The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-18
CHIEF PINCHOT
MAKES REPORT
What Has Been Accomplished
by Forestry Bureau Dur
ing Past Year.
STATES RECEIVE BENEFIT
AMOUNTS PAID FOR GRAZING
PERMITS BY STOCK GROWERS.

Washington. Jan. Listing receipts
and expenditures. and explaining them In
plain English much As a railroad pres
biert rcnorts to his board of directors.
clifford Pinch9t, forester. has just mad :
retrospect Of the Work of the United
IsdS
For the admil-Istratfon and protection
Of the IS national forests in seventeen
states and territories and Alaska, the gov
eminent spent S3526.0S o.. OF about IL
cents an acre, Permanent Improvements,
Including tho construction OF , 400 miles
OF trails. leo miles Of wagon roads. leo
miles OF telephone lines, so cabins and
barns, 60 miles Of pasture and drift
lines. cost S5s2.169.l9. 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 construction could
not be completed Some Of this work was
done on each OF The forests in the United
States
Benefits Plainly Seen.
Although many needed improvements
could not be undertaken, the benefits Of
what has been accomplished are seen in
the more convenient and economical man
ner in which the forest officers are en-
abled TO carry on their work and in the
opening up to forest users of territory
hitherto inaccessible. The remaining S297.
5000 Of the total OF S5.4l6,10761 Gisbursed
on account OF work OF the forest service
s2s5.S55.15. and in diffusion of forest in
formation and federal cooperation.
The forest service is one of the 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 81 :S42, 81 50: an increase Of
81, Do 43 over the 1907 figures. The per
acre receipts from the national forests
were a little more than ! cent. less than
mills under the per acre cost of ad-
HaaHr faaaHH
ests.
Amounts Paid to States.
The amounts paid the states and terri
tories. to be expended Tor roads and pub
lie schools. from the years receipts,
amounted to s4f7. 06S g. Chiefly because
from 10 per cent In 1907 to % per cent
last year, there was total increase of
s2sf.03l.52 in the amounts payable to the
states.
IN addition the national forests yielded
heavily to the public in free use. There
were e.fls permits granted for the free
use of timber by settlers, schools and
IN 1907 TIE number Of board feet used
in this way by the public amounted to
121. Sc. 600. valued at S1ss,72o, compared to
IS, 0o0.000 feet. valued at $500. IN 1907.
Free Use of Forests.
The aggregate of free use of the for-
ests for grazing cannot be exactly known.
out, and there is therefore no record pre-
served. 1t added perhaps 10 per cent to
the amount of stock carried by the for
ests Settlers living on or adjacent to
the forests. and prospectors. campers and
travellers in them are allowed to Craze
free up to 10 head of mich cows, work
animals or horses in use and purchasers
of timber and stoekmen on the forests
are given the same privilege for the
horses needed in their work. In Arizona
and New Mexico mich goats to the num-
Der of % may be grazed free in place OF
OF free special use permits there were
issued during the year l,l6S, as against
a total of 1,47l previously granted OF
the latter 6s3 were in force during the
year.
Grazing Receipts.
The grazing receipts for 1908 were $685.
S2e.4e. and were paid by ne holders OF
10 S45 permits to graZc l.SS2,2z CATTLE
horses and hogs. and of 4.2S2 permits to
craze 7.sS7 III sheep and goats Receipts
Of $3.50 OF "A from timber sales were paid
by approximately 5lS9 purchasers, who
cut the equivalent of 392. 7s2, 600 board feet
of timber. The receipts from special uses
amounted to S59,42 5.23 and were paid by
.165 permitees.
The years receipts represent profitable
use OF the forests by some 5000 individu-
ais or concerns. in addition to more than
$1,000 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 privilel .
is to make the forests contribute most
effectively to the public welfare The
timber given to individuals is given for
the development of the country through
settlement
Timber Sales.
Tho total receipts from timber sales
each wear since the national forests have
been under the administration Of the for
est service have been as follows; fSla-
s.a lbs So 1905 Saf5 GA "a 1907 S6fS SIS II T..
1alS sSt9 e97 "a
At the end Of the last fiscal year, when
business was heavier than at any other
tnnc during the year. the lS2 national for
csts we're cared for hy an executive and
protective force Of - inspectors. eS for
est SUPERVISORS. 81 deputy supervisors -
forest assistants. planting assistants sil
rangers. SCI forest guards and y clerks
enc s,-crs, 60 eraa to each officer theo-