The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-13
South Urged to Help PreserUe
 Appalachian National Forest

washinkton. 10. C.. Dec. 12.--(spe' cial. )---rhe chief business of the Forest Service Is the Administration of the Ns- tionai Forssta Since these are pro- claimed from the public lands they na- turaiiy lie almost wholly within the Western States where the public do- main has not yet been disposed of {. They follow mainly the mountain chains. the Rockies and the Sierras. because upon their crests the principal western forests exist and the land Is mainly suited to the growing of tim- Der.
 Altogether. the National Forests in- ciude pearly two hundred million acres counting in those in the United states proper and in Alaska.
 It Is the purpose of the Government to see that all the resources contain ed in these Forests are used to the full est possible advantage.
 The system of Administration upon the National Forests Is comparatively simple. with direct responsibility from the lower ranks of Serivce membership. the Forest Guards and Rangers. to the highest in autohrity. the United Stetes Forester. The national headquarters are at Washington. and here the For ester and his principal assistants have their ofiices: though during the great CT part of the year they are In direct personal contact with the Forests by being actually on the ground. The Forests themselves are grouped under six Districts. each with District For in these Districts is similar to that of the whole Forest Service. In other words, there are six administrative units handled in the same way thai the entire Service is, and each District Forester settles all questions within his District, except those of the ut most importance which need the di- recting hand of the Washington office.
 Divisions of Service.
 Under the District comes the divisions into Forests. Each Forest Is adminis- yered by Supervisor and Deputy Su- pervisor. The Forest is further sub divided into Ranger Sections, each one In charge of Forest Hanger with hif deputies and guards. Tn each District. and on every Forest, there are special ists in charge of the marking and sell. ing of timber, in the allotment of the range and care of the grazing land; i; and. in fact. in direct supervision over the various activities that may be-car- riedron. es- ve tssas az ss-ae8s .Ita must bst understood that the are- sources within the Forest are not lock. ed up. or. that their development Is hindered, Quite the opposite Is true. Prospectors and miners may traverse the Forests and locate their claims just as freely as on any other part of the public domain. After their claims are located. and timber is needed for mine props and for other structural work. they can be insured of permanent supply of timber instead of being at the mercy of those who would strip the country bare and leave them none of the wood so necessary In their opera tions. The stock interests are insured a permanent and constantly. improving range. instead of one that Is overgraz- ed and trampled out. through conflict ing interests that seek to monopolize the natural pastures to the, exclusion of,san others, flor present use, with no care of the future, Within a National Forest a; dweller is protected from fire. he has the free use of timber for his houses. barns, and fences, and he may