The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-01-27
MUCH WORK WAS DONE
Roads Built, Telephone Lines Con-
structed and Bridges and Drift
Fences Erected.-Heavy Increase
In Receipts Over the Previous
Year.-Thousands of Trees Plant
ed Last Year.


washington, jan. Zf--LlSI1HS re-
ceipts and expenditures and explain
ing them in plain English much as a
railroad president reports to his board
of directors, Clifford Pinchot, fores-
ter, has just made a retrospect of the
work of the United States Forest Ser
vice for the fiscal year 1908.
For the administration and protec-
ton of the 1872 National Forests in
seventeen states and territories and
Alaska, the Government spent 81
526, ,O9S.02, or about one and one-half
cents an acre. Permanent improve
ments, including the construction of
3,40O miles of trails, 100 miles OF
wagon roads, 5000 miles of telephone
lines, $50 cabins and barns, 500 miles
of pasture and drift fences, $50 bri1-
ges, and 40 miles of Fire lines cost
$592, 1919. Telephone wire to build
approximately 400 miles of additional
lines was shipped to the Forester, but
with the funds available before the
close of the year the work of con-
struction could not be completed.
Some of this work was done on each
of the Forests in the United States.
Although many needed improve
ments could not be undertaken, the
benefits of what has been accomplish
ed are seen in the more convenient
"
Forest officers are enabled to carry
on their work and in the opening up
to Forest users of territory hitherto
inaccessible. The remaining $297,S40
of the total of $3,416, ,107.61, disburs-
ed On account of work of the Forest
Service was used in forest investiga-
tions costing $235, ,S55.14, and in diff
fusion of forest information and fed
eral cooperation.
u ie nf nn
branches of the government where
everything is not outgo. Last year
the receipts from sales of timber,
grazing fees, and permits for special
uses OF forest resources amounted to
$1,842 ,2S1.S7, an increase of $271 ,222.43
over the 1907 figures. The per acre
receipts from the National Forests
were a little more than one cent less
than five mills under the per acre cost
of administration and protection OF
the forests.
The amounts paid the states and
territories, to be expended for roads
and public schools from the years re-
ceipts, amounted to $447. .O63.79. Chief
ly because of increasing the revenue
to the states from 10 per cent in 1907
to 25 per cent last year, there was a
total increase of $294,O3162 in the
amounts payable to the states.
In addition, the National Forests
yielded heavily to the public in free
use. There were 30,714 permits grant
ed for the free use of timber by set
tiers, schools and churches, during tle
year. against 1899 in 1907. The num-
ber of board feet used in this way by
the public amounted to 1882, 900,
valued at $16S, S,720.00 compared to 63,-
OOO. 900 feet valued at $4,000 in 1907.
The aggregate of free use of the
Forests for grazing can not be exact
ly known, since no permit is required
to be taken out, and there is there
fore no record preserved. 1t added
perhaps 10 per cent to the amount of
stock carried by the forests. Settlers
living on or adjacent to the forests
and proSpectors, campers, and travel
ers in them are allowed to Craze free
up to 10 head of milk cows, work ami
mails, or horses in use, and purchasers
of timber and stockmen on the For
ests are are given the same privilege
for the horses needed in their work.
In Arizona and New Mexico milk goat
to the number of so may be grazed
free in place of milk COWS.
Of free special use permits there
were issued during the year 1,Fs6. as
granted. Of the latter 963 were in
force during the year.
The grazing receipts for 1908 We're
$962. .S29.40, and were paid by the
holders of permits to Craze 1,3S2.221
cattle, horses, and hogs, and of 4,22S2
permits to Craze 7,0S7,111 sheep and
goats Receipts of sS49. 9.027.24 from
timber sales were paid by approx
matefy 6, 5,1S9 purchasers, who cut the
equivalent of 3O2, ,792. 900 board feat
of timber The receipts from special
uses amounted to $50. 1888 and were
paid by 2,e65 permittees.
The years receipts represent pro-
fitable use OF the Forests by some
&c, ,0e0 individuals or concerns. in adj
dition to more than 10000 getting free
use of timber and other resources.
About one-fourth of all the timber cut
from the National Forests was under
free-use permits.
The purpose of this free use permit
is to make the Forests contribute