow all the tim,
for a bunch of loafers to lounge
in.
The real supply of this coun
rfy comes from the high mount
ain tops. If you look for snow
IN July you must look for it above
the timber line and the water sup
ply, as any one knows, is now
stored along the banks of streams
where this timber is located over
which our poet is SO greatly agi-
tated. The timber is all cut down
in the east this fellow says, yet
we all know that the farmers in
that country are getting rich and
we don't read about many of them
floating around in Noah's ark.
pur forests are not being ruined by
the ak hut the king of destruction
is FIRE. And if this poetic dl cam
er will take the pains to ask any of
us early settlers about fires, we
will tell him that fires swept
through the forests of this country |
and destroyed them before the tim
Der companies ever thought of
coming here.
The farmers have, up to the
present time, stood by and watched
the sheep men fight noble battle
% save their industry from ruin,
out feel that we must soon take
1and and help them, for we cannot {
ltford to see this industry ruined q
" men 5000 miles away tneoriz-
ng and dreaming about these ami
nails damaging the forest. Com
non sense ought to teach any man
hat the grazing OF the sheep will +
o more to save the forests from :,
res than ten thousand rangers. =
or it is the underbrush aud dead =
rass that makes fuel for fires. :,
xelud the sheep as this fellow A.
ould do and let the grass and r
nderbrush grow up again and all =,
lie men i'll the state OF Idaho -
'uld not save the forest from sure y,
,struction by fire. ~
Let the sheep men send a peti- ~,
on among the farmers and we ~ y,
i'll tell Mr.. Pinchot that we -.
mt want the sheep runout of 80 -,
e forest. We believe they pro- of
+ our water supply by keeping ~ -
wn forest fires and besides these A. a.
IN spend hundreds of thousands ~ ~
dollars among the farmers every g..
ar for hay. Mr.. Pinchot said ~. ~,
the sheep men did not quit kick L', u'
g this thing would have TO be -. -
tie between farmers and sheep -, -
II and no one would question -,
outcome Mr.. Pinchot had ~;
tier consult the farmers and bus Dul oa
SIS men of Idaho before he puts ~. 49,
S matter to vote and he will o. a.,
lnge his mind. We are ready -,
express our sentimnts and lend re
aid whenever called upon to das e
so. aee
he great trouble with this gov "a a.
ment in the last few years, is 10y. ny
it has been jumping onto W., w.
rybody; it has been after the : ~
roads, after the corporations, - :. :
r timber companies and after NJ.
-pmen and it will be after the n ~
ner next. 1t has been sticking ~ '
nose into state affairs and into -. -
pel's private business. What is -".' -"
use of having any state laws ~
il, just as well make the
lie United States into one; and
.e all the timber a vast play Pl
ind for these poor deluded caps
lners and poets. where they kind
watch the flowers grow and bic {
the grass and timber grow uD clocl
rot and watch it swept over ly ii
destroyed by fire just as the year.
settlers have seen in the early jurir
year:
may have said too much, but man,
ink whole lot of people are ing.
ng tired listening to the words ing t
lese inspired prophets who can siVes
n out such horrible dreams the e
h are soon to befall us. to res
A Boise Valley Farme er. the 81
ise, Dec. "a, 1908. ticall