The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-01-13
PRESIDENT APPOINTS HENRY s.
GRAVES AS CHIEF OF THE
FORESTRY BUREAU.
RECOGNIZED P|NCHOT MEN
Are in sympathy with His Policy
Of Administration-Scheme for
eallinger to Control Forest Work.

| Taft this afternoon decided to APP
( point Henry 5. Graves head of the
Yale school of forestry, as chief
of the forestry bureau. to succeed
, Clifford Pinchot. President Taft al
, so appointed Albert +. Potter, at
present acting forester. as associ-
ate forester The new forester and
his associate are both known as
Pinchot men. Both have served un.
der Mr. Pinchot and both are In
sympathy with his policy of admin
stration.
1t was largely through Mr. Pin.
chot's efforts that the Yale forest.
ry school was established and NJ.
Graves went from the post of as.
sstant chief of forestry undo, Mr..
Pmchot to become director OF the
school in 1900. He had served nj
the forestry division two years.
Mr.. Graves graduated from Yale
In 1892 He was trained IN, forest
~ in this country and in Europe,
and has had extensive experience
in the west, having made the rec
onnaissance survey OF the Black
Hills in 1897. Mr.. Graves will take
up his duties as forester February
lst
Mr.. Potter. who succeeds over
ton w. Price. Is native of Cali
fornia and had spent all his life in
the west until he became a mem
Der OF the forestry staff nine years
ago. lie has had jurisdiction over
all grazing privileges within the
preserves. He is well acquainted
with western conditions and is thor.
oughly informed OF all the policies
and practices of the forest service
There is scheme on foot to trans
fer the forestry service from the
department of agriculture to the
department of the interior. This
would take the service away from
Secretary Ballinger.
In certain sections of the far
sition TO the agricultural depart
ment controlling the forests. The
assertion mas been made from time
to time that this opposition came
largely from the opponents of the
Pinchot forest policy.
Whether any progress can be
made with this movement to have
congress transfer the service OF
the department of the interior re-
mains to be seen.
Former Forester Pinchot. as a
private citizen, will oppose the
proposed change strenuously, and
the entire forestry service. if con.
suited by congress. will advise that
the change be not made.
The interior department origi-
nally administered the forests. On
the theory that the management OF
land, not of forests, was the chief
thing, the law OF June 1897. gave
the secretary OF the interior au
thority over the forests and provid
ed that their surveying. mapping
, and general classification should
be- done by the United States ge
ological survey and the execution
OF administrative work by the gen
p elal land Office
In a little while the necessity o
consolidating the various branches
I o. the government forest work be
J. came apparent, and finally the ac'
of February /, 1908, transferred tC
the secretary Of agriculture entir,
p jurisdiction Oycr the national for
e csts, except in matters OF survey
. ing and passage OF title
h Interior department officials hav,
d never been quite satisfied with this
l. transfer They have Insisted from
g umc To time that the administra
u ton of the forests on the publi'
domain was so intimately assocat
ed With the administration of th'
public land that the whole busi
', ness should be under the interio
department
/. About three years ago The fol
- eSts on Indian reservations wer
a. transferred from the bureau OF In
n dian affairs, which is under III
interior department. to the burea
st OF forestry One OF the first acts q
a Secretary Ballinger after he becam
re secretary of the interior was 10 d.
clare that this transfer was illt